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China October 2001

Thursday 11th October

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Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Built on Xuan Sang's request to house the sutras that the monk collected after going to India to bring back over 600 books to transcribe.

Pagoda is 7 storeys high and 60m tall.

No cement was used between the bricks.

There are still 100 monks in the temple.


   


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