Dàyàntǎ shì Tángdài wèi bǎocún Xuánzàng cóng Yìndù dàihuí de Fójīng ér xiūjiàn de.
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was built in the Tang to house the Buddhist scriptures Xuanzang brought back from India.
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Tang scholars who passed the highest exam wrote their names on the pagoda, so 雁塔题名 came to mean passing the imperial examinations. A smaller 小雁塔, built about fifty years later, stands at another temple in the city.
