The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the scholar of the Tang Dynasty after studying abroad This course will take students on a tour of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a landmark of Tang Dynasty history. It was built in 652 A.D., a historical witness of the famous Tang monk Xuanzang's 17-year journey from China to India in search of the true scriptures and Buddhism. It is one of the oldest existing landmark buildings in Xi 'an.