In the long history of China, there are many famous monuments and cultural heritages worth exploring and understanding, and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province is one of them. This Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built during the Tang Dynasty and is one of the important representatives of ancient Chinese architectural art.
The Qin Dynasty, a dynasty before the Tang Dynasty, also had a building known as the "Treasure of Chinese Buddhist Architecture" - the Linji Pagoda. Although the Rinzai Pagoda is not as well-known as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in history, its historical value cannot be ignored.
The Rinzai Pagoda is a seven-story pagoda with a brick and wood structure of about 31 meters high, with a square base and a side length of about 7 meters. The tower is characterized by a separate portico on each floor, each decorated with elaborate stone reliefs. These stone reliefs depict various myths and legends, Buddhist stories, and real-life scenes of the time, providing a wealth of historical and cultural information for future generations.
The interior of the Rinzai Pagoda also preserves a large number of Buddhist relics, including murals, sculptures, etc. These cultural relics not only reflect the artistic level of ancient Chinese Buddhism, but also provide valuable information for us to study the social life of the time.
Although the Rinzai Pagoda no longer exists, with the efforts of archaeologists, some important clues about it have been discovered, and through surface excavations in the surrounding area, scholars have found many relics related to the Rinzai Pagoda, such as fragments of building materials, ceramic vessels, etc. These are all strong evidence of the existence of the Rinzai Pagoda.