Xiangji Temple lies about 20 kilometers to the south of Xian. It is very close to the Wangqu town. The two square brick pagodas were built over the ashes of the Buddhist Shandao, one of the patriarchs of Pure Land Buddhism preached salvation through faith rather than meditation. Shandao had a great influence upon the development of Japanese Buddhism. With the recent strenthening of friendly relations between China and Japan, our friends in the Japanese Buddhist circle in May, 1980 gave the Xiangji Temple a gilded wood sculpture of Shandao, some musical instruments, a stone lantern etc. This pagoda was built by a disciple named Huaiyun and it is 11-storey high. There is a smaller five-storey brick dagoba near to the east of the bigger one, which was built to commemorate Jingye, a disciple of the Buddhist Shandao. Originally, around the pagoda were the building of one of the great temple-monasteries of Tang Chang'an, for some reasons, it disappeared long before. It has brackets in relief and imitates a wooden structure. There are about 25 monks who lived in this temple. You can climb the pagoda with permission.

It is difficult to reach the temple by public transport and the journey may take over two hours. No.215 bus leaves you at a village 6.4 kilometers from the temple. Then, you can change another bus or walk to reach the temple, but if you choose walk, the beautiful scene in countryside will make your trip more joyously.

Admission: 10