Day 3(pt3): Xi'an's Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Oh yeah... Day 3 is the busiest for us in Xi'an as the next day we're leaving for Shanghai... Huhu! Later that evening after our Asar prayer, we decided to visit The Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Due to communication problem, we were having problem to find the right bus to go there. Asked around at the nearest bus station. The locals were helpful but apparently, there was no direct bus going to that place from that particular bus stop. Suddenly, a lady who was standing in front of me approached us asking where we would like to go and offer to bring us to that place. Not only that... She even paid for our bus fares... For the 3 of us!!! We had to change bus at one station and again she paid the bus fares for the 3 of us!! What a nice lady... We were so touched by her kindness!! Who would have thought a total stranger... whom we met in a strange place was kind enough to offer help!

In a local bus... the one wearing grey sweater was the kind lady who helped us... her name is Jiao Li. From our bus station, we took bus number 222.

We had to stand in the bus at the beginning but later managed to find seats at the back :)) Aikk... pakcik belakang tu nak join masuk gambar gak ke? :D

Walking with Jiao Li to the next bus station (changing  bus - taking bus number 21). Ironically, Jiao Li can't speak English... but she really, really went out of her way to help us... masyaAllah... baiknya dia.... terharu saya!

After taking 2 buses, we finally saw the Big Wild Goose Pagoda :)

Jiao Li walking with us to the Pagoda place... 

Jiao Li leave us here as she had to go home. We wanted to pay her with some money... But she refused. Subhanallah.., such a kind beautiful lady... I could not describe how grateful we were to cross path with this kind lady in this big land of China! Thank you Allah for making our journey easier by crossing path with this nice lady... 

Last pic with Jaio Li before she left us.. Thank you Jiao Li. Only god can repay your kindness to us... 

Enjoying the view of Big Wild Goose Pagoda :)

Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Pagoda) is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists. It is located in the southern suburb of Xian City, about 4 kilometers (2.49 miles) from the downtown of the city. 

Why is it call Big Wild Goose Pagoda? Well, I seached the internet and found this story... 

According to ancient stories of Buddhists, there were two branches, for one of which eating meat was not a taboo. One day, they couldn't find meat to buy. Upon seeing a group of big wild geese flying by, a monk said to himself: 'Today we have no meat. I hope the merciful Bodhisattva will give us some.' At that very moment, the leading wild goose broke its wings and fell to the ground. All the monks were startled and believed that Bodhisattva showed his spirit to order them to be more pious. They established a pagoda where the wild goose fell and stopped eating meat. Hence its name.

We were there for just like an hour before deciding to go back to our hotel... dah gelap and dah penat! Hmm.... again, we had transportation problem! Were not sure what bus to take and asked around... a nice teenager told us to take bus number 609 (we told him that we wanted to go to the Bell Tower area). Well... the bus passed the Bell Tower all right... but we did not know where to stop -_-. Ended up.... we stopped somewhere and took another bus... haha... adventure sungguh! And this time around... we made sure we stop somewhere near the Bell Tower :)

Enjoying the night view of Bell Tower.

Dead tired.. but we stopped by at The Muslim Quarters again to buy some last-minute souvenirs...

Bought some jeruk2 here in the Muslim Quarter

Hubby bought this tiles...

Akibat penat yang teramat sangat... we decided to go back to our hotel with this makcik... 

I guess she's a Muslim.. cause she asked if we were Muslim and gave us good discount :))

What an adventure we had in Xi'an! :)