Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Xi'an Museum

西安博物院（小雁塔·荐福寺）

A pagoda from 707 that lost its top to an earthquake, and a quiet garden

⚠ Closed Tue; free booking

Hours

Closed Tuesdays except public holidays. Opens 8:30–9am, closes 6pm (7pm in July–August); last entry around 4:30pm

Tickets

Free with real-name booking 1–4 days ahead

Address

72 Youyi West Road, Beilin; the pagoda, Jianfu Temple and Xi'an Museum share one site and one booking

This one went up 50 years after the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It had fifteen tiers until an earthquake in 1487 knocked the top off, and now it stops bluntly at thirteen; there's also a story that it split in a quake and closed up again. The Jianfu Temple garden, full of old trees, is startlingly quiet next to the Big Wild Goose crowds. The Xi'an Museum on the same site is smaller than the Shaanxi History Museum but has a good Tang collection and is far easier to get into, which is why package tours often start here.