The Xingjiao Temple is situated at the foot of Shaoling Plateau, about 20 kilometers south of Xi'an, so you can visit this famous temple during your China day tours. This old buddhist temple is particularly famous because it is the burial place of Xuanzang, the pilgrim who spent 15 years in India and brought Buddhist scriptures back to China. Emperor Tang Suzong (Li Heng, 711 - 762) wrote two characters "Xing Jiao (Flourishing Teaching)" on the stupa, thereafter the temple was called Xingjiao Temple.

Before Xian day trips, you may an interesting history. Xuanzang (620-664), a prestigious monk in the Tang Dynasty, is reputed as Tang Sanzang or Tang Seng among the people. He entered into Buddhism at the age of thirteen, was formally initiated into monkhood when he was twenty-one, and devoted himself to Buddhism since then. In the third year (629) of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty, he went westward from Chang'an City, the then capital of China, to India, after passing Xinjiang and Central Asia for the purpose of going on a pilgrimage for Buddhist Scriptures. He came back to Chang'an City in 645, and then began to translate Buddhist Scriptures in three temples including Daci'en Temple successively. After nineteen years, seventy-five Buddhist Scriptures were translated into Chinese.

It is said that the ancient novel Journey to the West was inspired by his journey. It is said that parts of his body are in different places in the world. Japanese troops took some of his remains from Nanjing during WWII, and they are in Japan. It is also said that some remains were taken to India in the 1950s. Some ashes of his body are said to be in the pagoda at Xingjiao Temple. Except that, Day tours to Beijing,Xian, Guilin,Shanghai also welcome you when you come to China.