Wood兄，“The Temple of Thanksgiving”是指大慈恩寺。Thanksgiving Day 就是感恩节。
大雁塔可以称为“Da Yan Tower”或“The Big Wild Goose Pagoda”但是TOWER 和PAGODA还是有些小小的差别。TOWER一般指钟楼等，如伦敦的TOWER OF LONDON，上海的东方明珠塔（ORIENT PEARL TOWER）宝塔；PAGODA专指宝塔。
下文是对大雁塔的介绍，供参考：
The tower was originally situated within the premises of the Temple of Motherly Kindness in the Jinchang Block in the Chang'an city of the Tang Dynasty .The Temple was built in 648 A.D.(twenty-second year of Zhen_ guan of the Tang )by the Prince Li Zhi,who later became Emperor Gaozong, to honor his mother,Empress Wende. The pagoda itself was built in 652 (third year of Yonghui of the Tang Emperor Gaozong).A square pyramid of blue brick, it is 64 meters high,with seven stories. It is simple in shape,and of good and lofty proportion .Preserved on the four stone doors in the base of the pagoda are exquisite engravings of the Tang.Two steles with "The preface to the Sacred Reli gion" written by the famous Tang calli- Chu Suiliang are set into the walls on the either side of the south door of the pagoda.Because of their distinctive and elegant inscriptions,the steles are valuable data for the art of calligraphy.
