Xi'an,the capital of Shannxi Province,is stuated in the fertile Wei RiverValley.One
of the few Chinese cities where the ancient foetress walls can still be seen.Xi'an dates back more than 3,000 years and has impressive collection of archaeological relies to help explain its rich history.Formerly
known as Chang'an("ternal Peace"),the city of Xi'an had served as a capital under 13 dynasties.
Xi'an is vest known as within the local arts and crafts community for its thriving archaeological reproduction industry,which features painted Neolothic pottery; life-size Qin terra-cotta figures, glazed Tang funeral wares,and Tang tomb murals. A wide variety of folk crafts is also produced in the region,including needlework,ceramics,paper cuts,and rubbing(made from the impressions of stone carvings).
China had 231 emperors and one ruling empress, 79 of whom were buried in Shaanxi. One imperial mausoleum in Shaanxi,which apples to most of visitors,is the Oianling Tomb where Wu Zetian, China's only tuling empress, and her hubband Li Zhi, who has Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Emperor Qin shihuang's Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses acclaimed as the "Star Pool" in the Zhou Dynasty 2,800 years ago,the Neolithic Banpo Museum with a history of 6,000 years---an important excavated restored Neolothic Chinese village, the China's best-preserved City Wall built in the early Ming Dynasty(1368-1644), the Big Wild Goose Pagoda erected in 652, the Forest of Steles, the largest stone library in China and also called a treasure house of Chinese calligraphy with a superb collection by famous callgraphers form Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) to Qing Dynasty(1644-1911).
The Terra-Catta Warriors&Horses of the Qin Dynasty--秦兵马俑
Huaqing Hot Spring－华清池
First Emperor's Tomb of the Qin Dynasty－秦始皇陵
City Wall－西安城墙
Banpo Museum－半坡博物馆
Big Wild Goose Pagoda－大雁塔
Forst of Stelae－碑林
Great Mosque －清真寺
Famen Temple－法门寺
Maoling Mausoleum－茂陵
Yang Guifei(719-756)Tomb－杨贵妃墓
Black Dargon Temple －青龙寺
Temple of Prosperous Teaching－兴教寺
Three Days on Mount Huashan－华山3日游
Qianling Tomb－乾陵
Yellow Emperor's Tomb－黄帝陵
Yaowang Temple药王庙
