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Xian Attractions
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Huaqing Hot Spring |
Xian Huaqing Hot Springs is located at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lindong County of Shaanxi Province, about 30 kilometers from Xian. It is recorded that as early as the Dynasties of Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang, temporary imperial living place was built here. In the 6th… |
Museum of Qin Terra-cottaWarriors |
Terra Cotta Warriors, the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, is located in Lintong county, 35 kilometers east of Xi’an, capital city of Shanxi province.Terra Cotta Warriors is the largest imperial mausoleum that has been discovered in ancient China. About 1.5 kilometers … |
Banpo Museum |
Located at the eastern outskirts of Xian city, the Banpo Museum is the first on-site prehistoricmuseum in China. Banpo site is a typical Neolithic Matriarchal community of the Yangshao culture( 5000-3000 BC) around 6000 years ago. About 400 sites of this type have… |
Big Wild Goose Pagoda.jpg) |
This famous Buddhist pagoda is situated inside Da Ci’en (Thanksgiving) Temple, which is four kilometers south of Xi’an City. Tang Emperor Gaozong (628-683) commissioned the building of this temple in 652 during the Tang Dynasty as a… |
The ancient City Wall |
The first landmark visitors will encounter in Xi’an was its ancient City Wall, which stretches just outside the railway station. Xi’an was originally a walled city, and even today the wall is considered a landmark dividing the city into the inner part and … |
