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The capital of Shaanxi Province, 2,200 square kilometers in area, the
city of Xian has
a population of 2,900,000 people and is divided into six districts and
counties.
Xian is a famous cultural city, and one of China's ancient capitals as
well. The
construction of various dynasties has left Xian plenty of cultural
relics including tombs,
gardens, terraces, pavilions, stone tablets and stone inscriptions.
Xian, as an ancient city in the East, and the starting point of the Silk
Road, is rich in
tourist resources and cultural resources. Along with increased foreign
exchanges and the
development of the tourist industry, more and more visitors come to Xian
for sightseeing
and other business every year.
- PLACES OF INTEREST -
THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS AND
HORSES OF EMPEROR
QIN SHI HUANG: Widely acclaimed as the eighth wonder of
the world, here
the underground battle formation comprising 6,000 life-size pottery
warriors and horses as
the dead emperor's guards can be viewed by the public. The pottery
soldiers, in different
manners, each weighting over 300 kilograms, about 1.86 metres tall,
stand row after row in
battle formation.
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THE BANPO
MUSEUM: An historic site of a primitive tribal village
dating back more
than 6,000 years. This site, under state protection, is a representative
of the Neolithic
villages. A primitive village, remains of a house, nearly 10,000
production tools and
daily-use articles are on exhibit. Representative cultural relics
include a painted
pottery pot with double-fish and human face designs, small-mouthed, big
bellied,
point-bottomed water bottles, bone fish hooks and the children's jar
coffins.
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THE
GREATER WILD GOOSE PAGODA: Built in 648, it was once
used by the Tang
monk Xuan Zang to translate Buddhist scriptures. Located on Yanta Road
73 meters high, 25
metres wide in each bottom line, the pagoda is very imposing in
appearance. The structure,
properly proportioned, assumes the shape of a square pyramid.
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XIAN
CITY WALL:
Built more than 600 years ago in 1374 and 1378, it is among China's best
preserved ancient
city walls. This city wall, built for the purpose of defense serves as
the material object
for the study on the city construction techniques in ancient China.
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THE STEELE
FOREST: On Sanxue Road in Xian, the Steele Forest is a
collection of more
than 2,300 steele handed down from the Han, Wei, Tang, Song, Ming and
Qing dynasties.
Providing valuable material for the study of the Chinese calligraphic
art, and Chinese
history.
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SHAANXI
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM: Opened to the public in 1991, this
modern museum at
state level has a collection of 110,000 pieces of historic relics.
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