Xian City Guide, Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Xi'an is a city with a long history, in which many ancient Chinese dynasties established their capitals. From Xizhou with the flourishing slavery to Tang Dynasty with the peak of feudalism, there had been a total of 12 dynasties that built capitals here.
As an ancient capital with thousands of years of history and the starting point of the "Silk Road", Xi'an served as an important pivot and center in ancient foreign economy and culture exchange. Right now Xi'an is a city with glorious histotical sites attracting thousands of tourists every year.
The most renowned one is the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, which is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of all times. The others like Great Wild Goose Pagoda, The Bronze Carriage and Horse of the Qin Dynasty, Tomb Figures of Cavalry of the Qin Dynasty, The Drum Tower, The Bell Tower, The Tomb of Emperor Qinshihuang, The Huaqing Pond, The Qian Tomb and The Huangdi Tomb are all listed top tourist sites in this city.

The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses	The Bell Tower and The Drum Tower
called as the ��eighth wonder of the world? They are the largest pottery figurine group ever unearthed in China. The museum covers an area of 16,300 square meters, divided into three sections: No. 1 Pit, No. 2 Pit, and No. 3 Pit respectively. It is one of the 10 most famous places in China, and is announced as the world cultural heritage by UNESCO.	They have been referred to as "the Morning Bell" and "the Dusk Drum". The Bell Tower is originally built in 1348 and situated in the very heart of the city. It is the most well-preserved and best-known one in China. The base of Drum Tower is 1,924square meters in size, and 34 meters high.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda	Shaanxi Provincial Museum
It is one of the most famous Buddhist pagodas in China and initially built in 589. It's the sanctum for the renowned monk Xuan-zang to translate and explain the sutra of Buddhism, also the place where Number One Scholars, Jinshi and Juren of the past dynasties superscripted, and where longhairs and artists wrote poems and drew pictures.	Covering an area of over 70,000 square meters, the museum contains more than 370,000 relics including Bronze wares, terra cotta figures, gold and silver wares and murals from three thousand years ago.The museum is a large Tang-style stone buildings with white tile eaves occupied an area of 65,000 square meters (16 acres).
The Great Mosque	Huaqing pool
Set up in 742 AD during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), it was built in the shape of a rectangle from the east to the west, and is subdivided into four courtyards each with historically fascinating religious records and is one of the oldest and best-preserved mosques in China.	35 kilometers east of the city of xi'an .It was known as Huaqing Palace and also had the name "Huaqing Pool " because of its location over the hot springs. In Tang Dynasty ,Emperor Tai Zong ordered the construction of Hot Springs Palace,and Emperor XuanZong had walled palace in the year 747 which was known as Huaqing Palace.


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