THE MUSEUM OF THE FIRST EMPEROR'S TERRA-COTTA WARRIORS AND HORSES : The museum is located in Lintong District,35 kilometers away from the urban area. They were named pit1, pit2,and pit3 by order of discovery . The three pits cover a total area of 22,780 square meters. The museum of first Qin emperor ,one of the top ten places of historical interest in China ,was listed as the world heritage by the UNESCO about a decade ago.
HUAQING POOL : Huaqing pool is located about 35kilometers east of the city of xi'an .Historically ,It can trace back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, During the Tang Dynasty ,Emperor Tai Zong ordered the construction of Hot Springs Palace,and Emperor XuanZong had walled palace built around the Lishan Mountain in the year 747. It was known as Huaqing Palace .It also had the name "HuaqingPool " because of its location over the hot springs.The palace covers an area of 85,560square meters.
BANPO VILLAGE MUSEUM :Banpo Museum is located in the eastern suburb of xi'an ,9 kilometers from the center of the city .It houses the site of a 6,000-year-old village ,belongs to a Neolithic matriarchal clan community. This village is divided into three parts : the living section , the pottery-making section and the burial section .By means of scientific excavation ,archaeologists have discovered nearly 10,000 production tools or daily utensils , 46houses ,2 pigsties ,200 cellars ,174burial pits for adults and 73burial jars for children .The discovery of so many artifacts is indeed unprecedented.
THE CITY WALL:The city wall of xi'an is an extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure. The city wall ,after its extension in Ming Dynasty,stands 12meters high, it is12-14 meters wide on the top , 15-18meters thick at the bottom and 13kilometers in length. It is also the most complete city wall that has survived through China's long history. The city wall itself is a true display of ability and wisdom of the working people in ancient times. It privides invaluable and substantial material for study of the history ,military science, and architecture of the Ming Dynasty.

THE BIG WILD GOOSE PAGODA :Situated in Da Ci'en Temple,about 4 kilometers from the urban center ,the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the famous Buddhist pagodas in China. The Tang Regime gave orders to build a chamber for the translation of Buddist scriptures and appointed the widely renowned Master Xuan Zang(Monk Tripitaka) the head of temple.Xuan Zang was both a great translator and traveler . In Tang Dynasty ,every successful candidate who passed the imperial examination would climb up the pogoda and write poems and inscriptoins to indicate that he would have soaring career in the future .

The Small Wild Goose Pagoda: The Pagoda was originally situated within the premises of the Felicity Temple in the Anren Block in Chang'an city of the Tang Dynasty.

The Pagoda was constructed in 707 (first year of Jinglong of the Tang Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian). The pagoda is a square brick construction, 45 meters high with 15 tiers.
SHAANXI NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM: Shaanxi History Museum is a splendid national museum with modern facilities .The entire building complex assumes the architectural features of Tang Dynasty. It houses the culture heritage of Shaanxi Province and shows the development of Chinese civilization .The state government invested 144 million yuan in establishment of Shaanxi History Museum. It houses 113,000 historical and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi . The museum displays the historic artifacts excavated in the province.The exhibibition may be divided into seven major sections : the Prehistoric Age, the Zhou,the Qin ,the Han ,the Wei , the Jin ,the North ,the South ,the Sui ,the Tang ,the Song , the Yuan , the Ming ,and the Qing .All the exhibitions vividly and systematically depict the history of Shaanxi Province, ranging from 1,150,000 years ago to the year 1840.Back in history ,13 dynasty established their capitals in Shaanxi Province,the ancient history of Shaanxi is microcosm of Chinese history.
THE GREAT MOSQUE :The Great Mosque is the most sizable of its kind in Xi'an ,and also one of the oldest and best-preserved mosques in China. The Stone Tablet on the Building of Mosque says that it was built in Tang Dynasty. With glazed tiles ,spectacular corners ,and upturned eaves ,it stands about 9meters high ,and has a history of about 360 years.The Great Mosque is located in Huajue Lane, it is the major spot for the religious activities of over 60,000 Moslems in Xi'an .It assumes the striking features of Chinese pavilions ,with painted beams and engraved ridgepoles.

THE BELL TOWER AND THE DRUM TOWER:The Bell Tower is in the center of the downtown area .It houses a bell which was originally used to stricke time every morning in ancient times . now ,it has become the symbol of Xi'an . About 500meters northwest of the Bell Tower stands another magnificient building .
the Drum Tower .It was built in 1380,four years earlier than the Bell Tower .There used to a huge drum in the tower which told the time at the dusk.The base of Drum Tower is 1,924square meters in size, and 34meters high.The bell in the Bell Tower and the drum in the Drum Tower have been referred to as "the Morning Bell" and "the Dusk Drum".
QIANLING MAUSOLEUM :Qianling Mausoleum is joint tomb of Gao Zong (Li Zhi,628-683A.D),the third emperor of Tang Dynasty and his empress Wu Zetian(624-705A.D). Wu Zetian was only empress in Chinese history . On both sides of the sacred way in front of the tomb , 124 exquisite and lively stone statues are lined up from north to south .In addtion ,outside the south gate there are two tablets: the Tablets to the Holy Deeds of Emperor GaoZong and the worldless Tablet to Wu Zetian .there are aslo 61 stone statues representing the heads of the ethnic minority groups and envoys from friendly countries who came to attend Emperor GaoZong's funeral .
FAMEN TEMPLE :Famen Temple is lied in Famen Town 10kilometers north of Fufeng County seat ,120 kilometers west of Xi'an .It was built in ancient times to house the fingerbones of Sakyamuni,the found of Buddhism. The finger bone discovered at Famen Templeis the only real finger bone of the Buddha that has been discovered and maintained in world . they are considered to be national treasures.
MOUNT HUA: Mount Hua stands in the south of Huayin County,120 kilometers east of Xi'an ,with an altitude of 2,200 meters .It is always known for its precipitousness.They are five peaks of Mount Hua :the Morning Sun Peak , the Lotus Flower Peak, the Jade Lady Peak, the Wild Goose-resting Peak and the Cloudy Terrace Peak .From a distance , these five peaks look like a lotus
The Forest of steles in Xi'an The Forest of Steles has the best steles of ancient dynasties of this province and is a treasure house of the Chinese calligraphic art.
The Forest of Steles founded in 1090 A.D. (fifth year of Yuanyou of the Northern Song Dynasty) houses over 2300 steles of the Han, Wei, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Among the well-known steles of many dynasties are "the Popular Stele of Daqin Nestorianism" of the Tang.
Exhibited here are also stone tablets on which are engraved the handwritings of such Tang calligraphical masters as Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.
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