Chang ‘an has hometown, hometown to Chang ‘an, prosperity is Xi ‘an, prosperity is Chang ‘an, is Chang ‘an, is also Xi ‘an!
“There was a romantic dream of Li Bai, a young ambition of Bai Juyi, too many spring breeze and horseshoe disease, a day to see the dream of Chang ‘an flower.” This is the city of miracles. This is Chang ‘an. You must go to Xi ‘an!” Blowing the wind on the wall of the Ming Dynasty, taking a walk in the Tang Dynasty sleepless city, going to the bell and drum towers, and feeling the prosperity of Chang ‘an, this is the aspirations of most tourists in Xi ‘an.
In front of the Six Jun statue in Zhaoling Mausoleum, you will feel the temperature of history when you look closely at the tears on the cheeks of the great general Qiu Xinggong. Before Xuanzang’s journey to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, you will hear the heartbeat of history when you realize that the demons and monsters of the journey to the West are all a joke, and the court is seated first and then pays homage, resulting in Xuanzang’s return after stealing the journey and nearly losing the journey.
(Prosperity is Xi ‘an)
In the west city of Datang, you suddenly realize: the “east” and “west” of buying things originally refer to the east and west city of Chang ‘an. The former is the domestic trade CBD where local rich businessmen gather, and the latter is the international free trade zone where Li Bai “laughs into the Hu Ji restaurant”, you will know that opening up to the outside world is never a flood, and history is always between retreat and retreat.
It turns out that Xi ‘an said, “Give me a day, return you a thousand years,” is not a lie. “Three points to see, seven points to listen” is not an empty statement. Before coming to Xi ‘an, I suggest that we must do a good job, so as not to “avoid this trap, that avoid the trap” as most people do. What are the must-punch cards for Xi ‘an tourism? Recommend 20 must-see attractions, grab the collection!
(Shaanxi History Museum)
Recommendation 1: Shaanxi History Museum
Xi ‘an is the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, so there is a saying that “one hundred years to see Shanghai, one thousand years to see Beijing, five thousand years to see Xi ‘an”. The legendary history of majestic China is hidden in the Shaanxi History Museum, which has more than 1.7 million exquisite cultural relics.
The Pearl of the Thirteen Dynasties Ancient Capital, the Treasure of China, Shaanxi History Museum, Shaanxi History Museum is China’s first large-scale modern national museum, known as the “pearl of the ancient capital, the treasure of China”, is the art palace to display Shaanxi history and culture and ancient Chinese civilization.
The collection spans more than one million years, from the simple stone tools used in the initial stage of ancient humans to the various artifacts in social life before 1840. There are three major exhibitions in the museum: basic exhibition (free), Great Tang Heritage treasures (paid), and Tang Dynasty mural treasures (paid).
(Xi ‘an Clock Tower)
Recommendation 2: Bell tower and drum Tower
Xi ‘an Bell Tower and Drum Tower, standing in the heart of the ancient capital, witnessed the vicissitudes of thousands of years. Travel to Xi ‘an friends will go to the bell and drum tower clock, and many friends of the two buildings silly can not distinguish clearly, don’t worry you carefully look down!
Xi ‘an Bell Tower is located at the south end of the north gate of the West Street in Xi ‘an City. The bell tower was built in the 17th year of Hongwu of Taizu Dynasty (1384). It was originally built at the entrance of Guangji Street, opposite to the Drum Tower, and then moved to the present site in the 10th year of Wanli of Emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty (1582).
The clock tower is built on the square base, is a brick and wood structure, heavy building three layers of eaves, four corners of the form of roof, the total height of 36 meters, the base height of 8.6 meters, each side length of 35.5 meters, an area of about 1377.4 square meters, there are stairs can spiral up.
(Xi ‘an Drum Tower)
The eaves are covered with dark green glazed tiles, the building is covered with gold painting, and the painting building is carved with beams. Xi ‘an Bell Tower is a major military and political town in the Ming Dynasty. No matter in terms of architectural scale, historical value or artistic value, it ranks first among similar buildings in the country.
Xi ‘an Drum Tower is located at the south end of the north gate of the West Street in Xi ‘an City, facing the bell tower in the east. The drum tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (1380), four years older than the bell tower, and rebuilt twice in the 38th year of Kangxi and the fifth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Upstairs the original giant drum side, the daily drumming time, so called “drum tower”, the north and south eaves of the drum tower hanging a plaque, the south said “civil and military flourishing”, the north said “sound in the sky”. After years of vicissitudes, now the giant drum has long gone, only the drum tower stands tall.
The bells and drums on the bell and drum towers are not only tools for telling time, but also the center of life for city residents. In ancient times, the ringing of the bell and drum meant the opening and closing of the city, and also signaled various political, economic and cultural activities.
(Daxingshan Temple)
Recommendation three: Daxingshan Temple
Daxingshan Temple as one of the “eight Buddhist” “Tantric” ancestral court, is the Sui and Tang royal temple, the Sui dynasty established two years (582) when the capital of Daxing City, the temple occupied the city of Jingshan square within a square place, Sui Emperor Wen took the city name “Daxing” two words, take the square name “good” word, will give the temple name “Daxing Temple”.
What to see at Daxing Shan Temple?Temple architecture is absolutely a big sight: exquisite, golden temple majestic, towering trees. Especially on sunny days, when the sun is shining, the temple is calm and gentle, and always passes the whole day without realizing it. In front of the Diamond Hall, you can also feed the pigeons, sometimes bursts of chanting mixed with the cooing of pigeons, there is always a kind of healing power by all things; Each of the first and fifteenth Xingshan temples can copy the Sutra, which is a very immersive experience.
Daxingshan Temple is located in the bustling Xiaozhai business circle in the southern suburbs of Xi ‘an, such as Seg and once the most popular Parkson, always busy and crowded, and the temple is separated by a door, it is two worlds, go to the temple to walk around idle, the heart slowly calmed down. You will feel a different kind of peace, and a sense of inner peace…
(Big Wild Goose Pagoda)
Recommendation four: The Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, located in the south square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi ‘an, is an ancient Buddhist pagoda. As the earliest and largest brick pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, it is the typical material evidence that the architectural form of ancient Indian Buddhist temples was introduced into the Central Plains with Buddhism and integrated into Chinese culture, and it is a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of Han working people.
The building of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was initiated by Wang Bo, a Chinese writer in the Tang Dynasty, in order to preserve the Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist culture imported from India to China. Historically, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was also the place where the new scholars of the Tang Dynasty were inscribed, and the “Wild Goose Pagoda inscription”, one of the “eight sights of Guanzhong”, was born. Many poets on the Big Wild goose Pagoda have also left a good sentence that has been read so far, the spirit of “high standard across the sky”, the grandeur of “tower potential such as gusto”, the scenery of “eternal green misty”, still make people feel close after thousands of years.
Built in 652 AD, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is 64.5 meters high and has 13 floors. It has a square appearance, with niches on each floor dedicated to Buddha statues. The tower body is made of brick masonry, the structure is strong and stable. The outer walls of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are carved with various exquisite reliefs, showing the artistic style of the Tang Dynasty and Buddhist stories. Climbing to the top of the tower, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of Xi ‘an city, especially at night, the bright lights on the top of the tower, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility.
(Terracotta Warriors and Horses)
Recommendation No. 5: Terracotta Warriors
Before you came to see the eight wonders of the Terra-cotta Warriors, you might have never thought that the terra-cotta Warriors would bring people a touch. The meeting of history and present, the meeting of ancient terracotta warriors and present people. We come from different time and space, but we meet in the same land.
Standing in front of Qin Shi Huang’s underground army, you can feel a strong shock. Each of the terracotta warriors is detailed, kneeling on the hair and sole of the terracotta warriors; The appearance of each figure is different, and there are various small expressions of details, like a personal custom hand.
Look at them carefully, this encounter and fate across a thousand years. Imagine how glorious these must have been two thousand years ago. These majestic terracotta figures, like silent soldiers guarding history, tell the glory and glory of thousands of years. Here history is no longer dry words, but vivid stories and rich emotions.
“Although the Terra-cotta warriors have no name, they have thousands of faces, and they protect the world with their flesh and blood. Who says there is no name, rivers and mountains are names.” Once fresh clothes angry horse, but in the underground, through the thousand years of time, see the prosperity of the fall, still indifferent.
(Xi ‘an City Wall)
Recommendation six: Xi ‘an City Wall
The city of Xi ‘an embodies the prosperity of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the imperiousness of the Qin Dynasty, the grandeur of the Han Dynasty, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. After the spring moon of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, it has spent four hundred years of silence in Song and Yuan Dynasties, and accidentally met Ming Dynasty in a historical review, leaving the most complete existing ancient city wall “Xi ‘an City Wall” here.
The city wall of Xi ‘an is the largest and best preserved ancient city wall in China. It was built in the Ming Dynasty, surrounding the ancient capital of Xi ‘an, like a solid barrier, guarding the peace and prosperity of the city.
Xi ‘an City Wall Scenic spot, taking Xi ‘an ancient city wall as the theme, includes a series of military facilities such as moat, suspension bridge, gate tower, archery tower, turret tower, enemy tower, parapet wall, crenel and so on, forming a strict and complete military defense system. East, west, North and South are opened on all sides of the city gate, east name “Changle”, west name “Anding”, south name “Yongning”, north name “Anyuan”.
(Datang West City Museum)
Recommendation 7: Datang West City Museum
The Tang Dynasty was prosperous in economy, inclusive in culture and rich in people’s lives. How did the people of the Silk Road describe the starting point of the road? There were gold and silver everywhere, singing and dancing, openness and tolerance. In their legends, this place should be the center of the world. Datang Xishi Museum is a private heritage museum reflecting the Silk Road culture and commercial culture as the theme, and is a national first-class museum. It is also the only museum rebuilt on the original site of the western city of Chang ‘an in the Tang Dynasty.
Thousands of years ago, Chang ‘an was the largest city in the world, and the West city was the most lively supermarket in Chang ‘an, including “living, shopping, business, play” and other functions. At that time, the West City, the streets are full of shops, wearing a variety of clothes and different looks of Hu merchants, one after another Shouting… Li Bai’s “Five Mausoleums young smile into Hu Ji restaurant” free and easy, perhaps only in one can understand.
Museum It includes “cross street”, “road ruts”, “stone bridge”, “house foundation”, “ditch” and other sites, construction area of 32,000 square meters, with a complete exhibition system, collection of history, art, folk customs, collection and other types of exhibition and theme activities in one. If you are interested in the Silk Road, you can go to see it, which is related to the history of people’s life and business exchanges in the East and West cities in the Tang Dynasty, don’t miss it!
(Xi ‘an Forest of Steles Museum)
Recommendation 8: Xi ‘an Stele Forest Museum
Xi ‘an Forest of Steles was founded in the second year of Song and Yuan You (1087), after Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China maintenance and construction, the scale continues to expand, the collection of stone steles and epitaphs since the Han Dynasty more than 4000 pieces, the number of the country’s largest collection of complete series of times, a time span of more than 2000 years.
The collection of Steles is vast, the calligraphy art is excellent, and the cultural connotation is rich, and it is known as “the treasure house of Oriental culture”, “the fountain of calligraphy art”, “the palace of Han and Tang stone carvings”, and “the oldest stone carvings library in the world”. As one of the special historical tourist landscapes of China, it has been included in the preparatory list of China’s application for World Cultural Heritage and has become an important part of the world cultural treasure house.
Xi ‘an Forest of Steles Museum is famous for its rich resources of steles. It is one of the best preserved stone art museums. In the museum, you can enjoy a large number of precious stone inscriptions, the most famous is the “Great Calligraphers Inscriptions Gallery”, which displays many of the famous calligraphers in history. One of the most famous is Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Lanting Collection, which is regarded as the pinnacle of calligraphy.
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