1 day trip in Xi'an City
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09:00 Hotel pick up
Overlooking Xi’an Bell Tower Rising nearly 118 feet (36 m) above the city center, this graceful Ming-style tower has stood as Xian's symbol since 1385 A.D. Inside is a 2 1/2-ton (2,268 kg) iron bell dating from the 15th century.
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09:30 Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Another Xian landmark stands at the south edge of the city. The seven-story Big Wild Goose Pagoda dates from 652 A.D. As the symbol of the old-line Xian, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists. When a monk returning from an 18-year sojourn in India proposed building a repository for his manuscripts and named it after the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in India. The breath-defying climb to the top affords a grand city view.
The Shanxi Provincial Museum. Built at the site of a former Confucian temple in the southern part of Xian, this is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. It exhibits primarily historical relics of past dynasties and displays precious art treasures and stone carvings of the Han and Tang dynasties.
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| Walking through the exhibits in the Provincial Museum is like walking through the history of what came to be known as the Silk Road. First, there are items from the Xia (2200 B.C.-1700 B.C.) and then the Ming and Qing dynasties. The collection from the Han through the Tang (618 A.D.-907 A.D.) and Song (960 A.D.-1279 A.D.) dynasties shows the changes of art and craftsmanship. It is not just that the skills have developed and changed (many of the early pieces are detailed and executed to perfection), it is also the viewpoint that has changed. The later works have a stronger reality base--a knowledge of an expanded world experience.
12:30 Lunch Time
After Sightseeing over such finely-built buildings, it is necessary to have lunch nearby very much. Not only for meeting your stomach needs, but also for feeling even enjoying the environment.
14:00 Great Mosque and its bazaar
Nearby the Drum Tower, in the Muslim residential area, there stands a famous Islamic mosque in China - Xi'an Great Mosque. The mosque was built in a Chinese architectural style with most of the grounds taken up by gardens Still an active place of worship, the mosque holds several prayer services each day.
The bazaar at the entrance of Mosque is quite interesting for the visitors.
16:00 Back to hotel
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1 day trip to Terra-cotta Warriors Museum, Xian
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09:00 Hotel pick up
09:50 Terracotta Warriors Reproduction Factory
On the way to the Terra-Cotta Warriors’ Museum, we will pass a Terracotta Warriors Reproduction Factory. Here, you could find Chinese terracotta warriors statues and many kind of clay antiques reproduction as exterior and interior decoration. They are made from the same materials, by the same methods and in the same place as they had been made in 2000 years ago. The beautiful terracotta warriors will always exude mystic cultural ambience of ancient China, and also will make a special style additions with classicality and stateliness to your garden or interior setting.
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10:45 The Terracotta Warriors’ Museum
The high point of a trip to Xian comes when you stand at the edge of Emperor Qin Shihuang′s vast funeral vault and gaze at the lifelike faces of his terra-cotta army, buried a full two centuries before the birth of Christ. The emperor who unified China and completed the Great Wall ordered the construction of his tomb at the beginning of his reign, around 221 B.C. So far, more than 6,000 true-to-life soldiers and horses have been uncovered in three main vaults. Each soldier carries different armaments, and each varies in facial features and individual stance. The tomb was discovered in 1974 beneath a grassy mound about 20 miles (32 km) outside Xian. This tomb, remarkably, is not the emperor's actual resting place but a satellite tomb. The expense of excavating Qin′s vault-said to be part of a vast under ground city crisscrossed by canals of mercury-has delayed the project indefinitely. |
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13:15 Break for lunch
The restaurant will be near the museum.
14:30 Return to Xian after lunch
15:45 visit City Wall
Just before enter the city, we have visit the City Wall. Xian is one of the few walled cities of China where visitors still can see the old city wall. Local officials have gone to no small expense to undertake the restoration. Some 39 feet high (12 m) and surrounded by a moat, the Ming wall follows the original boundaries of the Tang capital for nearly 8 1/2 miles (14 km). The wall, gates, towers, and moat have been incorporated into the city park, where concerts and various performances take place regularly. You can walk the top of the wall for its entire length, stopping to tour the impressive West Gate.
16:45 Return to hotel
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