Popular Xi'an Attractions
Can't decide how to spend your time in Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi? Start with this list of Xi'an City's most popular attractions to get started planning your trip to Xi'an, China.
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Shaanxi History Museum
Shaanxi History Museum is a sizable national museum with a wide range of modern facilities. The entire building complex assumes the architectural features of the Tang Dynasty. It covers an area of 70, 000 square meters, and houses the best cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province and shows the development of Chinese civilization. In view of Shaanxi's special position in Chinese history, the state government invested 144...
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Forest of Stone Steles Museum
Xi'an Forest of Stone Steles Museum, or Xi'an Beilin Museum, a courtyard-styled structure, is situated on the site of the Confucian Temple on Sanxue Street, Xi'an. It served as the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the Tang Dynasty, and later became the Confucian Temple in the Song Dynasty. In 1950, it was extended into the museum that greets us today.The museum covers an area of about 30, 000 square meters. Its exhibits can...
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Yangling Mausoleum
The Yangling Mausoleum is a joint burial tomb of Emperor Jing and his wife, Empress Wang. Located 20 km to the north of Xian on the Xianyang Plateau, it is the most complete imperial mausoleum of the Western Han Dynasty(202BC – 9AD) ever discovered in China.Around the mausoleum, there are more than 80 attendant pits containing cavalry and infantry figurines, clay animals and other clay, bronze and lacquer utensils,...
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Small Wild Goose Pagoda
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Jianfu Temple, one kilometer south from the downtown area of Xian city. Inside the temple, there is a huge iron bell that dates back to the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). The sound of the bell is crisp and pleasant, and can be heard as far as five kilometers away. The local natives often call it the "Magic Bell.” It is said that if one missed his beloved relations far awa...
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Xi'an Banpo Museum
Banpo Museum is located in the eastern suburb of Xi'an, nine kilometers from the center of the city. It houses the site of a 6,000-year-old village, which belongs to a Neolithic matriarchal clan community.The site was discovered by chance in 1953. It extends over an area of 50, 000 square meters. Excavations were conducted in five phases between 1954 and 1957, opening up an area of 10, 000 square meters. Banpo Museum...
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Drum Tower
Drum Tower is located in the heart of Xi'an City, about 500 meters northwest of the Bell Tower. It was built in 1380. There used to be a huge drum in the tower which told the time at dusk; hence, its name the Drum Tower. 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." Later, the drum was no longer used to tell time but only...
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Xi'an Museum
Xian Museum is situated two kilometers way from the City Wall (southwest section) in the Beilin District of Xian City. The museum centered on the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and the Jianfu Temple, combining the grand museum, ancient pagoda and the tranquil park as a whole. Now it has become a historical and cultural site for travelers and the local residents to learn the history of Xian and to enjoy a peaceful and relaxed...