Xian Travel Guide

Xian
  • City Name:
    Xian (Chinese: 西安, Pinyin:xian)
  • Population :
    Municipality 8,252,000, Metro: 2,670,000
  • Location :
    located at 34°16′N 108°56′E / 34.267°N 108.933°E / 34.267; 108.933
  • Overview:
    Since the 1990s, as part of the economic revival of interior China, the city of Xian has re-emerged as an important cultural, industrial and educational center.
History

Overview

 

Xian is a museum city dotted with the historic relics of the past dynasties, from the restored city walls to the majesty of the Terracotta Warriors, Xian will delight travelers today, as it did centuries ago as the staring point of the famed Silk Road. There are 544 key units of cultural relic under protection and over 5700 sites within the city. In 1981, it was authorized by the UNESCO as a world-famous historic city. Xian tour is your top choice travelling in China.

 

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As the capital of Shaanxi province, Xian has a history of more than 3000 years, it is one of the four Great Ancient Capital Cities together with Athens, Rome and Cairo. Xian has been the capital of 12 dynasties, though it has been known as various names, most notably as Chang'an. It was also the starting point of the Silk Road, where camels were loaded for their long and perilous journey to Central Asia. Xian's links to Central Asia goes beyond trade as Islam continues to have an influence on the local flavor through the Muslim Hui minority.

 

As dynasty after dynasty added their own mark to Xian, the relics of old palaces, temples and tombs abound throughout the city and surrounding countryside. The tyrannical Qin dynasty emperor Qin Shihuang, with his capital at Xianyang, close to present day Xian, left his indelible mark through the famed Terracotta Warriors. It is a must see attraction about Xian tours.

 

The Tang Dynasty is considered one of China's golden ages for its unmatched cultural achievements. Trade reached Central Asia and Europe, thousands of students from Japan and Korea arrived in Xian to study the Tang cultural, and Chinese monks traveled to India to copy Buddhist sutras. At its zenith during the Tang dynasty, Xian was the world's largest and more cosmopolitan city, measuring 84.1 square kilometers with over one million residents.

 

Though Xian was large, it was not affected by the incomprehensible twisting and turning lanes of similar cities of the era. As the first planned city in China, it was organized into a neat grid layout, highly symbolic in geomancy. The layout of Xian city would influence other cities such as Beijing, etc.

 

Nowadays, the Xian city's charm lies in its historic atmosphere, there's a palpable sense of past glories, vestiges of its history are ever present.

One can easily imagine the sights and sounds of Xian at the height of its glory when wandering along the city walls or strolling through the old Muslim quarter. Xi,an travel guide you to discover this ancient city.