Xian Photos

Pit No.1     Pit No.2     Pit No.3      Bronze Chariots and Horses

Pit No.1 is the biggest one among the 3 pits. It is rectangular, coving an area of 14,260 square meters (17,055 square yards). There are over 6,000 terra-cotta warriors and horses 'standing' in the pit.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda, also known as Da Ci'en Pagoda, was built by Buddhist master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) to store the Buddhist statues and scriptures, and Buddha's brought back from India. It has become a tourist attraction since the Tang Dynasty, regarded as the symbol of Xian.

City Wall Park          City Wall Lantern Show          Xian Tang Hanguang Gate Site Museum

Built between 1374 and 1378 in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), Xian City Wall is the best-preserved and most complete existing city wall in China, having a history of over 600 years. It is made up of a series of military facilities such as moat, suspension bridge, arrow tower, parapet, and battlement.

Well-known as the treasure house of China's ancient civilization, Shaanxi History Museum exhibits more than 370,000 historical relics of Shaanxi from the Pre-history Period to the year of 1840, including bronze vessels, golden and silver objects, murals, mirrors, coins, and pottery figures.

The Bell Tower and the Drum Tower are regarded as the landmarks of Xian City. Both of them are located in the center of Xian. The Bell Tower is situated at the crossing of the East, West, South and North Avenues, while the Drum Tower is only a few hundred meters west of the Bell Tower.

Xian Muslim Quarter refers the compact community where the Hui People lives. It is made up of four streets - Beiyuanmen Street, Huajue Alley, Xiyangshi Street and Dapiyuan Street, on which are full of Muslim food stores providing all kinds of delicious Muslim food.

Located in the south of Xian City, near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Tang Paradise is a grand imperial garden-style theme park which shows the prosperous view of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 709).

Located in the Banpo Village of the eastern suburban of Xian City, Banpo Museum is a galaxy of the art, customs, residences and life of the people living in the Yellow River Valley in the prehistoric era, fames as the 'First Village in China'.