How to travel in Xi 'an?

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1, Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The full name is "Ci 'en Temple Wild Goose Pagoda", which is located in Jionji, 4 kilometers away from Xi. It was built in 652 AD. According to legend, Master Xuanzang (Tang Sanzang) was the first abbot of Ji 'an Temple, who personally designed and supervised the construction, with the purpose of offering and storing Sanskrit classics and Buddhist cultural relics. Tang Gaozong and Emperor Taizong once wrote Preface to the Tang Sanzang and Preface to the Tang Sanzang.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a pavilion-style brick pagoda with a height of more than 64 meters and a base length of 25 meters. It has seven floors and a square cone. The whole tower is connected by grinding bricks. Displaying the prism on the brick wall can obviously divide the wall into bays, which has the style of traditional architectural art in China. There are also scenic spots such as Datang Furong Garden and Big Wild Goose Pagoda North Square nearby, with beautiful scenery. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a landmark building in Xi and a must-visit.

2. Forest of steles

The Xi 'an Beilin Museum in Xi 'an Sanxue Street was built in North Song Zhezong (A.D. 1090) with a history of more than 900 years.

The forest of steles has 7 large exhibition rooms, 8 verandahs and 8 pavilions, and has collected more than 2,300 steles from Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. At present, there are more than 65,438+0,000 stone tablets on display, most of which were carved by the Tang people. Here, you can not only enjoy various calligraphy styles such as seal script, official script, cursive script and calligraphy, but also have the opportunity to see the stone carvings of calligraphers such as Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, as well as Mo Bao of famous artists such as Wang Xizhi and Su Shi.

3. Banpo

Banpo Ruins Museum, located in banpo village, about six kilometers east of Xi, is the largest and most well-preserved matriarchal clan commune village site in the Yellow River basin, with a history of 6000 years.

The site is divided into three areas: residential area, pottery making area and tomb area. Residential areas are the main part of this village. Banpo people belong to the Neolithic age, and the tools used are mainly wood and stone tools. There are three showrooms in the museum.

4.Xi Anming City Wall

It is not only the best preserved ancient city wall building in China, but also the largest and most complete ancient military castle facility in the world.

Xi 'an City Wall was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370- 1378), which was formed on the basis of the wall of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the 6th century, with a circumference of 139 12m. The wall is12m high,18m wide at the bottom and15m wide at the top. The thickness is greater than the height, and the building is stable and firm. Starting from 1983, the construction project around the city has gradually built a park around the city, with the ancient city wall as the main line, the greening around the city as the supplement, and the moat surrounding it. The style is simple, rough and wild, with strong local characteristics. With the city wall as the main body, it includes a series of military facilities such as moat, suspension bridge, lock tower, arrow tower, main building, turret, parapet pile and city gate. It constitutes a strict and complete urban defense system in the era of cold weapons, and provides a precious cultural landscape for tourists to intuitively understand ancient wars.

5. Shaanxi History Museum

Located in the northwest of the intersection of Xi 'an Xiaozhai East Road and Cuihua Road, covering an area of about 70,000 square meters, it is a national history museum and the largest and most modern history museum in China.

The museum is a group of buildings that imitate the Tang Dynasty and is divided into three exhibition halls. More than 3,000 cultural relics on display are selected from hundreds of thousands of cultural relics unearthed in Shaanxi Province, most of which are rare treasures with high artistic and historical value.

6.Xi Anzhong Drum Tower

This bell tower is located at the intersection of four streets in Xi 'an. Founded in the 17th year of Ming Hongwu, the original site is located in Ji Street, An Guang, Xi, and moved to the present site in the 10th year of Ming Wanli. Qing Qianlong was rebuilt in five years. There is a bronze bell hanging on the bell tower to tell the time, hence the name.

The Drum Tower is located at the intersection of Xi 'an Anxi Street and Beiyuanmen, opposite the bell tower across the square in the east. Built in the 13th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt twice in Qing Dynasty. There is a huge drum upstairs, so it is called Drum Tower.

7. Huaqingchi

Located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong District, Xi, 30 kilometers east of Xi. Huaqingchi is famous for the legends of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei. In fact, Huaqing Pool has a very long history. According to legend, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Youwang built a palace here. Later generations of Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi also built palaces here; In the Tang Dynasty, large-scale construction was carried out, especially the palaces and pavilions built in Tianbao period of Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty were more luxurious and officially renamed as "Huaqing Palace".

In the east of Huaqing Pool, there is a gold plaque inscribed by Guo Moruo. There are Lotus Pavilion, Feixia Pavilion, Wu Jiantang (where Chiang Kai-shek lived during the Xi incident) and other buildings in this area. Among them, Ode to the Hot Springs on the Stone Wall of Hot Springs is a fine work in the treasure house of stone inscription art in China. The central area is the museum of the imperial soup ruins of the Qing Palace in Tang Dynasty. There are lotus seed soup, begonia soup, prince soup, Shangshi soup, star soup and cultural relics showroom in the area. There are large-scale murals of Jiulong Lake, Fei Xia Hall and Zhao Feng Hot Spring Palace in Yang Yuhuan, which are composed of 90 pieces of white marble, 9.15m long and 3.6m high. It describes that in the 28th year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty summoned Yang Yuhuan at Lishan Hot Spring Palace for the first time.

8. Terracotta Warriors Museum

It is the burial pit of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, located about 1 km and a half east of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, and was discovered in 1974. This is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of our time. The No.1 pit was discovered by local farmers while drilling wells, and then the No.2 pit and No.3 pit were discovered one after another after drilling wells, among which the No.1 pit is the largest, with an area of 14260 square meters. More than 700 terracotta warriors and horses, 100 chariots, 400 terracotta warriors and horses and 65,438+10,000 weapons were unearthed from the three pits. The height of pottery figurines ranges from 1.75 to 1.85. According to their costumes, manners and hairstyles, they can be divided into general figurines, warrior figurines and car figurines. Bronze weapons such as swords, spears, halberds and machetes were also unearthed in the pit. Although they have been buried in the soil for more than 2000 years, their blades are still sharp and shiny, which is a miracle in the history of metallurgy in the world. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang are of great scale and spectacular scenes, which have high artistic value.

At present, most of the terracotta warriors and horses in pit 1 are on display. Due to limited protection technology, more than 4,000 terracotta warriors and horses have been buried, and only 1000 pieces are on display.

9. Mount Li

It is a branch of the northern side of the Qinling Mountains, stretching more than 20 kilometers from east to west, with the highest elevation of 1256 meters. Seen from a distance, the whole mountain looks like a dark horse. Mount Li has beautiful scenery. According to legend, in the wild times, this is the place where Nu Wa "tempered stones to make up the sky". In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Youwang's farce of "beating princes with bonfires" also happened here.

Halfway up Mount Li, there is an old gentleman's hall, which is the site of Yuan Chao Pavilion in Huaqing Palace. This used to be a place to worship Lao Tzu. The original stone statue of Laozi in the temple is of great artistic value and is now in Shaanxi Museum. There is also an inconspicuous cave on the mountainside, which is the hiding place of Chiang Kai-shek in the Xi Incident. There is a small pavilion next to the cave, named "Bin Jian Ge". In the north of laojunmiao, you can enjoy the night view of Mount Li. Every time the sun sets, the stepped slopes here are shrouded in golden light, which is a quiet and peaceful scene.

10, Huashan

Huashan Mountain is one of the five famous mountains in China, located in the south of Huayin County, about 20 kilometers east of Xi/KLOC-0. The Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north, with towering peaks and magnificent momentum, dominate the world with its steep and beautiful scenery. There are five peaks in Huashan Mountain, namely the sunrise in the east wind, the lotus in the west peak, the jade girl in the middle peak, the geese in the south peak and the Yuntai in the north peak. The elevations of the east, south and west peaks are all above 2 100 meters, and the second peak in the north is slightly lower. The highest peak of Nanfeng is 2160m. Five peaks stand among the mountains, just like a blooming lotus, which is really a wonder. Huashan was named Xiyue, because it was said that Zhou Pingwang moved its capital to Luoyang and Huashan was in the west of the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so it was called Xiyue. For thousands of years, Huashan Mountain is famous for its grandeur and precipitousness, attracting countless tourists. People often describe the five mountains like this: "Mount Hengshan is like a walk, Mount Huashan is like a stand, Mount Taishan is like a seat, Mount Hengshan is like a fly, and Mount Songshan is like a lie." "Huashan is like a platform" vividly summarizes its straightness. In this regard, Zhang Qiao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once said: "Who leans on the heavenly sword and cuts out the heavenly peak?" Outstanding three peaks, high and strange five mountains without "poem. Huashan Mountain is towering and steep, and it is no exaggeration to say that "there has been a road to Huashan Mountain since ancient times".

Famen Temple 1 1

Famen Town is located about 10 km north of Fufeng County, Baoji City, and about 120 km away from Xi. It is a famous Buddhist temple with a long history. Famen Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to legend, Asoka of India distributed Buddhist relics to various places in order to promote Buddhism. Where Buddhist relics were found, stupas were built for worship. Famen Temple is one of them, and it is the largest one.

Famen Temple has been built many times. 1987, when cleaning the tower foundation, the underground palace of the Tang Dynasty, which was closed for thousands of years, was found, containing the phalanx relics of Buddha Sakyamuni and a large number of precious cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty. This discovery is of great significance, another major discovery after the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, and also a major event in the history of Buddhism.

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Ganxian County, 80km west of Xi, is the best preserved royal cemetery among the eighteen tombs in the Tang Dynasty, the mausoleum of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and the only tomb in China history where two emperors were buried together.

Ganling, built on Liangshan Mountain and facing south, is composed of two cities, inside and outside, covering a wide area. The ruins of the outer city have disappeared, and the ruins of the inner city have been perfected so far, covering an area of 2.4 square kilometers, with doors on all sides and stone carvings outside. The stone carving in front of the mausoleum is 575 meters long and 1 1 meter wide. It is made up of 3200 pieces of Shaanxi black jade, with 526 steps and 18 platforms. The ground cultural relics in Ganling are mainly stone carvings, totaling 1 14 pieces. Most stone carvings are carved from a whole boulder. There are 17 buried tombs in the southeast of the mausoleum. The tombs of Princess Yongtai, Prince Zhang Huai and Prince Yide have been excavated and restored, and a Ganling Museum has been established in Princess Yongtai's tomb garden.

Zhaoling 13

Located in Liquan County, Xianyang City, more than 20 kilometers northeast, about 80 kilometers away from Xi 'an, it is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, with a magnificent organizational system. Zhaoling pioneered the Tang Dynasty emperors to rely on mountains as their tombs. In the south of Zhaoling, a huge fan-shaped burial group centered on the Mausoleum is formed, which is a typical mausoleum.

The stone carving art in Zhaoling is very famous. There is a stone tablet showroom in Zhaoling Museum at the foot of the mountain, which displays the exquisite stone tablets of celebrity calligraphy in past dynasties, and is known as "Zhaoling Forest of Steles".

14, Hukou Waterfall

Li Bai's poem "How the Yellow River Water Moves Out of the Sky, Into the Sea and Never Returns" depicts the spectacular scene of Hukou Waterfall in the Yellow River. In recent years, with the success of a series of flying yellow feats by Ke Shouliang and others, Hukou Waterfall has attracted more and more attention from tourists.

Hukou Waterfall is located at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, 220km away from Yan 'an. It is the most magnificent waterfall on the Yellow River and the second largest waterfall in China after Huangguoshu Waterfall. The mountains on both sides of Hukou rise into the sky. When the Yellow River flows through here from the upper reaches, the riverbed suddenly shrinks from 200 to 300 meters wide to tens of meters wide, and finally falls into the narrow valley of Hukou with a drop of more than 50 meters, forming a huge horseshoe-shaped waterfall group. Hukou Waterfall has different landscapes all year round, and there is plenty of water in summer. It freezes in winter, but summer is the best tourist season.

Note: both sides of the waterfall are relatively flat rocks, and the surface is covered with a layer of loess. The waterfall has no fence, so pay special attention to safety and don't stand too close; It's a long way, so you'd better take some food and eat it on the way.

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Also known as "Jialing Mountain", it is located in the southeast of Yan 'an City. Built in the Tang Dynasty, this pagoda is 44 meters high and has 9 floors. Climb to the top of the tower and you can see the whole city. There is an iron clock cast in Ming Dynasty next to the tower, which was used by the Central Committee to tell the time and give an alarm when it was in Yan 'an. In addition, there are 260 meters long cliff stone carvings and forest of steles on the mountain. The stone carvings on the shore are neat and complete, which is a rare stone carving art. Baota shan Park is built on a hill with lush trees and beautiful environment. Baota shan is a landmark building in Yan 'an and a must-see place to visit Yan 'an.

Special note: If you want to take a panoramic view of the pagoda, you must take it from Liang Qingshan near Baota shan.

Yang Jialing 16

Yang Jialing was the residence of the leaders of the Central Committee from 1938+065438+ 10 to 1947. At that time, a vigorous mass production movement and rectification movement were launched here. Now I mainly visit two places, the site of the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of China and the site of the Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art.. On the hillside behind the meeting site, there is a row of caves, which are the residences of leading comrades such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and Liu Shaoqi.

17, Huangdi Mausoleum Temple

North of huangling county 1km, 200km away from Xi 'an, is the tomb of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the ancestor of the Chinese nation. Legend has it that when the Yellow Emperor lived to 1 10, he was recalled for days. They were reluctant to let him go and pulled his clothes. Later, people buried some items left by the Yellow Emperor here, and the original scale of the Huangdi Mausoleum was obtained. The Yellow Emperor is said to be a tribal leader at the end of primitive society in China. He established his hegemony in the Central Plains through the war with Emperor Yan and Chiyou. There are tens of thousands of ancient cypresses in the cemetery, including Xuanyuan Temple, Hanwu Sendai, ancient monuments, cypresses planted by the Yellow Emperor and "General cypresses". Many Chinese descendants come here to worship God every year.

18, Revolutionary Memorial Hall

It is a large revolutionary history memorial hall, located on the west side of the former site of Wang Jiaping, with a total construction area of 5,000 square meters and an exhibition area of 324 1 square meter. There are a lot of precious historical documents, charts, photos, etc. The exhibition in the museum systematically reflects the glorious course of the Central Red Army from1June, 935 to1March, 948, when it established the anti-Japanese national united front, the mass production movement, the rectification movement and the Seventh National Congress of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and finally won the liberation war.

Zaoyuan 19

Zaoyuan was originally a manor cut down by the army in northern Shaanxi, located in Zaoyuan Village, 8 kilometers northwest of Yan 'an City. From June 1943 to March 1947, the office of the Central Secretariat of China was located here. There are several rows of caves in Zaoyuan. At that time, Zhu De, Ren, Peng and others lived here successively. There are some fruit trees in front of the cave. In the mass production movement, it was once used as a venue for spinning competitions. Zhou Enlai and other leaders set an example and actively participated, leaving many anecdotes. Today's jujube garden is still lush, but it is less noisy and lively.

20. Liang Qingshan

Liang Qing, also known as Taihe Mountain, is located on the Yanhe River in the north of Yan 'an, facing Phoenix Mountain and Baota shan across Yanhe River. The mountains here are towering and the scenery is unique. At present, the well-preserved buildings on the mountain include all kinds of grottoes from Sui and Tang Dynasties to Qing Dynasty, among which Wanfo Cave is the largest grottoes, and there are more than 10,000 large and small Buddha statues carved on the walls around the grottoes. There is the Hall of Supreme Harmony at the top of the mountain, Piyan in the west, Taohua Cave and Shiwan Bay on the mountainside, and the water shines on places of interest such as Yan 'an, Yueerjing, Pipa Bridge, Ding Xiequan, Xianren Cave and Glass Pagoda. On the east side of Liang Qingshan is the former site of revolutionary cultural relics such as the Central Printing Factory, Xinhua Radio Station, Xinhua News Agency Head Office and Jiefang Daily during Yan 'an period. For photographers, only by climbing Liang Qingshan can they see the panoramic view of the pagoda in the distance.

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Taibai Mountain, the main peak of Qinling Mountains, has been a famous mountain in China since ancient times. Taibai Snow Day in June is one of the eight famous scenic spots in Chang 'an. Shaanxi Taibai National Forest Park, approved by the Ministry of Forestry in 199 1, is located at the northern foot of Taibai Mountain. The park covers an area of 2,949 hectares with a forest coverage rate of 94.3%. Here, forest landscape is the main body, Cangshan Qifeng is the skeleton, Qingxi Bitan is the vein, and cultural relics are dotted among them, forming a vivid picture of harmonious dynamic beauty and static beauty, and natural landscape and human landscape are integrated. It is a rare natural scenic tourist area in western China, and is known as a green pearl in western China.

Second, the species are rich and exotic. Qinling Mountain is the natural dividing line between north and south of China, the intersection of flora of North China, Central China and West China, and the transitional zone of flora of Palaearctic and Oriental. The park is a gene bank of natural species, with a wide variety of organisms, rich resources, complex flora and ancient origin. There are more than 850 species of seed plants and bryophytes 1690 species of forest animals and insects1690 species, 26 species of national protected tree species and endangered protected plants, and 9 species of rare protected animals.

Third, the mountain landform is strange and steep. The valleys in the low mountainous areas are narrow and deep, and the clouds of the mountains are properly opened and closed; Zhongshan District has steep mountains, jagged ridges, opposite peaks and overlapping mountains. The landforms of Quaternary glacial remains in alpine areas are diverse and interesting. Fourth, hot spring resources are unique. There are abundant geothermal fields in the low mountain area of the park. The hot spring water temperature reaches 72 degrees Celsius, and it contains more than 20 kinds of minerals and trace elements beneficial to human body. It is an excellent medical mineral water.

Fourth, hot spring resources are unique. There are abundant geothermal fields in the low mountain area of the park. The hot spring water temperature reaches 72 degrees Celsius, and it contains more than 20 kinds of minerals and trace elements beneficial to human body. It is an excellent medical mineral water. Fifth, the human landscape has a long history. According to historical records, Taibai Mountain was praised and sealed by emperors in previous dynasties, leaving a large number of cultural relics, poems and folklore, adding charming colors to the forest park. After inspecting Taibai Forest Park, Comrade Li Ruihuan pointed out that in the north of the Yangtze River in China, such a magnificent natural landscape with beautiful scenery and high scientific value is rare. Spoke highly of the landscape of the park.

Taibai National Forest Park has convenient transportation, with the distance from Xi 1 10 km in the east and 90 km from Baoji in the west. Xibao Expressway has a second-class tourist line that goes directly to the park. The tourist development zone relying on forest park has built 20 guest houses (including a three-star foreign-related hotel), with 4,000 beds and more than 4,500 seats, and the cultural and entertainment facilities have been continuously improved, basically forming a complete tourist reception system. 1The Taibai Mountain Tourist Cableway invested and constructed in 1998 has a total length of 1 100 meters, an altitude of 2,800-3,200 meters and a passenger flow of 300 passengers per hour. You can not only ride instead of walking, but also enjoy the vast and spectacular wonders such as the 10,000-mu rhododendron, the Taibai sea of clouds, and the remains of glaciers.

22. Qin Shihuang Mausoleum

The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located at the northern foot of Mount Li, 30 kilometers east of Xi, with Mount Li in the south and Weishui in the north. Surrounded by towering peaks, the tall mausoleum and Mount Li are integrated, with beautiful scenery and unique environment.

The mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was built in 246 BC, when Qin Shihuang ascended the throne. It took 38 years to use corvees and capture more than 720,000 people. This omnipotent monarch not only left great achievements to future generations, but also left this mysterious royal cemetery. The organizational system of the cemetery is similar to that of the capital, and the mausoleum is zigzag with double walls inside and outside. At present, the large-scale ground buildings that have been proved are the base sites of the sleeping hall, the convenience hall and the official residence of the garden temple.

The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was sealed and rammed, forming a three-step ladder at the bottom of the bucket, with an area of 250,000 square meters and a height of115m. However, after more than 2000 years of wind and rain erosion and man-made destruction, the existing sealed soil has a bottom area of 120 square meters, a height of 87 meters and a total area of 56.25 square kilometers. There are many grave pits around the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, which are rich in connotation and unprecedented in scale. In addition to the well-known burial pits of terracotta warriors and bronze chariots and horses, more than 600 large stone armor pits, hundreds of figurine pits and tombs have been discovered recently. Over the past decades, more than 654.38 million pieces of cultural relics have been unearthed from the archaeological work of the Qinling Mountains. With the progress of archaeological work, there will definitely be greater and unexpected discoveries.

The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is the first royal cemetery in China. It is the crystallization of the hard work and wisdom of the working people in China. It is a treasure house of history and culture. Among the nearly 100 imperial tombs in China, it is famous for its large scale and rich tombs. 196 1 was announced by the people of China as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units. 1987 was listed in the world cultural heritage protection list by UNESCO and became the wealth of all mankind.