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Comprehensive list of tourist attractions in Shaanxi

1. Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national scenic spot, and a national first-class museum. Known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", it is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of our time.

2. Afang Palace. The First Palace in the World is the first unified multi-ethnic centralized state in Chinese history - the New Dynasty Palace built by the Qin Empire. It is also known as the "Four Major Projects of Qin Shihuang" together with the Great Wall, Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum and Qin Zhidao. They are the landmark buildings of China's first unification and the physical signs of the beginning of the formation of the Chinese nation.

3. Weiyang Palace. World cultural heritage and national key cultural relics protection unit. The main palace of the Western Han Dynasty, synonymous with the Han Palace, has existed for 1041 years. It is the imperial palace with the most dynasties and the longest existence in Chinese history.

4. Daming Palace. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAA tourist attraction. The main palace of the Tang Empire is an outstanding representative of oriental palace architectural art. It is known as the "Palace of a Thousand Palaces" and the Oriental Temple of the Silk Road.

5. Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It is a world cultural heritage, one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. It was built in the Tang Dynasty to preserve the Buddhist scriptures and statues that Master Xuanzang brought back to Chang'an from Tianzhu via the Silk Road.

6. Small Wild Goose Pagoda. It is a world cultural heritage, one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. Also known as the "Jianfu Temple Pagoda", it is an important symbol of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty along with the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It is a typical work of the square dense-eaves brick pagoda in early China. It is a landmark building where Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains and integrated into the Han culture.

7. Xingjiao Temple Pagoda, a world cultural heritage and a national key cultural relic protection unit. The relic tomb pagoda of the eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty, his disciple Gui Ji, and the Silla disciple Yuan Ce are the oldest existing pavilion-style pagodas in China. They show the development of Buddhism after it was spread to Chang'an along the Silk Road and its impact on the Korean Peninsula. Influence.