Xi's famous scenery

Xi has unique tourism resources and is a famous historical city in the world. From 1 10,000 years ago, Lantian ape-man in Paleolithic Age to banpo village in Neolithic Age more than six or seven thousand years ago, Xi 'an City has a history of more than 3 100 years, and many dynasties established their capitals here, which lasted for more than100 years. No wonder "Qin Zhong has been a country of emperors since ancient times"! During the Han and Tang Dynasties, Xi was the political, economic, cultural and foreign exchange center of China and the earliest international metropolis with a population of one million. "West Rome, East Chang 'an" is a portrayal of Xi 'an's position in world history.

Xi is also the starting point of the famous Silk Road. During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, which officially opened up the Silk Road, starting from Chang 'an and connecting Eurasia. Since then, China's diplomatic envoys, businessmen and envoys in Central Asia, West Asia and South Asia have been in an endless stream, with the rapid development of Chinese and foreign commercial trade, increasingly active cultural exchanges and deepening friendly exchanges.

"Xi 'an's cultural relics are the best in the world", with profound historical and cultural accumulation and vast cultural relics. Xi 'an enjoys the reputation of "Natural History Museum". There are 554 key cultural relics protection units in the province, including 89 national key cultural relics protection units in Shaanxi Province, 8,822 mausoleums, more than 5,700 ancient sites and more than 2 1 100 cultural relics. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit of Qin Shihuang is known as "the eighth wonder of the world". The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is the earliest site listed on the World Heritage List in China, and the Xi 'an Ancient City Wall is the most complete and largest site of the ancient city wall in the world. In recent years, the development of Hanyang Mausoleum has once again caused a sensation in the world, and its unearthed nude figurines are known as "Venus of the East". Banpo site with a history of more than 6000 years in the city; The Forest of Steles Museum, with more than 3,000 Ming Dynasty stone tablets, is called the Stone History Library. Shaanxi History Museum with the largest cultural relics reserves in China; Big Wild Goose Pagoda, where Xuanzang, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, translated scriptures; The oldest mosque in northwest China, the Grand Mosque of Huajue Lane, and the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan, the ancestor of China, around Xi 'an; Liu Che Mausoleum, Tomb of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty; Tang Ganling, the tomb of Wu Zetian in Tang Dynasty and Li Zhizhi in Tang Gaozong; Sakyamuni Buddha refers to famen temple, the site of Daming Palace in Tang Dynasty, and other famous scenic spots at home and abroad. The natural landscape is steep and unique. There are scenic spots such as Mount Huashan, Zhong Nanshan, Taibai Mountain, Wang Shunshan, Lishan, Louguantai and Wangchuan Cave in and around the territory, and there are more than ten forest parks around. The cultural landscape and the new look of the ancient city complement each other, forming the unique charm of the ancient Xi 'an.

In recent years, Xi's tourism industry has developed rapidly and its tourist facilities have been continuously improved. Tourism has become a real pillar industry and leading industry in Xi. Xi was also awarded the title of "China Excellent Tourist City" in the first batch.

Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Site Museum

Comprehensive introduction

Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors Museum is located in the east of Lintong County, 37 kilometers away from Xi. Lishan in the south and Weishui in the north. It is magnificent and is the key cultural relics protection unit of China people. Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang are very influential in China and even in the world.

The Terracotta Warriors Museum is the largest ancient military museum in China. After the terracotta warriors and horses were excavated and opened to the outside world, they caused a sensation in the world. 1978 former French prime minister Jacques Chirac said after his visit: "There are seven wonders in the world, and the discovery of Qin figurines can be said to be eight wonders. Don't look at the pyramids, it's not Egyptian, it's not Terracotta Warriors, it's not China. Since then, the Terracotta Warriors have been hailed as "the eighth wonder of the world".

Dig.

1974, three buried terracotta warriors and horses pits were discovered on the east side of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, and they were excavated and protected one after another. The three pits are zigzag, with a total area of 22,780 square meters. There are about 7400 terracotta figures and horses in the pit, which are the same size as real horses. These three pits were named Terracotta Warriors Pit No.1, No.2 and No.3 respectively.

Yihaokeng

Pit No.1 is the largest, with a depth of 5m and an area of14260m2. There are more than 6,000 Ren Tao Ma Tao in the pit, arranged in a neat and orderly circular square. At the eastern end of the pit, there are three rows of warrior figures with crossbows and long-range weapons, which seem to be forward troops, followed by a main force composed of 6,000 armored figures, with long weapons such as spears and halberds, arranged in 38 rows in the 1 1 cave, with 35 chariots of Xu. Guards on the north and south wings.

Erhaokeng

The Terracotta Warriors Pit No.2 is a square foot with an area of 6,000 square meters. It is a large military array composed of cavalry, infantry, crossbowmen and chariots. It can be roughly divided into four relatively independent units: crossbowman phalanx, Xu cavalry phalanx, Chebu and cavalry phalanx, and cavalry phalanx. * * * There are 1300 terracotta figures and horses, more than 80 chariots and a large number of metal weapons.

Sanhaokeng

Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit No.3 is concave in plane, covering an area of about 520 square meters. Together with Pit 1 and Pit 2, it seems to be the headquarters of the three armed forces, with 68 pottery figurines and 4 horses 1 vehicle unearthed.

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