The top ten tourist attractions in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province

The top ten tourist attractions that must be visited in Xi'an, Shaanxi are: Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Tang Furong Garden Scenic Area, Huaqing Palace Scenic Area, Xi'an City Wall, Daming Palace National Heritage Park, Bell Tower, Muslim Street, Xi'an The Everlasting City of the Tang Dynasty, Shaanxi History Museum, Small Wild Goose Pagoda.

1. Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum

The Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum has a meticulous layout and a large scale. It has great historical, scientific and artistic value. It is a famous ancient military museum in China and a place worth visiting in Xi'an. Museums and must-visit attractions in Xi'an.

2. Big Wild Goose Pagoda Tang Furong Garden Scenic Area

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a seven-story pagoda with a total height of 64.517 meters and a base length of 25.5 meters. It is the largest pagoda in ancient Indian Buddhist temples. The architectural form is a typical physical evidence that Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains and integrated into Chinese culture. It is also a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of the working people of ancient China.

3. Huaqing Palace Scenic Area

Huaqing Palace Scenic Area is one of the four major royal gardens in China. Emperors of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties built their separate palaces here. . It is well-known at home and abroad for its eternal hot spring resources, the historical allusions of the beacon fire drama for the princes, and the place where the love story of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang took place. It has become a landmark scenic spot for cultural tourism in the Tang Dynasty in China and a must-visit attraction when traveling to Xi'an.

4. Xi'an City Wall

Xi'an City Wall, also known as Xi'an Ming City Wall, is 12 meters high, 12 to 14 meters wide at the top, and 15 to 18 meters wide at the bottom. It is the largest existing scale in China. , the most complete preserved ancient city wall, shortlisted for the "100 Magical Scenes of the Northwest" list.

5. Daming Palace National Heritage Park

The Daming Palace, known as the "Palace of a Thousand Palaces", was the most famous palace complex during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. 17 of the 21 emperors of the Tang Dynasty handled government affairs here, and the Daming Palace became the pinnacle of world-famousness from the 7th to 9th centuries AD.

6. Bell Tower

The Xi'an City Wall, also known as the Xi'an Ming City Wall, is the largest and most complete ancient city wall in China. It is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and a national AAAAA level tourist attraction. The Xi'an City Wall in the broad sense includes the Xi'an Tang City Wall and the Xi'an Ming City Wall, but generally refers to the Xi'an Ming City Wall in the narrow sense.

7. Muslim Street

As one of the representatives of Xi’an style, Xi’an Muslim Street is the collective name for many streets in the Muslim neighborhood, including Beiguangji Street, Beiyuanmen, Xiyang It consists of several streets such as Shishi, Dapiyuan, Huajue Lane, and Sajin Bridge, behind the Bell and Drum Tower.

8. Xi'an Datang Evernight City

The Tang Dynasty Evernight City is based on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, starting from Xuanzang Square in the north, Tang City Wall Ruins Park in the south, Cien East Road in the east, and Cien East Road in the west. Ci'en West Road runs through three theme squares, Xuanzang Square, Zhenguan Cultural Square, and Kaiyuan Celebration Square. It has six Tang Dynasty-style blocks and four major cultural buildings: Xi'an Concert Hall, Xi'an Grand Theater, Qujiang Movie City, and Shaanxi Artists Gallery.

9. Shaanxi History Museum

The appearance of the Shaanxi History Museum highlights the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The building consists of a group of imitation Tang style buildings with a "central hall and four corner towers" group composition. The layout of the museum has the structural characteristics of "axis symmetry, orderly master and slave; central hall, towers in four corners".

10. Small Wild Goose Pagoda

The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Jianfu Temple in Anrenfang, Chang'an City, Tang Dynasty (now the southern suburb of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). It is also called the "Jianfu Temple Pagoda". It was built during the Jinglong period of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty (707-710) to store the Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist pictures brought back from Tianzhu by the eminent monk Yijing of the Tang Dynasty.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Xi’an