Chang'an, the ancient capital of thousands of years, is often visited next sentence

The ancient capital of thousands of years often comes to Chang'an. Next sentence: The Silk Road is the magical northwest.

In order to promote the cultural characteristics and tourist destination image of the Northwest, the Secretariat of the Northwest Tourism Cooperation Zone jointly launched the "Silk Road Magic Northwest" tourism image promotion slogan from June to August this year. During the broadcast event, through integrated media broadcast, online selection, and public participation, the "2021 Excellent Tourism Image Promotional Slogan" announced this time was selected.

The northwest includes beautiful Xinjiang, humanistic Shaanxi, Ruyi Gansu, beautiful Qinghai, magical Ningxia and the magnificent Corps, with a total area of ??3.1 million square kilometers. There are historical relics as bright as stars, the mysterious and legendary Silk Road culture, colorful folk customs, the sources of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Lancang River and other major rivers, and the continuous Qinling Mountains, Qilian, Kunlun and Tianshan Mountains, historical and cultural , natural geography, folk customs, mountains and rivers, Gobi Desert, and climate differences all contribute to the grandeur and various customs of the Northwest.

Chang'an:

It is the ancient name of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, and the first capital city in history to be called Beijing. Chang'an is also the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. It is the capital with the most capital dynasties, the longest time and the greatest influence in Chinese history. The Western Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties all established their capitals in Chang'an, so after the Tang Dynasty, the capital was often called Chang'an.

Chang'an has been the political, economic and cultural center of China for more than a thousand years. 21 dynasties and regimes have successively established their capitals here, making it the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. Among the many dynasties that established their capital in Chang'an, the Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties were all powerful eras in Chinese history. Chang'an at that time had become an international metropolis. Chang'an was the largest city in the world from 195 BC to 25 AD and from 580 AD to 904 AD.

Cities have existed in the Chang'an area for a long time. As early as more than 1 million years ago, the Lantian people built settlements here; during the Yangshao Culture period 7,000 years ago, the prototype of a city wall had already appeared here. The Po site is a representative of Yangshao culture. The discovery of the Yangguanzhai site in Gaoling, one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2008, pushed the history of East Asian cities to the late Neolithic Age 6,000 years ago.

Chang'an City is grand in scale, rigorous in layout, symmetrical in structure and neatly arranged. There are three gates on each side of the outer city, and the six streets running through the twelve gates are the main traffic roads of the whole city. Zhuque Street, which runs from north to south, is a standard central axis. It connects the Chengtian Gate in the palace city, the Zhuque Gate in the imperial city, and the Mingde Gate in the outer city. It divides Chang'an City into two symmetrical parts, east and west. In the east is Wan. Nian County, the west is Chang'an County, the east and west each have a commercial district, called East City and West City.