西安西安

Area: 861 sq km Population: 2.35 million Nationalities: Han, Hui Main tourist attractions: The terracotta warriors and horses, Wild Goose Pagoda,Huaqing Pool, BanPo Site, Stele Forest, Mosque, QianLing Mausoleum, Famen Temple and Maoling Mausoleum. Capital of Shanxi Province The capital of 12 dynasties over 1,000 years The start point of the Old Silk Road

Tang Dynasty Dinner Show, Xian

Tang Dynasty Show, Xian

Terre Cotta Warrior and Horses, Xian In March 1974, when digging wells, some peasants made a sensational discovery - the now famous Terra cotta Warriors, distributed over 3 large underground platforms. With more than 8000 life-sized figures, the tomb took 39 years and 700,000 workers to reach completion. Since they have been uncovered the figures, standing 5m down, have been at risk from the weather; a giant hall has been constructed over the first excavation site to provide protection.

If you close your eyes and listen, you can hear the soldiers breathing, the horses snorting and pawing the ground with their hooves, the generals barking out orders and the wind blowing through the valley. So lifelike, they appear to be flesh and bone under a thin veneer of potters clay.

2000 Years Old Terre Cotta Warriors, Xian

The Faces of the Individual Warriors all have Different Expressions

Details of Terra Cotta Warriors Different Moustache, Hair and Cap styles Confident Moody Authoritative Peaceful Joyful

Pond at Huaquing Hot Springs in Xian 3000 years ago, The Tang Emperor Xuanzong often spent the winter here with his favourite concubine Yang Guifei

Hua Qing Lake, Xian

The remain of a house with wooden frames, Banpo Museum of Xian. House ruins of matrilineal clan society in the Banpo Village, Xian Banpo Museum: 6000 year-old village which had operated on a matriarchal structure

City Wall, Xian Built Between 1368 And 1398

Ancient Bell Tower, Xian

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xian

A Dumpling Restaurant, Xian

Dumpling Banquet, Xian

Great Mosque, Xian

Historical Painting Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xian

Dung Drying on Walls of House, Xian

Typical Home, Xian

Chinese Peasants Selling Eggs, Xian

Merchants Selling Vegetables and Furs in Xi'an Free Market