Xi'an, a city steeped in history and culture that dates back one million years ago, when there were 13 dynasties had their capital from the '11 BC founded the Tang Dynasty (618-907A.D.). And the occupation of the superb central location in China, is with the mysterious and mind-blowing attractions around the country. The specificity of Xi'an is that it has retained its ancient heritage and culture of the past.Despite the pervasiveness of modernization hour trip to Xi'an, is able to detect the existence of surprises in these places:
Shaanxi History Museum
The new building Shaanxi History Museum is located north-west of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, the southern suburbs. In this state-level museum, the most important cultural relics, the reduction of Lantian a circle (in Shaanxi) pithecanthrope prehistory to the various Chinese dynasties andFirst Sino-British Opium War (1840 – 1842) in local history Hall released. Hall has an area of 6000sq.m, including two key stories in the museum. On the western side of the issue in the hall of the museum exhibition of 2500sq.m, where specific topics will be shown with the Shaanxi Historical and cultural features, such as the Silk Road, Yaozhou porcelain, etc. The opposite of the exhibition hall is the subject of history and Culture Exhibition Hall (or the Middle Exhibition Hall)2500sq.m of a stay. The hall is used for cultural exchanges with Chinese Foreign, to receive and display the essence of culture and antiquities from other provinces, municipalities and cities in China. Also, there are some tributaries of the structures of the museum, like the Center for the Protection of Cultural Relics, library and multipurpose hall academic paper, etc.
The Shaanxi History Museum is a global structure of the delicious classical Chinese,Courtyard architecture and modern architecture makes it possible to adapt in a very good architectural style of the Tang Dynasty prosperous and modern architectural styles. Tiles on the roof of the museum's fall tiles Reseda so popular during the Tang Dynasty (AD618-907), the walls, with the pastiche of asbestos tiles, and windows that were installed large brown glass and frames made of aluminum alloy . The whole building is very great, strong, elegant and refined.Under the cover of trees and grass ranges appear in every corner of the museum through the old version to penetrate. This is a great building! This is an excellent location to learn from Chinese history and attractions!
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Great (or good) Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an Ci'en Temple 4 km from the city center. It 'was designed and built in 652 AD and supervised by Master Xuan Zang first abbot of the leadership of SanskritClassics and the victims of the relics of Buddha and other things that he had withdrawn from India. Also, there are two steles with inscriptions of two emperors of the Tang Dynasty. Now, the epitaph is still see clearly.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a pavilion, as the brick Pagoda. It is totally 7 stories high 64.839m, or the side of the tower is 25 meters. The body of the pagoda is a square pyramid, stone by rubbing with a strong bond that I can say, except Baybetween two walls with the face of masonry prism. The tower is very traditional Chinese architecture spiral upwards if it is visible from the staircase, the old city from the top of the pagoda of a great performance. On the four sides of each pagoda is at the door corners, there are lots of pictures can be seen carving on the lintels and door frames of the doors in stone on the first floor. They are very useful, especially the image of the scene of MonacoPreaching to the corridor to the west is the gate of stone. She is also close to attractions are very beautiful, such as Lotus Garden Tang Dynasty, the square north of Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which attracted many tourists to reach. Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the landmark from Xi'an, and is a must for tourists.
Small Wild Goose Pagoda
Standing on the temple Jianfu near the eastern South Friendship Road, 3 kmBig Wild Goose Pagoda. As the pagoda is less than the Big Wild Goose called Small Wild Goose. The pagoda was 15 stories in 1556, but what exists is only 13 stories, because his head was destroyed by an earthquake over the years. The pagoda is square 43.3metres now high, and each of its margins basic about11.38meteres. Eaves have sprung up in every story. There are arched doors on both south and north sides of every story. Determined at the falls and feedOn the first floor you can see the vines, herbs, flowers, and the immortal images are cut. There are wooden stairs to reach the top of the pagoda, as you would on the stand, a beautiful panorama spread before you.
Jianfu in the temple, there is a big old iron bell in 1192, weighs over 10,000 kg. Each morning, the bell was called for a time, and its functions were so strong and sound, which could be heard several kilometers. The Small Wild Goose Pagoda andMorning toll of the temple is one of eight attractions in the central province of Shaanxi has become clear. In recent years, opened the Shaanxi People's Custom Museum Jianfu temple to the public in the old conditions of Shaanxi and visualization practices.
Belltower
The bell tower was built in 1384 (Ming Dynasty), perches in the city center of Xi'an. This is in contrast to each other in the Tower of the drum, and is considered one of the landmarks and structures, such as the luminous pearlthe old city.
The tower was built with gray-green tiles and the square with a platform. It is 36 feet overall, as well 1377.4sq.m. The three-story wooden building with three times the leaking roof and the wooden roof (one of Chinese Architecture) from the bottle covered with green glazed tiles. Outside the building is complete with colorful designs, but inside the building with the gold-colored drawings superimposed. Many beautiful pictures were takenabout their institution, and many sculptures were dedicated to their horses scored.
The tower has four large red doors. The leaves were trimmed to 64 stories of petroglyphs. Cut compositions are very reasonable and Nice.'m Pretty sophisticated technology and with a very high artistic value. At each under the eaves hangs a large bell. On the top of the tower is 6 feet round golden crown on top of a seat lotiform (head of Buddha), with a colored glaze. RendeThe tower looks great and great, and shows unusual architectural styles of art of the Ming Dynasty. Now there is a huge copper bell tower resemblant. The original in bronze, which was made during the Tang Dynasty, is located in the Forest of Stele Museum. In the old days was the right time to give dawn.
Drum Tower
Drum Tower is situated opposite the tower, was the main historical and cultural relics under theState protection. E 'was built in 1380 AD, only the tower of the previous four years. The tower is magnificent architecture, with triple-leaky roofs and roof trusses (a Chinese architecture), which is covered with glazed tiles. With the wedge and the patchwork, looks very statedly and glorious.
As has always been a giant drum on the first floor (replacement, now the right time for the tower) be aware of the beating of the drum at dawn. InBefore this, there were large signs hanging on the first floor, each weighing about 3 tons. On the third floor, there are 14 red pillars and 24 columns exposed exposed upstairs. In the room there are 3 great palace lanterns, 12 medium and 16 small palace lanterns, hanging lanterns. Drum Tower and Bell Tower is the sister and collectively as "The Morning Bell and drum tonight in Xi'an. Mounted on the second floor, you can look at mt. Zongnan andbeautiful panorama of Xian.
The Great Mosque
The Great Mosque was built in 742 AD, one of the top ten most popular tourist attractions in Xi'an and the north-west of the Drum Tower is built. This is a complex ancient Chinese palace architecture platforms, pavilions and halls, more than 13,000 square meters, of which over 5,000 square meters are occupied by different structures.
The Great Mosque is rectangular, divided internally into four compounds. AArch trellis near the wall of the screen at the gate of the first connection will dazzle your eyes when you visit here, because, with upturned corners and painted under cover, engraved beans, dedicated, and is lined with glazed tiles. E 'was the 17th Century and is built around. 9 meters in height. On both sides there are three flats or wings, where some old furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties built. During the five-room houseand admission to the second connection, you'll see an arch with three doors and four poles in the middle. There are four characters on the tablet of the frieze of carved arches. On tablets of two sides have been carved with four characters. Then there is faith Calligraphy Calligraphy by two famous masters. The style of calligraphy is written very smart, fast and powerful, the characters are very formal. Are classicChinese calligraphy. West, about 10 meters a stele inscribed with a dragon, both built on the south and north, respectively. Farther west is the Hall Chic (recruitment and allocation Hall), who is seven stone frame with Arabic, nastal and Chinese characters carved into the room. The fourth compound, there is a large hall with 1,300 square feet, may be 1000 for worship, and the ceiling space at more than 400 significant characters of color traditional Arabic style.
TheGreat Mosque is a wonderful combination of traditional Chinese architecture and Islamic architecture, and is celebrated as the pinnacle of perfection by visitors. Therefore, it was identified as one of the most famous cultural relics in the Islamic world.
Forest frames
Located in the Shaanxi History Museum and is located near Sanxue Street, which was built in1087 AD
The forest has collected the oldest and the chassis in China. These eponymybecause there are many steles on this site. The forest of the frame consists of 7 large showroom 8 summer and 8 Stele Pavilion, tax and more than 2,300 antique frames and epitaphs in Han (Western Him and Him), Wei, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Now there are over a thousand frames and plates are on display, including the most Chirograph carved from the Tang Dynasty (618-904 AD). Here you can appreciate not only the different calligraphicCan styles, as the character of the estate, square letters, letters in italics and semi-italic fonts, etc., enjoy the magic side of the great calligraphers such as Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhen-Qing, Liu Gong Quan, Wang Xi – zhi and Su Shi, and so later.
Bypass of the Ming
The covering layer of the Ming Dynasty is not only well-preserved walls of the old Chinese city, but the largest in scale and intact ancient military in the world.
TheRing was based on the walls of the town of Sui (581-617A.D.) And the Tang Dynasty (618-built 904A.D.) During the reign of Hongwu (1370-1378A.D.) From the Ming Dynasty (1368 — 1627A. D). This strong and sturdy construction is 13,912 meters in circumference, 12 meters in height of the bottom 18 meters wide and the tip is 15 meters. Measurement of the thickness of the wall is longer than that of sovereignty. On the walls there are a number of military installations, such as pontlevis Tomb, Door BrakeTurrets, loopholes, guard towers, the main towers, battlements, loopholes and doors, etc. from a city built for defense and sealed in an age of cold steel. The covering layer of the Ming Dynasty, there are numerous and valuable information and the human landscape of the visitors who were directly involved in the old wars.
Lotus Palace
Lotus Palace (Writing Tang Lotus Garden) is near the Big Goose, one of the main Royal Gardencultural theme park, shows the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. In Chinese history, is that having a famous royal gardens in ancient China. The current site was originally built during the Tang Dynasty. It is set in the convergence of history, the taste of human culture and experience life in the light of civilization to develop in piping times of peace, during the Tang dynasty. The whole garden is biting into twelve thematic sections as cultural monarch, poetry, folklore and support, women, the culture of tea routes, religions,Diplomacy, science and technology, the imperial examinations, songs, dances and the front door. Now lives again in full culture of the Tang Dynasty. In the garden, sitting pavilions, terraces, towers and many other striking buildings everywhere, including Violet Mansion, Beauties "Residence, Imperial Palace Banquet, gardens scented woods, the scene of Screaming Phoenix in the ninth heaven, Apricot Orchard teahouse Luyu, Tang – market and so further. Every day, manyPerformances are at various attractions, such as the Dance of the prayers for the blessings of heaven beating on drums, dance and music of the Imperial capital entrusted with music, performances, exhibitions of the museum, the dress, Shaolin Kungfu performance (time), the lion and the results stiltperformance movie screen stunts, etc. Wonderful, the world's largest water-fantasy brings you the common-sense three dimensional upset with its fountains, lasers, fire, water, miningand spray in the evening.
