The ancient capital of Xi'an is located in the Guanzhong Plain of the Yellow River Basin, with the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Weihe River to the north, which is the important birthplace of the Chinese nation and one of the most important human origins and prehistoric cultural centers in the whole of Asia. The Guanzhong Plain is known as the "800-mile Qin River", where the wilderness is open, the land is fertile, and the natural environment is very favorable. Xi'an is located in the middle of the 800-mile Qin River, with the longest length of 204 kilometers from east to west and the widest width of 116 kilometers from north to south, and the area of the city is 9,983 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 1,066 square kilometers.
Xi'an's topography is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, with an average altitude of about 400 meters, and the Xi'an area has been known as "Eight Waters Surround Chang'an" since ancient times. In the city, there are Ba River in the east, Flood River and Feng River in the west, Jing River and Wei River in the north, as well as Hei River, Shichuan River, Zero River and other larger rivers, most of which belong to the Wei River system of the Yellow River Basin.
Xi'an is a world-famous ancient capital. In history, 13 dynasties, including the Western Zhou, Qin, Western Han, Xinmang, Eastern Han, Western Jin, Former Zhao, Former Qin, Post-Qin, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang, have built their capitals in Xi'an. These dynasties left a large amount of cultural heritage to the ancient city of Xi'an, and the scenic spots and monuments left by their predecessors have provided Xi'an with extremely valuable archaeological information and rich tourism resources. At present, there are 314 key cultural relics protection units in Xi'an, of which 84 belong to the national and provincial levels; more than 120,000 pieces of unearthed cultural relics, many of which are rare national treasures.
The long history and deep cultural heritage of this ancient city has put a layer of mystery. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin Shi Huang is known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty is the most well-preserved and largest ancient castle in the world, the Famen Monastery is the only royal temple that treasures the relics of the true body of Buddha Shakyamuni, and the Shaanxi Museum of History is the largest history museum in China, with the most complete and advanced collection of facilities, and the "72 Mausoleums of Guanzhong" is the largest, most advanced and largest museum in China. The "72 Tombs in Guanzhong" is the world's largest and richest group of emperor's tombs, the Beilin Museum, the Half Slope Ruins Museum, the Lantian Ape Man Ruins, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Hajue Lane Mosque, the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, the Qianleng Mausoleum, the Zhaoling Mausoleum, the Fenghao Ruins of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Abanggong Ruins of the Qin Dynasty, the ruins of the Han Dynasty's Chang'an Castle, etc, The ruins of Daming Palace in Tang Dynasty are not only the treasures of Chinese history and culture, but also an important part of the historical heritage of all mankind.
Xi'an's natural landscape is characterized by a blend of humanistic landscapes, the Qinling Mountains, mountains, peaks, cliffs, towering, many famous mountains, hot springs, waterfalls, valleys, streams, the Chuan Dao plains, fields and fertile land, open as both the fields, beautiful, colorful, with lakes and swamps of water, full of poetic and pictorial, with the Xiyue Huashan Mountain, Zhentanshan Mountain, Mt. Lantian Cave, Gao Guan Waterfall, Lou Guan Tai, Qujiang Pond and other scenic spots. Today's Xi'an has maintained the charm of the ancient capital, but also modern style. Ancient appearance and new appearance, reflecting each other, constituting the unique charm of Xi'an. After the reform and opening up the development of tourism industry, gradually formed the east line, west line, north line, south line and other tour routes and increasingly complete tourist service facilities. Over the past decade or so, the comprehensive reception capacity to meet the needs of tourists for food, lodging, transportation, sightseeing, shopping and entertainment has been continuously improved. The annual capacity of receiving overseas tourists exceeds 1.2 million, and the annual capacity of receiving domestic tourists reaches more than ten million.
Xi'an is located in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain in the Yellow River Basin, with the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Weihe River to the north, belonging to the warm-temperate semi-moist monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons and a mild climate, with an average annual temperature of 13℃. Except for the colder winter, all other times are more suitable for traveling.
Xi'an has been a major transportation hub since ancient times, serving as a gateway from eastern China to northwestern and southwestern China as well as countries in western Asia. Nowadays, railroads, highways, and airways are interwoven into a network that connects Xi'an to the whole country in all directions. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, one of the four major international airports in China, has more than 100 air routes with various cities in China. Xi'an has realized direct flights with Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Niigata, Seoul, Hong Kong and Macau. Xi'an Railway Station is not only one of China's top passenger stations, but also an important station of the Eurasian Continental Bridge in China; Xi'an has more than 2,800 kilometers of highways, with 5 national highways passing through; the city has more than 40 roads to various tourist attractions centered in the downtown area, among which there are 9 special tourist routes. The city has more than 7,000 cabs and nearly 1,000 large and medium-sized limousines for receiving domestic and foreign tourists.
Transportation in the city
Bus: Xi'an highway traffic is very convenient, the city's South Second Ring Road, the East Second Ring Road has been opened to traffic, many important tourist attractions and sites to build a special tourism road, highway traffic in all directions.
Taxi: the city has more than 7,000 tourist taxi cars, in the airport, railway station, hotels, restaurants, tourist places have day and night service. Fares are calculated by meter, and the fare is usually a starting fee of 7 yuan for 3 kilometers, after which it increases by 1.4 yuan per kilometer.
Intercity Transportation
Aviation: Xi'an is an important national aviation hub. Northwest Airlines, one of China's six major backbone airlines, United Airlines of China Xi'an and Chang'an Airlines are all headquartered in Xi'an, centering on Xianyang International Airport, which has built an air link between the ancient city of Xi'an and the five continents. There are now more than 80 flights from Xi'an to more than 60 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, capitals of provinces and autonomous regions, as well as Guilin, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Sanya, Qingdao, Xiamen, Luoyang, Huangshan, Yan'an, Hanzhong, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, Yinchuan, Hefei, Nanchang, Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing, Huangshan, Datong, Yiwu, Yulin, etc., with a total route mileage of more than 60,000 kilometers. Meanwhile, Xi'an has also opened up six outbound routes from Xi'an to Hong Kong and Macau, and from Xi'an to Japan's Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Niigata.
In Shaanxi, there are Xi'an Xianyang International Airport and five airports in Yan'an, Yulin, Hanzhong and Ankang. Xi'an Xianyang International Airport is the largest, highest-graded, best-equipped and busiest modern air terminal in the northwest hinterland of China. Xianyang Airport is located in the northwest of Xi'an City, 47 kilometers to the center of Xi'an City through the airport special line, with the airport highway connecting, 1 hour to reach, from Xi'an downtown by cab to Xianyang International Airport need to spend about 80-100 yuan. Shuttle buses from the airport to downtown Xi'an end at the Xiyoumen Civil Aviation Ticket Office, departing 20 minutes after the arrival of each flight, with a fare of 15 yuan per person.
Railway: Xi'an is the railroad transportation hub of North China, East China, Central and South China, Central Plains to communicate with Southwest and Northwest China, and the Longhai Railway passes through the city. In the east, there is the Xi (An) Hou (Ma) line, in the northwest, it is connected with the Bao (Chicken) Tian (Shui) line and Lan (Zhou) Xin (Xinjiang) line, and in the southwest, it is connected with the Bao (Chicken) Cheng (Du) line, and there are railroad networks in the territory, such as the Xi (An) Yan (An) line, the Xi (An) Hancheng (City) line, the Xi (An) Yu (Shimo) line, and the Xian (Yang) Tong (Chuan) line, and so on. Under construction are the railroads from Xi'an to Ankang, Xi'an to Baotou and Xi'an to Pingliang.
Xi'an Railway Station is 6 kilometers away from the city center and the transportation is very convenient. There are 110 trains coming in and out of the station every day, and 37 trains departing from Xi'an, with a daily passenger flow of 30,000 people.
Long-distance passenger transportation: Xi'an has a total mileage of 2,910 kilometers of highway, with 5 national highways and 12 provincial highways crossing Xi'an, such as 108 lines from Beijing to Kunming, 210 lines from Baotou to Nanning, 211 lines from Xi'an to Yinchuan, 310 lines from Lianyungang to Tianshui, and 312 lines from Shanghai to Yining, connecting Xi'an to all parts of the country and province and forming a meter-shaped highway network centered on the Xi'an city center. There are four high-grade highways, with the Xi (An) Wei (Nan) Expressway stretching to Tongguan in the east, the Xi (An) Bao (Jiao) First Class Highway in the west, and the Xi (An) Tong (Chuan) First Class Highway and the Airport Automobile Highway in the north.
★Terracotta Warriors and Horses: The burial pits from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, located about 1 ? kilometers east of the tomb of the First Emperor of Qin, were discovered in 1974, and are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of our time. The first pit was found by local farmers when drilling wells, after drilling and successively found the second and third pits, of which the first pit is the largest, with an area of 14,260 square meters. Three pits *** excavated more than 700 pieces of ceramic figurines, more than 100 by chariot, more than 400 ceramic horses, more than 100,000 pieces of weapons. The terracotta figurines are between 1 meter 75 and 1 meter 85 in height, and can be divided into generals, warriors and charioteers according to their attire, demeanor and hair style. The pit also unearthed swords, spears, halberds, scimitars and other bronze weapons, although buried in the soil for more than 2,000 years, still sharp blade, shining, can be regarded as the world's metallurgical history of the miracle. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Qin Emperor are grand in scale and majestic in scene, with high artistic value. Most of the terracotta warriors and horses currently on display for the first pit, due to limited protection technology, has been back to bury more than 4000, only more than 1,000 on display.
Tickets: 90 yuan (December, January, February for the off-season, 65 yuan)
Transportation guidelines: in front of the train station by 306 (Tour 7) can be directly, the ticket price of 5 yuan
★Tomb of the First Emperor of Qin Shi Huang: Located in Xi'an City, near the east of the city of Lintong County, with the back of Mt. Lixi, facing the Weishui River. According to the Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Shi Huang began to build his mausoleum at the age of 13 when he assumed the throne (247 years ago), and it lasted 37 years until his death (210 years ago). In order to build the Qin Mausoleum, the so-called sinners were conscripted at that time amounting to more than 700,000 people. From a distance, Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum looks like a small hill, but it is actually a mound of sealed earth. The whole tomb is planted with pomegranate trees. The tomb is 47 meters high, with a circumference of 1410 meters, and the top is flat, so if you follow the steps you can ascend to the top of the mausoleum.
Admission: 26 yuan
Transportation guide: Take the green No. 306 tourist line bus on the east side of the railway station
★ Huaqing Pond: It is located at the northern foot of Mount Li in Lintong County, Xi'an. Legend has it that King Yu of Zhou of the Western Zhou Dynasty once built the Li Palace here. Qin, Han and Sui dynasties have been rebuilt, to the Tang Dynasty and several additions, called Tangquan Palace, later renamed Hot Spring Palace. To the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and large-scale construction, the rule of wells for the pool, around the mountains in the palace, only then called Huaqing Palace. Because the palace in the hot springs above, so also known as Huaqing Pond. Tang Dynasty Huaqing Pond is the emperor concubines travel banquet Palace, October each year to this, return at the end of the year. According to records, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty came here 36 times in 41 years from 714 to 755.
Admission: 40 yuan
Transportation guide: east of the train station by bus 306 and 307 (30 minutes to get there), an average of 10 minutes a trip, passing through the Huaqing Pond, the Qin Mausoleum, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses various
★ Da Ci'en Temple and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda: Located in the south of the city of Xi'an City, 3 kilometers. Guan twenty-two years (648), Prince Li Zhi for his mother, Empress Wende prayed for the blessing of meditation, in the Sui Dynasty, the former site of the original Wufu Temple rebuilt. After the completion of the temple, shaved 300 monks, courtesy of 50 presided over, and please Xuanzang Venerable by Hongfu Temple moved to this temple, specializing in the construction of the translation of scriptures for its use. Yong Hui three years (652), Xuanzang Venerable asked to build a tower in the temple, that is, today's Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The end of the Tang Dynasty due to war and decline. Five Dynasties after the Tang Changxing years, the West Beijing Liuzheng An Chongba Puzhi repair, Song Xining years and suffered a fire. The Ming dynasty Qin Wang Fu although to repair good, the scale has been far from the old view. In recent years, the temple by comprehensive repair and reinforcement. Now the temple along the temple axis on the temple five rooms, inside the Shakyamuni Buddha and eighteen Luohan statues, after the Hall of Scripture, on both sides of the compartment corridor. Big Wild Goose Pagoda, is the Tang Emperor for the placement of Xuanzang brought back from India and the construction of the Buddhist scriptures. Initially only five layers, Wu Zetian increased to ten layers, after being destroyed by soldiers. Now seven layers, 64 meters high, has a history of more than 1300 years. The tower is square conical, all layers are brick, the tower body is imitation wood structure, with Indian Buddhist architectural colors.
Admission: 20 yuan in low season, 25 yuan in high season. (Climbing the tower need to add another 20 yuan)
Transportation guidelines: 5, 19, 21, 610 bus
★ Xi'an Ancient City Wall: Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang Hongwu three years (A.D. 1370) in the Sui, the Tang capital of the Imperial City of the remains of the eight years of expansion and become. Is China's largest existing and well-preserved ancient city buildings, for the national key cultural relics protection units.
Admission: 40 yuan
Transportation guidelines: train station by 5, 611 buses, etc.
★ Bell and Drum Tower Plaza: Bell Tower is located in the center of the city of Xi'an, east-west, south-north four streets at the intersection. Created in Ming Hongwu seventeen years (1384), originally in Guangji Street Ming Wanli ten years (1582) moved with the current site. Upstairs hanging to the ancient bell, used in ancient times to tell the time, so the name. Drum Tower is located on the west side of the Bell and Drum Tower, and the east side of the Bell Tower remote mutual response, the building was built in the thirteenth year of the Ming Hongwu (1380), is a classical type of building, the building was built in the center of the pedestal, **** height of 33 meters, the structure of the heavy eaves, the three-drop style; three-storey building levels are distinctly different, grandiose and spectacular. In ancient times, the building hangs a drum, evening drums to report the time, so the name. Now the area between the Bell and Drum Tower has been opened into the Bell and Drum Tower Square, synthesized for the city center sightseeing tour area.
Tickets: 20 yuan each in the off-season; 30 yuan each in the peak tourist season, 50 yuan with a ticket
Transportation: 1, 6, 8, 11, 45 buses
★ Xi'an Forest of Stelae: in Xi'an Sanshue Street Xi'an Forest of Stelae Museum, built in the Northern Song Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Zhezong (1090 A.D.), has been more than 900 years of history. There are now 7 large display rooms, 8 corridors and 8 pavilions in the Forest of Stelae, which collects more than 2,300 steles*** from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and more than 1,000 steles are now on display, most of which were engraved by the Tang Dynasty. Here, you can not only appreciate various calligraphic styles such as seal script, official script, cursive script and running script, but also have a chance to see the handwritten inscriptions of calligraphers such as Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, as well as ink treasures of famous writers such as Wang Xizhi and Su Shi.
Admission: 30 yuan
Transportation guide: Bus No. 14, 402, 239
★Famen Temple: Located in the town of Famen, 10 kilometers north of the city of Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province. More than 100 kilometers away from Xi'an, is a famous temple in China to place the real body of Shakyamuni relics, was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original scale of the temple was very large, and there were more than 500 monks in the Tang Dynasty. Inside the temple there is an eight-pronged thirteen-story pagoda, for the imitation wood structure building form, each layer has eaves arch, ornate decorations. There are inscriptions at the bottom of the pagoda, respectively, for the "Pagoda of the true body", "the town of Meiyang", "Sherry Flying Dew", "Fotu Yaozhi "and other words. Pagoda because of years of disrepair, in August 1981, half of the wall of the tower collapsed. 1987, the state reconstruction of the pagoda, in cleaning up the foundation of the pagoda was found in the stone closed the underground palace. The number of treasures in the underground palace, dazzling.
Admission: 35 yuan (student tickets are available for more than two people)
Transportation: You can take a tour bus bound for Fufeng from Panjiacun Bus Station outside Yuxiangmen in Xi'an, which will take you there directly, and the fare is 12 yuan.
★Li Mountain: located in the south of Lintong County, Xi'an, 25 kilometers from Xi'an, is a branch of the Qinling Mountains. It stretches 10 kilometers from east to west, with an elevation of about 1,000 meters. Mount Li used to be called Lantian Mountain in ancient times. There are two ways to say the name of Mount Li, one is that it was once the seat of the ancient Li Rong country, so it is called Mount Li; the other is that the mountain looks like a black stallion from afar, so it is called Mount Li. The mountain is full of trees, pines and cypresses. There is Laojun Temple on the mountainside, which is the site of Chaoyuan Pavilion of Huaqing Palace in Tang Dynasty. Song Du Chang once wrote a poem about this vivid description: "After traveling dozens of journeys to the south of the Yangtze River, the evening wind and the waning moon entered Huaqing. The west wind on the Chaoyuan Pavilion was so strong that it made the sound of rain in the long poplars." Tang Xuanzong believed in Taoism, Chaoyuan Pavilion is the place where he honored Laozi, there was a stone statue of Laozi in the temple, which is said to be from the hand of Yuan Gale, a famous sculptor in Tang Dynasty. It is now preserved in the Xi'an Monument Forest. The east side of Chaoyuan Pavilion is where the Hall of Eternal Life of Huaqing Palace is located. Tickets: 30 yuan
Transportation: Xi'an Railway Station by bus 306 or 307, or you can walk there after visiting Huaqing Pond
There are also many cultural relics stores in Xi'an, where you can buy Terracotta Warriors and Horses replicas, antique handicrafts such as Tang Sancai, as well as paper-cutting, cloth arts and other folk handicrafts. Xi'an's tourism commodities unique style, arts and crafts in ancient colors, elegant and noble, beautiful modeling, exquisite skills known, imitation Qin products, imitation Tang Three-color, imitation bronze production purely based on ancient methods, the image of realism, in addition, the generations of famous calligraphy handwritten posters, Wadang topographies, Qin embroidery, porcelain, lacquer, jade carving, cloisonné, paper-cutting, shadow, Tang mural facsimiles, Tuxian farmers painting are famous. Specialties are as follows:
Xifeng Wine: Xifeng wine is produced in Fengxiang County, which is located in the western part of Guanzhong, so it is called Xifeng wine. According to historical records, in Tang Dynasty, Xifeng Liquor has the reputation of "sweet spring wine, fresh and mellow", and local people often say "Donghu Willow, Willow Forest Wine". Xifeng wine is rich in protein, vitamins, sugar and minerals, and also has medicinal functions such as nourishing the blood, moistening the lungs and so on, which is a favorite product.
Bird cherry wine: Xi'an Bird cherry wine is Xi'an's unique ancient wine, brewing a long history, the pre-Qin called "mash", the Northern Wei called "white mash wine". During the Tang Dynasty, the brewing process was developed, and the quality of thick wine was constantly improved, which became a favorite drink, and it is said that "Li Bai's hundred poems on wine drinking" was drunk as thick wine.
Pomegranate in Lintong: Pomegranate is said to have been introduced to China by Zhang Qian during his mission to the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty. Pomegranate is a good fruit, sour, sweet two kinds, whether sour or sweet, Lintong pomegranate are red skin, large, thin skin full of seeds, bright color, taste and delicious. The pomegranate flower is red and colorful, fragrant and pleasant, and it is chosen as the flower of Xi'an City.
Lintong fire crystal persimmons: fire crystal persimmons is a famous specialty of Lintong, because the fruit color red like fire, the fruit surface glossy as crystal and named. Fire crystal persimmon fruit flat round, a small color red, crystal bright, thin skin without nucleus, meat rich honey sweet, eat cool sweet, sweet but not greasy, excellent taste, and the skin is very easy to peel.
Shaanxi red jujube: Shaanxi red jujube is mainly produced along the Yellow River, which is famous for its large, small nucleus, thin skin, thick meat, mellow flavor, and great oil.
Chinese kiwifruit: Chinese kiwifruit is a unique vine fruit species in China. According to the compendium of materia medica, the Chinese kiwifruit is named after the fact that "its shape is like a pear and its color is like a peach, which the macaques like to eat". The Chinese kiwifruit is oval, small like walnuts, large as a goose egg, brownish-green skin, green flesh, sweet and sour, high nutritional value, known as the "king of fruits".
Shaanxi chestnut: Chestnut is a popular fruit, and Lee, apricot, peach, date and listed as five fruits. It is famous for its sweet flavor, large color, full of particles, delicate flesh, rich in nutrients, easy to peel, resistant to storage.
Shangzhou walnuts: walnuts, also known as walnuts, one of the world's four major dry fruits. Walnuts have high nutritional value, rich in fat, protein, sugar and other nutrients, is the processing of sugar pastries, high-quality food spices. Walnuts also have a certain medicinal function, eating can reduce the body's blood cholesterol content, tonifying the kidney and solid essence, warming the lungs to set wheezing, brain health, especially on the dry cracked and keratinized skin, premature aging wrinkles, alopecia and other symptoms of the efficacy of the better.
Shaanxi ginseng: Shaanxi ginseng is commonly known as "West Party", famous for its fat roots, thick and solid, with a lot of lines and sweet flavor. Dangshen is an excellent tonic, generating fluids, activating internal injuries, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and is very effective in treating women's hemorrhagic disorders.
Gynostemma: Gynostemma is a perennial deciduous vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, is a specialty of Pingli County in the high mountainous areas of the weed, which contains ginseng saponins, can be separated from more than 50 kinds of gynostemma saponins, enjoy the "ginseng grass" of the name. Gynostemma has a high nutritional value and pharmacological effects, blood pressure, inhibit cancer cells, anti-aging, fatigue, sleep and other effects, regular use can be strong, prolong life.
Shaanxi green tea: Shaanxi green tea collectively referred to as "Shaanxi green", cultivation history is long, the tea leaves are tender, containing mangosteen oil, with the cord is uniform, color green, water color clear, drink in the mouth fresh mellow, aftertaste of the characteristics of sweet and pure, but also because of its many medical effects and known as the famous good.
Yangxian black rice and fragrant rice: Yangxian production of black rice, fragrant rice and inch of rice known as the meal in the "three treasures", is a gift to friends and relatives and hospitality to VIPs. Black rice black through purple, the core is white, the size of ordinary rice, just a little flat. Black rice contains protein and lipids higher than the average rice, amino acid content is higher, have bright eyes and blood, nourish yin and kidney, spleen and liver warming, prolonging the life of the medicinal function. Fragrant rice is white and transparent, make rice fragrant, long put not rancid.
De Maogong crystal cake: crystal cake is the ancient city of Xi'an special flavor food, because of its filling crystal clear as crystal and named, the finished product is small and exquisite, crispy skin stuffing, moist and palatable, layered, greasy oil is not greasy, especially its rich rose and orange cake aroma makes people want to see that is to eat.
Sanyuan Polygonum Sugar: Polygonum Sugar is a traditional and valuable food in Sanyuan County, formerly known as "bureaucratic (good) flower sugar", has a production history of more than 400 years. It is said that when Empress Dowager Cixi came to Xi'an with Emperor Guangxu, she greatly appreciated the Bonghua sugar offered to her by local officials. She saw the shape of the sugar is like polygonum, they said with interest, and then people chose the "bureaucratic" of the harmonic, renamed as polygonum sugar.
Qin Pepper: Qin Pepper is a good chili pepper, known as the "King of Pepper" reputation, with a bright red color, spicy flavor, long and slender body shape, thick meat and oil, the surface wrinkles uniformity and other characteristics.
Dumpling Banquet: Dumpling Banquet adopts the operation methods of steaming, boiling, frying, deep-frying and roasting to make different flavors such as salty, fresh, numbing, spicy, sour, sweet, sweet and sour, fish and crispy, etc. In addition to the general seasonal fresh vegetables, the dumplings are also served in a variety of different ways. In addition to the general seasonal fresh vegetables and meat, there are shark's fin, bird's nest, sea cucumber, monkey head, hairy vegetables, squid and other mountain delicacies and sea food, as well as black rice, peach kernel persimmons and other local specialties, which are very popular with domestic and foreign guests.
Chang'an Eight Scenic Spots Banquet: Chang'an Eight Scenic Spots Banquet is a set of newly created dishes in Xi'an City, designed with the background of "Eight Scenic Spots of Chang'an", or presenting "Eight Scenic Spots" on the dinner plate, or cooking dishes with the local products at the scenic spots, or bringing the legend of the scenic spots into the delicious dishes. The food is so delicious that people can enjoy the scenery and add interest to the feast.
Mutton steamed buns: mutton steamed buns is Xi'an's famous halal snacks, eating method, the customer will first break the cake into small pieces, the smaller the better, and then into a large bowl, by the chef will be cooked mutton sliced into slices on the bun, and then with vermicelli, dried bean curd, fungus, and other ingredients, placed in a broth pot heated to the size of the buns and how much the soup set the soup, so that the soup into the buns, coupled with sugar and garlic, hot sauce, cilantro can be consumed, eating should not be stirred. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good meal, and that you don't have to stir it up.
Gourd head: pig intestines thick fat shaped like a gourd, so the name "gourd head". It is a high saturated fatty acid, high carbohydrate food, if you add seafood, you can increase the protein content.
Laotongjia preserved mutton: Preserved mutton is a famous snack in Xi'an. In addition to being rich in protein and fat, mutton also has the effect of removing fire, appetizer, appetite, and tonifying the kidneys to help Yang. Legend has it that in 1900, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an with Emperor Guangxu, and after tasting the preserved mutton of the old Tongjia family, she praised it and ordered Xing Tingwei to handwrite the words "the carriage stops the slope" to hang in front of the door, and from then on the old Tongjia's preserved mutton was famous all over the world and flourished for nearly a hundred years.
Chang'an Gourd Chicken: Gourd chicken is a traditional Xi'an flavor food, known as the first taste of Chang'an. Gourd chicken is made of short-legged bonobo chicken, which is rich in nutrients and has a golden color, crispy skin and tender meat, and is served with chopsticks to the bone.
Qishan Shame Noodle: Shame Noodle is a traditional specialty noodle dish in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province, in which Qishan Shame Noodle with a long history is famous for its thinness, tendon, lightness, acidity, tenderness and aroma, which is characterized by the tendon of the noodle, the fragrance of the bacon, and the spiciness and crispness, which is suitable for both the young and the old.
Buns in soup: Buns in soup is a famous Xi'an snack. Steamed soup buns shaped like a soft satin lampshade, filling into a ball, soup floating filling, thin skin, tender filling, soup fresh.
Golden thread oil tower: Golden thread oil tower is a traditional and famous snack in the ancient city of Xi'an. It has many layers of fine silk, loose and unctuous, and its shape "lifted like a golden thread, put down like a pine tower", so it got each.
Shi Zi Bun: Shi Zi Bun is a popular flavor food in Guanzhong region of Shaanxi, because it is the cake embryo in the hot stone on the branding made, so named, also known as sand buns, biscuits, crispy and salty, nutritious, easy to digest, with easy to carry, durable storage characteristics.
Local customs
Xi'an is the birthplace of China's ancient civilization, y influenced by the traditional culture of China's ancient imperial capital, and has become a state of civilization and etiquette, a country of Qin and Tang rhythms, with simple folk customs and rich cultural connotations. The people of Guanzhi, centered in Xi'an, have formed their own unique lifestyles in clothing, food, housing and entertainment. These unique lifestyles and customs are summarized as the "Ten Wonders". There are several kinds of this statement, among which the more popular are: noodles like a belt (because it is long and wide), helmet like a pot lid (because it is big and thick), chili is a dish (because of the oil splash chili as a dish to eat), soak buns in a big bowl to sell (because of its bread is a big bowl), the bowl of pots and pans is difficult to separate (because the bowl of oddly large pots and pans), the head of the handkerchief to wear (Guanzhong women in the rural areas of rural areas, especially the elderly women are often handkerchiefs on the top of the head), the house is half covered (because of the house for the). The house is built halfway (because the house is a mansion with water flowing from one side), the girl is not foreign (because Guanzhong's geographic location and living conditions are more favorable, rural girls do not marry abroad), there is a stool not to sit up and squat (because of the habit of nature), and the opera roars up (because of the Qinqinqiang's high, bold, and bold tones). This way of life and customs show the simplicity, roughness and boldness of the people of Xi'an Guanzhi.
Xi'an folk customs are also reflected in the rich and colorful folk art and traditional sports activities. From paper-cutting, jade carving and other folk crafts, to cloisonné, Tang Sancai and other tribute items; from the lively and joyful social fire, enthusiastic Qinqiang, to the thousands of shadow puppets and joyful waist drums, you can not only enjoy the elegance of the traditional culture of the ancient imperial capital, but also peep into the charm of the northwest loess style.
As an international tourist city, Xi'an has many places for tourists to rest and enjoy themselves. In addition to the dance halls, bowling alleys and gourmet casinos that are generally found in the city, some of the more distinctive places are the White Temple Swimming Pool, the Provincial Shooting Range, the Xi'an Northern Paradise, the Fengyu Guangxinyuan Ethnic Village, the Weiyang Lake Tourist Resort, and the Xi'an Weishuiyuan Hot Spring Resort. There is also the newly built North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, where there is the largest musical fountain in Asia, tourists come here to wander around will certainly be happy to return.
Musical fountain opening time:
Monday to Friday: 12:00, 20:00
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00.
Xi'an is not far from Mount Huashan, go to Xi'an, you can go to Xi'an, by way of glimpsing the mountain of Mount Huashan only dangerous.
Day 1 Daci'en Temple - Shaanxi History Museum - Xi'an Forest of Stelae - Xi'an Ancient City Wall - Bell Tower and Drum Tower
Take the air-conditioned bus No. 610 to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the symbol of Xi'an, the Shaanxi History Museum, the Shaanxi Museum of History, which is the symbol of Xi'an, and the Shaanxi Museum of History, which is the symbol of Xi'an, and the Shaanxi Museum of History. "Give me a day, give you a thousand years" of Shaanxi History Museum, the treasure trove of calligraphy and stone carving art - Xi'an Forest of Stelae, stroll through the Shuyuanmen Ancient Cultural Street, climb the Ancient City Wall, Bell / Drum Tower, and taste Xi'an's unique mutton meat burger.
Day 2 Qianling Mausoleum - Famen Temple
Take a one-day tour to Qianling Mausoleum, the joint tomb of Empress Wu Zetian and Emperor Li Zhi of Tang Dynasty, and Famen Temple, the world's most famous temple for the "relics" of Buddha Shakyamuni, and return to Xi'an for the night.
Day 3 Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang - Terracotta Warriors - Hua Qing Pond - Xi'an Half Slope Ruins
Tour the Eastern Route (If you go with a tour group, you will be chopped up, and your expenses will be twice as much. Suggested at the train station to take the 307 bus bus, take the highway directly to the eastern line of attractions, round-trip fare of 15 yuan) in the morning to visit the "eighth wonder of the world" - the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Emperor of Qin. In the afternoon, visit Huaqing Pond and take a hot spring bath, and return to Xi'an at dusk, if you have time to visit the famous Half Slope Ruins.