China has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers, and Shaanxi Province has a total area of 205,600 square kilometers, accounting for about 2.1 percent of the country's land area.
Shaanxi, with its capital Xi'an, is located in China's inland hinterland, on the middle reaches of the Yellow River, neighboring Shanxi and Henan in the east, Ningxia and Gansu in the west, Sichuan, Chongqing and Hubei in the south, and Inner Mongolia in the north, and is abbreviated as "Shaanxi" or "Qin".
Shaanxi is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese culture, with 14 regimes, including the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, establishing their capitals in Shaanxi.
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Shaanxi attractions
1, Mount Hua
Anciently known as the "Western Mountains", is one of the five famous mountains in China, is located in the city of Huayin, Shaanxi Province, is known as "the first mountain in the world". The world's first mountain". Mount Huashan is composed of a complete and large granite body, and its historical derivation can be traced back to 120 million years ago. Mount Huashan is one of the birthplaces of Chinese culture, according to Mr. Zhang Taiyan, a famous scholar of the Qing Dynasty, "China", "Huaxia" are named after Mount Huashan.
2, the Terracotta Warriors
Qin Terracotta Warriors pit found in 1974, is located in 1.5 kilometers east of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. After years of large-scale drilling and research by archaeologists to prove that this is China's first feudal emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's mausoleum in a large from the burial pit.
3, Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the southern suburb of Daci'en Temple, which is regarded as the symbol of the ancient capital of Xi'an. Legend has it that the Tang Monk came back from India (the ancient Tianzhu) to get the scriptures, specializing in the translation of the scriptures and the place where the scriptures are hidden, because of the construction of the style of the Indian Wild Goose Pagoda, so called Wild Goose Pagoda. As a result of the later construction of a smaller Wild Goose Pagoda in Changan Jianfu Temple, in order to distinguish between the people of the Ci'en Temple Tower called the big Wild Goose Pagoda, Jianfu Temple Tower called the small Wild Goose Pagoda, has been handed down to the present day.
4, Mount Li
Mount Li is located in Xi'an Lintong County, south of the city, belongs to a branch of the Qinling Mountains. The highest peak of Jiulong top 1301.9 meters above sea level, the mountain pines and cypresses are evergreen and lush, from a distance it looks like a green stallion, so it is called "Mount Li". Mount Li is also known as the "Embroidery Ridge". Whenever the sun sets, Mount Li is reflected in the golden sunset, the scenery is particularly beautiful, there is a "Mount Li evening light" reputation....
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