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Driving Directions to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province

704 km - about 11 hours 48 minutes

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Nanchong City, Sichuan Province

1. Head west for 246 meters

2. At the 2nd intersection turn right for 178 meters

3. At the 2nd intersection turn right towards the Bypass Highway for 0.8 kilometers

4. Turn right at the 2nd intersection and head towards the Bypass Highway for 0.8 km

4. Turn right at the Bypass Highway for 0.9 km

5. Get off at the Nanchong/Xichong/Mashipu exit and take the National Highway 212 for 2.5 km

6. Turn slightly left and continue along National Highway 212 for 25.3 km

7. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the Ring Road. Turn left on National Highway 212 and continue along National Highway 212 for 2.1 kilometers

10. Turn left and continue along National Highway 212 for 25.5 kilometers

11. Turn right on Qili Boulevard and continue along National Highway 212 for 1.5 kilometers

12. Turn left on Jialingjiang Second Bridge and continue along Jialingjiang Second Bridge. Turn left slightly and head towards Jialingjiang Second Bridge for 0.5 kilometers

13. Continue straight into Jialingjiang Second Bridge for 0.8 kilometers

14. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto West Bao'ning Vinegar Road for 350 meters

15. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto National Highway 212/South Zhangfei Road

Continue on National Highway 212

At two roundabouts, you will pass through a small traffic jam and turn right. After 2 roundabouts 101 km

16. Turn left and continue on National Highway 212 for 22.7 km

17. Turn left and continue on National Highway 212 for 1.5 km

18. Turn right and continue on National Highway 212 for 16.0 km

19. Turn slightly right and continue on National Highway 212 for 4.1 km

20. 4.1 kilometers

20. Turn left on Yucai Road and travel 165 meters

21. Turn right at the first intersection and travel 460 meters toward Section 2 of East Lizhou Road

22. Turn right at the first intersection and travel 0.5 kilometers toward Electronics Road

23. Turn left on North Huancheng Road and travel 1.9 kilometers

24. Turn left on Construction Road and travel 385 meters. Turn left at Jianshe Road for 385 meters

25. Turn right at National Highway 108 for 4.9 kilometers

26. Take the left ramp to Mianguang Expressway

Part of the tolled section 48.0 kilometers

27. Get off the exit and take National Highway 108

Part of the tolled section 20.9 kilometers

28. Turn right at the Erhe Highway

When you reach Erhe Highway, turn right at the tolled section

When you reach Erhe Highway, turn right at the tolled section

28.

Part of the toll road is 54.4 kilometers

29. Continue along the Jingkun Expressway

The toll road is 245 kilometers

30. Continue along the Xi-Han Expressway

The toll road is 42.5 kilometers

31. Go down to Tongguan and take the Bypass Expressway

The toll road is 11.5 kilometers

32. Go down to Nanmen Exit and take the Bypass Expressway

The toll road is 11.5 kilometers

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37. Continue on Nanguanzheng Street for 0.8 kilometers past the Nanliao Men intersection

38. At the Nanmen traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto Nanda Street for 1.2 kilometers

39. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bei Da Jie for 0.6 kilometers

40. At the Xihuamen intersection, turn left and proceed to Xihuamen Street for 6 meters

41. Turn left at Xihuamen intersection and proceed on Xihuamen Street for 2 meters

42. Turn right at Xihuamen intersection and proceed on Xihuamen Street for 257 meters

Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

Tourist Attractions: Da Ci'en Temple (dedicated to the translation of the scriptures and collection of scriptures of Venerable Xuanzang), the Big Wild Goose Pagoda (housing the statues of Buddha, the relics, and the Sanskrit classics brought back from India by Venerable Xuanzang), Big Wild Goose Pagoda North Square (Asia's largest fountain square and the largest water plaza), Shaanxi History Museum (a collection of Shaanxi's finest excavated artifacts), Qujiang Ruins Park (currently the largest amusement park in Xi'an), Datang Nocturnal City (China's No. 1 cultural MALL), Xi'an Beilin Museum (the largest collection of monuments and stones in the country), Ming Dynasty City Wall (one of China's most complete surviving ancient city wall buildings), Bell Tower (one of the many bell towers left over from ancient times), and the Bell Tower (one of China's most important ancient city towers). Bell Tower (the largest and best-preserved bell tower among the many bell towers left in ancient China), Drum Tower (four years older than the Bell Tower, with a history of 625 years to date), Qujiang Cold Cellar (the place where the legend says that Wang Baochuan waited for her husband Xue Pinggui for eighteen years in a cold kiln), Qujiang Ocean World (marine animals), Xi'an Qinling Safari Park (the first safari park in Northwestern China), Cuihua Mountain (a state-level forest park), Nanwutai (one of the holy sites of Buddhism), Datang Hibiscus Garden (a large-scale royal garden cultural theme park in the style of the Tang Dynasty), Daming Palace National Heritage Park (the palace of the Tang Dynasty), Xi'an Half-slope Museum (the site of the primitive matriarchal clans), Mount Hua (one of the Five Mountains), Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Shi Huang (terracotta figures of the Qin Shi Huang buried with the emperor), Huaqing Pond (the villas of the palace of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guiqi Fei), the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and the Military Admonition Pavilion (where Chiang Shek was hiding during the Xi'an Incursion). (where Chiang Kai-shek hid during the Xi'an Incident), Lintong Museum (a museum of local history), Famen Temple (where the relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are enshrined), Famen Temple Museum (where precious relics unearthed from the underground palace of the Tang Pagoda at Famen Temple are collected and displayed), Qianling Tomb (the joint tomb of Tang Emperor Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history), Tomb of Princess Yongtai (Princess Yongtai, daughter of Wu Zetian), and Tomb of Crown Prince Yide (Crown Prince Yide, son of Wu Zetian), and Tomb of Prince Yide (Crown Prince Yide, son of Wu Zetian). Prince Yi De's Tomb (Prince Yi De, son of Wu Zetian), Prince Zhanghuai's Tomb (Prince Zhanghuai, son of Wu Zetian), Huangdi Mausoleum Regulus Temple (Mausoleum of Emperor Xuanyuan, the founder of the Chinese nation), Maoling Museum (Mausoleum of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty), Zhaoling Museum (Mausoleum of Emperor Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty), Hanyangling Mausoleum (Mausoleum of Han Jingdi Liu Qi and his Empress Wang, a must-see for the phantom imaging in Hanyangling Mausoleum Museum), and the Xi'an World Expo.