What are the places worth visiting in Xi 'an?

1, Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum

Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors Museum is located in the east of Lintong District, Xi, Shaanxi Province. It is a large burial pit in the cemetery of Ying Zheng, the first feudal emperor in China, with an area of 210.8 million square meters. Based on the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Qin Dynasty, this museum is a ruins museum built on the original site of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, and it is also the largest ancient military museum in China.

2. Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Jinchangfang (now southwest of Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province) in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ci 'en Temple Pagoda". In the third year of Tang Yonghui (652), Xuanzang presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to preserve the scroll Buddha statues brought back to Chang 'an by Tianzhu via the Silk Road. The first five floors were built with nine floors, and then the floors and heights were changed several times. Finally, it was fixed as the seven-story pagoda seen today, with a total height of 64.5 17 meters and a base length of 25.5 meters.

3. Daming Palace

Daming Palace is the main hall, political center and national symbol of the Tang Dynasty. It is located in Longshouyuan, north of Chang 'an (now Xi 'an) in Tang Dou. It was built in the eighth year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (634), formerly known as Yong 'an Palace. It is the largest of the three main halls of Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty (Daming Palace, Taiji Palace and Xingqing Palace), and is called "Dongnei". For more than 200 years since Tang Gaozong, there have been 17 emperors of the Tang Dynasty handling state affairs here.

4. Weiyang Palace

Weiyang Palace is the main hall of the Western Han Empire. It was built in the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu (the first 200 years), supervised by Xiao He, an important official of Liu Bang, and was built on the basis of Qin Zhangtai. Located in the southwest corner of Chang 'an City, the highest terrain in the Han Dynasty, it is also called Xigong.

5. Datang Furong Garden

Datang Furong Garden is located in Qujiang Development Zone, south of Xi City, Shaanxi Province, southeast of Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It was rebuilt in the north of the original site of Furong Garden in Tang Dynasty, imitating the style of royal gardens in Tang Dynasty. It is the first large-scale royal garden-style cultural theme park in China that fully displays the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, covering an area of 1000 mu, including 300 mu of water.

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The Terracotta Warriors and Horses, a world cultural heritage, is one of eight wonders of the world, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a national key cultural relic protection unit.

The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang * * has three pits of Terracotta Warriors and Horses No.1, No.2 and No.3. The first pit is the main array of chariots and infantry, with a total area of14,260 square meters and about 6,000 life-size pottery figurines.

Pit No.2 is the essence of Terracotta Warriors Pit, covering an area of 6,000 square meters and consisting of four units. The four phalanxes are composed of chariots, cavalry and crossbowmen, which are orderly and impeccable. The third pit is the command system of the army array, covering an area of 524 square meters.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Dynasty were discovered on 1974- 1976, and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum of Qin Shihuang was opened to the public at home and abroad on 1979. The discovery of terracotta warriors and horses is known as the eighth wonder in the world and a great discovery in the archaeological history of the twentieth century.

Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors Museum is a cultural relic museum built on the original site of Terracotta Warriors Pit. Since its opening in June 1 979+1October1,it has been bathed in the spring breeze of the country's reform and opening up, and has made brilliant achievements through hard work, becoming a world-famous large-scale cultural relics museum. Terracotta warriors and horses are known as "the eighth wonder of the world" and "one of the great discoveries in the archaeological history of the 20th century".

1987 12. UNESCO has listed the Mausoleum of the First Qin Dynasty (including Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit) in the World Cultural Heritage List. It is not only the precious cultural wealth of China people, but also the precious cultural wealth of all mankind. ? The establishment and development of the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang experienced ups and downs and hardships, which condensed the painstaking efforts and sweat of many people.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, as the earliest and largest existing quadrangle-style brick pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, is a typical material evidence that the ancient Indian Buddhist temples were introduced into the Central Plains with Buddhism and merged into China culture, and it is a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of the working people in ancient China.

1961On March 4th, the State Council announced the Big Wild Goose Pagoda as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

20 14 On June 22nd, at the 38th meeting of UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Doha, Qatar, the Wild Goose Pagoda was successfully listed in the World Heritage List as a site in the Silk Road: Chang 'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network jointly applied by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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