Xi’an Introduction
Xi'an was called Chang'an in Han Dynasty. The connotation of "Chang'an" is "a place of permanent peace". It was not until the prosperous Tang Dynasty that Chang'an became famous both at home and abroad as the largest and busiest international metropolis of that age in the world. The city's capital status lasted for 1,608 years. As regards the number of dynasties and span of time, Xi'an served as an ancient capital beyond compare.
Called Chang‘an in ancient times, Xian is one of the birthplaces of the ancient civilization in the Yellow River Basin area of the country. During Xian‘s 3,100 year development, 13 dynasties such as Western Zhou (11th century BC - 771 BC), Qin (221 BC - 206 BC), Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD) and Tang (618 - 907) placed their capitals here. So far, Xian enjoys equal fame with Athens, Cairo, and Rome as one of the four major ancient civilization capitals.

 

Xi’an--Big Wild Goose Pagoda(This pagoda was built under the Tang Dynasty to house translations of Sanscrit texts that the Chinese Monk Xuan Zang brought back from his famous journey to India.)

Xi’an—the City Wall
(originating in the Ming Dynasty)

Xi’an--The Great Mosque
One of the most prominent reminders of the silk trade ,with its peaceful gardens, walkways, courtyards, pavilions and pagodas.

Xi’an--erracotta Warriors
The archeological site consists of three main excavation pits filled with approximately 8000 warriors and their horses, created to guard the emperor Qin Shi Huang more than two thousand years ago

Xi’an--Mt.Huashan
(Mt. Huashan is known as ‘The Number One Precipitous Mountain under Heaven‘. It is one of the five sacred mountains in China, also as the holy land of Taoism)

Xi'an Inner City Tour 1-Day

Xi'an Classical 4 Day Tour