Top 5 Must-See Attractions in Xian of China

Well-known all over the world as the home to the Terracotta Army, visit the top 5 attractions in Xian and experience Xian as a living history book recording the great changes in China.

Terracotta Warriors

As one of the top attractions in China, the exquisite Terracotta Army represents the ability to control the resources of the newly unified China of the first Qin Dynasty ruler Shihuadi. And this emperor attempted to recreate and maintain that empire in the afterlife.

The Terracotta Army figures’ excavation is regarded as one of the greatest discoveries of the 20^th century. It had lain underground for over 2000 years before farmers digging a well uncovered what is now considered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world.

As a treasury for the Chinese people and for the whole world, Terracotta Army is a must for you Xian tour.

Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum

Buried deep under a hill in central China, surrounded by an underground moat of poisonous mercury, and lies an entombed emperor who has been undisturbed for more than two millennia.

Until now, numerous historians are interest in this tomb. However, the answers to a number of historical mysteries may lie buried inside that tomb, whether modern people will ever see inside this mausoleum depends on the science.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

As one of the symbols of Xian, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a must for visitors to this ancient city. Built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists.

Rated as a National Key Cultural Relic Preserve, Big Wild Goose Pagoda attracts numerous visitors for its fame in the Buddhist religion.

Huaqing Hot Spring

At the foot of Mount.Li, Huaqing Hot Spring has been the site of a famous imperial bathing pool and various palace complexes over its 3,000 year history.

Besides, it is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Yang Guifei in Tang Dynasty.

Forest of Stone Steles Museum

Boasts the largest collection of steles cut in 837 A.D, the Forest of stone Steles Museum is a splendid treasury of Chinese art and history.

While you visiting Forest of Stone Steles Museum, you will find many tourists look at rows of stone steles that contain historic inscriptions carved over many centuries and preserved here.

If you have plenty of time to tour in Xian, you’d better visit all of them.

Enjoy Biking Activity Explore Ancient City Wall of Xian

Xian is the city that enjoys long history in China. At past, over thousand years, in total Xian had become the ancient capital city of 13 Dynasty. Because of that long history, there have left behind a lot of old historical sites that worth to visit for Xian tours and one of them is Xian Ancient City Wall. It once first built in Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhuang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Xian is very proud about the City Wall because the Wall has become the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world and the most complete city wall survived in China. At past, the Wall had become the protection of the city from the enemies attack, and today it has become one of the main historical sites in this ancient city and become the example of one ancient architecture buildings in Xian.

Xian City Wall built surrounding the city, and because of that there in total has 4 main entrance gates of the Wall: the south gate, north gate, east gate and west gate. It covers 13.7 kilometers (8.5 miles) in length with a deep moat surrounding it. Visitors are able to rent bicycle to bike around the area above Wall as well as enjoy view of the city. Not only that, visitors could also have an option to rent electric car that will bring them to explore the Wall if you like.

Rent a bike biking around the Wall is the best option. Visitors could stop everywhere and every time to capture the best view around the Wall and Xian ancient city. Around the Wall, there have some shops where sell some souvenirs. While biking explores the Wall, visitors also like to stop and visit some nice and unique souvenir shops in the area. Shop sellers are very friendly and polite to everyone. Here visitors are able relaxing to choose the authentic ancient souvenirs that they like. Never forget to bargain, if you are good at it, you may buy the beautiful handcrafts with cheap price.

Visitors have so many options to explore the Wall, either walking for about 4 hour or biking about 1-2 hours. The stunning city view of Xian with light wind blowing and cool weather is waiting for discovery. Today, Xian Ancient City Wall not only has become the historical relics that keep remains till now but also a leisure and entertainment site for visitors, locals and even international.