(陕西; 陝西; Shǎnxī; Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a north-central province of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province. By regular Hanyu Pinyin rules, if tone marks are not written, both Shaanxi and the neighbouring province of Shanxi should be spelled "Shanxi"; the difference is in tone: Shānxī and Shǎnxī. To make the difference clear without tonal marks, the spelling "Shaanxi" was contrived (following the romanization system of Yuen Ren Chao) for the province of Shǎnxī, while "Shanxi" is used for the province of Shānxī. It is also the official spelling on http://english.gov.cn/ Chinese Government's official web portal. (...)
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In Xi’an, see China’s archeological treasures – art and technology over the course of six millennia. This is where you can see the incomparable cultural riches discovered by archeologists digging into 6,000 years of this province’s history-soaked soil: 3,000-year-old bronze ritual vessels, the oldest paper preserved in the world (from 100 BC), an iron gear wheel from the same period, clay reliefs from the palace of the first emperor, and the oldest known example of porcelain. There is also the splendid art of the Tang Dynasty, in gold, jade, colored glass, lively ceramics, and wall paintings from the tombs of the aristocracy. Coins from Persia, Arabia, and Japan document the transcontinental trade carried on by China as far back as 1,300 years ago. To really see it all, you should spend two half-days he...
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