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Xi'an

Xi'an (西安; Xī'ān; Hsi-An|l=Western Peace; Postal map spelling: Sian), is the capital of Shaanxi province in People's republic of China and a sub-provincial city. As one of the most important cities in Chinese history, Xi'an is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China for it has been the capital of 13 dynasties, including the Zhou, Qin, Han, and the Tang. Xi'an is also renowned for being the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and for the location of the Terracotta Army made during the Qin Dynasty. The city has more than 3,100 years of history. It was called Chang'an (長安; 长安; Cháng'ān; Perpetual Peace) in ancient times.
Since the 1990s, as part of the economic revival of interior China especially for the central and northwest regions, the City of Xi'an has re-emerged as an important cultural, industrial and educational center of the central-northwest region, with facilities for research and development, national security and China's space exploration program. (...) more....

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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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  • bergch
    A Muslim city, who might have thought that this exists in China, but there you will find it! Great town! Not dirty at all, great food, a lot of mutton and great culture! You have to go to the terracotta army! Amazing what happened in the past there...
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