Travel To Xi'an, China

Xi'an is in China's fertile lowlands. It is mostthe terracotta warriors. The mausoleum was in
famous for the discovery in 1974 of thefact an underground palace and it is said that
Terracotta Warriors, and is one of the world's700,000 people worked on its construction of 36
greatest archaeological sites. This city is home toyears. The vaults where discovered between
one of china's largest mosques and has been1974 and 1976. In 1979 the actual museum was
inhabited for over 6000 years.constructed and the artifacts where put on
Xi'an is probably the central most important city indisplay.
Chinese history and so it is most famous for theThe three remaining museums that are of
large number of historic sites, and museums thatinterest to tourists are the Big Goose Pagoda,
outline the rich history of the area. ManyThe Small Goose Pagoda, and the Banpo Museum.
dynasties both started and fell from this city.The Big, Goose and Small Goose temples where
There are five main museums in Xi'an. The Forestbuilt around 653 and 707 AD respectively and
of Stele was setup during the Tang Dynasty andfeature artifacts from the Buddhist monks and
in 1090 during the Song Dynasty was turned intotheir scriptures. The Banpo museum was built in
a Confucian temple. This museum now holds the1954 to cover and protect the site of five
oldest collection of steles in china. A stele is aexcavations and occupying an area of 33,400
stone that is stood upright and has been inscribedsquare feet.
with calligraphy. There is so many of these stele'sNeedless to say, Xi'an is an ideal place for those
that it is referred to as a forest!interested in the rich history of China to visit.
Mentioned earlier in this article was the TerracottaAnyone wishing to plan tours or vacations to Xi'an
Warriors. Well the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangwould be well advised to consult with a travel
and the Museum of the Qin Terracotta Figuresagent in order to ensure they get the most out
display artifacts from the Qin dynasty includingof their visit.