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Xi'an
Introduction
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| Xi'an,
formerly called Chang'an, is one of the six ancient capitals in
China and also one of the four great ancient capital cities of the
world (the other three are Aden, Cairo and Rome). It served as the
earlist capital and has the longest history of capital
intermittently. Here we have the historic site of Lantian Apeman
approximately 800,000 years ago, Banpo--the historic remains of
6,000 years ago Neolithic matriarchal clan community, the most
wonderful archeological found--the terra-cotta warriors and horses
of Emperor Qin shihuang. During the Han and Tang dynasty, Xi'an
had been the greatest international city in the world. It was also
the starting point of "Silk Road". The well -known
"Xi'an Incident" took place here. The vase central
Shaanxi Plain is just like a huge Chinese history museum, as it
has large amount of elegant historic treasures, it now display the
most wonderful view to the whole world. What a long history, lots
of heroes flash away. Now, Plenty of historic secrets are still
deeply under the loess plateau. Xi'an--the ancient capital,
because of its incomparable historical and cultural charm, is now
attracting more and more domestic and international tourists. |
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