The city is a large megapolis with a population exceeding 8,, people. Nowadays Xian is one of the most modern and well developed cities of China. In ancient time Xian was not just an ordinary cultural and administrative center of China. It was due to the fact that Xian was a starting point for all the caravans following the Great Silk Road from China to the West.
It was the Great Silk Road, Buddhism came by to Xian, subsequently disseminating through the whole territory of China. Up to date there are almost Buddhist temples functioning in Xian and its suburbs and the number of believers came to 80, people. Everybody who is interested in culture and history of China should visit Xian, because, it has accumulated a unique collection of architectural and historical monuments.
Qujiang ruins park Besides, the Shaanxi Historical Museum is of profound interest due to a huge collection of the material culture monuments as well as ancient written sources having huge cultural value not only for China but also for the whole world. It has a unique collection of bronze and ceramic items, frescos and also fragments of tombs. One of the most valuable museum exhibits is remains of a homo erectus, more ancient than Sinanthropus. One of the best-known sights of Xian, as well as the whole Shaanxi province is the world-known Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi tomb and his terracotta army.
The tomb is located 40 km from the city, while 1. Xian is a city of contrasts, where modernity neighbors with ancient traditions and rich Chinese culture, while its ancient history interlaces closely with the achievements of the world civilization.
About Us Contact Us. Afang Palace. Bell Tower. Big Goose Pagoda. Drum Tower. Forest of Stone Steles. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty began and made its capital at Luoyang.
In BC, Emperor Qin Shihuang unified the country and built a strong feudal society, with its capital at Xianyang, just north of Xi'an. The Qin Dynasty was soon sacked and the Han Dynasty took power.
The Han rulers based their government in Xi'an. Xi'an was the starting point of the world's longest overland ancient trading route, the Silk Road. It was a highly significant trade route linking ancient China with Central Asia and European countries. Chang'an was one of the biggest international cities at that time, a great metropolis of equal importance with Rome in its heyday.
The Tang Dynasty witnessed advances in many fields and the capital city boomed. It was built with grand, symmetrical layouts and became a model for city design at that time. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Xi'an went into decline and its tenure as capital of China came to an end. Although Xi'an still played an important role as a commercial center on the Silk Road in the later dynasties, it never regained its political or cultural importance.
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