Xian Travel Guide
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| Xian China |
Xi'an, formerly called Chang'an, is one of the six ancient capitals in China and also one of the four gre at 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. During Xian's 3,100 years of development, 13 dynasties such as Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang, held it as their capitals
History: 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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| Xi'an Loaction |
Location: located at 33° C north and 107°C east, in the southern part of GuanZhong Plain in Shaanxi province with Qinling Mountains to the north and the Weihe River to the south
Neighboring Areas: Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Gansu Provinces; Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions
Physical Features: with an elevation of 500 metres, the Weihe Plain extends between Baoji in the west and Tongguan in the east and borders the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Huangtu Plateau in the north. Lying in the warm zone, the plain has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Chequered with the Weihe, Jinghe, Luohe, and Bahe rivers as well as the Jinghui, Weihui and Luohui canals, the fertile land on the plain has easy access to irrigation facilities and an abundant yield of farm produce. Xian lies in the centre to the south of this plain, a favourable geographical location surrounded by water and hills.
Climatic Features: temperate and continental climate; cold and dry in winter and hot in summer and rainy season comes in July, August and September, Average Temperature: 13.3°C annually, Rainfall: 604.2mm annually.
