The Bell Tower is the geographic center of Xi’an and the four main streets. The Bell tower was first built in 1384 during the Ming Dynasty in Ying Xiang Temple. It was moved to the present site in 1582 as a result of the city’s expansion. The Bell Tower owns a huge bell which in ancient times was ...
Xi’an Ancient City Wall is an extension of the prior Tang dynasty structure. It was built from the year of 1370 to 1378 and has a rectangular–shaped construction. It is over 4 kilometers ranging from east to west and about 3 kilometers ranging from north to south. The total length is 13.7 ...
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda has seven-tiered in total. Ihe Big Wild Goose Pagoda is 64.5 meters high and it was built in Tang Dynasty. This pagoda was specially constructed for the monk named Xuan Zang who started off from the ancient Xi’an, along the Silk Road and went through all kinds of serious ...
The E Pang Palace Site was built in BC 221 to BC 206 during the Qin Dynasty. The large-scale site is situated in the western outskirt of Xi’an city. E Pang Palace turns out by the archeologists that the builders never got further than the front hall and actually never burned by Xiang Yu. The palace ...
The Famen Temple is famous for storing the veritable finger bone of the Sakyamuni Buddha in the world. Famen Temple is located in Fufeng County of Shaanxi Province, 120 km east of Xi’an with a history of 1700 years. Famen Temple is considered as the Forerunner of the Ziggurat in Central Shaanxi. In ...
The Emperor Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum is located in the north of the Li Mountain in Lin Tong city, Shaanxi Province. This mausoleum was built from 246 BC to 208 BC lasting for nearly 39 years. It was originally about 76 meters high, 345 meters long ranging from east to west and 350 meters wide ...
The Da Ci’en Temple is the home of the big wild goose pagoda. In order to commemorate the dead virtuous queen, royalty ordered to build a temple named Ci’en meaning kindness and mercy, for which the status and the scale far exceeded all others. In present day, the temple has an area of 32314 square ...
The North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda ranges from the north Yanta Rd. the south end to the north wall of Da Ci’en Temple the south. It is 218 meters wide from east to west, 364 meters long from south to west with an area of more than 100 mu and building area of 110000 square meters. The ...
