Xian

Xian, the capital of Shaanxi Province, it is a famous city for it Terra Cotta Army and attract many guest to have a Xian travel to have a visit for this magnificent sight seeing. As one of the capital city for many dynasty in Chinese history, Xian is aged more than 3100 since it is founded. It is the capital for many dynasty in China, include Zhou dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. It is one composition for the famous silk road.

There are some ancient people lived here 500000 years ago, they are named Lantian Man by the local people and discovered in year 1963. A famous sight seeing named Banpo Neolithic Village is for a group discovered in year 1954, they lived in Xian for 6500 years ago.
From Zhou Dynasty(11th century BC), Xian first became a political center in China. And then in Qin Dynasty, Xian became to the capital and the famous Terra Cotta Warriors was construct by him. After the Qin Dynasty, Xian became to the capital of Han Dynasty. Then there are many dynasty settle their capital in Xian city and leave many historical sight seeing there.

Xian city is a place with ideal location, Qinling moutains is located in the south of this city and Wei River lies on the north there. The famous Huashan, one of the msot famous Taoist mountains in China, is only 100 kilometers from Xian.
How to arrival at Xian? Both train and flights are good choice arrival there. Like Beijing, there are 6 railway station in Xian city, include Xian West Station, Xian East Station, Xian South Station, Xian North Station, Sanmincun Railway Station and Fangzhicheng Railway Station.

The guest whom would like arrival at Xian could also take flights for flights is more quickly and comfortable, Xian Xianyang Airport is one of the largest airport in China. There are some domestic and international flights arrival there. You could arrival at Xian directly from Bangkok in Tailand, Hongkong, Seoul in Korea and etc..
Terra Cotta Warriors is a must visit historical sight seeing in Xian, the fisit discover there is in year 1974 by some farmers, they would like to digging a water well at this time. And they found some Terra Cottas burid under the ground. There are 4 main pits full of terra cotta in Xian, they are about 7 meters deep from the ground. It is the emperor Qinshihuang construct them with the purpose for they could protect his tomb after died. It is really a magnificent construction and one of the eight wonder of the world.