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Introduction |
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. 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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