Scenic spots and historical sites
>>Ape-man's site of blue field
[Ape-man's site of blue field ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It is locat in Chenjiawo village and Gongwang Mountain that blue field 50 kilometers from southeast of Xi'an County. Found the women skull fossils of 50- 10 ten thousand years ago in two places respectively in 1963 and 1964. according to world Name the convention scientifically, is named inferior kind of Homo erectus' blue field, is usually called "Ape-man of blue field" or" People of blue field". Blue field people belong to in early days, the skull has obvious primitive properties the Old Stone Age, the brow ridge is big and thick, the forehead is low and flat, the skull wall is relatively thick, brain capacity is 780 milliliters, more primitive than Beijingers. Blue field stone that implement people use, have scraping device, sharp form device, cut down the breaking device, stone ball, the multi-purpose quartz pulse, quartz are made. Set up blue site, ape-man of field, support experts and scholar's research and visitor to visit in common mountain range Wang 1979.
>>Half way up the mountain site
[Half way up the mountain site ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the north of half way up the mountain village of Ba bridge district of east suburb of Xi'an. It is large-scale the Neolithic Age site, belongs to the splendid culture type of Yangshao, about 6000 years ago. Site distribute with an area of 50,000 square meters, 1954- 195 year, 5 excavate with an area of 10,000 square meters about, find the house , the rail, store the cellar, sites such as the pottery kiln, the grave, etc., and the amount of one about ten thousand of the tool of production and life apparatus. The tool of production is mainly completed with two kinds of raw materials of bone stone. The people rely mainly on engaged in agriculturing in the matrilineal commune first in half way up the mountain, have going hunting, fish, domestic animal's raising and such activities in production as the pottery is made concurrently. Half way up the mountain people's life apparatus is mainly the pottery. Main color is red; secondly it is gray and black. A lot of pottery bottom have mat line and cloth line, detailed mud construct until red bottom wicked to flower colored drawing or pattern more at the pottery, the most in geometric figure, there is a image of animals and plants too. This indicates half way up the mountain people have not only mastered the manufacturing technology of the practical pottery but also have certain artistic creativity. Some pottery portray simple sign symbol, have 22 113 in all, can regard as early embryonic form of characters. Set up the first site museum of China in half way up the mountain village in 1958, is named as Banpo Museum of Xi'an, there are a site protects hall, two historical relic showrooms and a pottery kiln site room. House and various that exhibitions recover produce, live apparatus, etc.; give visitor represent remote half way up the mountain era human production, actual view of life.
>>Site of stockaded village of ginger
[Site of stockaded village of ginger ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It Lies in ginger stockaded village of the foot of Lishan Mountain border on the river east bank second platform village on the ground where the east of Xian city Lintong district. The Neolithic Age of China, that explore so far, with an area of 50,000 square meters. Culture is one layer of thick 3- meters, divide five type arrays from bottom to top: Yangshao cultural half way up the mountain type, Shijia type, ditch type, half way up the mountain later period type (the west Wang village type) and Kesheng village second culture (the Longshan culture of Shanxi), type of house Divided into three parts in inhabited region, kiln and graveyard in the whole site. The inhabited region is slightly round in shape, the overall arrangement is relatively neat, and the whole area is about 20,000 square meters. The middle is a square, all houses form a circle around the square, the door is opened to the central authorities too. The house can be divided into small-scale, medium-sized, large-scale three kinds according to the magnitude; can divide into ground building, half place cave and place cave type 3 kinds according to position. There is a larger house in each colony; the slightly late house is still constructed with the lime. There are a lot of pottery kilns inside and outside the residence, the life apparatus is mainly the pottery, there are a lot of unprecedented shape fish's ancient painted pottery bottles of bird's line of calabash in the ancient painted pottery device, have displayed consummate skill . Two kinds of culture characteristics with Yangshao and Longshan in the site of stockaded village of ginger, it is rare that its duration's head, scale are big. That has shown the rich and colorful picture scroll that a primitive man lives a life to people. This site has been already backfill, the earth's surface is the farmland, keep better.
>>Fenggao site
[Denggao site ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection.it Lies in Ma Wang of county of Chang An town, sluice gate town Feng river both sides of area, It is the capital site of Western Zhou Dynasty. The location range of the city needs checking. Fenggao Western Zhou Dynasty gentle king house build Fengjing and Wu king house build Gaojing claim jointly, Feng in the west of the river, Gao is in the east of the river. WangChao Zhou found a capital about 300 year here, Zhou PingWang discard move to the east, Fengjing site in Kesheng village, Ma Wang village and Xinwang village area, find it have large buildings site, and find that there are a set of intact underground drainage pipelines. The centre district is for the biggest rammer soil base location. Gaojing site is in sluice gate town from Huayuancun, Pudu village to Luoshui village and Meiwu mountain range high ridge area of area site. Find that there are site of large-scale rooms, the level takes the form of worker's word, and there are two groups of subsidiary buildings of symmetrical distribution suitable in scale in the north and south. Still find hundreds of graves of Western Zhou Dynasty. The discovery here not only has extremely high artistic value but also have extremely high academic value to social economic structure and production life situation at that time which probed into Western Zhou Dynasty.
>>Qin and Han Liyang city site
[Qin and Han Liyang city site] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It Lies in Wutun Guanzhuang and Yubaotun where in Xi'an city of the Northeast Yanliang district. Qin Xiangong Two years (the first 383) and adjourns to the Liyang genital fromYongcheng city in the capital of state of Qin. The filial piety was common in this edict world in 356 B.C., Yang's constitutional reform of appointing trader, made state of Qin powerful, have laid a foundation for unifying China. In the end of Qin Xiangyu divide three area of Guanzhong, Liyang genital regard as the capital of Saiwang Simaxin, founder of Han Dynasty Liubang has regard Liyang genital as the capital for a time too. The site of Liyang city takes the form of the rectangle. In addition, still explore out 15 buildings and site of workshops.
>>Qin Shihuang Tomb and hole of clay figures of warriors and horses
[QinShihuang Tomb and hole of clay figures of warriors and horses] The Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection, the cultural heritage of the world. The emperor's tomb lies and faces the place 5 kilometers east of Li mountain town of Tong district. Through surveying, there are inner city and other city in the imperial tomb, the inner city is square, girth is 2525 meters; The other city is a rectangle, girth is 6294 meters; The imperial tomb is 76 meters high, the cover shape of fighting, the base is 485* 515 meters, stand toweringly. Place of 1.5 kilometers is the hole of clay figures of warriors and horses eastwards from the imperial tomb. Sit in the west eastwards in the hole of clay figures of warriors and horses, totally three, take the form of product word. The first Hole is in the south, biggest, 5 meters deep, 230 meters long from east to west, the north and south is 62 meters wide, with an area of 14260 square meters. Rank into 38 Luis team in the hole, have it with more than 6000 of true men size warrior figures, tow 24 horse's terra-cotta figures of pottery of the combat tank, the team of four horses takes 6 combat tanks. The warrior figure is 1.8 meters in height, expression is different, vivid, wear the short clothing or armor, the leg pitches the conduct knee, the posture differs, it is mighty and vigorous. The second hole lies in the north of the east hole, with an area of 6000 square meters, take the form of zigzag rule, combined by cavalryman, step soldier, shooter shuffling, there are more than 1000 clay figures of warriors, Still furnished with the weapon of the actual combat, the third Hole lies in the north of the west end of the first hole, 17.6 meters long from east to west, the north and south is 71.4 meters wide, with an area of 520 square meters. The level takes the form of character cut in bas-relief, there is one combat tank inside, 68 bodyguard's terra-cotta figures, likes commander organization of troops, allocate large quantities of weapons too. 3 terra-cotta figure hole make up battle array huge step, crossbow, car, ride 4 team of arm separately. Clay figures of warriors and horses hole study Qin Dynasty history, politics, military, economy, culture, art, material object database of science and technology.
>>Epang palace ruins
[epang palace ruins?nation key cultural relic preservation organ. It is located nearby the three Qiaozhen epang palace villages where west of Xi'an Weiyang district. Epang palace is Qin repairs the large-scale palace. QingShihuang completes the Front palace. After QingShihuang died, Qin two emperors continue to construct. After Chu Xiang Yu enters the pass, burns down completely. Its ruins scope is south from abundant pickaxe road peaceful village, north to new armed forces stronghold, long approximately 5 kilometers; East to water radical soap river bank, west to WangSi village 500 meters, width is approximately 3 kilometers. The front palace ruins is in south of three Qiaozhen, east from great village to the west of old city village. There are site of" north departments" in the Northeast of front hall, carved with the rope line tile of the lesser seal character characters such as the "north department', left palace, etc. unearthed. In XiaoSu 's of the north of front hall, find the building component of 6 pieces of copper; In after enclose stockaded village find it is be site at the building at the palace of 6 meters more to have. The legend is "go to the balcony" site. Palace site is to study Qin Dynasty important material object materials of building.
>>Swan's door
[Swan's door ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. Lie in Xinfeng town of Lintong district in the east of Xi'an. It is the Station troops and entertains office of Xingyu for Liubang in the end of Qin. Ground has pottery Qin make five water course and Qin tile. Build "swan door document in charge of ", have swan door dinner dinner TV station inside, Xiaohezhai and so on site, what stockaded village trace it is desolate today. And has set up the tall and big army's account on the dinner platform in the past, has moulded statues such as Xiangyu, LiuBang, ZhangLiang , FanKuai ,etc. newly and vivid, it is here to describes Simaqian Hongmen dinner in "Shiji.Xiangyu write book".
>>Xinfeng site
[Xinfeng site] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. Lie in 2.5 kilometers Shahe village of southwest of Xinfeng town where Lintong district of the east of Xi'an city. Founder of Han Dynasty Gaozu Liubang set up Chinese after the imperial court; receive his father from Jiangsu Xuzhou Feng county hometown to ChangAn from now on (emperor's father). The emperor's father misses the hometown, is not used to the life in the city, Liu Bang builds the palace residence for it on the basis of Qin Li city of southeast China of Changan, put the Feng ounty. Xinfeng county overall arrangement and building like Feng County. Move Feng County some neighbours of neighbourhood come here to live. There is a rammer that builds the city trace around the site; there are moats outside the city. Find the drainage pipeline of a row of pentagons under the wall of southwest corner of city wall. The southwest in site sporadically appear Qin Dynasty brick and tile everywhere, the full-length buildings in Qin Dynasty. There are buildings sites in the city.
>>Site of Han ChangAn city
[Site of Han ChangAn city] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. Lie in the Weiyang area of place of 5 kilometers of west Xi'an. Area is 36 sq. km... Capital in Western Han Dynasty ChangAn was the political, economic and cultural centre of the whole country at that time. After Western Han Dynasty, Xinmang, the Eastern Han Dynasty (offer emperor), the West Jin Dynasty (Min emperor), QianZhao, QianQin, HouQin, XiWei, Beizhou, Sui, etc. all took the Changan city as capital city continually, first build from Chinese city turn on to King Wen of Sui Dynasty emperor move the capital to another place DaXingcheng in 2 years (582), last nearly 800 years. Five years Gaozu of Han Dynasty (the first 202), add and decorate the Xingle palace of excitement in Qin Dynasty and rename as the palace of Changle again, move the capital here from the Liyang. What in charge of building Taicang and Wuku. Hanhui emperor 5 year begins to build the city wall of Changan in the first year of (the first 194). Emperor Wuof the Han Dynasty builds the north palace, Gui palace, Mingguang palace, Jianzhang palace. in the first year of an era of the beginning (the first 104 ), cut the pool of Kunming and the forest garden, it lasts 90 years from beginning to end. Because city wall build after Changle palace and Weiyang palace, for yield to two palace of positions and cities north Weihe flow direction of river, build city wall into the irregular square, lack the northwest corner, south of the west wall and west of the south wall roll over outwards, called the south of Chang An the "shape of Dipper of the south in the past, the north was the Big Dipper shape", or was called Dipper the city. In the east as declare flat door, Qingmin door, Bacheng gate, the south is from the east as Fuan door, Ann door, Xi'an door, the north is from the west to east are horizontal door, Chucheng door, Luocheng door, the west from the east to east are Yong door, Zhicheng door, Zhangcheng door. There are palaces of Changle, Weiyang palace, north palace, Gui palace, Wuku, etc. in the main buildings in the city. Weiyang palace make up by front hall, pepper room hall, etc. more than 40 palaces.
>>The site of front hall of Jianzhang palace
[The site of front hall of Jianzhang palace] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It locates in Gaobao village of 10 kilometers northwest of Xi'an. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty repairs Build more than 10 kilometers of Jianzhang palace, the scale of its building is equally with Weiyang palace. The palace each opens a door on four sides, the south gate is the main entrance, claim "Changhe door", construct jacket ancient piece of jade at the jade, it call north gate phoenix watchtower on either side of a palace gate, on more than high phoenix gold-decorated of 3.33 meters will be put, in order to observe the wind speed of wind direction. Palace main building front hall, Jundang palace, Majisuo palace, Muxiyi palace, Tianliang palace, Chengguang hall, Qihua palace, Guhua palace, Tangzhong Hall, Chengde hall, Shenmin platform and so on. There are liquid pools in the north. God's platform of the front hall, one pair of phoenix's tall and big rammer soil bases of watchtower on either side of a palace gate still tower in the earth's surface so far.
>>Chinese Taiye pool site
[Chinese Taiyang pool site] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It locates in the northwest of front hall of Jianzhang palace site, in the Weiyang nursery today. Liquid pool is man-made Lake Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty t, high bank Surround Lake is clear to ripple while being deep, like the soup of the blue sea. There is Ying continent, Penglai, Buddhist abbot three mountains in the pool, and carve and dig strange birds' different beasts such as ichthyosaurus, etc. with the metal and stone. The luxuriant pasture and water by the pool, birds are in groups on the flat sand, beautiful scenery, it is emperor's spa. Unearthed stone fish of pool site move the liquid in front of the door of History Museum of Shanxi today.
>>Site of Yanshou Palace of Dinghu
[Site of Yanshou Palace of Dinghu] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the Jiaodai town Jiaodai village of blue field in the northeast of Xi'an. Yanshou Palace of Dinghu is the east leave palace of construct in Shnglinran when Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Palace city wall base can see a large number of construction material pile up intermittently, among them the eaves tile takes cloud line as the core, the characters eaves tile has pots, "pot lake Yanshou Palace', "long live",etc.
>>Du Ling
[Du Ling ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the south of three trillion villages of district of wild goose's tower of Xi'an. It is Emperor Liuxun on Xihan Danasty mausoleum. Begin to build in Han yuankang of the first year of an era (the first 65). The south its have offer sacrifices to the tablet several dozen times Qing Dynasty, only deposit for 5 times today. There are walls around the cemetery park, also site such as the hall, rest palace, etc... Place of 575 meters of Du LingDong is queen Wang imperial tomb, 24 meters high in structure likes Du Ling. The sounth of Du Ling 6.5 place have Chinese declare emperor first queen mausoleum of PingJun Xu, it is 22 meters high, smaller than Du LingXiao, so call the small imperial tomb.
>>Caiwenji's tomb
[Caiwenji's tomb] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shaanxi. It Lies in place of 100 meters west of CaiWangzhuang village in the blue field county Sanli town of Xi'an. CaiWenJi is called Yan, poetess in last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Learned and talented, distinguish and is well versed in music, once because the chaos caused by war was not up to 12 years in Xiongnu. CaoCao thinks and admires it just virtuously, redeems with the gold ancient piece of jade. Bury this after died. Set up Caiwenji memorial museum in 1991, in hall display Caiwenji that write "poem at the grief and indignation" and" the Hu make 18 in Ji "and "Dongsi" in" book of the Later Han".
>>Ba bridge site of Sui and Tang dynasties
[Ba bridge site of Sui and Tang dynasties ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It is lying in the east Ba river of Xi'an. Build on Sui open on 3 years (583), was a large-scale porous stone arch bridge. It is the traffic main artery leading to Central Plains and the South in the capital. Chang An people see a visitor out the east to be competent to roll over willow present a friend with gifts, poems, etc. at parting, have another name called disappear soul bridge. LiBai have Well-known phrase. That "the catkin round and round flutters with the wind every spring, Leaves with sarrow", Meets the spring willow catkin with the wind to dance in the air all round every time, like wind volume snowflake, "Ba willow tree wind and snow" become one science of Guanzhong 8 sciences. Found in Bahe fetch sand in 1994.
>>Celestial being visit temple law Tamerlan Wang
[Celestial being visit temple law Tamerlan Wang ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in dark water valley mouth of Zhouzhi County in Xi'an city southwest. Suiwendi open on 18 year (598), build "celestial being visit in the palace". The first year of an era Renshou Sui Dynasty (601), Yang Jian in order to find a room for Buddha Buddhist relics, order people send off Buddha's Buddhist relics to celestial being visit palace build Tamerlan place on October 15, rename as the celestial being and visit the temple. DaTang among the middle age (847- 85), expand for 3 temples, there are 2 temples today. still claiming the celestial being visits the temple lie in the south of black river, and then rebuilt by successive dynasties, 5 extant main halls of the south bank of Heihe. There are king's towers of a law in the northwest of the hall. Body of the tower every in the south have certificate door, body of the tower chase layer and reduce high, pile astringent to produce in the eaves, the structure belongs to the dense eaves type tower. In October 1998, build Heihe irrigation works, law Tamerlan Wang war pull down. While pulling down, find 3 pieces of Buddhist relics among two and three storey of the tower, and then find 10 pieces of Buddhist relics and stone tablet in the underground palace. The tablet inscription records date that builds tower. It is the excursion center from ancient times that the celestial being visits the temple when Baijuyi as Zhouzhi County, write down "the song of everlasting sorrow " here , become the eternal poetic masterpiece in vain.
>>Temple tower of the holy longevity
[Temple tower of the holy longevity ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the tower temple ditch of five townships of the foot of north in the distance of 30 kilometers of south of Xi'an. Build it in the period of King Wen of Sui Dynasty's benevolence longevity according to legend (601- 604), original and by name in conformity with the body big person's tower. The first, third, fifth, seventh layers of north and south two sides and the second, forth, sixth layers two sides every turn on arch shape door opening. There are imitative timber structures that such as column, square-column, and sets of brackets on top of the columns in the cliff side of the tower. Lay bricks and go out of eaves, decorated with two water caltrop tooth under the eaves while being astringent, There are 7 round annular iron looks wheels in the top of the tower. The top is the octagon. Ascend .step by step and go up a hill southwards, can reach five sets of scenery excursion district in the south.
>>Fengde temple
[Fengde temple ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. It lies on the east hillside of mouth of Feng valley of Chang An county in the south of Xi'an. Build on Sui Dynasty, developing on the Tang Dynasty; it is temple of south mountain law cases of original humanity Xuanzhuoxi. Burning incense prosperous since Tang, rebuilt Yongle Year of Ming Dynasty (1403- 142), Buddhist nun's temple today. There are extant big halls, Weituo hall, dining hall of Buddhist, north and south wing-room, Jingzhuang room, etc., with quiet environment.
>>Jingye temple
[Jingye temple ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. It lies in Feng valley mouth village of Luangge town of Chang An county in the south of the city of Xi'an. Establish in Sui, begging of Tang Daoxuan Master Book with great concentration here once, and opened and studied and propagated a schism of religious discipline here attentively --Lu. Jingye temple considered being grandfather front yard of case and law of China, Since Tang, and the temple is declined gradually. There was renovation in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 5 extant audience halls, 5 halls of France, and the monk room 18. There is lawyer DaoXuan's stupa on the Northeastern mountain outside the temple.
>>Above and following Wuzhen temple
[Above and following Wuzhen temple] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. It lies in WangShunShan of from the east blue field county 10 kilometers of Xi'an. The above Wuzhen temple lies in cliff of the west of Wuzhen Mountain, the following Wuzhen temple lies in the bank of south at the water blue outside the mouth at the valley of Wuzhen. The above Wuzhen temple was built on emperor at SuiWen King Dynasty (581- 599). Rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty, the scale was very large, the building was big, the meditation abode is peaceful, and it reaches more than a thousand people to reside at the monk permanently. Pure land founder Shandao lead and eminent monk Jingye, Facheng and Huiyuan live in this for long. The poet Baijuyi was here and not wants to leave. Internal and external of Above and following Wuzhen temple is freshly and greenly of bamboo nowadays, the blue depth of water is green, the green hill is pretty, become king's important component of Wangshunshan mountain scenic spot.
>>Sui and Tang dynasties ChangAn city site
[Sui and Tang dynasties Chang An city site ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in urban area of Xi'an, Sui is called large Xingcheng. Establish in Suiwen emperor Dynasty open on 2 years (582), investigate and design meticulously carefully by YuwenKai, capital as Sui Dynasty. Still regard this as the capital after the Tang Dynasty is set up, is called ChangAn, and is building and expanding constantly. Become the largest city in the world at that time. Ground Wall Ruins of the Ming Dynasty only have a litter piece near Xuanwu door and Anhua door now. It is basically intact that the underground wall base is kept; the specific place is up to 20 meters. The Mingde door is the straight south gate of Chang An city, lie in the central axis of Chang An city, the south of the street of rosefinch, large-scale, it is the largest door of Chang An. Imperial city six workshop in the east side and the west side most heavy, have 4 doors of the east, north,west and south and cross streets assign 4 blocks of the whole workshop at all directions, there is a lane that divides the whole workshop into 16 districts. In the workshop is resident's house, Wang Gong large house and Buddhist and Taoist temples, the historical book records more than 100 temples (Buddhist), Taoist temple more than 30, temple at the Persian is two, Teach temple is five. The famous one has the Great Wild Goose Pagoda of Cien temple, wild goose's tower of Jianfo temple. The palace city is the place for accommodating emperor, imperial family and handling the affairs of state, including Taiji palace, the Eastern Palace and tucking in the palace of front yard, while lying in the north of Chang An. Palace city of straight south gate is bear Tianmen (Sui call wide open door). Inner gate in the north of palace city, "the Xuanwu door Incident" was happened in the north of the palace city of Xuanwu door. Imperial city and name the son city, lies in the south of the palace city, the north and Palace city are separated by Horizontal Street. In imperial city are central officer's administration and the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the state. The rosefinch is the main entrance of imperial city on the door, respond to and cooperate with each other across a great distance with bearing Tianmen in the north, connects with rosefinch's street in the south, the direct Mingde door of main entrance of the Guo's outside city, is a central axis of the whole city. Hanguang door is a door of the west of rosefinch gate; keep more intact in its site, the level takes the form of the rectangle. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty that period build Xingqing palace in spring bright door is in the sounth of Taiji palace, so call "the south inside". The first year of an era the end as Tang Dynasty (904), ZhuWen hold Tangzhao emperor clear case move the capital to Luoyang, order Chang An resident move according to nationality, destroy Chang An palace administration local-style dwelling houses, make the imperial capital Chang'an of 300 years long history became the ruins.
>>Site of Daming Palace
[Site of Daming Palace ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the head of dragon of urban area Northeast of Xi'an. Daming Palace is largest, brilliant a magnificent palace most in three major palaces in the Tang Dynasty. The palace is Yongan palace of the orignally name. Establish in the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), build greatly when Gaozong years, live in here, become the political centre of the Tang Dynasty among more than 200 years hereafter. Palace every hall with phoenix door, Hanyuan hall, declare policy hall, Penglai hall, Hanliang hall and Xuanwu hall as the Middle Axis Avenue, symmetrical overall arrangement of left and right sides. Hnayuan hall is main hall of Daming Palace; it was hold grand celebrations, Chao meeting, listen the policy place of Waichao. "A thousand officers look at Chang an, ten thousand countries visit Hanyuan". "Nine days Chang entire to open palace, ten thousand country dress visit crowns" was Describe Hanyuans hall loud towards the grand occasion of knowing. Beside that such as Cefeng, Gaiyuan, Dashe, Shougong, Xianfu activities hold in this hall too. The south of Hanyuan hall is the square. Both sides of hall have symmetrical cloister and circle in the air mythical bird like the phoenix (east) perch phoenix (the west) 2 pavilion link. Two pavilion inboard have dragon tail dish down to the sounth. The central space of the north of Daming Palace is the liquid pool. The west of liquid pool is Lin morality hall; it is the place for receiving the foreign guest and holding dinner of the palace. The north of Daming Palace is the garden district of the palace, are the representatives of buildings of the garden in the Tang Dynasty. Tang last Daming Palace becomes the ruins.
>>Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple
[Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the north of temple village of the iron stove of the district of wild goose's tower of the south of urban area of Xi'an. Originally known as the inspiration temple, Sui first builds the temple, in the beginning of Tang abolishes, build the temple of Goddess of Mercy soon. TangRuizong Jingyun changed to Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple in 2 years (711). It is ChangAn that propagate dense main temple of case in the city, on Leyouyuan, because terrain high to open can look down at the beautiful scenery of ChangAn city. Its unique scenery is that the other temples are difficult to compare, therefore the burning incense in Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple is golden. Among the A.D. 804- 806, eminent monk of Japanese Konghai visit Huiguo eminent monk as teacher in Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple, study the truth one, become the dense master in the east. Therefore Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple is considered to be the birthplace of one of the truth of Japan. Lift for enter six people of 8 Tang; receive the law Japan in Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple. The ground building of Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple was destroyed from Northern Song Dynasty to Ming Dynasty, have all gone. The archaeological research institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reconnoiters and explores the site of Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple many times from 1963, have excavated a large number of historical relics. Built "Monument of Konghai"on the site of Qinglong (Blue Dragon) Temple in 1982, and then built "the Konghao and Huiguo museum" and some to imitate the Tang building, has become the good destination of sightseeing.
>>Huan mound of Sui and Tang dynasties
[Huan mound of Sui and Tang dynasties ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the Normal university of Shanxi campus of south suburb of Xi'an. It established in Sui Dynasty. The place where the emperor offered a sacrifice to Heaven in the Tang Dynasty, it was Xi'an that regarded as the remaining more intact royal building of ancient capital too. It is a mound originally, protect in the site of the Temple of Heaven as Tang. The archaeological research institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences settled down in March of 1999 Anjiayao researcher was in charge of exploring unearthed, the whole is comparatively intact. Huan mound wipe the surface was four round jar limes. Each round jar consists of 12 flights of steps leading to a palace hall (steps dish that appear on the stage), distribute around the round jar evenly, present 12 times and is distributed. Flight of steps leading to a palace hall (south steps) wider than the 11 over flight of steps leading to a palace hall, it is emperor that step on steps dish of jar. From Tanggaozu to Zhaozong almost 300 years, 17 emperor cross the activity of offering a sacrifice to Heaven at the Huan mound since. Huan mound is discarded since Tang; the jar body is kept so far. It is the China emperor initially in existence that offers a sacrifice to Heaven in the etiquette building; it takes early 1000 years than the Temple of Heaven. Backfill sealed the soil and waited for the protection scheme in May of 1999.
>>Tower of Huayan Temple
[Tower of Huayan Temple ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies on Banbo of the west of Zhupo in Weiqu Town of Chang'an County in the east of Xi'an city; the north is about 15 km from urban area of Xi'an. Huayan Temple is the main temple of Buddhism in china (640) Huayanzong, Huayan Ancestor Dushun monk died in 14th year of Zhenguan, people build DuShun tower to put bone of Buddhist monk. Dushun tower is square pyramid of level square; it is imitate the pavilion type brick tower of timber structure. Go out of eaves while being astringent, build two water caltrop tooth under the eaves. Body of the tower cliff side build flat column, fence volume, sets of brackets on top of the columns, etc. with brick, third inlay have "no net mere pagoda of dirt" stone engraving. The west of Dushun tower is settle clever bone Tamerlan of Huayanzong the first ancestor Qingliang master. Inlay the stone caving of "the tower of Qingliang master Miaojue in Tang Dynasty". Pull down Qingliang master tower in 1986, there was gold-decorated copper statue of Buddha, thousand Buddha tablet and Sutras and son on on the second and third forth floor of the heart of tower. And found two storeys of bricks towers which about 6 meters high, style in different, featured by exquisite carving.
>>Site of palace of HuaQing
[Site of palace of HuaQing] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong district of the east of Xi'an city. Established in the 18th year of Zhenguan for Tang (644), called "the soup spring palace", changed into a palace of hot spring in Gaozong Xianchun two years (671), Xuanzong Tianbao is named "Huaqing palace" in six years (747). The overall arrangement of the palace of HuaQing palace basically design according to Tang Chang An prohibits garden, Gong Cheng, imperial city and Guo Cheng's four in one, prosperous Huichang (Lintong district today),Huaqing palace, Lishan prohibit garden unified. The city of Huaqing palace is built in the north of Lishan Mountain, build the Luo city around. Its interior soup pool is known as Huaqing Hot Spring. It destroyed from Tang. Explored the archaeological studies here in 1982, found sites such as Kowloon pool and Chinese flowering crabapple soup, etc... A lotus soup of Chinese flowering named crabapple soup, as "highest-ranking imperial concubine's pool", the pool is similar to the ellipse, bow the Chinese flowering crabapple flower of under head to see. The whole public bath is all built of blue brick, it is consummate to carve, exquisite in workmanship. Rebuild Kowloon pool and building around now, the middle is artificial build lake, the west bank arrange three bath pool such as Kowloon pool, lotus flower soup and Chinese flowering crabapple soup, the east is the dragon stone pavilion, the north bank has fly the frost hall and hall of the east and west.
>>View platform of the floor
[View platform of the floor ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies on the foot of Zhongnanshan mountain of Louguantai town in Zhouzhi County of the sounthwest Xi'an city. It is national famous Taoism famous historical site. Zhou Dafu who Hanguguan officer Lingyinjia made grass as floor according to legend, precise to think in here, called the "view of floors of the grass". Later Laozi travel around the west enters the gate, build the platform on the high ridge of the south of building, teach "the Classic of the Virtue of the Tao", so also called "the view platform of the floor", "said Confucian the platform". Tang LiYuan change floor view platform to ZongSheng palace in Wude seven years (624). Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty worships Taoism, renames as the holy palace Zong Sheng's view, builds greatly. Platform, hall, pavilion, palace, pavilion, tower, hole, pool and spring built in the Tang Dynasty, renamed as Tianxing country temple in an era (988) Northern Song Dynasty Yuan year, renamed as Zongshen palace in Yuan Zhongtong 2 years (1261). Gold, yuan and Ming repeatly having renovation, Qing Kangxi 20 years rebuilt (1681). There are Say Confucian platform, make pills of immortality stove, Lu grandfather hole, ZongSheng palace, make its presence or power felt mountain, mantle tower, take woman spring, face upward sky pool, Laozi tie Ox cypress and ginkgo, etc.now. There are stone oxen, stone lion, tablet, tone tablet, etc., Ouyangxun's lishu that "Datang Zongshen temple write tablet", Sulingzhi running hand "Tang old monarch obvious tablet" and Mifei "first mountain" are the most famouse. Scholars such as Ouyangxun, Cencen, Wangwei, Libai, Baijuyi, Sushi, Mifei, Hanqi, Zhaomengzhao and so on after Tang Dynansty were traveled here and worte for commemorating.
>>The Great Wild Goose Pagoda of kind kindness temple
[The Great Wild Goose Pagoda of kind kindness temple ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the south road of the tower of wild goose of district of wild goose's tower of south of urban area of Xi'an. Kind kindness temple was the Wulou temple in Sui originally; the temple was abolished for the first time in Tang. The 22nd year of Zhenguan for Tang (648), the crown prince Li Zhi built for recalling the gentle Germany queen of the breeder mother and lowering "Xiangfu", so under the title of kind kindness. It is the famous temple (Buddhist) of ChangAn in the capital. The Great Wild Goose Pagoda was built for keeping Sutras that Xuanzang brought back from India, statue of Buddha in the temple, build on Tanggaozong Yongwei 3 years (652). In Wuzetian period, the tower is destroyed and rebuilt. The tower was incomplete and bad in the Ming Dynasty, added and built protecting in appearance, it was the tower today. Keep the Tang original appearance in the tower on the whole. The tower takes the form of square angle awl, there are outstanding brick columns in the step on the eachth floor, similar to a room, there are brick certificate arched doors on four sides. The pavilion shape brick tower model, get rid of Indian nest of pagoda already, spectacular, have prominent national characters, masterpiece of building of Buddhism in China, also Tang ChangAn important building sign of city too. Tower base southern side inlay, have Tangtaizong emperor write "Datang three hide holy preface of teaching" and Tanggaozong emperor write "Datang three hide tablet 2 times holy of teaching", the calligraphist Chusuiliang wrote well for the Tang Dynasty, the script was delicate and pretty and graceful, was the famous tablet in the Tang Dynasty. Stone have Tang quarter building pattern and statue of Buddha, etc. line portray on four sides of gates of the head, legend to come from the Tang Dynasty painter Yan Liben and Weichiyi monk hands, it is the capsule information which study the ancient building of China.
>>The temple of Revitalize and teach
[the temple of Revitalize and teach] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in Duqu village Shaoling former side of Chang'an County in the sounth of Xi'an. Tanggaozong Zongzhang two years (669), Xuanzang eminent monk which buried on the white deer the east bank of Chanhe River in the east suburb of Xi'an city originally was moved to bury here, and build the temple and build the tower, as a means of commemorating. Temple named as "Datang protects country revitalize and teach temple", it is the first in Tang Dynasty of Fanchuan eight major temples. Later among over thousands of years, the burning incense of the temple was golden. Xuanzang, peep base, round examine three towers remain now, other building on Qing Tongzhi years were destroyed by fire by the war cure, Three towers of "product " words are arranged, the highest one in the middle is Xuanzang clever tower, the entire body of body of the tower is built of blue brick, make imitative timber structure the tower, make flat column, fence volume and sets of brackets on top of the columns with brick, divide equally 3. Tower eaves pile astringent to build, go out of tower adorn two water caltrop tooth under the eaves. The heart of two storeys and other on those towers are build from inside to outside. Xuanzang's model of the tower is stabilized seriously , ornamental and succinct and lucid and lively, an imitative timber structure pavilion type brick tower where extant China is relatively early, occupy quite important position in the history of Chinese building. Ground floor of tower north wall stud with Tang wenzong open the city four years (839) write" Tang three hide Dabianjue master tower preface" by Liuke, There are arch certificate holes in the south of ground floor of the tower. There are Xuanzang's clay sculpture pictures in the shrine. Xuanzang tower about all have shorter and smaller brick one of tower, they are respectively the tower of peep base (the west)whom the student of Xuanzang and the grandson of Xinluowang Yuance (east ), build on A.D. 682 and the Christian era, the form with Xuanzang Tamerlan slightly same.
>>Dajian good fortune temple little wild goose Tamerlan
[Dajian good fortune temple little wild goose Tamerlan] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the eastern section southern side of west road of friendship of Xi'an. It is build by Ruizong Lidan for offer good fortune with his father Gaozong after he died in Tang civilization the first year of an era (684), originally name as "offer good fortune temple ", rename as"recommend good fortune temple" in the first year of an era (690 ) of Wuzetian. Eminent monk Yijing out from Chang An by Guangzhou sea route to India and travel more than 30 countries 25 years, it take back Sutras more than 400 part,on the Wuzetian the first year of an era (695 ) get back to Luoyang, Tangzhongzong Shenlong two years (706 ) enter recommend good fortune temple to pass translating the Sutras. On Tangzhaongzong Jinglong years (707- 709), build 15 layers of pagodas tower in the Anrenfang Futu of the east of Kaihuafang which the place of recommend good fortune temple. Because is smaller than the Great Wild Goose Pagoda of the kind kindness temple, thus come the name of little wild goose's tower. It's Square in shape level, produce in the eaves while being astringent, each a door is held in the north and south, body of the tower from lay, every lay shrink sequentially, upper and littler. Little wild goose tower is empty brick construct building for dense eaves type, tower shape pretty, have a special style, the structure of body of the tower is firm. Ming Chenhua 23 years (1487) take the earthquake of area Guanzhong, splits vertically in the middle part of the body of the tower, chink of nearly 40 centimeters appears. When to 1521 another earthquake, the tower is replied intact as before." goose's tower and morning bell" is one of the eight sciences of Guanzhong.
>>The temple of Wangji
[the temple of Wangji ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. It lies in the east Xi'an city the north of Paofang street. The first year of an era of a Shenlong in Tang (705), the peaceful princess was stood by her mother Wuzetian. It named in "the Book of Songs" that "want to Repayment, Heaven Wangji ", call the temple of Wangji. Famous and the entourage, monk of Cengyixing park and bury in this temple after the nirvana the Tang Dynasty. Temple to rebuild for the Ming Dynasty of first time, temple location from former Chang An city Daning workshop southeast corner move to the south on Tang Ann revitalizing workshopping. It is Buddhist nun's temple now. There are Mahavira Temple, Buddha's warrior attendant's hall, Bell and Drum Tower, mountain door in the ancient building.
>>Accumulate the temple tower fragrantly
[Accumulate the temple tower fragrantly ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the Guo's of Chang An county in the south of the city of Xi'an to accumulate the temple village fragrantly. Buddhism pure land founder Zong Shandao disciple, its grand Longchan Master move to bury herein it two year of Shenlong (706) in Tangzhongzong, build the tower and build the temple, as a means of commemorating. And then through the chaos caused by war, the building was only Shandao tower to survive in the Tang Dynasty, it is accumulated the temple tower fragrantly. It is the dense eaves type brick tower to accumulate the temple tower fragrantly, the body of the tower presents four pyramids. The body of the tower is built of blue brick. Ground floor of tower very high, two more than height reduces sharply, out in the eaves while being astringent while being range upon, decorated with the tooth of two storeys of water caltrops under the eaves. Open up the certificate door in the centre of each - storied wall. Body of the tower cliff side make imitative timber structure, build flat column, fence volume, sets of brackets on top of the columns with brick. Each does 3 rooms, painting the straight Ling's window shape in reddish brown between the flat columns. There are four words of door "volume nirvana grand occasion" of brick engraving on the certificate door in the south of ground floor. The similar to little wild goose's form of the tower, tower at the its corner is the frank, not getting rounder like little wild goose's tower, there are some characteristics of the pavilion type brick tower, the most outstanding characteristic is that the tower is carried from the top to the ground floor that split open along the arch place in north and south of every floor, extremely similar to crack of the tower of little wild goose. The crack exists already 1086-1094 before in the period of Yuan Song according to historical records, already over 900 years.
>>Revitalize and celebrate the palace site
[Revitalize and celebrate the palace site ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the north of the Xianning road of southeast of Xi'an urban, celebrate palace is one of three major palaces in the Tang Dynasty, originally it's Longqing workshop of five brothers before Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty proclaim emperor. Kaiyuan three years (715) start established, because lay in the south of interior Taiji palace of the west and interior Daming Palace of the east, so call "the south inside". Shutting again residence around in 14 years (726), add and extend again. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty move to celebrate palace to hold court in Kaiyuan 16 years, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty with palace residence that highest-ranking imperial concubine Yang inhabit for a long time. Main building have revitalize and celebrate hall, Nanxun hall, long to celebrate hall, Datong hall, Calyx splendor building, hardworking government affairs building, agalloch eaglewood pavilion, dragon pool ,etc. The building arrangement in the palace is arranged asymmetrically, but in picturesque disorder ground Boulez is around dragon's pool, have a special style. Revitalized and celebrated palace was destroyed after the Tang Dynasty. Tower pavilion buried completely when the Song. Repaired to some extent in Jin Dynasty, it was visit the dinner place. Beginning of Qing revitalize and celebrate palace pool water was dried up, leave lake bank of rise and fall, winding channel and diligent in government affairs, calyx the two floors trace. Become the most beautiful scenery of urban area of Xi'an.
>>Temple of thatched cottage
[Temple of thatched cottage ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies at the foot of Guifengshan Mountain in the east of Hu County of the west of Xi'an city. The times of first building need checking. Middle period the Tang Dynasty, after famous monk Zongmi mended, rename as "perch Buddhist temple". Zongmi master and Huayanzong master Chenguan are honoured as five tight grandfathers in China. "Dinghui Master teach law tablet" of in the temple now, stand after Zongmi died, it was wrote by officer of Peixiu at that time, calligraphist's Ligongquan seal character volume. The tablet repeatedly met the war after the Tang Dynasty. Song rebuilds, Qing Tongzhi year, the hall is totally burnt in the temple. Temple have one inscribe that "Jiumoluoshi turtledove tower" today, the lower floor is the mountain seat for the relief; Three stratus platforms, fill out the creeping weed pattern of the decorations. On the cloud platform is the octagonal shrine, collect together pointed flat on four corners, top make mound shape, each put wired to carve statue of Buddha under the top of the room, in addition body of the tower stone color make brick blue and green, jade white, milk color and so on, commonly called as "eight treasures malachite Tamerlan". Infer according to the model and line decorations, it is the relic of the Tang Dynasty. There are ancient wells in the northwest corner of the temple; there is smog that rises from the well according to legend, "the smog of thatched cottage" is one of the eight scenes of area Guanzhong.
>>Ox's head temple
[Ox's head temple ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of Xi'an. It lies in the east imperial tomb original side of Chang'an county Weiqu village in the south of Xi'an. It is one of the eight temples of the Tang Dynasty Fanchuan. This temple builds the chastity in Tang 11 years (795), the offspring had renovation more. The south builds Du Ministry of worker (DuFu) shrine in temple in Ming Dynasty the fifth year of Jiajing (1526). Temple flowers and trees are dense to cover environment peaceful day lush and green. All peaks reject ten thousand greenly, bow and face Fanchuan, rice vegetables peach willow in the south of the temple, the cigarette water is bright and beautiful, is the excursion center.
>>Forest of Steles in Xi'an
[Forest of Steles in Xi'an ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in Sanxue Street of forest of Steles district in the ancient city of Xi'an. Establish in the period of Song and Yuan Dynasty (1086- 109), in order to keep "Book on Filial Piety" and "open the city stone Piety" in Tangkaicheng year, so build the place of keep tablet stone. The forest of steles was arranged in later dynasties. The 21st year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1756), Shanxi governor of a province BiYuan repaired the house, made up the stone tablet, write the catalogue, organize the stone engraving to be displayed, set up the management organization and rules for storage, make it attain on complete. The name of "Forest of Steles" was determined later gradually from middle Qing Dynasty. Here collect Chinese, Wei to Qing all 2300 over of record of events inscribed on a tablet; it is the national of the largest scale, time artistic treasure-house of stone engraving. Display and exhibit more than 1000, having assembled every generation of the handwritings of celebrities among them, all seal character, subordinate, grass, model body is available, it is most precious by the Tang Dynasty calligrapher's writing skill carved stone as Ouyangxun, Yushinan, Huaisu, Zhiyong, Liyangbing, Lilongji, Liugongquan, Yanzhenqin and son on. What deserves to be mentioned is" Datang the trip taka saint teaches the foreword "that carved by Huairen Buddhist monk to collect word of Wangxizhi, succeed especially "Qin Empire Nestorian religion popular Chinese tablet" used the Chinese character and the Syrian writing records the scene of Christianity Niesi left to think faction sends to spread to Chang An from the central Asia.it offered the extremely rare materials for studying Chinese and Western traffic and culture and associating. The Forest of Steles in Xi'an deserves to be called a large-scale stone quality stacks.
>>High tower of imperial tomb
[High tower of imperial tomb ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the middle school of high imperial tomb where in high imperial tomb county of the northeast of Xi'an city, it established in Song Dynasty. Level octagonal in shape, dense eaves brick Tamara, the top of the tower is the round treasure bottle type. Near Jingyang and Xianyang, is located in the sunshine genital of Wei's water, so called "three open towers". The structure is exquisite, making is firm. There is a earthquake several times, the outer base of the tower peels off, the body of the tower appears in the crack, and then mended, intact so far.
>>The temple stone in Wolong portrays picture and iron clock
[The temple stone in Wolong portrays picture and iron clock] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the temple of Wolong of Baishulin Street of cypress in the ancient city of Xi'an. The temple of Wolong was built in Sui Dynasty according to legend, first named the Buddhist temple of the good fortune, because painter Wu DaoZi once drew Kwan-yin Statue for the temple in the Tang Dynasty, also called temple of Goddess of Mercy. Song moves the present location. The beginning of Song Dynasty eminent monk Weiguo leadership the temple, all day was lay, call the Buddhist monk in Wolong, because the temple calls the temple of Wolong. there are clock of dark hell that alloy cast in the temple of Songzhenzong Xianping 6 years (1003 ), call not having the eyes clock, the model is exquisite, the tone quality is melodious and beautiful. Have according to legend for the Tang Dynasty the Kwan-yin Statue stone that portray in addition, lines strength, treasure solemn, have area Wu face special of wind really.
>>Temple of the Eastern Mountain
[Temple of the Eastern Mountain ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the primary school north of Changren on the door of Changle in the ancient city of Xi'an. It established in Songwei emperor Zhneghe years, build for holding a memorial ceremony for Mount Tai (Mount Tai). In the period of Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty (1488- 150), Wanli 10 years (1582) and Qing Guangxu 21 years (1895), the temple have repair and extend. The extant building is mainly the audience hall and back hall. Corridor Wu wind all around, have Zhu color bright column 24, stone base of column front two dragons playing with a pearl, the others are the flowers, it is superior to carve workers. The sets of brackets on top of the columns adorn the head of dragon in front of the hall. Carved beams and painted rafter have an imposing appearance; can still detect the grand occasion in the past so far. On the thing gable survives has the large mural. It is still multicolored.
>>Buddhist nunnery of the Eight Immortals
[Buddhist nunnery of the Eight Immortals ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the east of Xi'an to close the workshop of Changle. It is Taoist temple of Taoism Qanzhen. The legend was established in Song Dynasty, it is built by Qing Dynasty that there were many extant buildings. Because Buddhist nunnery have Hanzhongli, ZHnagguolao, Hanxiangzi, Tieguaili, Caoguojiu, Lvdongbin, Lancaihe, Hexiangu the Eight Immortals statue of female immortal, thus come the name of the Buddhist nunnery of the Eight Immortals, enshrine and worship well-known doctor SunXimiao in the Tang Dynasty inside. The Buddhist nunnery of the Eight Immortals is the largest Taoist temple of urban area of Xi'an, the environment is quiet and beautiful, simple and unsophisticated and refined.
>>The university practices lane of mosque
[The university practices the lane of mosque ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the university practices lane at the middle section of North West Street in the ancient city of Xi'an. It established on 4 years of Zhongtong (1263), and then extends and rebuild many times. Building different from calotte of Islam enclose, collect together pinnacle high Arab form of Tamerlan, but depend on a pattern of ancient building of Wu pavilion of traditional hall of China. There is saving worry in the building of Zheng He found inside. The top of the palace covers the green glazed tiles; carve one in the red principal column of a hall, splendid. Paint all over flowers and plants pattern and Arabic characters on the sunken panel and side plate in the hall, the skill and technique is superb, peculiar.
>>Grandfather's Buddhist nunnery stone engraving
[Grandfather's Buddhist nunnery stone engraving ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in Chongyang palace of Zuan village in the west Xi'an city Nanhu County. It built in Yuan Dynasty. The Chongyang palace is Taoism Quanzhen founder Wang ZhongYang's place of teach Taoism and buries, taken completely as grandfather's front yard of Quanzhen, is also called grandfather's Buddhist nunnery. It is the total set of religionist of 72 in the whole country most in Yuan Dynasty, there are Taoist priests ten thousand people, there are ChengDao palace, Chongyang palace, jade imperial palace, Arctic palace,etc. inside, 5048 palaces. There is only store Zushi hall and Linguan hall today. Once there was flood dragon's tablet 72 in the palace on legend in Chongyang palace, and then mostly fell scattered. 1959- Historical relic department to collect to tablet that fall scattered 1963, original jade build 10 rooms by old site by hall by spring in Chongyang palace, keep properly, call the grandfather the forest of Steles of Buddhist nunnery, 30 many kinds of stone inscriptions since Minghat and yuan Dynasty. The tablet have flood dragon first tortoise Fu mostly, multi-purpose to cover with Chinese two characters to carve, among them with yuanting on the two year (1315 ) " imperial decree hide resist last tablet" and on the two year (1334 ) of Yuantong "tablet competent at the Sunzhneren" that stand worth praise most. Two stone tablet these come from big calligraphist Zhaomengzhao handwriting Yuan Dynasty. Have seven real pictures, Longevity Hill palace picture and stone engraving that document write with Mongolia gentle, Tibetan, eight think Palestinian imperial edict tablet, etc., these tablets are the precious materials which study the Chinese Taoism development history.
>>City wall of Xi'an
[City wall of Xi'an ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the urban area of Xi'an. The city wall of Xi'an was extended on the foundation of the city wall of imperial city, Chang An in Tang in the early years of Ming Dynasty, it is one of the most famous city wall buildings of China on later stage of Middle Ages, is to keep more intact, more largest city wall in the national ancient city. Built from three years to 11 in reign of Ming Emperor Hongwu (1370- 137), the city wall divides one layer of rammers to build with the loess. The wall is along building the parapet wall when carried; there is not a crenel along the parapet wall inside. City four corners have a watchtower respectively, among them the southwest corner of the city is a round. Ming two years of Longqing (1568), the Shanxi governor of a province Zhanggzhi has built blue brick on the wall and top surface outside the city wall. In Ming nine years of Emperor Chongzhen, Shanxi governor of a province SunChuanTing built and closed the soil city wall four times. There are four city gates: the east is Changle door, the west is Anding door, the south Yongning door, and the north is the door of Anyuan. Each arch over a gate is treble: Floodgate building, watchtower with arrow slits the straight floor. Floodgate floor is outside, watchtower with arrow slits in, and floor straight at inside, the enclosure between watchtower with arrow slits and the straight floor is the urn city. The whole city wall forms a tight defense system. There are wide moats outside the city. Once built the city wall of Xi'an for supplement 12 times in Qing Dynasty. Open up 12 of city gates newly after the Republic of China, the east have Chaoyang door, Zhongshan door, the north have liberate door, little north gate, there is auspicious door of jade in the west, the south includes optical gate , not curtain door , rose finch's door, door of Heping, Wenchang, Jianguomen.
>>Bell tower
[Bell tower ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It Lies in intersection place of four streets of the north of Xi'an that the Middle East, the south, the west, It established in reign of Ming Emperor Hongwu 17 years (1384). It in the mouth of Guangji Street and drum-tower confront each other originally. It moved in the present location in the tenth year of perpetual calendar (1582). It is one layers of eaves three water four corners that collect together sharp timber structure building, build with the blue brick lime by laying bricks or stones, centre turn on one certificate door each on four sides, four corners collect together pinnacle, stick up eaves corner, cover the green glazed tiles. The sets of brackets on top of the columns are cancelled and connected with under the each - strayed eaves, ornamental and rich. Floor body wooden structure, enter surface wide 7 stock dark a floor of 3 rooms from brick step to brick base large platform, can wheel and mount the second floor by the escalator in the floor. There are doors on four sides on the second floor, the cloister outside, can overlook the scene of the whole city while leaning upon a balustrade, it is a sign in Xi'an of ancient city. There are scene cloud clock of original Tang of bell tower, in the museum of extant forest of Steles. Modeled the scene cloud clock and is northwest cornered of the bell tower base is hung in 1997.
>>Drum-tower
[Drum-tower ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the south section of Beiyuan door of the west street in the ancient city of Xi'an. Build in 13 years in reign of Ming Emperor Hongwu (1380). Upstairs original there is a huge drum inside. Beat a drum and give the correct time every day, so it is called the drum-tower. Rebuilding two times of Qing Dynasty, the building body still kept the original architecture characteristic. The dress circle is a rectangle, all built by laying bricks or stones with the blue brick, some common blue and green strip stones of road surface and base in the door opening. The drum-tower sets up the cloister openly on four sides, the waist eaves peace flat is put on one's body in the first floor, the second floor has a rest in Wu top of the palace of mountain for the layers of eaves, construct again sets of brackets on top of the columns under the all - strayed eaves, dark green colored drawing or pattern, top green grey tile cover. The upper and lower halls are all extremely spacious in the floor, carved beams and painted rafter. It have originally "Civil and military abundantly", "Hears the sound to come in the space" horizontal inscribed board huge lasting north and south dividing, destroy in "the Cultural Revolution". Remove Bell and Drum Tower house open up, build clock Drum Tower Square in 1996, stress Bell and Drum Tower regard as Xi'an ancient city characteristic of landmark building further.
>>Huajue lane mosque
[Huajue lane mosque ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It Lies in Hujue lane ot the northwest of drum-tower in the ancient city of Xi'an, it is the largest temple of Islamism in Xi'an city, also called the large mosque. Because it is in the university practice east of the mosque of the lane, so also called the east large temple, it is concurrently that has ationality's traditional architectural style and ancient buildings of the Islamic temple characteristic. It established in Ming Dynasty. The subject building faces the east. There are courtyards of three passages from east to west in the temple, large-scale, the overall arrangement is in neat formation. Among them the hall, platform, building, pavilion are arranged in order, the density is suitable, most the west is Prayer Hall, before part at the hall and three of back halls at the corridor, on the week and Prayer Hall make up, take the form of protruding word level. It is the extant buildings of largest, protects and most intact Ming Dynasty of Xi'an.
>>Buddhist nunnery of land and water
[Buddhist nunnery of land and water ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies under the Wangshun Mountain of Puhua village in the east of blue field of the southeast of Xi'an city. It is with water on three sides, similar to the detached island. Realize the land and water hall in the Buddhist nunnery of blue small piece of land surrounded by water of general top of the north of real temple in order to build on six dynasties originally, the Tang Dynasty was the national famous temple. it is declined gradually hereafter. Ming Dynasty was fence king Qin's family hall for worshipping Buddha of family. It is rebuilding many times of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Hold in the east in the west in building of the Buddhist nunnery, the building is basically a style of Ming Dynasty. Statue of Buddha and wall in Moravia Temple can survive to mould. The wall here is mounded and can be divided into four parts: South gable, north gable, separate a west wall, west eaves wall. The images of a group of characters of the Buddhist nunnery of land and water are abundant in content, the overall arrangement is rigorous, the structure is close, well arranged, catch the spirit vividly, multicolored, have extremely high historical data value in studying Buddhism
>>Town God's Temple of Xi'an
[Town God's Temple of Xi'an ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the east of Daxuexi lane in the west street of Xi'an ancient city. Build and declare in eight years of Ming Xuande(1433). There is renovation in successive dynasties later, large-scale, divided into temple institute and a two parts in courtyard. Temple institute in centre, dishes of institute distributes both sides, the door is overlooking southwards, there are three rooms of one wooden memorial archway originally, and it is destroyed in the Culture Revolution. There are inner gate, play building, two memorial archways, and audience halls and things wing-rooms in the building. Among them the audience hall built is grandest with Qing the first year of YongZheng (1723), the sets of brackets on top of the columns go out of the eaves, grand and big. The roof covers the blue glazed tiles, the pattern patterns of different fineness of doors and windows relief of one dose of fans of the previous eaves, carve exquisitely and beautifully. It is a play building 3 wide that the centre of temple institute leans towards the south. There is one large wooden memorial archway in the north of play building ground; it is very exquisite too to carve. There are iron lion couples behind the memorial archway; it is the old thing of Qin's palace. It is the market now.
>>The Hua tower of Baoqing temple
[The Hua tower of Baoqing temple] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in the north of lying in the book gate corner in the large south gate of Xi'an., tower first build in the period of Suiwen Dynasty Renshou year (601- 604), Ming Jingtai year (1450- 145) rebuild in the present location. The hall has been already the depletion, only the tower is still here. In tower for seven six for layer, dragons and phoenixes carve under eaves one - storey, three four and sixlayer have Sui and Tang dynasties stone statue shrine at the brick towards, two layers stud with the military white stone statue in three years (703 ) of Chang An, the treasure is strong and tight, exquisite and incomparable.
>>Dugong shrine
[Dugong shrine] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in east little imperial tomb former side of the south of the city Chang An county in Xi'an, town. For commemorate Dufu to build Ming Dynasty the fifth year of Jiajing (1526). It is numerous renovations hereafter. It is visited and pondered on the past that there were many scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and inscription. Keep better in the audience hall in the shrine; display the upright stone tablet of Ming and Qing Dynasties in many ways. ?
>>Academy of area of Guanzhong
[Academy of area of Guanzhong] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of province of Shanxi. It lies in inside Xi'an normal school of Gate Street of book in the east of the loud south gate of Xi'an city. Established in the 37th year of perpetual calendar in Ming Dynasty (1609), it was the supreme institution of higher learning of province of Shanxi of Ming Dynasty. Famous scholar Feng CongWu has given lectures here. Initial building larger, with one of classroom, by name to permit and hold the hall, wide is 5 rooms; there are bell tower, things Room and student's study. Qing Kangxi three years (1664), the institute location is expanded, expand the east corridor, west garden, and build precise one, about the association hall and two Wu every 5 principal column of a hall again. The waste academy in 32 years (1906) of mere thread changed the school. Change into a provincial normal school of Shanxi during the period of the Republic of China. Things two corridor Wu now, Zhiyun hall, Jingyi hall and things tabulate more than 50 rooms of Room.
>>Incident old site of Xi'an
[Incident old site of Xi'an ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It is including Zhangxueliang residence, Xi'an incident command post, new city floor Huang, stop garden, Gaoguizi residence, west Beijing hostel, Huaqing pool 5 rooms, Bingjian pavilion and son on. Zhangxueliang residence in Jianguo road and built in 1932, the Western-style building of timber structure of three bricks of three storey arranged for the things. The main building is the traditional palatial architecture, the vault, eaves, green, glazed tile, Zhu Pillar. Shortly before the incident of Xi'an, Zhang, Yang holds private counsel and launch the armed remonstrance here. Set up the incident memorial museum of Xi'an in ZhangXueliang residence in 1982.
>>Old site of Xi'an Eighth Route Army office
[Old site of Xi'an Eighth Route Army office ] Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection. It lies in the virtuous village of new street in the north in the ancient city of Xi'an. At the beginning of 1936, the institute set up the secret liaison office on seven virtuous villages and the firth in the Communist Party of China. After the incident of Xi'an, the Communist Party of China has set up legal organization here --Xi'an Liaison Office of the Red Army. After Lugouqiao Incident, change into the office in Shan of the Eighth Route Army of the national revolutionary army. The office Cancelled in September of 1946. Eighth Route Army Xi'an office old site in all 10 sit the north courtyard southwards, Chinese courtyard house building. Among them the institute is the main business address on the 1st. The memorial museum of Xi'an office of Eighth Route Army is opened formally in 1959. 1 - 3 - 4 institute nowadays and older generation of proletarian revolutionist live, place and foreign place that friend inhabit that work already restore open. Also open up the showroom, collect and display revolutionary historical relics such as file, badge, apparatus of radio station, news picture, books and periodicals and martyr's manuscript used that year ,etc..
>>Good noon platform
[Good noon platform ] Scenic spot of Xi'an. Within the territory of the large valley township of Chang An county more than 30 kilometers southeast of Xi'an. It is the Himalayas movement period forms granite constitution fault block mountain. Ridges and peaks and one pile of screen-like mountain peaks here, the rock is unusual, the massif is dangerously steep, it is called small Huashan. People step on the good noon platform, must cross the small ladder and towards the high ladder. Small ladder upright cliff, several dozen stone rank dig at cliff. Both sides of the cliff are a bottomless ditch valley. It is a cliff towards the high ladder, three sides to the air, and dig stone steps above, there is cable chain cast of the 11th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1583) on both sides, could climb up to the top. Turn one's head and overlook, ones that soar are dangerous. A set of green hill and green water of good noon platform, scenic is peculiar; it is the place of the religious prosperity from ancient times. There are 34 historic sites such as Buddhist nunnery, temple, hall, temple, hall from foot of the hill to the summit. On the mountaintop (wear , carry ), have Tang turn on excitement established celebrated the temple nine years (721), still deposit the audience hall and three wing-rooms built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties now, the mural paintings on the gable are still intact and clear in the hall. Build, develop again, the good noon platform has already become one of the tourist spots of Xi'an now. ?
>>Green Huashan
[Green Huashan ] Scenic spot of Xi'an. It lies in more than 30 kilometers southeast of Xi'an. Green Huashan is an offshoot on south mountain of Qinling Mountains end; the highest peak has an elevation of 1414.6 meters. Because mountain pass have Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty yuans of inside front cover getting annual second palace too that build, call Second Mountain too. On green Huashan, the peak ring is tabulated, the scenery is beautiful, the climate is nice and cool, the grotesque peak and different hole, the stream is gurgling. Mountain have green China lake, also call Shuiqiu pool, second pond, Longyiqiu, it is huge stone fragment block river valley barrier lake that water course form collapse green China landslide, Water is dark green and limpid, the high mountain is reflected in the pool, the fish dive duck plays in the pool, visitors can go boating and visit scenic spot here. Lake southeast have waterfall fly to, flow and lay, ice hole, wind-tunnel, scenic spots, rock of life and hole of Jinhua still around. From the first day of the sixth lunar month in every year to the third day, hold the temple fair of green Huashan here, crowded, very lively.
>>Li mountain
[Li mountain ] Scenic spot of province of Shanxi. It lies in Xi'an city Lintong district. Make up by Li Mountain, Huaqing Hot Spring, Qin Shihuang Tomb museum, and etc. beauty spot. Li Mountain is an offshoot that Qinling Mountains stretched out in the northwest of the blue field county. There is a huge stone chink on the hill-side, at the time of the incident of Xi'an of 1936, JiangJieShi was caught here, up here, have old monarch hall, Tang Huaqing palace Chaoyuange pavilion site of Qing Dynasty, it is the place where Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty piously worship, first ancestor of Taoism,. Original stone engraving statue in the hall, sculptor yuans of Xieer make in the Tang Dynasty, move the History Museum of Shanxi now. It is old mother's hall upwards by old monarch's hall, can be to Li mountain highest point eastwards --Beacon tower, according to legend for Zhouyouwang praise Si beacon play with place of duke under an emperor deep and remote king. Mount the beacon tower; it is obvious the observatory of Shanxi of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the standard time that Chinese use sends out from here. Li mountain divide two mountain range into, the east embroider mountain range and the west embroider mountain range, mountain ridge the trees are dense. Whenever the setting sun sets, the sunshine breaks up and shines on the green hill, extremely enchanting, a red slice fine rosy in the night, still doubt the beacon comes from west at dusk. These take the picture late Li Mountain, one of the 8 scenes in area Guanzhong. Under Li foot of the hill, found the hot spring as early as more than 2700 years ago, the Zhouyou king has built Li palace. Qin Shihuang has built the room and built the pool here with the stone, has named the goddess soup spring. Develop into the palace of HuaQing to Tang Dynasty. The place is Qin Shihuang Tomb about 5 kilometers east of Huaqing Hot Spring. The place is the museum of clay figures of warriors and horses of Qin 1.5 kilometers east of Qin Shihuang Tomb. Place of 2.5 kilometers is swan's dinner site of the door in the northwest of the museum of clay figures of warriors and horses. Receive a large number of Chinese and foreign visitors every day in Li mountain scenic spot, is the famous travel scenic spot.
>>South mountain of end
[South mountain of end ] Scenic spot of Xi'an. It lies in the place 30 kilometers south of Xi'an. End South Mountain is general name of blue field of Qinling Mountains from the east to the west, including green Huashan, five of the south, Guies of Peak Mountain, Feng valley mouth, etc. it called the middle and southern mountain anciently, Taiyi Mountain, Difei Mountain, Zhou Nan Mountain, etc. The fresh and green and beautiful chain of mountains stands erect in the south of Chang An like a beautiful painted screen. Climb it during that time, the wonderful scenic spot makes people so enchanted by the scenery as to forget to return. It is a famous scenic spot that has had a rest, has been chanted and highly praised by past dynasties poet since ancient times. In the hills and mountains, it is best by five of green Huashan and the south. Five of green north, Shanxi of China, five peaks are pulled out, so call five. The mountain spring is cool, the bamboo wood is dark green, there are sweet dew halls, win scenic spots and historical sites such as treasure spring, five halls of the temple, temples full of trees of bamboo, plum blossom holes, etc. in the mountain. There are round mere temples originally on the summit, has not existed yet now, but can view all peaks of the south of end in the far distance here, the north look down Qinchuan wonderful scenery from a height, visual field vast and rich, the realm is quiet and beautiful.
>>Taibai mountain
[Taibai mountain ] National nature reserve. It lies in 110 kilometers southwest of Xi'an, are Qinling Mountains mountain range and highest peak. The fatherless peak independence of Taibai Mountain, it is like Space pillar, tower into the clouds. Natural conditions are complicated, the vertical change of climate is obvious, the following warm aridity climate from having an elevation of 700 meters, alpine climate to the mountaintop, go through 5 climatic zones, Taibai snow and weather in June are described by ancient's image to the frigid zone climate of high mountain. Accumulate and become the first of eight scenes of area within the Pass Taibai. White vegetation view of mountain divide into three tones clearly demarcated vegetation vertical to lead the table too: The forest belt of deciduous broad leaf, the forest belt of conifer leaf, bring in alpine shrub forest, grassy marshland. From mountain bottom plain to mountaintop, various ground form views are comparatively complete. Influenced by geologic process, there is glacier trace of Quaternary Period on Taibai Mountain. Taibai mountain plant is various in style, there are more than 1870 kinds of known seed, bryophyte, there are a large amount of fern, lichen, fungus plants. The rare plant is judged variously, has already found more than 500 kinds of valuable medical plants. Taibai mountain is the paradise of the wild animal even more, the wild birds and beasts reach more than 270 kinds, insect that has already named reaches more than 500 kinds, a lot of are that national rare animal protects assortment, for instance giant panda, golden-haired monkey, antelope ,etc.. the scene beautiful scenery of Taibai mountain is like drawn, the deep and remote border of ancient Chinese sweet gum, fight nurse grotesque peak, safe a sea of clouds, pale snow Taibai, pull out celestial being very, make people so enchanted by the scenery as to forget to return. Taibai mountain is Taoism from ancient times, main place of Buddhism activity, have Artemisia level ground temple, Zhongshan temple, audience hall, fight nurse palace, safe temple, temple in being bright, put sheep out to pasture temple, gentle common temple, uncle's sea, capture temples such as Senda ,etc. now The historical stories related to Taibai mountain, mythical legends are innumerable. Chant white poetic prose of mountain to add white cultural intension of mountain even more too.
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