Discovery of Xi’an China

♦ Name♦ History

♦ Geography

About Xi’an

History

3,1003,100 years developmentyears development

1313 dynastiesdynasties

Where is it located?Where is it located?

♦ SitesSites♦ ♦ MuseumMuseum

Attractions

♦ Bell Tower ♦ Drum Tower

♦ Huaqing Palacee

Sites

Sites

Bell Tower

Legend of Legend of

““Goddess Goddess whowho

cast the cast the

bellbell””..

Bell Tower

Sites

Bell Tower

SitesSites

Drum Tower

Sites

Drum Tower

Sites

Huaqing Palace & Hot Spring

Huaqing Palace

MuseumTTerra-cotta warriors and horses

• The Most Famous• 33 Pits

MuseumNo.1 PitNo.1 Pitthe largestlargestcolumns of

soldiers and war chariots

Museum No.2 PitNo.2 Pit

thousands of warriors

and 9090

chariots of wood

No.3 PitNo.3 Pitcommand center

of the armed forces

MuseumMuseum

♦ Shadow Play♦ Tang-style

singing and dancing

♦ Muslim Street

Culture Fun

Shadow Playleatherleather&&stickssticks

Buddhist Goddess of Mercy

Muslim Street

You can’t

miss it!

You can’t

miss it!

Muslim Street

Traditional FoodTraditional Food

• Noodle • BurgNoodle • Burgerer

NoodlesNoodles

Traditional SnackTraditional Snack

“How happy we are,

to have friendsfrom afar.” -- Confucius

ReferencesReferences

▪ The images on slide #18, #22 and #23 are from one of my friends who lives in Xi' an.▪ The images on the other slides are all from www. flickr.com.

Discovery of Xi'an China

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