What are the fun places in Xi’an? Suitable for young people

Interesting places in Xi'an include: Terracotta Warriors, Bell and Drum Tower, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Daming Palace, and Weiyang Palace.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Emperor of Qin, referred to as the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Dynasty or the Qin Dynasty. They are located in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses pit 1.5 kilometers east of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. Terracotta Warriors and Horses are a category of ancient tomb sculptures. On March 4, 1961, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In March 1974, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were discovered; in 1987, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit were approved by UNESCO to be included in the World Heritage List, and were hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang are known as one of the world's top ten ancient tombs and rare treasures.

The Bell and Drum Tower is the collective name of the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. It is located in the center of the ancient city and is a landmark building in Xi'an. It is featured in Xi'an's promotional videos and subway cards. Both are buildings from the Ming Dynasty, among which the Drum Tower was built slightly earlier. Behind the Drum Tower is the famous Muslim snack street, and the Huajue Lane Mosque is only a few minutes' walk away, between the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. It is the Bell and Drum Tower Square, which is said to be second only to Tiananmen Square. There is Century Golden Flower Shopping Center under the square, which is an ideal place for shopping. There is a musical fountain in the square, which is very beautiful when the lights are on at night. Even if you don't go up to the Bell and Drum Towers, it is very pleasant to look at the wonderful night view in the square. There is a street passage below the bell tower. The entrance to the tower is here, and the entrance and exit of Metro Line 2 is also here. It is not far to the south of the bell tower. , which is 1 kilometer, is the South Gate of the city wall, the Academy Gate Cultural Street and the Forest of Steles, which can be visited together.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Da Ci'en Temple in Jinchangfang, Chang'an City, Tang Dynasty (now south of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). It is also known as the "Ci'en Temple Pagoda". In the third year of Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty (652), Xuanzang presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in order to preserve the Buddhist scriptures and statues brought back to Chang'an from Tianzhu via the Silk Road. It initially had five floors, and was later added to nine floors, with countless more floors and heights. After several changes, it was finally fixed to the seven-story tower we see today, with a total height of 64.517 meters and a side length of the bottom floor of 25.5 meters.

As the earliest and largest extant square pavilion-style brick pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a typical physical evidence that the architectural form of ancient Indian Buddhist temples, such as pagodas, was introduced to the Central Plains with Buddhism and integrated into Chinese culture. It is a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of the working people of ancient China.

The North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is composed of a water fountain, a cultural square, a garden landscape, a cultural corridor, and tourism and trade facilities. The entire square is divided into three equal parts with the Big Wild Goose Pagoda as the central axis. The center is the main scenic waterway. The left and right sides are divided into "Tang Poetry Garden Area", "Dharma Flower Bed Area", "Zen Meditation Tree Area" and other landscapes. The southern end of the square is equipped with a "Waterscape". "Falling Waterfall", "Theme Waterscape", "Viewing Platform" and other landscapes. The view from the top of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the largest fountain square in Asia, is equally unique.

The Daming Palace, the palace of the Tang Empire, was the political center and national symbol at that time. It was located in Longshouyuan, north of Chang'an (now Xi'an), the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Founded in 634 AD, formerly known as Yong'an Palace, it is the largest of the three main palaces (Daming Palace, Taiji Palace, and Xingqing Palace) in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty. It is called "Dong Nei".

Since Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, 17 emperors of the Tang Dynasty have handled government affairs here, which lasted for more than 200 years. The Daming Palace was the most splendid palace complex in the world at that time, and its architectural form influenced the construction of palaces in many countries in East Asia at that time. The Daming Palace covers an area of ??350 hectares, 4.5 times the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is known as the Palace of Thousand Palaces and the Oriental Temple of the Silk Road.

In 896 AD, the Daming Palace was destroyed by the war in the late Tang Dynasty. In 1961, the Daming Palace ruins were announced by the People's Republic of China and the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2010, Xi'an established the Daming Palace National Heritage Park on the original site to protect and display the ruins.

On June 22, 2014, at the 38th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in Doha, Qatar, the ruins of the Daming Palace in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty were listed as the "Silk Road: Chang'an" jointly applied for by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. - A heritage site in the Tianshan Corridor Road Network was successfully included in the World Heritage List.

Weiyang Palace is the main palace of the Western Han Dynasty. It was built in the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (200 BC). It was supervised by Xiao He, an important minister of Liu Bang, and built on the basis of Qin Zhangtai. It is located in Chang'an of the Han Dynasty. Located on Longshou Yuan, the highest southwest corner of the city, it is also called the West Palace because it is west of Anmen Street in Chang'an City. Since the completion of Weiyang Palace, the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty lived here, and it became the administrative center of the Han Empire for more than 200 years. Therefore, in the poetry of later generations, Weiyang Palace has become synonymous with the Han Palace. After the Western Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace was still the administrative place of many dynasties. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was also classified as part of the Forbidden Garden. It has existed for 1041 years. It is the palace that has been used by the most dynasties and has existed for the longest time in Chinese history.

Weiyang Palace is one of the largest palace complexes in ancient China. Its total area is six times the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is lined with pavilions, terraces, pavilions, landscapes and ponds. Its architectural form has a profound impact on the palace. It influenced the palace architecture of later generations and established the basic pattern of palace architecture in China for more than two thousand years.

On March 4, 1961, the Weiyang Palace site was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. On June 22, 2014, at the 38th World Heritage Committee meeting of UNESCO held in Doha, Qatar, the Weiyang Palace site was listed as the "Silk Road: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" jointly applied for by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. One of the heritage sites in the "Road Network" was successfully included in the "World Heritage List."