Day 1 Terracotta Warriors & Ban-Po Matriarchal Clan Museum
Highlights: After breakfast, our local xian tour guide will pick you up from the hotel or airport. we will visit the Terracotta Warriors museum,and Ban-Po Matriarchal Clan Museum.
Terracotta Warriors: which is about 40 kilometres away from the downtown area of the xian city, at east side outskirts of the city, discovered accidentally in 1974,by local farmers who digging the well.this incredible army contain more than 8000 soldiers, archers, horses and chariots who are going to guard emperor Qin's tomb in full battle formation since 210BC。Each figure is unique,even today the excavation still continue in 3 pits which are protected by huge arch-shape hangar.
Ban-Po Matriarchal Clan Museum: which is located in the eastern suburbs of Xian.it is the largest and most complete preservation of the matriarchal clan commune village sites, since 6,000 years of history. The Sites divide into living, pottery-making, the tombs of three zones. residential areas is the main part in villages. Banpo people belongs to the Neolithic age, the tools used mainly wood and stone. The spring of 1953 found the site, the site is about 50,000 square meters. From September 1954 to the summer of 1957, the Archaeological Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized archaeological nearly 200 workers, after five times excavations , exposing the site area of 10,000 square meters, access to a lot of valuable scientific information. In 1958 built on the site of Banpo Site Museum, is China's first prehistoric museum that vividly displayed us more than 6,000 years ago in a matriarchal clan community period of prosperity in our ancestors and living situation. Museum on April 1, 1958 the official opening to the outside world, has so far received more than 60 million Chinese and foreign tourists. after the tour , we will send you back to the hotel.
Day 2 Xian City Tour
Highlights: After breakfast, our local xian tour guide will pick you up from the hotel, we will visit ancient Xian City-Wall and wild goose pagoda,plus,The Muslim street.
City-Wall: which is famous landmark symbolic architecture military facility.that perfectly well preserved in china, Its original motive is to fortify the city.there is moat still there encircling the entire city-wall, and Its perimeter can reach to 14 KM ! Today , the tourist not only can walk round on the top of the wall, but also can be biking on the wall. some section of the wall also provide the tourists Rickshaw service (depend on the climates)
Wild Goose Pagoda: which is the symbol of the Xian.it is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists. It is located in the southern suburb of Xian City, about 4 kilometers (2.49 miles) from the downtown of the city. Standing in the Da Ci'en Temple complex, it attracts numerous visitors for its fame in the Buddhist religion, its simple but appealing style of construction, and its new square in front of the temple. It is rated as a National Key Cultural Relic Preserve as well as an AAAA Tourist Attraction.
The Muslim Street: which is the hub of the muslim community in xian city, located beside the Drum Tower, it is about 500 meters long from south to north. the entire street paved with dark-colour stone and with green trees on both two sides providing shade during summer time. the buildings on both two sides are modeled on the styles of both the Ming and Qing Dynasty.mostly are restaurants,while the other are stores.
It is said that once you have been to the muslim street, you wouldn't feel regretted for the snacks of Xian,Such as Yang-Rou-Pao-Mo (the shred non-fermented pan-cake cooking with mutton soup), muslim mutton-burger, cold-noodle, dumplings and so on . if you are the guy who are more obsessive with food eating , here is eating paradise. they are waiting for you to enjoy.
Great Mosque: which is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China and its location is northwest of the Drum Tower on Huajue Lane in the muslim community .According to historical records engraved on a stone tablet inside, this mosque was built in 742 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). This was a result of Islam being introduced into Northwest China by Arab merchants and travelers from Persia and Afghanistan during the mid-7th century when some of them settled down in China and married women of Han Nationality. Their descendants became Muslim of today. The Muslim played an important role in the unifications of China during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Hence, other mosques were also built to honor them. In Xian, it is really well worth a trip to see the Great Mosque, not only for its centuries-old history but also for its particular design of mixed architecture - traditional Muslim and Chinese styles.
Day 3 Xian City Tour
Highlights: At breakfast,our local xian tour guide will pick you up from the hotel, we will visit Han Yang tomb, drive back to hotel./
Han Yang Tomb:which is from Han Dynasty still incredible enough to impress you deeply, with one third size figure,honored as the small terracotta warriors.The museum is built at 2003, at close proximity of the airport. it is only one underground-museum in china, the tourists can stand on the top of the nice-transparency and good quality glass to appreciate the artfacts semi-underground. this is a highly recommend attraction, you can understand the Han Dynasty history,culture,etiquette fully from this museum. and then we send you back to either airport or hotel to end a pleasant day.
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Remark :
In order to save your budget, XianTourExpert.com offers driver-guide service, (the driver used to be the qualified tour-guide as well) which means our guide will drive you around and guide for you during the trip, by this way the cost will be reduced a bit, but the tour value is still guaranteed and even more fun. 3 people at maximum.
