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 to start a wonderful two-day trip .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 City-Wall & Han Yang Tomb
Highlights: After breakfast, our local xian tour guide will pick you up from the hotel, we will visit ancient Xian City-Wall and Han yang tomb.
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).
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 all of china, the tourists can stand on the top of the nice-transparency and good quality glass to appreciate the artefacts 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 :
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