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Journey into the past of a city with over 3,100 years of recorded history. Begin your tour at the renowned Shaanxi History Museum for an introduction to this area s rich cultural history. This museum is a treasure trove, with over 375,000 items dating from 800,000 years ago to the Opium War of 1840. Unearth painted Neolithic ceramics reflecting prehistoric man s pursuit of art, bronzes from the rise of the Zhou people, and countless other invaluable objects.
See firsthand one of this city s great historic advantages as you approach the city s wall. The most complete and best preserved in China, this wall dates back 600 years to the Ming dynasty. One of the largest ancient military defense systems in the world, the wall stands 40 feet (12 m) tall and 60 feet (18 m) wide, and encapsulates the city with a length of 8 1/2 miles (13.7 km). Watch towers, innumerable crenellations, and an impressive moat stand as reminders of this city s great defensive capabilities and power.
The Museum of the Forest of Stone Tablets, a courtyard-styled structure ,is situated on the site of the Confucian Temple on Sanxue Street,Xi an. It served as the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the Tang Dynasty, and later became the Confucian Temple in the Song Dynasty. It coves an area of about 30,000 square meters.
Finish off your tour with a stroll through the tranquil Great Mosque, the oldest and largest of the five Islamic mosques in China. Steep yourself in the harmonious blend of the structures ancient Chinese and Arabic architecture.
