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1.华清宫 ;The Huaqing Pool is located in the Lintong District 30km east to the urban area of Xian. With Mount. Li to its south and the Wei River to its north, it boasts the natural hot springs. The favorable geographical condition and natural environment make it one of the cradles where ancient people settled and . It was also a favorite place for emperors to buildtheir palaces as a resort. Since ancient times, it has ever been a famous bathing and tourist destination.According to historical records and archeological the Huaqing Pool has a history of 6000 years for the use of hot springs and a history of 3000 years of royal gardens. Over these years, the cultural relics excavated near the source of hot springs prove that over 6000 years ago primitive residents had used the hot spring. In West Zhou, King Youwang ordered the construction of Li Palace on the site. Then the emperors of the following dynasties join in the line. After Emperor Xuan Zong ascended the throne, he commanded the construction of Huaqing Palace on a large scale. The construction was built along the Lishan Mountains range, and the formerspring well was designed into a pool. Roads were builtto reach the top of Lishan Mountain and one two-way road to Changan linked Huaqing Palace with Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace in the capital city. In the year 747 ., the new palace was completed and emperor Xuan Zong named it Huaqing Palace. Because there are many hot spring pools in the palace, it is also called Huaqing Pool With the third peak of Lishan Mountain and the source of hot springs on the axis and the hot springs as the center, the palace was laid out in four directions. This design, on the one hand, made a good use of the hot springs; on the other hand, it represented a precise and strict layout. Inside the palace, there were officials bureaus and houses and hot pools. In addition, some recreational places such as the Rooster Fight Pit and Polo Field etc. for emperor Xuan Zong and Lady Yang were also available. At that time, the history of Huaqing Pool reached its climax.2.西安城墙Xi'an city wall is the Ming Dynasty the years in policy of Zhu Yuanzhang "high walls, wide accumulate grain, slowthe guidance of kings" under, built on the basis of the Tang imperial. Completely around the "defense" strategy system is greater than the thickness of the wall height, solid as a mountain, the top of the wall and practicing sports can. Walls include moat, drawbridge, building gate, watchtower, is buildings, towers, fortresses, parapet,forts and other a series of military facilities. Since the completion of the wall after three major renovations. Longqing two years (1568), Shaanxi provincial governor Zhang Zhi presided over the restoration of Tucheng first into brick city; Qing Emperor Qianlong 46 years (1781), Shaanxi governor, Bi source host on the walls and towers were renovated; since 1983, in Shaanxi Province and Xi'an Municipal People's Government of the city wall the large-scale renovation, construction has been the demolition of the east gate, north gate of the watchtower, on the South Gate building, suspension bridge, and built around the park, so that this ancient building glow in the old style, has become a tourist attraction for visitors inXi'an.3.西安碑林博物馆Forest of Stone Steles MuseumThe treasure house of ancient calligraphy and stonecarving art of China, the Museum of Forest ofStone Tablets, which is located at the site of Confuciantemple in SanXue Street, Xi . This’museuman was setup in 1087 and it collected more than 3000 stone tabletsfrom the Han dynasty through the Qing dynasty. Thewhole area consists of 3 parts: Confucian temple, exhibition of stone tablets and stone carvings.4.书院门there is a well-known street -Shuyuanmen AncientCultural Street. It is also named‘ the Arts Street’on the eastern side of the southern gate of Xi'an. Fromthe Bell Tower, walk along the South Avenue to theSouth Gate, you see a traditional archway on the eastside of the road, that is Shyuanmen: he 200-m street isin the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.The street is under the south ancient city wall behindthe Forest of Steles , both sides of the slab stone road are lined with buildings in the Ming and Qing styles. Various crafts and arts are sold on this crowded street all year long. Historical relics, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewels, jade and folk art fine works are all tourist favorites.The name of Shuyuanmen, which means the gate of the academy of classical learning, has its roots in Guanzhong Shuyuan (namely, the academy of classical learning in the area of central Shaanxi Plain. Guanzhong Shuyuan is the highest seat of learning in Shaanxi in Ming and Qing dynasty. Being the first-rate one in northwest area, it is also one of the four well-known academies of classical learning in China. The origin of Guangzhong Shuyuan also has an old story. It is said that a high official called Feng Congwu, once submitted a written statement to the emperor, but only to be dismissed from office because he said the emperor was addicted to wine and women all day long without solving state affairs. Feng Congwu went home and began to give lectures in Baoqing Temple. Later, the senior official Wang Keshou in Shaanxi province also joined him. From then on,thousands of people came here to listen to their lectures. So Guanzhong Shuyuan was set up there. After nearly four or five centuries history,’ the old street near the south city wall has fallen into disrepair. Then being carefully planned and designed, it was rebuilt into an imitation of ancient business street with a style of Ming and Qing dynasty in early 1990s.Today, Shuyuanmen is a place of tourist interest for the combination of both antiques and handicrafts. It is lined with row upon row of more than 100 diverse shops, such as shops for paintings, four treasures for study, seal or collection of ancient seals, etc. On the second and third floor of the attic , there are many black tablets with golden-colored calligraphies on them, such as Wencuige, Zuishuxuan, Jukanzhai, Haoyuegong, etc. Modern handicrafts are the main items in this street, among which you could find the four treasures in the study, pottery figurine, calligraphy and paintings and imitation of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses , baccaro ware, seal cutting, carving,and so on. These all together made the street permeated with an elegant and cultural atmosphere.5.钟楼The Bell Tower Drum Tower and the City Well in Xi ’ anThe Bell Tower, a classical building with carved beamsand painted rafters, has been served as the symbol ofXi ’ anIt. stands in the center of the downtown areawhere the north street, the south street, the west streetand the east street meet. And the tower house a huge bellwhich in ancient times was use to strike the time everymorning. This is how the tower got its name. nowit is an important historical monument in shaanxi Province. The Bell tower was first built in Ying Xiangtemple in 1384 during the Ming dynasty. It was movedto its present site in 1582 as a result of the city ‘ sexpansion program. Ladies and gentlemen, There is a storyabout the Bell Tower. It ’said that the first emperor of Ming dynasty , Zhu yuanzhang , he was born in a poor family.Both his parent died when he was young, and he had to livea hard life. Later, he went to a temple to become a monk.When he ascended the throne, he was afraid of beingdeposed by someone of“ realdragon ”Therefore,. he gave orders to build belltower all over the county to repress the“ dragon spiritXi ’ anhas been the imperial capital city since ancienttimes. So the “ dragon spirits ” must be very strong here That ’whys the bell tower in Xi ’ anwas not only builtearlier, but also bigger than the other ones in thecountry. The base of the tower is 1, square meters in size,meters high and meters wide. It was laid with bluebricks all over. The whole building is 36 meters aboveground. It is a brick-and –wood structure. The eaves are supported by colored “ dou gong ” a traditional structural system in which brackets are used to join columns and crossbeams, the use of dou gong made the wholebuilding firm and beautiful.6.小雁塔The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the JianfuTemple. It ’ones kilometer south from the downtownarea .The Small Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Tang Dynasty.). It has fifteen storeysand it ’abouts forty -fivemeters above ground. In 1555, there was an earthquakein Huaxian of this province . As a result, the top twostoreys of the pagoda were destroyed. The presentstructure has only thirteen storeys . There is a story about the small wild goose pagoda . When Yi Jing appealed to the imperial court for funds to build a pagoda, so as to preserve the Buddhist scriptures , the Emperor Li Xian asked the Empress for advice as he often did . When she heard of this, she ordered all the imperial concubines and court maids to donate money for the construction of the pagoda .The ladies were so generous in their donation that there was still money left over even after the project was completed.7.陕西省历史博物馆Shaanxi History Museum is located in the northwest of the Xi ’ anWild Goose Pagoda. It was built in 1983 and was open on June 20, 1991. Shaanxi History Museum is China ’first large-scale modern national museum; it marks that China ’museum career has entered into a new development mileage. The Museum has the styleof Tang dynasty buildings of “ centralpalace hall with four worship houses around ”with orderly, harmonious, vigorous and grave construction, melting the nationaltradition, local characteristics and the spirit of time into an organic whole. The Museum covers an area of 65,000 square meters. It has a building area of 55,600 square meters, the cultural relic reservoir area of 8,000 square meters, and exhibition hall area of 11,000 square meters. Its collection of cultural relics reaches 370,000, dating from the simple stone that human used at the initial stage in ancient times down to all kinds implements in social life before 1840; the time span covers more than one million years. The cultural relics are rich in number and types and have high grade and wide value, among which Shang bronze is exquisite; terracotta figurines of past dynasties are of varied types and postures; gold and silver ware of Han and Tang Dynasty is unique across the country; wall paintings of Tang tomb have no equals in this world. It is called a collection of variety of boutiques carnival.。