Go Cycling with Your Kids on Xi’an City Wall
The Xi’an City Wall located in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi’an is one of the oldest, largest and well preserved city walls in the country. Built in the 14th century as a military defense system, the wall has undergone made refurbishments till date. The…
Compelling Reasons to Visit Xian for Your Vacation
Xian had been the heart of ancient China’s economy, administration, and culture. The renowned Silk Route which connected civilizations from Greece to the Middle East to India, Sri Lanka and China culminated in the Xian province. Many of the Chinese dynasties that are still widely…
Dayan Pagoda
Built in 652, Dayan Pagoda famously known as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in southern Xian in the Shaanxi province of China. One of the Tang Dynasty’s treasured Buddhist relics it is one of Xian’s main tourist attractions. If you wish to explore…
Tang Paradise
The Tang Paradise is located in the south of Xian City and happens to be the first and the largest cultural theme park in the whole of China. In a nutshell this structure is simply spectacular and boasts all the exquisite richness of the Chinese…
Fountain show at the big wild goose pagoda
Renowned as one of China’s most iconic religious institutions, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a breathtaking structure that is at the heart of Xian’s cultural identity. Also known as the Dayan Pagoda, this towering religious edifice has been a permanent fixture in the province…
Stele Forest
Being the vast expansion of the land that it is, China has endless attractions for the tourists ranging from temples, cultural sites, historic monuments, parks, gardens, wild life, rivers, mountains, scenery, cuisine, culture and history and many more for the hundreds of thousands of visitors…
Shaanxi History Museum
Situated in a province considered as an important birth place of Chinese culture, the Shaanxi history Museum is a not to be missed attraction when you visit this historic city. As a result of being the capital throughout 13 dynasties, this city and the museum…
Lost among the Stones
The Forest of Stele Museum in Xi’an, originally a 11th century Confucian temple is famous for its collection of 3,000 stele or inscribed tablets that is the largest of such collections in China. These tablets are important because the inscriptions give information on the lifestyle,…
Forest of Stele Museum: A Journey Back in Time
In true Chinese culture, whenever an occasion called for celebration, the event was commemorated by erecting steles, a tall slab made of wood or stone inscribed with the names of the people they wished to celebrate. Paradoxically, these same steles were also used to mourn…
Messages from the Past
The Shaanxi Provincial History Museum should be on every visitor’s “must see” list if they are in the vicinity on Xi’an. After all Xi’an served as the imperial capital for ten dynasties and that means the museum’s collection is a treasure trove of antiquities from…