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SmallWildGoosePagoda

秦始皇兵马俑博物馆

MuseumofEmperorQinshihuang’sTombFiguresofSoldiersandHorses

秦始皇陵 

TheTombofEmperorQinshihuang

鼓 

楼 

TheDrumTower

钟 

TheBellTower

西安城墙 

TheXi’anCircumvallation

华清池 

TheHuaqingPond

法门寺 

TheFamenTemple

黄河壶口瀑布TheHuangheHukouWaterfall

大唐芙蓉园 

LotuspalaceofTangDynasty

Xi'

an:

BigWildGoosePagoda（Dayanta）

TheBigWildGoosePagoda（DayanTa）,isaBuddhistpagodabuiltin652ADduringtheTangDynastyandoriginallyhadfivestories.TheoriginalconstructionoframmedearthwithastoneexteriorfacadeeventuallycollapsedfivedecadeslaterbutwasrebuiltbyEmpressWuZetianin704ADwhoaddedfivemorestories.Amassiveearthquakein1556heavilydamagedthepagodaandreduceditbythreestoriestoitscurrentheightofsevenstories

Oneofthepagoda'

smanyfunctionswastoholdsutrasandfigurinesoftheBuddhathatwerebroughttoChinafromIndiabyXuanzang,afamousChineseBuddhistmonk,scholar,traveler,andtranslator.XuanzangisaprominentBuddhistfiguremostlyknownforhisseventeenyearoverlandtriptoIndiaandback,whichisrecordedindetailinhisautobiographyandabiography,andwhichprovidedtheinspirationfortheepicnovel“JourneytotheWest”.

ThepagodaisbuiltonthepremisesoftheTempleofGreatMaternalGrace（DaCi'

en）,originallybuiltin589ADandthenrebuilt647ADbytheTangEmperorGaozonginmemoryofhismotherEmpressWende.

BeforethegatesofthetemplestandsastatueofXuanzang.

NorthSquareofBigWildGoosePagoda

SurroundingBigWildGoosePagoda,thesceneryisalsoquitecharming,especiallythesquarenorthoftheDaCi'

enTemple.Coveringabout110,000squaremeters（131563squareyards）plus20,000squaremeters（23920.6squareyards）ofwaterarea,itholdsmanyrecords:

inAsia,itisthebiggestTang-culturesquare,thebiggestfountainandwaterscapesquare,andthelargest-scalesculpturesarea.Intheworld,ithasthemostbenches,thelongestlight-belt,andthelargest-scaleacousticcomplex.

Theentiresquareiscomposedofwaterscapefountains,aculturalsquare,gardensandtouristpaths.ThereyoucantasterealChinesecultureandtraditionsandfullyenjoythetrulyattractiveviews.WithreliefsonthethemeoftheprosperousTangDynasty,200-meter-long（656-foot-long）sculpturegroups,8groupsofsculptedfigures,40relievosontheland,and22stylesofmusicalfountains,ithasbecomeamust-seewhenyouvisitBigWildGoose

TheMuseumofQinTerra-cottaWarriorsandHorses

Oneofthemostsignificantarchaeologicalfindsintheworld,this16,300-square-meterexcavationrevealsmorethan7,000life-sizeterracottafiguresofwarriorsandhorsesarrangedinbattleformations.（3pits）

Theterracottawarriorsandhorses,createdabout2,200yearsago,werefoundin1974ontheeastsideofthetomboftheFirstEmperorQinShihuang（259BC-210BC）nearXi'

an.

EmperorQinShihuanghadYingashissurnameandZhengashisgivenname. 

In221B.C.,whenheunifiedthewholecountry,namedhimselfShihuangDiandcarriedonthehereditarysystem.

ToprotectagainstharassmentbytheHunaristocrats.EmperorQinShihuangorderedtheGreatWallbebuilt.

TheBellTower（Zhonglou）

　　Centrallylocatedonthe"

FourMainRoads"

junctionistheBellTower,ofXi'

an.TheoriginalCityBellTowerwasconstructedin1582andsituatedinthewest,butonitsreconstructionin1739,thetowerwasrelocatedtoitspresentsite.AMingdynastybellweighingapproximately14.76tonshangsinthetower,butnolongerchimestoinformresidentsofthetimeofday.Visitorshavethechancetoinspectup-closeanumberofsmallerbells.

　　Althoughthesiteitselfismoreofalandmarkthananattraction,itisfrequentlyenlivenedwithlocalperformances.Visitorsinterestedinlocalmusicshouldvisitthesiteinthemorningandearlyafternoon.

　　Originally,thetowerhadanumberofentrances,buttoday,itonlyhasoneaccessibleentrancelocatedonBeiDajieclosetotheAdmissionTicketOffice.

DrumTower（Gulou）

TheDrumTowerwasbuiltin1380duringtheearlyMingDynasty,andgotitsnamefromthehugedrumlocatedwithinthebuilding.IncontrasttotheBellTower,wherebellwasstrickenatdawn,drumwasbeatatsunsettoindicatetheendoftheday.

Therearetwenty-fourdrumsinthenorthandsouthsidesoftheDrumTower.ThesedrumsstandfortheTwenty-fourSolarTerms,aformofweathercalendarcreatedbytheChineseinordertoguidetheagriculturalproduction.

TheXi’anCircumvallation

TheXi’anCircumvallationsiteislocatedatthecenterofxi’ancitywiththeformofarectangular.Thecircumvallation,withitswallheightof12meters,bottomwidthof18metersandtopwidthof15meters