Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an

... another opportunity to extract cash from tourists. A far better visit was the one we made to the Shaanxi History museum (recommended) this houses archealogical finds from the entire province, including spectacular ceramics, gold and silver jewellery, and ...

... but dignified pagoda in the center of the linking courtyards. Next David and Dan and I took a taxi to the Shanxi History Museum where we saw an array of artifacts ranging in date from 8,000 years ago to 400 years ago. I'd like to read more about the ...

... hours of being excavated.   To get a better understanding of Chinese history and its various dynasties we visited the Shaanxi History Museum. The museum has more than 3000 priceless pieces on display from 3000 BC to modern day history. As we were ...

... and the local 54% "rice wine" we all slept very soundly. Xi'an was the old capital so we set off for the history museum - eventually we came to the ming dynasty section and were struggling to find any ming porcelain on show. They had only a couple of ...

... and he played my favorite band Weezer, so it was a good night. The next day we went through a history museum and visited the Big Goose Pagoda. Both were interesting, but hard to focus on as it was the ...

... made a pass through the Xi'an Museum before dashing off to the Xi'an airport for a flight to Dunhuang. The Xi'an Museum is a history museum, like all of the museums we visited on the tour. It wasn't the worst museum we saw (the Kashgar ...

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On saturday we visited the Shaanxi province history museum on the bikes we had just rented from the university near our school. It it apparently one of China's largest museums. It is (roughly) arranged in chronological order, and starts off very slowly ...

... from the all day affair of going to Huashan the day before. Jacob and I went to the Shaanxi History Museum for a couple hours. Xian was the capital of China for over 1000 years during the reign of 4 dynasties (including the first emperor) so there is a ...

... I just keep on walking, maaaannn! La journee d'hier a ete de la grosse belle job. On est alle au Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. On arrive a la billeterie en brandissant des billets de 100 tel des big shots, pour nous faire dire finalement que c' ...

... of clubs / bars with other travellers. Bedtime was 4am. Now THAT, was quite a day. November 16th, 2006 - Hangover at the History Museum Up the latest for ages (9am) with a stinking hangover. Lulu's mum hit one out of the park though with ...

... see the Great Wall, we were up and breakfasted ready for our trip to visit the Terracotta Army just outside Xi'an, as well as the LinTong History Museum - which we didn't know much about, but was part of the day. Bouncing and bumping down some really ...

... is available on site. After lunch at a local restaurant, see a noodle making demonstration. Next, tour the Shaanxi History Museum - built in the classic Tang style - This museum houses an outstanding collection of ancient dynastic art. Enjoy the evening ...

... who comes to Xian comes for one reason really - the Terracotta Army. The city is interesting without them - the Shaanxi History Museum is full of exhibits and information about the evolution of civilisation in the Yellow River basin and the history of ...

... including one that tells the story of the first Christians in China around 600AD. The museum has been open for 900 years) and the Shaanxi History Museum which had relics dated back to the BC's. We then flew to Chengdu and are with the Carsons. Yeah!

... .   To give an impression of the rest of the storied history of the area around Xi'an, there is an impressive Shaanxi History museum housing a thankfully non-overwhelming treasure trove of artifacts and wares from ancient history on up.  ...

... that this country puts on for many things. After the warriors, we went to lunch and then to the Shaanxi History Museum.  This museum has thousands upon thousands of artifacts from this region of China.  It was really neat to see them.  I ...

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... was a nice hotel, but not as nice as Beijing and so that made some people complain. First we went to the Shaanxi History museum. This whole time random people were trying to find out the current results of the election back home. I enjoyed the museum ...

... early dynasties: Qin, Han, Siu, and Tang. (Mr. Li gave us a short quiz!)  Our first stop this morning was the History Museum where we learned about the many dynasties that led up to the first emperor, Qin.  He united China and built the first ...