Shaanxi History Museum Xi'an

91 Xiaozai E Rd, Xi'an , Shaanxi, China - Phone: 85219422

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    Welcome to Xi'an

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    The train to Xi'an was not as bad as I had expected. We woke up and went down to the food cart to grab some juice and watch the landscape go by. The cities we passed were so broken down that they looked deserted, just until you saw a single person in a garden or a lone truck on the dirt roads. I just couldn’t believe that there were people …

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    First Day in Xi'an

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    An early morning to catch a flight to Xian, which is located on the banks of the Yellow River, and has a history dating back to 1,000 BC, it was also the starting point for the famous trade route, the "Silk Road", a caravan passageway which carried not only silks, ceramics and spices but also lend to an exchange of cultures, technologies and ideas …

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    Welcome to Xi'an

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    Today we leave Beijing and head out for Xi'an, the ancient capital city of China. After waiting in line on the tarmac, we finally take off. Farewell Beijing - you have been a wonderful introduction to China!

    Arriving in Xi'an, we meet up with our guide, Kevin, who has worked with our tour company before. First item on the agenda - lunch. …

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    On to Xi'an

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    On Saturday the 23rd, we had a 10.30 flight from Guilin, so we had to get out pretty early. The Mountain Resort let us order breakfast the night before, so we ate, checked out (the boys were thrilled by the red wallets that they gave us as goodbye gifts) and got on the road. This time we took the expressway, which I think was just as scenic as the …

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    Clay soldiers, real locals and travel stress!

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    We had tossed up whether to book a private tour to the Terracotta warriors or get on a group tour or simply get a taxi. We opted for the group tour thinking that one day of being in a big group wouldn't kill us and organised it in advance with the hotel by e-mail.

    Well we were very lucky. The group tour had us and one other person ( …

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    Funerary Art, Folk Art and the Art of Living

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    In the Kimball Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, we saw one of the real terracotta warriors and horses on loan from Xi'an. At the time, I was fascinated by the size and detail of them and I didn’t think we would ever get to China. Skip forward about 12 years, and here we are …

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    The Terracota Warriors of Xi'an

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    Hello all,

    Xi'an was once home to emperors, courtesans, poets, monks, merchants and warriors but despite the old glory days being over Xi'an is still renowned for its ancient city ambience. This is mainly diue to the fact that the historic walls that surround the city still remain intact as well as the 14th century Bell and Drum Towers …

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    A Terracotta Christmas

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    ... 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 ...

  • 2

    Xiantastic

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    ... 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, ...

  • 3

    Home of the Terracotta Warriors

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    ... 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 ...

  • 4

    Ming bling going cheap cheap

    ... 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 ...

  • 5

    Silk Road III: Shanxi

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    ... 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 ...

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    A train, three museums, a pagoda, and a temple

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    ... 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 ...

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    Shaanxi History Museum

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    On to Xi'an

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    ... helped me get past the sticker shock.)  We got checked in and were thinking of collapsing a while, but I wanted to do the Shaanxi History museum, so we asked at the desk how late it was open, and they said that while it's open until 5.30, the last ...

  • 9

    Of teaching, mountains and pagodas

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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 ...

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    Warriors and dancing girls

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    ... the charioteers, which are interesting, but not really worth fighting the crowds to see, especially after seeing similar pieces at the Shaanxi history museum.  Then a quick visit to the "3D" movie, which is a movie projected on all walls of a round ...