Shuichan Hotel (Xi'an Houzaimen)

No.3 Houzaimen, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710003, China | Motel

Travel Blogs from Xi'an

Sweet & sour pork with rainbow sprinkles

A travel blog entry by shapeshiffter

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... we had a wee surprise. They must have thought we were special and they had put rainbow sprinkles all over the top of the sizzling sweet and sour pork. It was so funny. They were all watching our reaction when they served it too us.

After dinner we continued on to the Big goose pagoda for the 2nd time to try and catch the fountain show. This time we were in luck and made it in time. It ...

We hebben ze gevonden!

A travel blog entry by bartenmathilde

6
27

... na ongeveer 2 uur eindelijk goed en wel de stad uit waren, begonnen we ons af te vragen wanneer we eingenlijk de bus uit moesten. Aan de reactie van de persoon naast Mathilde bleek dat we onze eindbestemming van de bus al hadden bereikt.

Vanaf daar hebben we een taxi gepakt en door wat wijzen op een kaart werd duidelijk waar we heen wilden. Na een rit van bijna een half uur over dubieuze wegen kwam dan eindelijk het beeld van een grote heuvel in zicht: ...

Xian

A travel blog entry by chinaspree

5

... yielded three pits and over 7,000 soldiers, archers and horses. Pit 1 contains the infantry; pit 2 (still being excavated) is filled with cavalry and soldiers; and pit 3 (partially unexcavated) seems to be the command center, with 70 high-ranking officers. Each warrior, originally colored with pigment and holding a weapon, has an indivdually crafted expression.




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Woo! Check us out!

A travel blog entry by propyr_teidi

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... have to go through two gates where our ticket is fed through a turnstile. Geez, the security here is tougher than the MCG on Boxing Day (speaking from experience)! Having said that, apparently Dan’s backpack is ‘OK to take in’ whereas my handbag (albeit rather outsized) isn’t. I’m not sure what the logic is there…

Now we get to reap the rewards of our hard work; because we don’t have a guide and ...

Towers and Walls

A travel blog entry by chaletaria

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... where they were routed at the Battle of Julu with a loss of 30,000 (20,000 buried alive). Er Shi now tried to kill Zhao Gao, having finally been told the truth, but Zhao forced him to commit suicide. A son of Fusu was given the title King of Qin, but soon surrendered to Liu Bang of Han (206 BC).

He is the Emperor depicted in one of our favourite films, Hero.



A note on the Western Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD

Liu Bang was a peasant who joined ...

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Location

This motel, located in the Xincheng District area of Xi'an, is near Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang), Great Mosque, Huaqing Hot Springs, and Drum Tower (Gulou).
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