Tang Dynasty Hotel

... for philosophy and the arts. Landscape art and portrait painting were brought to new levels of maturity and complexity after the Tang Dynasty, and social elites gathered to view art, share their own, and trade precious artworks. Philosophers such as Cheng ...

... to our hotel we had about 15 minutes to freshen up before we had to meet in the lobby for our optional dinner show about the Tang Dynasty. I think most of our group of 40 people joined in on this excursion. We then hopped on board the bus ...

... was left to a professional because we saw a number of accidents. Funny how they all seemed to involve a taxi driver. The Tang Dynasty Dinner and Show was an enjoyable evening and will worth the price--even if it was obviously designed for the tourists, ...

... was suspicious). Both were keen on big projects like the Grand Canal, extending the Great Wall and big military campaigns. Yang was assassinated in 618 and a northern lord, Li Yuan took the throne as Emperor Gaozu of the brilliant Tang Dynasty.   ...

... and then pork and rice.  For dessert were great tasting Chinese cookies.  At 8:30PM in the theater I watched the Tang Dynasty show which was a recreation of the shows they did in the Tang Dynasty over 1000 years ago. The costumes and outfits ...

... us asking and offered us a ride (you could have knocked us over with a feather). A short ride outside the walls to the Tang Dynasty Palace Hotel- plush. The couple we had met at lunch had managed to get a reservation so we sat as a 4. Initially there ...

... seeking relief from the bustling heat of summer.  The area is also blessed with natural hot springs, discovered during the Tang Dynasty and the town is now marketed as a health destination and is frequented by groups of Chinese Officials on ...

Our first stop of the day was the Princess Young Tai Tomb.  Empress Wu murdered Princess Wu during the Tang dynasty.  At her tomb there is an exhibition of terracotta statues of Hu Men, who were foreigners (from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, etc.) ...

... flight to Xi'an. Arriving at Xi'an 1 hour and 10 minutes later we were picked up and taken to dinner then onto a Tang Dynasty show.  Costumes and dancing were very nice, checked into our Hotel sometime after 9pm.  Our Local Guide is our ...

... and then pork and rice.  For dessert were great tasting Chinese cookies.  At 8:30PM in the theater I watched the Tang Dynasty show which was a recreation of the shows they did in the Tang Dynasty over 1000 years ago. The costumes and outfits ...

... -preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists.  Originally built in 652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), it functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch ...

... and camels. We learned that "middle kingdom" means the place in the middle of the heaven and earth. Also learned that in the Tang Dynasty, plumpness was considered beautiful. Clever dynasty. We had lunch at a tourist place - trying to sell us a show in ...

... and a very good view of the colourful stage. The meal commenced at about 18.30 and ended at 20.00 when the Tang Dynasty Show began.   This lasted 70 minutes and was very entertaining and colourful. We emerged from the theatre and were taken ...

... thick walls that have been preserved/reconstructed through many centuries. The city wall of Xi'an is an extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure. The city wall, after its extension in Ming Dynasty, stands 12meters high, it is12-14 meters wide on ...

... design still looks very Chinese- pagoda and everything! We then walked along part of the city wall- compliments of the Tang Dynasty-  It completely surrounds the city's perimeter and at 12 meters high- its pretty impressive. Althought Michael ...

... tranquil with nice cool corners to get away from the heat.   The mosque was first built in 742 during the Tang dynasty though the surviving buildings only date from the Qing dynasty. Although hazy, the sun was strong and temperatures were ...

... shapes of what is inside and were really, really cute.  The dinner was tasty.  After the dinner we were treated to a Tang Dynasty music and dance stage show .  It was lovely, really.  But, I was so tired that I had trouble staying ...

... As reparations for taking the land, the government constructed this village and gave the farmers jobs as vendors. 　 DUMPLINGS AND TANG DYNASTY DANCE After checking out the terra cotta warriors, we went back to the hotel where I racked out for ...

... up. When we arrived, there were about a hundred warriors and ladies dressed up in costume, rehearsing for a show. Soldiers of the Tang dynasty, with gold brocade, marched about in the snow in their trainers. The snow had been a couple of inches overnight, ...

... the Gobi desert to the north. This route was the only way to get to Chang'An (now Xi'an), China's capital during the Tang dynasty (618-907). Though the Silk Road predates the Tang dynasty, it was in this time that trade along this route really got going. ...

... we decided to spend our first full day looking around town. Our first stop was Du Fu Caotang, a park and museum dedicated to the Tang Dynasty poet, Du Fu, who lived in Chengdu between 759AD and 764AD. The park was a very pretty oasis from the hustle and ...