Xi'an(Chinese:西安),isthecapitaloftheShanxiprovinceinthePeople'sRepublicofChina.ItlocatedinthesouthernpartoftheGuanzhongPlain.WiththeQinlingMountainstothesouthandtheWeiheRivertothenorth.Ithasthepopulationofaround8467837People.BriefIntroductionAsoneoftheoldestcitiesinChinesehistory,Xi'anisoneoftheFourGreatAncientCapitalsofChinabecauseithasbeenthecapitalofsomeofthemostimportantdynastiesinChinesehistory,includingtheZhou,Qin,HanandTangdynasties.ThehistoryThehistoryThehistoryCity’sStructureTheXi’anCityWallTheXi’anCityWallBelltowerBelltowerBigWildGoosePagodaBigWildGoosePagodaAsthesymboloftheold-line(历史悠久的)Xi’an,BigWildGoosePagodaisawell-preservedancientbuildingandaholy(神圣的)placeforBuddhists(佛教徒).ThefullnameofBigWildGoosePagoda”EnWildGoosePagodaTemple“(慈恩寺大雁塔),located4kilometersawayfromXi’anareaoftheGraceTemple(慈恩寺),builtin652AD,accordingtolegendGraceTempleisthefirstabbotpresidedovertheTangSancang(唐三藏)fromIndiaafterthereturnofthecountry,inordertoworshipandstorageclassicalsanskrit(梵文经典)andbuddhistrelics(佛像舍利)todesignandbuiltpersonally.HuaMountainisthehighestofChina’sfivefamousmountains.Itislocated120kilometerseastofXi'an,about3hoursfromthecitycentre.HuaMountainTheTerraCottaWarriorsAndhorsesTheTerraCottaWarriorsAndhorsesisregardedasoneoftheeightgreatestwondersintheworld,andasightnottobemissedbyanyvisitortoChina.In1987,itwaslistedasoneoftheworldculturalheritagesbyUNESCO(联合国教科文组织).AsoneofthemostfamousscenicspotsinChina,itattractslotsoftouristsbothathomeandfromaboard.ThelocalfoodofXi’anXi’annotonlyhavemanyfamousscenicspots,butalsokindsoflocalfood,suchasSteamedmutton,Subsurface(肉夹馍、葫芦头、牛羊肉泡馍、肉丸胡辣汤、凉皮)andsoon.Pancakewithmeat(ChineseHamburger)PancakewithmeatSteamedmutton