As the ancient capital Xian was once called Changan in the Han Dynasty which means permanent peace. Xi-an marks the starting point of Silk Road. It is regarded as one of the Four Ancient Capitals of the World, together with Rome, Athens,and Istanbul. A large number of historic attractions can be found in Xian including the remains of Banpo Village, the Mausoleumof the First Qin Emperor, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and SmallWild Goose Pagoda built in the Tang Dynasty, the Bell Tower, Drum Tower and City Wall built in the Ming Dynasty. While visiting this old city one could go through thousands of years back in history.What-s more, Shaanxi is worthy of the name a province with rich cultural relics and a natural history museum.
目錄:
Chapter 1 The Prehistoric Age
1.1 Lantian Man
1.2 Banpo Museum
Chapter 2 Humanistic Legends-Origin of Huaxia
2.1 The Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor
2.2 Yellow Emperor
2.3Origin of Huaxia
Chapter 3 Western Zhou Dynasty and Eastern
Zhou Dynasty
3.1 Zhougong Temple
3.1.1 The Origin of Zhou Clan
3.1.2Zhouyi
3.1.3 Zhougong Jidan and His Law and Discipline Rites
3.2 Beacon Tower in Lishan National Park
3.3 Baoji Bronze Ware Museum
3.4 No.1 Tomb for the Duke of Qin
3.4.1 The Rise of Qin Clan
3.4.2 Shang Yang''s Reform
3.4.3 Qin Culture in the Eastern Zhou
Dynasty(770 - 256 B.C.)
3.5 Louguan Temple and Laozi
Chapter 4 The Qin Dynasty
4.1 Terracotta Army
4.2 Emperor Qin Shi Huang
4.3 Relics of the E-pang Palace
Chapter 5 The Western Han Dynasty
5.1 Changling Tomb-The Mausoleum of Liu Bang
5.2 Yangling Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty (Hanyangling)
5.3 Maoling Mausoleum of Han Dynasty
5.4 XiamaLing
5.5 Grave and Ancestral Temple of Sima Qian
5.6 Museum of Ancient Bricks in Duling Mausoleum
Chapter 6 Wei, Jin, Southern, Northern Dynasties
6.1 Wuhou Tomb and Wuhou Temple
6.2 Baoxie Plank Road and Shimen Tunnel
6.3 Caotang Temple and Kumarajiva
6.4 The Site of Tongwan City
Chapter 7 SuiDynasty
7.1 Daxing City
7.2 Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty and Tai Mausoleum
7.2.1 Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty,and Kaihuang Period
7.2.2 Tailing Mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty
7.3 DaxingshanTemple
Chapter8 TangDynasty
Chapter 9 The Dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing
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