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A group of peasants digging a well north of Mount Lishan in
Lintong county, about 18 miles (30km) from Xi'an, in 1974 unearthed
fragments of a life-sized warrior figure. Because the site of the
discovery was just one mile (2km) from the as... see full details
Shaanxi Provincial History Museum
The graceful complex of buildings that constitute the Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum in Xi'an's southern suburbs is built in
the style of a Tang Dynasty pavilion, and is in itself worth
seeing. The museum's exhibits, however, are even more breathtaking,
consisting of 113,000 artefacts... see full details
On a 538 square foot (50,000 sq metre) site east of Xi'an city,
on the bank of the Chanhe River, are the remains of the ancient
settlement of Banpo, dating from about 5,000BC. The remains were
discovered in 1953 by workers laying the... see full details
Pride of China's Islamic community, of whom about 60,000 live in
Xi'an city, is the Great Mosque near the Drum Tower in the Muslim
residential area. Islam came to China along with Arab merchants and
travellers in around 600AD. The Great Mosque in... see full details
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