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Xi'An
 

Xi'an, the ancient capital of China, is situated in the central part of the country, between the Weihe River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south. Xian possesses more archaeological interests than any other China city.

 

There are seven districts of Beilin, Xincheng, Yanta, Baqiao, Weiyang Yanliang, Lianhu and six counties of Chang'an, Lintong, Gaolin under the jurisdiction of the municipal government. Xi'an covers a total area of over 9,700 sq km and has a population of over 5,200,000.

 

Industry  Xi'an is one of northwest China's chief textile centers, where cotton grown in the artificially irrigated paddy fields in the neighboring countryside is treated and processed. Other major industries are chemicals pharmaceutical manufacturing and civil engineering. (There are several major universities as well as art and trade schools.)

 

Transportation  There are direct rail links with Beijing and Shanghai as well as flights to most large Chinese cities, including Hong Kong.

Terra Cotta Army

All 8,000 soldiers has their own facial features, hair-style, and when dressed in the same uniform. The First Emperor's tomb took 39 years and 700,000 workers to complete. It had pearls embedded in the ceiling to represent the stars, and rivers and lakes were modeled with liquid mercury.

 
 
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Bell Tower and Drum Tower date back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Four streets radiate from the Bell Tower, extending to the north, south, west and east. The Drum Tower is at a short distance, to the northwest of the Bell Tower.

 
  City Wall

City Wall, 11.9 Km in circumference, was rebuilt in the early period of the Ming Dynasty. It has 5,984 arrow-shooting holes and 98 ramparts. this is the biggest and best-preserved city wall of ancient China

 
  Huaqing Pool
 

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