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Xi'an's rail station, located just north of Xi'an's walled city, is one of the eight major national rail stations and the main rail hub of Shaanxi Province. The new Xi'an North railway station , situated a few miles to the north, is the station for the high-speed trains of the Zhengzhou–Xi'an High-Speed Railway .
Schafer noted xian was cognate to xian 䙴 "soar up", qian 遷 "remove", and xianxian 僊僊 "a flapping dance movement"; and compared Chinese yuren 羽人 "feathered man; xian" with English peri "a fairy or supernatural being in Persian mythology" (Persian pari from par "feather; wing").
The walls of cities within modern Xi'an from the Zhou to Qing dynasties. Maps of " Si-ngan-fu " and " Tchouang-lan " from Du Halde 's 1736 Description of China , based on Jesuit reports Bell Tower Zhou dynasty established its capital in Feng ( 灃/沣 ) and Hao ( 鎬/镐 ) between the late 11th century BC and 770 BC, both located west of ...
The Xi'an City Wall is on the tentative list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site under the title "City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Since 2008, it is also on the list of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Since March 1961, the Xi'an City Wall is a heritage National Historical and Cultural Unit.
The Drum Tower of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安鼓楼), located in the heart of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, Northwestern China, along with the Bell Tower is a symbol of the city. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Erected in 1380 during the early Ming Dynasty ( Hongwu era), it stands towering above the city center and offers an incredible view of Xi'an.
The jingyun bell, cast in 711 during the Tang Dynasty, 247 cm high and 6,500 kg. Bell Tower at night. The Bell Tower of Xi'an (simplified Chinese: 西安钟楼; traditional Chinese: 西安鐘樓; pinyin: Xī'ān Zhōnglóu), built in 1384 during the early Ming Dynasty, is a symbol of the city of Xi'an and one of the grandest of its kind in China.
The Xi'an Incident [a] was a major Chinese political crisis from 12 to 26 December 1936. Chiang Kai-shek , leader of the Nationalist government of China , was placed under house arrest in the city of Xi'an by a Nationalist army he was there to review.
The Great Mosque of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安大清真寺; pinyin: Xī'ān Dà Qīngzhēnsì) is one of the largest premodern mosques in China. [1]: 128 Although the mosque was first built in the year 742 AD during the Tang dynasty, [2] its current form was largely constructed in 1384 AD during Emperor Hongwu's reign of the Ming dynasty, [3] as recorded by the Records of Xi'an Municipality ...