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  2. Xi'an - Wikipedia

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    Xi'an [a] is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi.A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, [4] the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwestern China. [5]

  3. Fortifications of Xi'an - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. History of Xi'an - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Terracotta Army - Wikipedia

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    The mound where the tomb is located Plan of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and location of the Terracotta Army ().The central tomb itself has yet to be excavated. [4]The construction of the tomb was described by the historian Sima Qian (145–90 BCE) in the Records of the Grand Historian, the first of China's 24 dynastic histories, which was written a century after the mausoleum's completion.

  6. Bell Tower of Xi'an - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Chinese pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Chinese pyramids are pyramidal structures in China, most of which are ancient mausoleums and burial mounds built to house the remains of several early emperors of China and their imperial relatives. About 38 of them are located around 25 kilometres (16 mi) – 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of Xi'an, on the Guanzhong Plains in Shaanxi Province.

  8. Chang'an - Wikipedia

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    Chang'an ([ʈʂʰǎŋ.án] ⓘ; traditional Chinese: 長安; simplified Chinese: 长安; pinyin: Cháng'ān) is the traditional name of Xi'an and was the capital of several Chinese dynasties, ranging from 202 BCE to 907 CE.

  9. Giant Wild Goose Pagoda - Wikipedia

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    By 1996, according to field measurements conducted by the surveying and mapping unit of the People’s Republic of China, the tilt had already reached 1.0105 meters. In response, the Xi’an municipal government began implementing well-sealing measures in 1996 for over 400 captive wells in the units surrounding the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.