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Shaanxi
Table of Contents
Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to Shaanxi, visa requirements / Get around / Shaanxi attractions and sightseeing / Itineraries / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Shaanxi nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Stay safe / Get out- See also Shanxi, a neighboring province.
Shaanxi (陕西; Shǎnxī), pronounced roughly "Shahn-shee", is a north-central province of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.
Regions
Cities
- Xian - Capital city of Shaanxi Province, the start point of ancient Silk Road, most famed for its army of terracotta warriors.
- Yan'an - center of Chinese revolution in 1937, nicknamed the "Cradle of the Revolution"
- Yulin - garrison town on the Great Wall of China in the time of the Ming dynasty
- Shenmu - garrison town on the Great Wall of China in the time of the Ming dynasty
- Hanzhong
- Baoji
- Tongchuan
- Xianyang
Other destinations
- Huangdiling National Park (Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor)
- Huanghe Hukou Pubu National Park (Hukou Falls at Yellow River)
- Huashan National Park
- Lishan National Park in Lintong
- Qiachuan National Park in Heyang (Qiachuan: Locally pronounced Hechuan)
- Tiantaishan National Park in Baoji
Culture and History
Shaanxi is a land-locked province in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. During a span of 1,100 years, 13 dynasties had their capital cities in Shaanxi, with a total of 73 emperors ruling supreme there. The land of Shaanxi is dotted with 60 paleoanthropologic, Paleolithic and Neolithic sites, 72 large-scale tombs of emperors, 20 or so imperial palaces, 2,604 ancient buildings, and 1,200 old temples and monasteries. Overall, you could say that Shaanxi Province is a colossal natural and historical museum for the world to visit.
Talk
Travel to Shaanxi & Visa Requirements
Tours & Getting around Shaanxi
Shaanxi attractions and sightseeing
Itineraries
Shaanxi city tours
Shaanxi Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Shaanxi nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs
Stay safe
Get out
- Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
- Xi'an railway station.
This page was last edited at 03:28, on 1 May 2008 by Andreas Meyer. Based on work by David, M. Hogue, www.china0km.com and Jani Patokallio, Wikitravel user(s) Episteme, WindHorse and Ae-a and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.
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