First of all, Many Thanks to chinaxiantour.com/ for my this unforgettable Beijing to Xian Tour.
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Actually I preferred flight for this one day tour from Beijing to Xian.
Now, want to share things, "What were in my mind??"
As we all know, the Xi'an city wall has a long and significant history, as does Xi'an itself. As city symbols go, there are much worse than a centuries old wall surrounding a centre, which also happens to be the largest of its kind in China. Xi'anese are justifiably proud to have such a historical land mark. Tourists and locals alike visit the wall in the hundreds of thousands if not millions every year. This page however has no intention of rehashing the history the Xian wall (interesting as that history is, it is just not the scope of this article). Instead I hope to you will consider undertaking a challenge to enjoy the wall like a local rather than a tourist.
Xian is located well inland and is difficult to get to by land. The new train to Lhasa and cheap flights on regional Chinese airlines are the most expedient way to get there. The city of Xian with its very well preserved bell tower and city walls would be a worthy adventure in itself. Like many of the cities in China, the sight of western tourists walking around on the streets with out chaperones is a novelty and they go out of their way to be helpful.
Xian was the home of the first emperor of China that had succeeded in unifying the 7 kingdoms of that time into the beginnings of modern china. He built for himself a large number of burial chambers the total number still unknown as they are still discovering them today. 3 of the larger burial chambers include among other things a complete army exactly duplicating the individual features of all of the soldiers and their equipment as well as horses and sprit carts to take the emperor to the next world.
You can also follow them at Twitter >>> https://twitter.com/xiantravel
Actually I preferred flight for this one day tour from Beijing to Xian.
Now, want to share things, "What were in my mind??"
As we all know, the Xi'an city wall has a long and significant history, as does Xi'an itself. As city symbols go, there are much worse than a centuries old wall surrounding a centre, which also happens to be the largest of its kind in China. Xi'anese are justifiably proud to have such a historical land mark. Tourists and locals alike visit the wall in the hundreds of thousands if not millions every year. This page however has no intention of rehashing the history the Xian wall (interesting as that history is, it is just not the scope of this article). Instead I hope to you will consider undertaking a challenge to enjoy the wall like a local rather than a tourist.
Xian is located well inland and is difficult to get to by land. The new train to Lhasa and cheap flights on regional Chinese airlines are the most expedient way to get there. The city of Xian with its very well preserved bell tower and city walls would be a worthy adventure in itself. Like many of the cities in China, the sight of western tourists walking around on the streets with out chaperones is a novelty and they go out of their way to be helpful.
Xian was the home of the first emperor of China that had succeeded in unifying the 7 kingdoms of that time into the beginnings of modern china. He built for himself a large number of burial chambers the total number still unknown as they are still discovering them today. 3 of the larger burial chambers include among other things a complete army exactly duplicating the individual features of all of the soldiers and their equipment as well as horses and sprit carts to take the emperor to the next world.
