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A group of peasants digging a well north of Mount Lishan in
Lintong county, about 18 miles (30km) from Xi'an, in 1974 unearthed
fragments of a life-sized warrior figure. Because the site of...
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The graceful complex of buildings that constitute the Shaanxi
Provincial History Museum in Xi'an's southern suburbs is built in
the style of a Tang Dynasty pavilion, and is in itself worth
seeing....
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On a 538 square foot (50,000 sq metre) site east of Xi'an city,
on the bank of the Chanhe River, are the remains of the ancient
settlement of Banpo, dating from about 5000BC. The remains...
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The hot springs about 22 miles (35km) east of Xi'an city, at the
base of the Lishan Mountains, is where the ancient emperors bathed
and relaxed in scenic surroundings. The spa has been...
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Pride of China's Islamic community, which numbers roughly 60,000
in Xi'an city, is the Great Mosque near the Drum Tower in the
Muslim residential area. Islam came to China along with...
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Though there are many collections of steles (stone tablets) in
China, only the one in Xi'an is large enough to be called a forest.
There are more than 3,000 ancient steles in this library,...
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