Shaanxi
Shaanxi is where Chinese history runs deepest: thirteen dynasties made Xi’an their capital, the Silk Road began at its gates, and the Terracotta Army still guards the First Emperor. Come for the archaeology, stay for the noodles.
Places to visit
TempleBig Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built in 652 to house the sutras that the monk Xuanzang hauled back from India — the seventeen-year journey that later inspired…
NatureMount Hua
Mount Hua is the western peak of China’s five sacred Taoist mountains and, by reputation, the most precipitous: five granite summits linked by staircases cut…
MuseumTerracotta Army
Buried for over two millennia and found by well-digging farmers in 1974, the Terracotta Army is some 8,000 life-size soldiers, horses and chariots built to…
LandmarkXi'an City Wall
Xi’an has the most complete ancient city wall in China: a 14-kilometre Ming-dynasty rectangle, 12 metres high and wide enough on top to drive a bus along,…