A report on Shaanxi and Xi'an

Remains of carriages and horses in Fenghao during the Western Zhou (11th–8th cent.BC)
Shaanxi People's Government
East Gate of Xi'an
Shaanxi cuisine
Meibei Lake, Huyi District, Xi'an
Terracotta Army
Map including Xi'an (labeled as HSI-AN (SIAN) (walled)) (AMS, 1955)
Education Department of Shaanxi Province
Muslim Quarter in Xi'an
Shaanxi Science and Technology Museum
A pavilion of the City God Temple of Xi'an.
Temple of the Chenghuangshen (City God) of Weinan.
Xi'an Second Ring Road
Guangren Temple of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in Xi'an.
Xi'an Hi-Tech Industries Development Zone
Road to the stupa of the Famen Temple (Chinese Buddhist).
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Temple of Xuanyuan in Huangling, Yan'an.

Xi'an (, ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province.

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Xi'an – which includes the sites of the former Chinese capitals Fenghao and Chang'an – is the provincial capital as well as the largest city in Northwest China and also one of the oldest cities in China and the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals, being the capital for the Western Zhou, Western Han, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties.

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The drainage basin of the modern Wei.

Wei River

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The drainage basin of the modern Wei.
Population concentration during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1050–771 BC). Note the extension up the Wei valley.

The Wei River is a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.

In a direct line, the Wei's source lies 700 km west of the main city along its course, Xi'an in Shaanxi province.

Shaanxi History Museum

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Main exhibition hall of the museum
Detail of the museum's architecture
Shaanxi History Museum plaque. Xi'an. 2011
Zhou Dynasty gold Bianzhong
Ceramic tomb figure of a horse in sancai glaze
Tomb figures of ladies
Gold stag with eagle's head and ten more heads in the antlers. Object inspired by Siberian Altai art. Nalinggaotu site, Shenmu County, near Xi'an.
Statues from Zhongshan Grottoes ({{lang|zh|钟山石窟}})
Painted tomb figures of guardians of Prince Qinjian from the Ming Dynasty
Soldiers from the Terracotta Army
Gilt silver jar with patterns of dancing horses, from the Tang Dynasty, Hejia Village hoard
Sculptures of the twelve Chinese zodiac figures, from the Tang Dynasty
The back of a Tang Dynasty bronze mirror
Tang Sancai tomb figures
An agate cup shaped in an animal head, from the Tang Dynasty, Hejia Village hoard

Shaanxi History Museum, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and one of the largest.

Fenghao

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Fenghao is the modern name of the twin city formed by the Western Zhou capitals of Feng and Hao on opposite banks of the Feng River near its confluence with the Wei River in Shaanxi, China.

The ruins of Fenghao lie in present-day southwest Xi'an in Shaanxi Province.

Remnants of the pagoda

Daqin Pagoda

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Remnants of the pagoda

The Daqin Pagoda is a Buddhist pagoda in Zhouzhi County of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), Shaanxi Province, China, located about two kilometres to the west of Louguantai temple.

Biangbiang noodles

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American singer and TV personality in China Slater Rhea writes and explains a biáng character on Xi'an TV.
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Animated GIF showing the stroke order of the Traditional character for biáng according to the mnemonic, not according to the principles of stroke order.
A Xi'an biangbiang noodle restaurant. The Traditional character for biáng is combined with the Simplified character for miàn.
Biángbiáng miàn in Traditional characters. With exception of the fourth and fifth strokes, the variant of biáng used is the same as the third variant on the list.
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Biangbiang noodles, alternatively known as youpo chemian (油泼扯面) in Chinese, are a type of noodle popular in the cuisine of China's Shaanxi Province.

For most of their existence, they have been an obscure dish local to Xi'an, eaten by workers lacking the time to make thinner noodles.

An ink rubbing of one of the calligraphy stela at the Beilin Museum in Xi'an, called the "God of Literature Pointing the Dipper." It depicts the figure, made up of the characters describing the four Confucian virtues, "pointing the dipper" (an expression for coming first in the imperial civil service examinations).

Stele Forest

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An ink rubbing of one of the calligraphy stela at the Beilin Museum in Xi'an, called the "God of Literature Pointing the Dipper." It depicts the figure, made up of the characters describing the four Confucian virtues, "pointing the dipper" (an expression for coming first in the imperial civil service examinations).
Stele Forest Museum

The Stele Forest or Beilin Museum is a museum for steles and stone sculptures in Beilin District in Xi'an, Northwest China.

By 1944 it was the principal museum for Shaanxi province.

Drum Tower of Xi'an

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Drum Tower from east
Drum Tower in night

The Drum Tower of Xi'an, located in the heart of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, Northwestern China, along with the Bell Tower is a symbol of the city.

Jin Hao

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Jin Hao,, which translates to "Gold Number", is a group of radio stations in Shaanxi, China serving Xi'an, China and the greater provincial area.