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Xi'an

Days 1-7

Days 1-7The Terracotta ArmyFound by farmers digging a well in March 1974, three pits hold some 8,000 life-size soldiers, each face different, with chariots and horses.€16Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Xi'an's Ming city wallsA 13.74 km circuit built between 1370 and 1378, 12 metres high and wide enough on top to walk or cycle the whole loop.Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Great Mosque of Xi'anFounded in 742 in the Hui quarter and rebuilt under the Ming and Qing, entirely Chinese in style, with courtyards and a pagoda minaret.3,€30Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Big Wild Goose PagodaRaised in 652 for the sutras the monk Xuanzang brought back from India, rebuilt in 704, seven storeys and 64 metres high.Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Forest of Stone Steles MuseumFounded in 1087 in a Confucian temple, with around 3,000 carved steles, including the Kaicheng Stone Classics of 837: 114 slabs of Confucian texts.€11Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7The Bell TowerBuilt in 1384 and moved to the central crossroads in 1582, the 36-metre tower once rang to open the city gates at dawn.Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Mount Hua (Huashan)One of Taoism's five sacred mountains, 120 km east of Xi'an: five granite peaks linked by steps cut into near-vertical rock and fixed chains.Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Han Yangling MausoleumThe tomb of Emperor Jingdi, who died in 141 BC, with pits of small armless terracotta figures that once had wooden arms and silk clothes.€9Book on GetYourGuide →

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