Geography and climate of Xi'an

Location: Xi'an is located in the Weihe River Basin in central Guanzhong Basin, between 107.40 to 109.49 degrees east longitude and latitude 33.42 degrees to 34.45 degrees north of the Weihe River and the Loess Plateau, south of the Qinling Mountains. East to zero River and Ba source mountain community, connecting Huaxian County, Weinan City, Shangzhou Luonan County; West is bounded by the Taebaek mountain and green loess tableland, Taibai County bordering Meixian; South the main ridge to the North Qinling and boundaries of Foping County, Ningshan County, Zhashui; to the north of Weihe River, northeast cross Weihe, Xianyang, Yangling District and Sanyuan, Jingyang, Xingping, martial arts, Fufeng, rich equality County (City) adjacent. The jurisdiction throughout something about 204 km, 116 km wide from north to south. An area of 9983 square kilometers, of which the urban area of 1066 square kilometers.

Landforms: Xi'an, geological structure and cross Qinling fold belt and the two units of the North China platform. Dating back about 130 million years ago during the Yanshan movement across the territory of the northern foot of Qinling broken since since the late Tertiary Period about 300 million years ago, the big fault south of the Qinling geosyncline fold belt the neotectonic movement extremely active Yang Southern mountain north overlooking the violent falling-rising, creating the Qinling Mountains. At the same time, north of the major fault belongs to the North China platform Weihe rift continue settlement, the formation of the aeolian loess cover and the Weihe River alluvial common under the Weihe Plain.

The Geology: Xi'an territory Altitude disparity among the highest in cities across the country. Qinling Mountains, towering shrillest peaks King show and magnanimous stretch, the the Weihe Plain boundaries of the fields are fertile clearly constitute the main body of Xi'an landform. Qinling Mountains main ridge altitude of 2000 m to 2800 m, the southwest end of the Taebaek mountain hilltops 3867 meters above sea level, is the highest mountain in central mainland. The Weihe Plain altitude 400 meters to 700 meters, 345 meters above sea level at the northeast end of the Weihe river bed minimum. Xi'an will be built in Weihe Plain two terraces.

Xi'an Food Culture

Xi'an pasta specials
Related human fundamental and most ordinary pasta steamed bun is probably "Youpo Spicy" little fly overhead, and two bends in the Yellow River, horoscopes open mouth, the words word go too far forward, left twist right twist, the East one long (zhang) West plus Martha King (dai) long, the middle and the end of the month next to the word heart word, leave a hook hooked Matang push a truck shopping Xianyang. "Over the years it has been to listen to the elders to explain in words down. Because many strokes of the word, the dictionary can not find writing very seldom seen, is getting his jingle while writing in order to write the word.

Xian dumpling feast
Xi'an famous snack feast, the successful development of the excavations on the basis of the Tang Dynasty, and traditional Chinese dumplings. The dumpling feast choice of materials known, unique technology, vivid style dumplings made out, a dumpling of a grid, a dumpling-shaped, the concept of pleasing food is food for thought. Xi'an dumpling feast named, mainly because this feast Bin feast by the mix of dumplings.

Qin town Liangpi
Qin town Liangpi more than 2,000 years of history, Qin town local legend in the period of the First Qin Emperor already started Liangpi offering Dynasty. Is the national variety ancestor Liangpi. As raw material, made of rice flour, due mainly produced in Huxian Qin town, also Jiaoqin the town bran when making rice flour into a paste, tile in the multi-layer bamboo cages, Wang is steamed to do out of the cold rubber band, thin, thin, soft, and has a unique flavor. Eat nearly 100 meters long, with more than 20 cm wide guillotine guillotine into filaments, adding auxiliary vegetables, bean sprouts, transferred condiments, good taste all the chili oil good tune Liangpi all red, the spicy Litou Hong, popular in Xi'an.

Beef steamed mutton
The cattle the lamb Paomo is Xi'an famous snack. Quality beef and mutton seasoned wok Zhulan the soup spare. Bake a good the "tiger back daisy heart" - Tuotuo bun, break it into pieces, plus cooked to be made. Its characteristics are: the rotten meat Tangnong, mellow and delicious sticky cotton tough slip. Food and then drink a small bowl of broth, I find the fragrance mouthful, aftertaste, when to eat with a stack of special garlic taste better.

Xi'an Tourism Introduction

As one of the cradles of the Chinese civilization, Xi'an history is long, very thick cultural accumulation, the People's Republic of China promulgated the first batch of national historical and cultural city.

Xi'an is surrounded by more than 120 imperial tombs around. Warriors are known as the "eighth wonder of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is the earliest Chinese relics inscribed on the World Heritage List, the ancient city wall of Xi'an is so far saved the world's most complete and largest of the ruins of the ancient city wall. In recent years, Yangling development once again caused a stir in the world, naked color figurines unearthed as the "Oriental Venus.

The city has 6000 years of history, the Banpo Ruins; Ming Dynasty established the Tibetan monument over three thousand block, known as the rocky history stacks Beilin Museum; relics reserves the Shaanxi History Museum of the highest in the country; famous Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang land of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Transwhiz; northwest longest history the Mosque of sleep Lane great Mosque, and around Xi'an, China ancestor Regulus Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum tomb; Han dynasty tomb of Han Maoling; Tang Empress Wu Zetian and Tang Emperor Li Zhi of buried the tomb of Tang Qianling; interpretation of gamma Muni Fo finger bone relic of deposit of at Famen Temple, Tang Daming Palace ruins of the famous attractions. Natural the landscape Qiaoba steep, unique, territory of Huashan Mountain Zhongnanshan, Taibai Mountain, Wang Shan, Lishan, Louguantai Wangchuan caves and other scenic spots in and around a dozen more around the forest park. Cultural Landscape, the ancient city of Wonder pavilions, constitute some charm grace of ancient Xian.

History of Xian

As early as 1.1 million years ago, in ancient times, human ancestors thrived here. 3100 years of city history and the history of 1100 years Guodu, there have been 13 dynasties established their capitals, is on a par with Rome, the ancient capital of Xi'an. Starting from the Western Han Dynasty, Xi'an has become an important city for economic and cultural exchanges and friendly exchanges between China and the countries of the world. "Silk Road" as a starting point to Chang'an, the west, the Roman city. Chang'an culture "represents the backbone of the Chinese culture. The Hongwu years AD 1369 changed Bong yuan Road, Xi'an government, Xi'an name has been in use ever since. After the outbreak of the 1911 Revolution, Xi'an is the capital city of one of the earliest response. December 12, 1936, happened here "Xi'an Incident" that shocked the world. Incident, located here in Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, the revolutionary base of Yan'an transport a large number of young intellectuals and supplies. Party and state leaders Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Ye Jianying and so led the revolutionary struggle.

May 20, 1949 in Xi'an liberation. After the founding of New China, Xi'an was the location of the Central Northwest Bureau and the Northwest Administrative Commission, municipalities directly under the Central People's Government; 1954 to provincial cities; 1984 by the State Council as the city plans to separate; approved for inland open cities in 1992 ; 1994 was approved as a national comprehensive reform pilot urban and sub-provincial cities. After 50 years of construction and development, Xi'an has formed a relatively complete industrial system categories and urban service system, become important scientific research, higher education, national defense science and technology industry and high-tech industrial base and radiation northern central and western areas of finance, science and technology, education, tourism, commerce and trade center.

Xian Introduction

Xi'an --- magical tourist destination. An ancient land, the history of the elderly had engraved countless brilliant; a young city, the era of God is weaving a beautiful dream.

"Xi'an Cultural Relics under heaven ", profound historical and cultural heritage and vast heritage relics Xi'an enjoys the laudatory title of" Natural History Museum ". Key cultural relics protection units of the province's territory of 669, including 138 national key cultural relics protection units in Shaanxi Province, the tomb of 8859, the ancient ruins of 5817 more than 20,001 thousand two hundred relics. Terracotta Warriors pit known as the "eighth wonder of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is the earliest Chinese relics inscribed on the World Heritage List, the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty, is so far saved the world's most complete and largest of the ruins of the ancient city wall. In recent years, Yangling development once again caused a stir in the world, naked color figurines unearthed as the "Oriental Venus. The city has 6000 years of history, the Banpo Ruins; Ming Dynasty established the Tibetan monument over three thousand block, known as the rocky history stacks Beilin Museum; relics reserves the Shaanxi History Museum of the highest in the country; famous Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang land of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Transwhiz; Northwest longest history the Mosque of sleep Lane mosque, as well as around Xi'an, China ancestor Regulus Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum tomb; Han dynasty tomb of Han Maoling; Tang Empress Wu Zetian and Tang Emperor Li Zhi of buried The tomb of Tang Qianling; interpretation of gamma Muni Fo finger bone relic stored at Famen Temple and other famous attractions. Natural the landscape Qiaoba steep, unique, territory of Huashan Mountain Zhongnanshan, Taibai Mountain, Wang Shan, Lishan, Louguantai Wangchuan caves and other scenic spots in and around a dozen more around the forest park. Cultural Landscape, the ancient city of Wonder pavilions, constitute some charm grace of ancient Xian.

Xi'an tourism commodity production with strong local characteristics, the terracotta figures imitation, antique bronze, Qin embroidery, jade, silk, craft porcelain, Huxian peasant paintings, pottery, porcelain painting, landscape table, wheat straw painting off in paper cutting very rich in folk crafts. The same time, the food and beverage industry in Xi'an can supply the the the national eight cuisine and Western Europe and the United States, Japanese food, Korean barbecue, Southeast Asian, Islamic and other kinds of delicacies, excavations more than 120 kinds of Tang dish, formed Tang dish mainly traditional dishes and Shaanxi cuisine modern dishes. The eight varieties won the national selection of quality products in the catering industry, Xian dumpling dinner, lamb Paomo Golden Tripod, in particular, attracted guests from Xi'an unique local snacks.