Muslim Quarter is a witness to the thousand years of Silk Road history. Many Arabs and Persians visited and settled in Chang’an via the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty, forming a unique cultural neighborhood. Though it bears the name ‘Huimin Street’ in Chinese, don’t expect a single street. The Muslim Quarter is actually…

Xi’an City Wall (aka Fortifications of Xi’an), a military defense system in ancient times, is the largest-scaled, best-preserved, and most complete ancient city wall in China which was listed into first batch of national key cultural relics. It is located in the central area of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, with a height of 12 meters…

Big Wild Goose Pagoda, aka Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Great Wild Goose Pagoda, is situated in Da Ci’en Temple in the southern suburbs of Xi’an, China. It is one of the landmarks in Xi’an as well as the oldest and largest square brick tower in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Xuanzang, an eminent…

Muslim Quarter is a witness to the thousand years of Silk Road history. Many Arabs and Persians visited and settled in Chang’an via the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty, forming a unique cultural neighborhood. Though it bears the name ‘Huimin Street’ in Chinese, don’t expect a single street. The Muslim Quarter is actually…

Bell Tower-Drum Tower Square is located at the joint points of South Street, North Street, East Street, and West Street. On its east stands the 600-year-old Bell Tower, and on the west lies the largest existing Drum Tower in China. When the square was built in the late 1990s, all disorderly buildings between Bell…