Chang'an is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site has been inhabited since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in what is now the city's suburbs. Furthermore, in the northern vicinity of modern Xi'an, Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty, China's first emperor, held his imperial court and constructed his massive mausoleum guarded by the Terracotta Army.
Que towers along the walls of Tang-era Chang'an, as depicted in this eighth-century mural from Li Chongrun's (682–701) tomb at the Qianling Mausoleum in Shaanxi
A terracotta horse head from the Han dynasty
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, built in 652 AD, located in the southeast sector of Chang'an.
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda, built in 709 AD, damaged by an earthquake in 1556 but still standing, in the central sector of Chang'an.
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwest China. Its total population was 12,952,907 as of the 2020 census. The total urban population was 9.28 million.
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Image: Xi'an, Drum Tower panoramio
Image: Bell tower of xi'an of 2023 new year eve
Image: Xi'an Nanda Jie
