“Discover the Charm and History of Xi’an: China’s Top Travel Destination during Golden Week”

This year is considered a long holiday Golden Week. (29 Apr. – 3 May. 2023) On Labor Day, China exploded. Chinese people have traveled through 274 million people – travel. As for the city that Chinese people flock to travel the most like in the past years is Xi’an, the location of Emperor Qin Shi’s tomb. or Qin Shi Huang and an army of terracotta soldiers that are cultural heritages of the world, amazing and hidden in many mysteries

Xi’an is now the capital city in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province. Like a rising star that has been shining for over two thousand years, probably with a magical spirit in history, such as

Xi’an It is a capital city in ancient China, which uses the name Chang’an, from about three thousand years ago in the Western Zhou Dynasty or Xi Zhou, which is considered the golden age of Chinese civilization. has moved the capital city to the administrative center Hao Ching (镐京) which is Xi’an in modern times.

around the city of Xi’an It is also the origin of the important ancient scriptures. ‘Liu Si Chunqiu’ Great encyclopedia that collects all fields of knowledge that the Grand Chancellor Liu Buwei ordered to collect during the Qin Dynasty era In history, it states that When Liu Buwei ordered the scholars in his patronage to complete the writing of the scroll, he had it hung on the gates of Xianyang City on the outskirts of Xi’an. and announced to those who knew to add words and cut words to complete this book Those who add or cut out one word will be rewarded with ten thousand taels until the origin of the expression. ‘A word is worth a thousand dollars’ figuratively saying “One word is worth a thousand gold taels.”

in the Tang Dynasty The famous poet Meng Jiao, after passing the exam of the highest rank, wrote a poem. “Ride a horse in the spring breeze. Admire the Chang’an Blossoms” (“春风得意马蹄疾，一日本尽长安花”)

to the present day Chinese people love Xi’an for many reasons. both the richness of history and culture building infrastructure to support complete tourism local food In conclusion, Xi’an has made great achievements in integrating history, culture and modern tourism.


View photos depicting Xi’an, one of China’s busiest tourist destinations, during the 2023 May Day holiday in Golden Week. (Xinhua file photo)