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    The Drum Tower of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安鼓楼), located in the heart of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, Northwestern China, along with the Bell Tower is...
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    originally located at the Yingxiang Temple (迎祥观) of Guangji Street, north of West Street, facing the Xi'an Drum Tower, about one kilometer away from its current...
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    Drum tower (Chinese Buddhism), a different type of drum tower Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing) (Drum Tower and Bell Tower of Beijing) Drum Tower of Xi'an...
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    The Xi'an Muslim Quarter (Chinese: 西安回民街) is a snack and commercial street situated in the center part of Xi'an, China. It is close to the Bell Tower and...
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  • Zhonglou, the drum tower and bell tower of Beijing Drum Tower of Xi'an Drum Tower of Nanjing Bianjing Drum Tower Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian Gulou District...
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    hand-made. For most of their existence, they have been an obscure dish local to Xi'an, eaten by workers lacking the time to make thinner noodles. More recently...
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    The fortifications of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安城墙), also known as Xi'an City Wall, in Xi'an, represent one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese...
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    Guanzhong (category Geography of Shaanxi)
    level. Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi and the largest city in Northwest China, is located at the center of the region, mostly south of the Wei...
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    Stele Forest (redirect from Xi'an Beilin)
    Beilin District in Xi'an, Northwest China. The museum, which is housed in a former Confucian Temple, has housed a growing collection of Steles since 1087...
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    The Bell Tower and Drum Tower, both are located at the city's central axis The city's Muslim Quarter, which is home to the Great Mosque of Xi'an The Giant...
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    covers an area of over 205,000 km2 (79,151 sq mi) with about 37 million people, the 16th largest in China. Xi'an – which includes the sites of the former...
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    modern Chinese rock emerged from the Northwest Wind style folk song of Shaanxi. Xi'an guyue "Shaanxi Folk Songs". en.shaanxi.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-05-16...
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    emperor of the Qin dynasty. It is located in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province of China. It was constructed over 38 years, from 246 to 208 BCE,...
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    Zhao Mausoleum (Tang dynasty) (category Burial sites of imperial Chinese families)
    Mausoleum are exhibited in the Stele Forest Museum of Xi'an (4 steeds) and Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S. (2 steeds) separately. They were...
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    BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the...
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    Mount Hua (category Mountains of Shaanxi)
    the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Xi'an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China and...
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    Xianyang (redirect from History of Xianyang)
    the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metropolitan area, one of the main urban agglomerations...
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  • Bell Tower Hotel is a 4-star hotel in Xi'an, China. It located right in the heart of the city, opposite the well known Bell Tower and the newly built Bell...
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    Shaanxi cuisine (category Regional cuisines of China)
    from the native cooking styles of Shaanxi Province and parts of northwestern China. Shaanxi cuisine makes elaborate use of ordinary ingredients and is characterized...
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    Shaanxi History Museum (category Museums in Xi'an)
    located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums...
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    Taerpo Horserider (category Archaeology of China)
    representation of a cavalryman in China. Very few such figurines are known from this time, prior to the 210 BCE Terracotta Army. The outfit is of Central Asian...
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    Hanzhong (redirect from History of Hanzhong)
    the end of the Han dynasty and the beginning of the Tang dynasty there was political turmoil. In 784, when the capital, Chang'an (modern Xi'an) was captured...
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    Daqin Pagoda (category Churches in Xi'an)
    pagoda in Zhouzhi County of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), Shaanxi Province, China, located about two kilometres to the west of Louguantai temple. The pagoda...
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    Yan'an (redirect from History of Yan'an)
    fight. This is described by Agnes Smedley in her book Battle Hymn of China. She was in Xi'an at the time and got to Yan'an shortly after the take-over.[citation...
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    public university in Chang'an, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction...
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  • Beijing Telegraph Building, Shanghai Customs House as well as the Drum Tower in Xi'an. Some radio stations in China have used "The East Is Red" as an interval...
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    Banpo (category History of Xi'an)
    Yellow River valley, east of present-day Xi'an, China. Discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, the site represents the first phase of the Yangshao culture (c...
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    The Acrobats (category Archaeology of China)
    The Acrobats (百戏俑) are a series of terracotta sculptures from pit K9901 of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Qin Shihuang (dated to 210-209 BCE)...
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    Baoji (redirect from History of Baoji)
    Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an pass through here on their way to Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Tibet (Lhasa). Famen temple, home to one of Buddha's finger bones...
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    Qinqiang (redirect from History of Qinqiang)
    “Ports” and so on. In 1958, Zhao, Zhenxiao and Lu Rilong, professors of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, created the “Capriccio on a Qinqiang Theme”, which is inspired...
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