For many years, we have been free to travel. We have booked air tickets and hotels on Ctrip and set off with a simple search strategy. It is lazy and casual.
The hotel was located near Xishaomen. Unexpectedly, there would be a major demolition, and the commercial atmosphere around would be greatly reduced. It took 5 minutes to walk the nearest roujiamo to eat, which is almost unimaginable in Xi'an, haha.
On D1, I flew on the plane in the morning. It was already two o'clock when I got off the plane. After walking in the scorching sun for 4 minutes, I still couldn't find roujiamo, so I had to choose a restaurant with mixed sauce noodles and noodles with minced noodles. After a short rest in the afternoon, we took a taxi to Datang Sleepless City at four o'clock. Unexpectedly, traffic jams had begun at this time. We got off at the north of Sleepless City at almost five o'clock. Seeing that there were already crowded people near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, we headed straight south from the Sleepless City. Eat while walking. To be honest, the food is a bit expensive, and the scenery is all artificial landscapes, although it is a bit retro trend. The layout of art galleries, theaters, concert halls, etc. on both sides has quite artistic connotations. There are some odd performances at 7:30.
It was already seven o'clock when we walked back to the north of the Sleepless City. We wanted to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but the surging crowd from the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to the south discouraged us, so we chose to go to the nearby Joy City for dinner. To be honest, it is recommended to go underground in Joy City in the northwest to eat roujiamo and pasta. It is affordable, delicious and has many varieties. The roujiamo here is crispy, and later I came here to eat it again.
D2 Terracotta Warriors, Qin Dynasty Mausoleum. 30-40 minutes by taxi. You can also take the subway to transfer to a short bus, but it will take a long time.
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses contain two scenic spots, one is the Hangeng and Exhibition Hall, and the other is the Qinling Mountains, which are more than one kilometer apart.
We arrived at noon and dropped them to Yukeng (this one is farther away). We lined up in a dark line at the door for a few minutes. The queuing time was actually good, but the weather was hot and the open air was a little hard. They said that there were more people in the morning, and they all lined up on the road, probably because of the tourist group.
After queuing at the gate, we walked a winding path, but when we arrived at Yukeng, we had to queue up again, so we waited for another ten minutes.
Entering the pit, there were a total of three pits 1, 2 and 3. 1 was the main pit. When we saw that we had to queue up again, we went to the exhibition hall counterclockwise.
The exhibition hall is closed underground, and half of the first floor is open. After taking a look, it is an introduction to the terracotta figures.
I quickly went to pit 2. Pit 2 was the largest, but there were no figurines inside. There were cultural and creative ice cream for sale. Speaking of this, all the scenic spots behind used this as a selling point. The hot weather was really good and profitable.
Back in pit 1, the team became longer, so there was no choice but to join the queue. After waiting for 20 minutes, I finally entered the museum. It was not as shocking as I imagined, but it was still a good experience. But there were too many people and the air was full of sweat. I finally squeezed into a position in front and watched for 5 minutes. I decided to retreat. There was an exit on the side. After going out, I regretted it very much. It turned out that you could enter and exit at will at the side exit, but why bother queuing at the main entrance?
Pit 1 and 2 are in, but pit 3 is not going. I really don't want to queue up in the open air at the temperature of 36 degrees. When you go to the dining area, there is only one small shop called Bajiao Ting. There are not enough seats, so you need to eat outside under the umbrella. There is a pile of garbage on the table. After a simple meal of roujiamo, you will be evacuated. There are also Qin Mausoleum bronze chariots and horses to go and have a look. Soon, we discovered that we had miscalculated again. After leaving the Teruang District, there were many restaurants and small stalls at the exit, where we could eat, drink, and buy food. Fortunately, I didn't eat much just now, so I continued to replenish food and drinks and took a break.
Here in the terracotta area, we walked a lot back and forth, and finally found the shuttle bus when we left the terracotta area and set off quickly. When I arrived at Qinling, I wanted to take an electric bike, but I ended up queuing to scare people. Just stick to walking. The road was empty and deserted, and it was just a large cemetery. After walking for twenty minutes, there was only one monument to the tomb of Qin Shihuang. After walking for twenty minutes, we stopped and stopped in the middle, and finally arrived at several burial pits, followed by dazzling bronze chariots and horses. It's so beautiful that I'll regret it if I don't look at it.
I met Chang 'an in Xishi City for dinner and tried gourd chicken, biangbiang noodles, mutton kebabs, fried three delicacies, prawns, etc. Gourd chicken is actually fried chicken wrapped in one layer.
D3 Little Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an Museum, Hui Street. Because I was very tired yesterday, I arranged leisurely today and left Xibo late. I took a taxi to the nearby Xue Changli rice skin for breakfast, and tried rice skin and roujiamo. After eating, I walked to Xibo. When I arrived at the north gate, I found that Xiaoyan Pagoda and Xibo were together, and both were free. This was good. Shaanxi Expo was too difficult to make an appointment, so I decided to make an appointment with Xibo. How could I go to Xi'an without visiting the museum?
There was also a queue at the door. There was only one queue, which was fast and in good order. After entering, I suddenly felt enlightened. I walked around the garden. Although I couldn't climb the tower, I could still experience the quiet and elegant scenery. The whole experience was very good, with a cultural atmosphere and a comfortable level. I also ate Xiaoyan Pagoda Wenchuang ice cream.
I walked around and arrived at the museum. Although it didn't look big, it had three floors and many things. It was displayed in different categories. It was also very systematic and very knowledgeable. An hour and a half later, the West Gate left the garden. There were actually no restaurants near the West Gate. I had to go back to the underground of Xishi City and use roujiamo and mutton blood noodles. It was hot in the afternoon and the hotel slept.
Resurrection with blood at 5 o'clock and headed straight for Hui Street. Good guy, rub shoulders against each other, so lively. Although the homogenization is serious, eating and shopping is also an experience. There are vacuum-packed roujiamo here. Buy it and take it home to try it. Strolling to the southernmost Drum Tower, it was already eight o'clock, and heading back to the house.
D4 Qianling. Having learned the lesson of insufficient research on the strategy of terracotta warriors, I studied the strategy in advance this evening. I went out after 7 o'clock in the morning and rushed to the high-speed railway from Xi'an north to Qian County at 8:30. After getting off the bus, I wanted to take a taxi to the nearest Yongtai Princess Tomb, and then take the scenic spot shuttle bus to travel back and forth between several scenic spots. In the end, a taxi driver asked for passengers and suggested that the sunshine in the morning would not be so strong, so I should go to the Wuwordless Monument first. So he followed his advice and went to Qianling first. There is indeed nothing to see in the unexcavated tomb. After looking at the wordless stele, the sixty-one ministers, and the tombstones, there is nothing to see. In fact, there were many ground buildings in Qianling in history, all of which were destroyed, and the local area was not rebuilt.
After that, I went to the tomb of Prince Yide. It was quite cool below the tomb, but there was nothing. An exhibition hall was being built on the ground, but none of it was completed and the doors were closed. Then we will go to the Tomb of Princess Yongtai, where the ground buildings have been improved, including the excavation cultural relics exhibition, Wu Zetian special exhibition, Silk Road exhibition, etc. There is still a tomb of the crown prince that has not been opened, and the imitation underground palace is also under repair.
I had to make the way back home, which was earlier than the scheduled return train. The locals suggested taking a bus. Later, when I arrived at the station, someone called passengers back to Xi'an. They asked if the price was not much more expensive than the bus, or if the car would leave immediately and be sent to the subway station. Just in time for dinner, I chose Chang' an Duzhi Hotel near the Bell Tower near the subway. I wanted to go home, so I took the car. Then I experienced the Xi'an subway, and it took me a lot of time to get out of the subway to the store and experience boiled mutton, trouser belt noodles, milk rice grains, roujiamo, etc. Due to the continuous roujiamo, dinner was changed to burger fried chicken.
D5 Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall, Xi'an City Wall.
Today is a red journey, and I left out quite late in the morning. I ate roujiamo, vermicelli sheep blood, mixed sauce noodles, and cold rice noodles in Xue Changli. The Eighth Route Army West Office has rich content, many exhibits, and a lot of knowledge. It is worth a visit. The Xi'an Incident was relatively thin. There was not much exhibition content, and there were several houses where relevant people had lived.
I booked the Xi'an City Wall Cruise at 5 p.m. on Ctrip. However, it is still very hot at 5 o'clock in the evening in Xi'an, just like during the day, but it is still quite leisurely. The cruise ship has tea for 45 minutes. The southwest corner of the city wall starts east to Hanguangmen, and then heads north to the south of Andingmen on the return journey. It is a southwest corner city wall. In the evening, I changed my taste and ate Korean barbecue in Xishicheng, which tasted good.
In the evening, the southeast corner of Datang West City took a turn. It was not enough in all aspects. It could only be said to be a semi-finished product.
D6 Huaqing Palace, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Dynasty Sleepless City
When I went out early in the morning, I came into contact with the subway after returning from Qianling and discovered that there was a subway station in Huaqing Palace, so I directly used the subway and bought a pot helmet near the subway for breakfast. Since it was a weekday, there were not so many people in the scenic area. As soon as we entered the scenic area, we took a tour bus. It was a cheap 16 yuan, but there were not many people. Then I realized why there were so few people sitting. The scenic spot is divided into two parts. One is the area where the emperors and concubines take a bath, which can become the Huaqingchi area. The other is Huanyuan with mountain roads. Huanyuan mainly occurred when the Xi'an Incident that forced Chiang to resist Japan. The Huaqing area is very compact, so it's not a problem not to take a tour bus, and this tour bus does not go to Huanyuan. There is a separate mountain climbing tour bus on the mountain road around the park. There is a beacon tower further up and you need to take a cable car.
After the Huaqing Pool area quickly finished looking at a few basins, they went to Huanyuan. Although the tour bus here helps you climb the mountain, it only climbs halfway. If you want to see where Jiang is captured, you have to climb it yourself. The so-called Remonstrance Pavilion was actually built after Jiang was captured. The real place where Jiang was captured was in a gap in the mountains on the edge of the Remonstrance Pavilion. It is said that Jiang hid in this gap to hide from the pursuers. Currently, many iron chains have been made in the gap, probably for people to climb to Jiang's hiding place. Although there were many iron chains, it still looked relatively dangerous and difficult to climb. It seems that Jiang was indeed scared and helpless at the time, and he felt like he was desperate to go and jumped over a wall.
However, it is inappropriate to leave these chains like this for people to climb. In case of a safety accident, it will be bad. It is better to close them and prevent people from climbing.
I ate Haidilao next to Huaqing Pool at noon. After returning to the hotel to rest in the afternoon, I took the subway to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the evening. The purpose was actually to go to Joy City to eat another affordable and delicious crispy roujiamo, cold rice noodles, fried buns, guokui, etc.
D7 Return Trip
I went to RT-Mart in Datang West City to buy some specialties. The Chang 'an food stall next to it is really good. The decoration is very retro. There are also songs and dances, drama performances, and tea. For lunch, we have roujiamo (3 small ones), stir-fried Hu County bean skins with cabbage, mutton kebabs, broadsword beef, hand-grabbed mutton, etc. In the end, I got on the plane home full of satisfaction.