I recall that in the heyday of Kaiyuan, there were still thousands of houses hidden in Xiaoyi.
Rice flows fat and corn are white, and public and private warehouses are abundant.
There are no jackals and tigers on the roads of Kyushu, and a long journey does not trouble auspicious sunrise.
In the Qi Dynasty, there are cars in the Lu Dynasty, and men who work and women who work together do not lose each other.
The saint in the palace played Yunmen, and all friends in the world were glued.
There was no disaster for more than a hundred years, and his uncle and grandson made sacrifices and music to Xiao Helv.
Du Fu's "Remembering the Past"
I had read Du Shaoling's poems in high school. As a "poetry history", he presented us the prosperous times of the Kaiyuan era in words. Unfortunately, the background of the poem was that after the An-Shi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's national strength declined, and it relied on the Uyghurs to rely on troops to calm down the civil strife. Chang 'an City was in chaos. The former economic center of the world no longer exists.

3Day 12.31
There were two periods of unprecedented prosperity in Chinese history. The Liu Han Dynasty and the Li Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, made the Han and Tang people famous at home and abroad. They all have the same political, economic and cultural center, Chang 'an City.

The Daming Palace was first built during the Tang Taizong period. It was called Yong 'an Palace. It was a palace built by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, for Li Yuan, the Taishang Emperor. Since Li Zhi, 17 Tang Dynasty emperors have handled government affairs here. The Daming Palace was the most glorious and magnificent palace group in the world at that time. It was called the Palace of Thousands of Palaces and was 4.5 times the size of the Forbidden City of the Imperial Capital. Unfortunately, with the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the palace was eventually destroyed in the flames of war.



The imperial palace group of Chang 'an City during the Tang Dynasty.
Tickets for the Daming Palace Ruins Park are 60 yuan (the package ticket is 95, including tickets for all attractions, sightseeing buses, and 3D movies). The Daming Palace is divided by the Hanyuan Temple Ruins, Danfengmen and the front green corridor are free areas, and the latter half will be paid to enter.





Danfeng Gate is the main south gate of Daming Palace and is known as the first gate in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Because the interior of this gate is the Danfeng Gate site left behind in the past, which was newly built according to the ratio of 1:1 to the original.










The ruins park largely maintains the original gate ruins.





Walking through Danfengmen is a long green belt. Before the renovation, the ruins area was the largest urban village in Xi'an. The state invested more than 20 billion yuan to relocate the entire area and build a ruins park for citizens to relax. On the basis of protecting the ruins, it plays a role in interacting with the people.

On the right side of the avenue is the movie theater in the Ruins Park. Because the ticket purchased is a gift of a 3D movie of "The Legend of Daming Palace". Starting from 12 o'clock, it will be screened every hour, with a separate ticket price of 35 yuan.

The plot is the story of thousands of states coming to the court during the Wu Zetian period. The prince of a small country in the Western Regions fell in love with the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and successfully won the princess after a bunch of pestering plots. Although it is very vulgar, the movie viewing friends actually said it was good... The 3D effect is also great.

There is a small train in the free area, 30 yuan/person. You cannot enter the toll area. There is also bicycle rental in the free area, which costs about 1 minute/1 yuan.

The first view after checking in is the ruins of Hanyuan Hall in Daming Palace. Hanyuan Hall is the main hall, where major celebrations and court meetings are held, commonly known as the "Outer Court". Wang Wei's "Nine Heavens Open the Palace, and the clothes of all countries bow to the crown." Describing its majestic momentum at that time.







When the ruins park was built, the original foundation was buried deeply in the lower layer through science and technology, and then it was repaired based on historical data after re-sealing the soil. The current pedestal is not what it looked like during the Tang Dynasty. Because as historians and archaeologists, whether it is a pile of enclosed soil or an intuitive site, it has infinite value, but ordinary citizens and tourists want to see an intuitive thing that shows the legacy of the Tang Dynasty's prosperous times, so it was built in this way.

The model in front of the Hanyuan Hall was made according to portraits from the Tang period.

Looking out at Danfeng Gate from the Hanyuan Hall, I couldn't help it. The smog in Xi'an in winter was too severe and I couldn't see it clearly.


The Daming Palace Ruins Museum is behind the Hanyuan Hall and was built underground.

The auxiliary head ring unearthed from the Danfengmen site is gilded.



Square bricks unearthed from Daming Palace. There are 108 lotus seeds on each square brick on the Hanyuan Hall. Everyone knows that Master Xuanzang visited India and brought back excellent Dharma. The 108 lotus seeds have a lot to do with Buddhist teachings, indicating the prevalence of Buddhism in the Central Plains at that time.


The model reproduces the huge project of building Hanyuan Hall.



Wanbang came to Chaotian Khan.

Emperor Shenwu hosted a banquet for his ministers.

The model of Zichen Hall is the emperor's bedroom.





Pottery figures of women unearthed from the Daming Palace site. All Tang women wore relatively open-minded clothes and were graceful and rich, which was really the same as they were on TV.



Tang Sancai Camel


On the right hand side of the Daming Palace Ruins Museum is the miniature Daming Palace built according to historical records.





This is only the Daming Palace, not counting the Imperial City and the Taiji Palace.



The site of Zichen Hall was created with trees and broken walls.

Sometimes there will be large-scale song and dance performances in Taiye Lake Square.








When you are tired from walking, you can also take the sightseeing bus in the scenic area. Because of the need to protect the relics and give tourists a visual impact, the scenic area has many artificial buildings that restore the scenery of the time.

Overlooking Zichen Hall from Hanyuan Hall, Danfeng Gate-Hanyuan Hall-Zichen Hall is the central axis of Daming Palace. Including the Heisei Palace in Japan and the Imperial Palace in Nambang, they were all built in imitation of the Daming Palace, but the scale and degree of luxury are incomparable.




The Archaeological Center is located on the left side of the green belt from Danfeng Gate to Hanyuan Hall. It is suitable for bringing children to learn about archaeological knowledge. The above picture is the site of Hanyuan Temple before it was protected, taken at the Archaeological Center.









The costumes of various dynasties in China at the Archaeological Center still look great.
After visiting the Daming Palace Ruins Park, it is almost 4:00 past 5:00. My friends were already hungry, so they hurriedly took a taxi to Fenxiang to queue up for hot pot. Because they went there during the holiday yesterday, they couldn't eat it. They were indeed foodies...

Dalongyi Hotpot has just been served on Tiantian Upgraded. There were too many people in the queue. In fact, I was also drunk from Yibin people and went to Xi'an to eat Chengdu hotpot. What's funny is that it was slightly spicy to the extreme. It's not that northerners don't eat peppers well!

Spicy beef, signature dish. Tianwei sausage is actually the third must-order order. I remember that Tianwei sausage is not produced in Yibin. I even flew to Xi'an, and I still need 24 servings each...
I forgot to take pictures of other dishes because I was so happy.

Xi'an South Street on New Year's Day.

Sister Siyu's 18th birthday cake, Tiramisu. In the past, birthdays and New Year's Eve were in Yibin, but this time it's also good in Xi'an.



4Day 2017.1.1
Last night, the three of them were really high and asked to sleep well in the hotel on New Year's Day. I am a person who can't stay, so I'll grab my SLR and go out for a walk. What I arranged for myself today is Shaanxi History Museum-Big Wild Goose Pagoda-Tang Dynasty Furong Garden-Xi'an City Wall. These attractions are all together.




Xi'an is a famous historical city. If you don't go to the Shaanxi History Museum, you have really never been to Xi'an. It houses nearly 2000 pieces of national treasure-level cultural relics, recreating the cultural heritage of Xi'an's 7000-year history. It can be roughly divided into seven parts: prehistory, Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Southern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among the seven parts, Prehistory, Zhou, Qin, Han, and Sui and Tang are the best among the best works. When reading, the photos of cultural relics in history textbooks basically come from here. Because today is New Year's Day and the Shaanxi History Museum releases tickets for free, there are a lot of people today. Of course, you can also book tickets online, but it's a bit troublesome. On the left side of the gate is the queue for free tickets, and on the right is the ticket purchase window. You don't have to queue up for 20 yuan per ticket. You can see 4 exhibition areas, and free tickets can only see 3 exhibition areas. I bought the 20-yuan ticket directly, thinking that it wouldn't be too crowded if I went in, but it turned out to be like a crowd of people inside, and the zero-degree temperature forced me to sweat out. There is a tour guide service when entering the exhibition hall. It is generally recommended that everyone hire a tour guide. The tour guides are all listed tour guides recognized by the Shaanxi Tourism Department. The price is clearly priced at 100 yuan. If one person can also ride as a tour guide, but it is really difficult to hear clearly because there are many people. Teams with many people need to issue headphones. Another feature is that the tour guide does not take the initiative to come to you, but instead queues up to invite you, which is in great contrast to the situation in other scenic spots. I rented the narrator myself. Each cultural relic with a story has a number. Enter the number in the narrator and the commentary will be automatically played. 30 yuan/piece, 100 yuan deposit.




There were too many people to squeeze in and see which emperor's tomb was moved here.

The skull of Lantian Man was unearthed in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province. It was a paleolithic ape man who lived in the same era as the Peking Man and Yuanmou Man.
The fine-necked pot with animal face pattern is a matriarchal society in the Neolithic Era. It was unearthed from the Yangshao Culture at the Banpo Site in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It belongs to the Yellow River Basin culture. During the same period, the Yangtze River Basin had Hemudu culture. I was right. The bottles in the junior high school history textbook are the same as this one. They are the only ones.



The human-faced fish-patterned basin, two national treasures have appeared in history textbooks.





These pottery were made during the prehistoric period between 5000 BC and 3000 BC. It was amazing.

The Western Zhou Dynasty was the heyday of bronzes in Chinese history. The Shaanxi History Museum has a collection of many exquisite bronzes. There is also the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty.







It is said that Xia Yu gathered the gold of Jiuzhou and forged nine tripods, representing the land of China. Shang Tang expelled Xia Jie and placed the nine tripods in Yin. After King Wu conquered Zhou, he moved to Haojing and once displayed the nine tripods to various vassals. After the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the emperor of Zhou declined, and five tyrants and seven heroes appeared one after another. King Zhuang of Chu once asked about the weight of the nine tripods, but he was restricted by etiquette. After all, he was only the overlord of the vassals, so how could he do the things of the emperor? The whereabouts of the Jiuding were unknown in the late Spring and Autumn Period.
The Zhou Dynasty had the strictest etiquette hierarchy.
This is the tripod (bowl) used by scholar-officials to eat. Only the emperor can use the nine tripods, and the princes can only use seven tripods.










This is also the bowl and glass for scholar-officials to eat



Musical instruments were also a major feature of the Zhou Dynasty
The chimes of the Warring States Period are authentic goods in history textbooks.

After the Zhou Dynasty, the first emperor swept across the six countries. This bronze dragon pattern unearthed in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was originally a lamp holder for the underground palace. Experts speculate that after the First Emperor unified the six countries, he collected all the world's soldiers and cast gold people. This was a product of that time.











Of course, the most famous thing left behind by the Qin Dynasty is the terracotta warriors. The four horses and eight terracotta warriors were all moved from the Qin Imperial Mausoleum.


Qin's greatest contribution should be the unification of the country.

The Qin army's crossbows and advanced weapons are naturally fierce. The picture next to it is a tiger talisman, which was used for mobilizing troops in ancient times. The general held half and the emperor held the other half. The two talismans could be combined into one to mobilize thousands of troops and horses. This military talisman is extremely precious and has not been exhibited, and only half of it was unearthed in the tomb of Qin Shihuang. It is believed that the other half of the military talisman should accompany the First Emperor in the tomb of Qin Shihuang.



During the Great Han Dynasty, this trip to Xi'an felt that I didn't have much memory of the Han Dynasty. Most of the palaces of the Han Dynasty were in the center of Xi'an City. They had been buried deep underground for two thousand years, and not many were excavated, so relatively few cultural relics were unearthed.
The seal of the queen, this is the first time in history that the seal of the queen has appeared, indicating the growth of the power of the harem. During this period, only the wife of Gaozu, Empress Lu Zhi, had this ability. It is not difficult to see the word queen by looking at the mirror. The words are really charming. After two thousand years, everything can still be clearly recorded. There is also an interesting story about this jade seal. A primary school student picked it up on his way to school in the 1960s. I just want to say that a small flag was exchanged for a big treasure.
Golden mooncakes from the Western Han Dynasty. Historical records record that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty liked rewards. In the most recent tomb of Marquis Haiyun of the Western Han Dynasty, 187 gold mooncakes were unearthed at one time. Marquis Haiyun was the ninth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty who was later deposed. He was also the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The Sui and Tang Dynasties are in full swing. Chang 'an City at that time is compared with the current City of Xi'an. The yellow part that is not visible above is the Daming Palace.









Tang Sancai spread to the world via the Silk Road on the sea and land.

The twelve zodiac Buddha statues, which is very interesting. The twelve zodiac animals belong to Taoism, but use the body of the Buddha, indicating the great integration of religion during the Tang Dynasty. Buddhism is no longer a purely foreign belief in India. It has been assimilated by the Han people and turned into China's own religious belief.

Ceramic camel

Looking at the territory of the Tang Dynasty, especially the several Protectorates, it would be great if it were the current territory.

Many foreign patterns appeared in cultural relics from this period and were integrated with them. Most of the paid treasures of Hejiacun in Exhibition Hall 4 have traces of the Western Regions, Arabian Arabia, Persia and Arabia.







There are many foreign treasures in Hejia Village, which greatly reflects that Chang 'an City and even the entire Tang Empire were the world's economic center at that time.





















Fortunately, the Shaanxi Museum now has one more exhibition hall. All exhibitions are bronzes from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (Spring and Autumn, Warring States). In addition to being amazed, it is difficult to imagine how such exquisite bronzes could be made with the craftsmanship of the time.
After leaving the museum, you can walk directly to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. On the way, we went to the First Side of the World next to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square for lunch. Qishan noodles with minced meat, I just laughed. It really tastes just like ordinary. I didn't even take photos. It's not as good as the noodles from any restaurant in Yibin. I tried mutton steamed buns, cold rice noodles, Qishan noodles, and biangbiang noodles, but it was just like that. Not recommended.



The musical fountain in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square. This square is very large.



Maybe I was really lucky and started when I arrived at the music fountain. The performance is performed every day at 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, and 8:00. Because of other things, I haven't come to see it at night. It should look better if there are lights at night. Looking at the fountain and waiting for those people to get up...









The square plays grand music, and the fountain constantly changes with the level of the music, attracting many citizens and tourists. It reproduces the bustling hustle and bustle of Chang 'an City.









After watching the fountain, it was past 3 o'clock when they arrived. As a result, when they arrived at Cien Temple, they were told that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was under maintenance and could not be entered. Take a photo and count it as a trip here.








Then I chose the route to the Tang Furong Garden. When I arrived at the entrance of the scenic area, I was told that there were no performances in the Tang Furong Garden recently. If we entered, we would only have a man-made view of the Tang Dynasty Palace, and the ticket was 120 yuan. It was getting late, so we gave up again. It's better to take a photo to show a tour.



The Tang Dynasty Furong Garden is quite big, and it takes at least half a day to visit it.
Since you don't want to go in, change your way back to the Xi'an City Wall.




Yongning Gate is the south main entrance of Xi'an City Wall. The city wall charges 78, and bicycles can be rented above it. However, the smog in Xi'an was severe, and there were no tourists on the city walls. Everyone visited the city gate square and left, so they just took a photo to show their respect. Just walk left and right and you will arrive at meal time. As soon as they talked about eating, no one objected, and they went to find hot pot to eat...

Heiyu Hot Pot, which seems to be called Lotus Pond Moonlight, is a hot pot from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The taste is good, and the store is quite small and fresh. Mainly eating black fish. The advantage of free travel is that you can play and eat and sleep when you want to. Traveling is to relax yourself, but traveling with a group tour is in a hurry, like a war.

After eating and drinking enough, he announced that he would sleep until he woke up naturally tomorrow, and then he would go to Mount Huashan.