According to my plan, today we took a train from Yan 'an to Xi'an. I am a poor tourist, and I choose the cheapest green train that leaves at around 12 noon and arrives at 7 p.m. The train ticket is 21 yuan and 50 cents, and there are seats. Of course, you can also choose whatever you want. Anyway, the most expensive bullet train is 287 yuan. This is an ancient capital with many interesting places. I have come here more than ten times and am very familiar with the geographical location. Accommodation options: Good Home Express Hotel (Xi'an Railway Station Branch), 500 meters from the railway station, twin bed room 76 yuan per day. The average person is 38 yuan, excluding breakfast.

First, we went to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, located in Daci 'en Temple in the south of the city. Dacien Temple was the most magnificent royal temple in Chang 'an City in the Tang Dynasty. It was built during the Tang Taizong period. It was built by Prince Li Zhi in memory of his mother, Queen Wende, and was "first presided over" by Master Xuanzang, who returned from traveling westward to learn scriptures.

During this period, the master supervised the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Master Xuanzang translated Buddhist scriptures and promoted Buddhism in Dacien Temple for 11 years, and founded the "Xiangweishi Sect" of Buddhism, making Dacien Temple the ancestral home of Weishi Sect (also known as "Fashan Sect"). During this period, the Master personally supervised the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in order to worship Buddhist statues and relics returned from India. Today's Dacien Temple was built on the basis of the original temple "Xita Yuan" in the Ming Dynasty, and most of the existing halls are Qing Dynasty buildings. The main buildings on the central axis of the temple are Daxiong Hall, Dharma Hall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and Xuanzang Sanzang Courtyard. Among them, the Buddhist relics and the parietal bone of Master Xuanzang enshrined in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Xuanzang Sanzang Courtyard respectively are the "temple treasures" of Dacien Temple. East of the central axis of the temple is the Pagoda Garden. There are nine stupas in the Tallinn in the park, which are dedicated to the relics of nine eminent monks of the temple since the Qing Dynasty. There are squares in the south and north of Dacien Temple. There are also scenic spots such as the Shaanxi Museum and the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden around.

This is the Xi'an Museum located in the courtyard of Jianfu Temple. Through the themed display "Ancient Capital Xi'an" in the courtyard, you can learn about Xi'an's thousand-year history of capital building and capital development. There are also "city walls models" of Xi'an from various dynasties in the Zhou to the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the courtyard, which can show the scale, layout and living conditions of the capital cities of the past dynasties. The museum also collects many cultural relics from various eras in Xi'an. Some of the cultural relics were unearthed in important dynasties in Chinese history such as the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties. Among them, there are many high-quality cultural relics, such as: the Tang Dynasty "Three-color Horse Festival", which uses no saddle and no restraint. The shape reflects the free and uninhibited social custom of the Tang Dynasty; the Tang Dynasty "Three-color Lotus Petal Seat" with a lotus petal pattern matching the tower lid jar has obvious Buddhist meaning; The Western Han Dynasty cultural relic "Garlic Pot" is a representative artifact of Qin culture. It originated in Guanzhong and later spread to various places with the Qin Dynasty's unification war. By the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, the Garlic Pot basically disappeared. In addition, the museum also has special displays, such as Buddhist statue art, ancient calligraphy and painting, jade articles, seals titled "Keli Da Qian", etc. The museum and the Little Wild Goose Pagoda are located in the same courtyard.

The following photo is: The Little Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Jianfu Temple. It originally had 15 floors. Two floors were destroyed by the earthquake in the 34th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, and thirteen floors are still present. After liberation, the maintenance was based on the principle of "repairing the old as before", and the top of the tower was not repaired. Compared with the brand new appearance of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Little Wild Goose Pagoda has a sense of historical vicissitudes. Although the Little Wild Goose Pagoda is a brick tower with dense eaves, it has wooden ladders inside that can reach the top of the tower. Now internal maintenance is under way and it is impossible to reach the top. Xi'an Museum is centered on the Little Wild Goose Pagoda and includes Jianfu Temple and Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall. The Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall is located on the southwest side of Jianfu Temple

Xi'an City Wall, also known as Xi'an Ming City Wall, is listed as the four best existing ancient city walls in China, along with Pingyao City Wall, Jingzhou City Wall, and Xingcheng City Wall. Xi'an Ancient City Wall is the largest and most completely preserved one in my country today. Ancient city wall. As of 2006, there are a total of 18 city gates here, which are located in four directions: east, west, north and south. There are the four main city gates: Changle Gate, Yongning Gate, Anding Gate and Anyuan Gate. The moat around the city wall gurgles past, reminding people of scenes in TV dramas, fighting on the battlefield. The city wall is very stable and remains to this day. It is still very complete and very thick. You can ride bicycles and practice on the walls here. The Ming City Wall of Xi'an is 13.74 kilometers long and 12 meters high. It is about 12 to 14 meters wide at the top and about 15 to 18 meters wide at the bottom. In addition, each gate here has triple protection, including a gate tower, an arrow tower and a main tower. The main tower is 32 meters high and about 40 meters long. It is a Xieshan-style building with four corners raised, three floors of double eaves, and a corridor on the ground floor surrounds it. The overall building is very grand, elegant in appearance and antique. There are many, many gates to climb into the city wall of Xi'an, but the best one is Yongning Gate. The scenery from climbing the city wall at Yongning Gate is the most beautiful. The large square in front of Yongning Gate is also very beautiful, setting off the entire city wall and having a sense of age.

Yongning Gate is the main south gate of Xi'an City Wall. It is often called the south gate and was built in the early years of the Sui Dynasty. It is the oldest and longest-used gate among Xi'an gates. During the Sui Dynasty, it was the east-by-east of the three gates in the south of the Imperial City, and was called Anshangmen. When Han built a new city in the late Tang Dynasty, it was reserved for the south gate, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to Yongning Gate. The South Gate is the welcome gate of Xi'an City. Because it is the most complete and beautiful restored gate among the gates of Xi'an City Wall, it has become the gate that tourists choose to visit the city most. Chinese people believe that the south is the seat of the Fire God. The south gate is named Yongning Gate to pray to the Fire God not to start fires and to maintain peace forever. Yongning Gate currently has a special station, gate tower, moon city, wengcheng, tower tower, etc. Its arrow tower was destroyed in the 1926 Xi'an Defense War. It has now been rebuilt, and the texture of the exterior facade remains the same as that of the original Arrow Tower. A museum for historical relics and city wall cultural exhibitions has also been added to the interior. There is South Gate Square outside the door, South Street inside the door, and Nanguan Main Street outside the door. At the same time, this gate is also close to Shuyuan Gate Cultural Street and Stele Forest Museum.

Xi'an Drum Tower faces the Bell Tower and is one of the landmark buildings of the ancient city. The Drum Tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1380). Climbing the Drum Tower, you can see a 1.8-meter-high drum and 24 red drums engraved with 24 solar terms. It is very imposing. The Drum Tower also displays Ming and Qing furniture, porcelain and Qi Baishi's calligraphy and paintings. Xi'an Drum Tower is the largest Drum Tower in the country. The bottom is a tall rectangular platform base with a north-south opening with a height and width of 6 meters. The building above the base is divided into two floors, upper and lower, with green glazed tiles on the top.

On the south side of the Drum Tower, there is a plaque "The Place of Prosperity of Civil and Military Affairs"; and the plaque of "The First Pass in the World" in Heshanhaiguan is known as the "Two Plaques of China". Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the turbulent years, and what we see now is a later imitation. When visiting the Drum Tower, you can also enjoy the performances of the ancient "Morning Bell and Evening Drum". In addition, there are also performances of traditional folk music and dance, which are held 6 times a day. For details, please refer to the official website. Between the Drum Tower and the Bell Tower is the Bell and Drum Tower Square, dotted with green grass and red flowers, and there is a unique music fountain. The night view here is beautiful and suitable for taking photos. Behind the Drum Tower is the Hui Street with many delicacies.

The Grand Mosque is located in the alleys of Huimin Street. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and renovated in the Qing Dynasty. It adopts a classical Chinese architectural style and is full of flying eaves, horns, pavilions and pavilions. On many wooden doors and brick walls in the temple, you can see many wood and brick carvings, using three-dimensional techniques in Islamic art style to depict Chinese flowers and plants patterns. The mosque is not large in area, and its layout is also the traditional Chinese courtyard style with central axis symmetry. Tourists can walk forward along the central axis, which is very easy. The Zhaobi in the temple is the starting point of the central axis. Along the central axis, there are main buildings such as wooden archway, Wujianlou (Second Gate), stone archway, Chixiu Hall (Third Gate), Shengxin Tower, Lian Sanmen (Fourth Gate), Phoenix Pavilion, platform, and worship hall.

The worship hall is a very important building in the temple and a place where the nearby Hui people worship. The main hall has a peacock blue glazed tile roof, the ceiling of the hall is very exquisite, and there are also 30 pairs of wooden boards about 4 meters high carving of the Koran. Unfortunately, non-Muslims and women are not allowed to enter the main hall of worship, and the vast majority of tourists can only look inside from the main hall entrance. There is a stone tablet around the stone archway with the words "Tao Tao Can Understand Heaven and Earth" written on it, which is the handwriting of Mi Fu, a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty; on the door of the Imperial Palace, there is a horizontal plaque "Chici Li Bai Temple", which is written by Dong Qichang, a calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty. These are all things that calligraphy enthusiasts cannot miss.

Hui Street is not just a street. It is the collective name of multiple streets in the central Hui gathering area of Xi'an City. It consists of Beiyuanmen, Beiguangji Street, Xiyang City, Dapiyuan and other streets. This is a concentrated place for Xi'an snacks. As a century-old Huimin District, you can still feel the strong Muslim atmosphere here. You can eat almost all Xi'an snacks. It is also known as "Huifang" and "Fangshang" here. You can eat almost all Xi'an snacks, including various kebabs, mutton steamed buns, soup dumplings, spicy mutton feet, shuipin mutton, pickled cabbage fried rice, cured beef and mutton, cold rice, mutton cakes, etc. After eating and drinking here, you can also buy some local snacks such as cakes, dried fruits, candied fruits and other snacks and take them home as accompanying gifts to give them to relatives and friends. Strong Muslim atmosphere. Hui Street is an old Hui neighborhood with a history of hundreds of years. It is filled with a strong Muslim cultural atmosphere. There are many mosques of different ages in the neighborhood, such as Huajue Lane Grand Mosque, Guangji Street Mosque, University Xixiang Mosque, etc. About 20,000 Hui people live in the temple here, maintaining their original religious traditions and living habits. Most tourists visit Hui Street from the north gate of West Street, which is not far from Xi'an Drum Tower and Bell Tower.

This is the noodle for 20 yuan.

The City God Temple in Xi'an is the holy place of the mainstream Quanzhen Sect of Taoism and one of the three major city God temples in China. Xi'an City God Temple was built in the 20th year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1387). The original site was located on Jiuyao Street in the East Gate. It was moved to its current site in the 8th year of Xuande of the Ming Dynasty (1432) and governs the city gods of several northwest provinces, so it is called the "City God Temple". There are originally five large archways at the entrance of the temple. In front of the archway is guarded by a pair of iron lions. There is a 100-meter-long bluestone corridor in the gate, and on both sides are guarded by powerful and majestic "Shuai Gods". On both sides are the east and west monasteries where Taoist people live and cultivate, with a total of 33 palaces. At that time, there were waves of believers here and the incense was flourishing. Today, this is a famous ancient Taoist temple in Xi'an. The architectural form is divided into three parts: tourist area, commercial area (including underground) and Chenghuang Temple Back Street Food Area.

Shaanxi Province Library.

Xi'an's Paomo Shudong Street [Lao Sun's Home] is famous, but now it is of poor quality and high price. About 30- 35 yuan each. It is slightly better than Quanjude in Beijing and Goubuli in Tianjin.

Shushumen Pedestrian Street is located on the east side of the ancient city's South Gate (Yongning Gate), connected to South Street in the west, and close to the Forest of Steles Museum at the east end. The highest academic institution in Shaanxi in the Ming and Qing dynasties,"Guanzhong Academy", is located on this street. Along the ancient streets, there are calligraphy and painting shops and small shops selling the four treasures of literature. When you turn from South Street to this street, you will feel suddenly quiet. On both sides of the street are green antique buildings, with bluestone slabs paved roads at your feet, and tall locust trees everywhere. There are hundreds of shops on a street that is only more than 500 meters away, selling "souvenirs" sold in major tourist attractions across the country.

Compared with other commercial pedestrian streets in China, there are many shops selling calligraphy and painting here. There are not only works by many folk calligraphy and painting enthusiasts, but also many famous works (but there are also many fakes). There are also many stalls set up on the street, which are actually desks, where the owners write, paint, and sell works, including many masters. For them, while selling, they may enjoy the process of exchanging skills with friends from the same sect. Painting is inseparable from pen, ink, paper and inkstone. There is a small shop here that specializes in selling the four treasures of literature, where you can buy high-quality rice paper, refined inkstone, etc. There are also many small folk craft shops on the street, with rubbings of inscriptions, ancient musical instruments "Xun", paper-cutting and shadow puppets with local characteristics, all complete.

There is a bookstore in Xi'an-Lan Haifeng·Manxiang. We were very curious after reading the popular online celebrity check-in bookstore recently. What kind of bookstore can attract so many people to check in! So I decided to take a look today with a heart of verification. First of all, the transportation in this bookstore is relatively convenient. Blue Haifeng Center is located between Wenjing Road and Mingguang Road, No. 2 Jingkai Fengcheng Road, Weiyang City, Xi'an City. The nearest subway station around is the City Library on Line 2. Get off the bus and take 207 to Fengcheng No. 2 Road. After getting off the bus, walk about 200 meters.

Secondly, this is a bookstore with a strong sense of design. Blue Sea Breeze·Manxiang walks in the cool style of darkness. The bookstore's book gallery is 240 meters long and 18 meters high. The 100-meter book wall carries hundreds of thousands of books. Based on the principle of aesthetic feeling, it also creates an immersive reading situation for readers.

Then, and most importantly, it is still a "cultural community". The entire Commercial 2F is a composite reading experience space that gathers books, catering, cultural and creative products, etc., and has the presence of the well-known cultural brand "Ideal Country × Wanbang", which will make it an ideal space for all people who love reading and life.

If you like this style, you should go and have a look if you have the opportunity! In the fast pace of a big city, you can go here on weekends to relax and enjoy a slow life!