In addition to Beijing, the domestic city that I think is most worth taking my baby to is Xi'an.

The two-year-old baby is so young and can't speak much. What's so fun about going to Xi'an? But we took Ellie to this ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties to experience traditional culture: shadow puppets, painting, Xi'an City Wall, Gaojia Courtyard, Qujiang Book City... This is an ancient city full of fireworks. Frankly speaking, three days is really not enough.

ancient city wall of Xi'an

Xi'an City Wall is the first stop we check in at noon after landing the plane. As the largest and most completely preserved ancient city wall in China, it has a total length of 13.7 kilometers! It is also a representative scenic spot in Xi'an.

The ancient city was built in the seventh to eleventh years of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty. It has still preserved its integrity to this day despite the changes of history, and its value is really irreplaceable. The top floor above is 15 meters wide. There was no problem in ancient horse-drawn battles. Modern people can also go sightseeing around cycling ~

To enter the ancient city of Xi'an, you can pass through these four gates: East Changle Gate, South Yongning Gate, West Anding Gate and Bei' an Yuan Gate. It is very interesting to name "Chang 'an Yongding" with one word. There are also some very small side gates. It is recommended to enter from the east gate and south gate. They have the majestic momentum of a thousand-year-old city and are very spectacular.

To tell the truth, when I climbed the ancient city wall and looked at the upright turrets, I was really shocked by the simple and solemn atmosphere. It is said that once it snows, the ancient city wall piled up with snow is the most beautiful time, and it will be filled with colorful lights at night. There is a light show during the New Year, and the shadows of the lights and the snow are very beautiful.

I found that it was very nice to take photos under the corner tower, with red pillars and big lanterns, and a few photos were beautiful.

From the West Observation Deck, you can see the Yongning International Art Museum. The exquisite and complex building has been carefully observed for a long time.

It shows the atmosphere of a academy of literati and literati. I learned that the artistic atmosphere of Yongning International Art Museum is extremely strong. There is an Antique Art Hall open for free. Interested partners can go and take a look.

The film is very nice as a background, and the photo spot here must not be missed.

Ellie Mom tips: You can stroll around the ancient city wall of Xi'an slowly, or you can take a tour bus, which is charged in sections. Bicycle costs 20 yuan for half an hour. It is recommended to start entering the city at 4 o'clock. It is especially beautiful at dusk and it will not be very hot in summer. When it gets dark, you can watch the night view directly from the Bell Tower and eat Hui Street food.

Night view of the Bell Tower

After dark, we came directly to the Bell Tower to see the night view. The Bell Tower at night in Xi'an and the Drum Tower opposite it are famous for their beauty and the flow of people is very strong. Looking at the lights flowing from afar, the glorious scene is very shocking, giving people the feeling of traveling back to the city that never sleeps in the Tang Dynasty. It is particularly prosperous.

Many people were seen climbing the bell tower to watch the night view. The scenery from the four corners of the bell tower witnessed the changes in the ancient city. From it, you can see the prosperous and glorious scene of the entire Xi'an.

What makes us feel very dazzling is this plaque-the sound is heard in the sky. This wooden plaque is on the north side of the Drum Tower in Xi'an. It is said that it was written by Li Yunkuan, a scholar of Xianning during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a unique masterpiece through the ages and powerful!

The temptation of food in Huimin Street

Naturally, you have to fill your stomach at night. After visiting the night view of the Bell Tower, you can stop by the Hui Street. For outsiders, it is the most convenient to find Xi'an's delicious food here. There are a wide variety of flavors and snacks, allowing you to taste all kinds of delicacies in Xi'an. Moreover, Hui Street is not far from the Bell Tower, so you can reach it within walking distance. But I didn't expect this flow to be too fierce ~~~

There are many archways and the crowd is bustling. Looking at this formation, we almost dare not move forward ~

Walking into Huimin Street, you will find the street full of Lao Sun's house, Qin's house, Roujiamo, osmanthus cake, yogurt, eight-treasure mirror cake, fried squid, beef and mutton steamed buns, roasted mutton with red willow, pomegranate juice, sour plum soup, spicy soup, red willow branch skewers, smoking ice cream... Ellie was even more stunned ~

Osmanthus cake is very healing just by looking at it, it is large in size and the price is explosive enough.

All kinds of kebabs, squid kebabs, and spicy sesame oil have a strong aroma. People who can't help but have to put on weight and go back home.

You must also try roujiamo and rice cakes in Xi'an. Ellie enjoys the most from the freshly baked incense!

Huimin Street is really lively, as if there are many people everywhere. As for the delicious food, just try whatever you like. We can't finish this street even if we have a stomach of 365G. After enjoying late-night food on Huimin Street, you can go back and have a good night's sleep, and you will start another wonderful trip the next day.

Gaojia Courtyard, a century-old house on Hui Street

Different from the noisy scene last night, we planned to have a cool feeling early the next morning. The Gaojia Courtyard is actually right next to the street of Huimin Street. It is extremely close and it is very suitable for bringing children here during the day.

If you want to know the appearance of residential buildings during the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Then you must come to the Gao Family Courtyard. This is also the most completely preserved ancient residence of a person surnamed Gao in Xi'an during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was ranked among the top high school people. Tickets are only 15 yuan.

If you go deep into the garden, you will encounter green branches and many high-hanging red lanterns. The photos are also very beautiful.

You can see some decorative elements of ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as stone lions, plum brick carvings, cornices, eaves and wooden constructions of houses. The details are carefully carved everywhere, and the more you look at it, the more flavor it becomes. This is also the style of large families at that time. It is a very precious complete ancient building.

The Gaojia Courtyard can be said to be a very classic ancient house. The layout of the courtyard house is spacious and contains many halls. You can see the Yingzi Hall when you walk in from the main entrance."Purple" means auspicious.

Go straight ahead and you will find another Ningrui Hall.

The Gaojia Courtyard is a courtyard house. On the left are facade rooms such as banquet living room, performing arts tea room, kitchen and private rooms that can receive guests. On the right are courtyard, private school, Pinecui Pavilion, Yangxin Pavilion, Painting Building and other suitable for cultivating oneself. Other courtyards.

There is also a boudoir courtyard, which is very exciting to walk in the rain alleys! This is an ancient house, but the complete furnishings make it feel like walking into a living dwelling, and it still feels like home. The Gao Family Courtyard is not just a place to visit ancient houses. It is still very interesting inside.

This place is too suitable for taking photos. As for what style we take, it depends on our mastery. We came across a cute black goose and was visiting in the alley. Ellie has been staring at it for a long time. Haha ~ We came to see the courtyard, and Ellie came to entertain the geese.

Strolling around the private school and seeing the Cultural Experience Hall, you can take your children to experience the painting. It says that it is the only ancient rubbings experience in the country, so I brought my curious baby Aili in to experience the literati's private school.

The ancient private school referred to a place where children read and practiced calligraphy, and this private school was once used by a top celebrity in the Gao family. It was a literati and literati, and it is worth visiting.

You can experience painting here, which is so simple that even a two-year-old baby can try it, and it is done very well. The specific operation process is to use the real object as a copy and use the excavation method to create the same pattern. For example, use the rooster, bamboo, and crane patterns below as samples, and use rice paper to paint the shape on it, so that Ellie can play with concentration and seriousness.

Under the guidance of our teacher and us, Ellie chose the chicken of the twelve zodiac animals as a model because she was born in the Year of the Rooster. Then choose a paint bag to draw, and print with your left hand and right hand. Children easily accept this kind of play. I smiled and said that this can be an early education class. After all, Ellie's early education classes also have painting courses like this, but painting can still experience our Greater Chinese culture. What a good experience!

You can take your paintings home and ask the teacher to stamp them, frame them and decorate them with a frame. The teacher also invited Ellie's father to leave a pen and take a photo of us. It was very warm. This is also my favorite part of the day. Now that we are back from Xi'an, this painting is in our dining room. Ellie often points to it and says: Ellie drew it, chicken.

Qujiang Book City, a place where small groups lead children

In Xi'an, it is a relatively small group and suitable for bringing children. Qujiang Bookstore is indispensable. It just happened that the weather during our few days in Xi'an was not particularly good. When it started to drizzle outside, we quickly hid in Qujiang Book City. It is on the edge of the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden, with a total of four floors. There are many interesting things hidden inside, not only literature and art, but also fun ~

Everything here has been carefully arranged, especially the ancient characters on it have the flavor of the ancient capital of Xi'an, and the details are designed to be open and spacious.

Qujiang Bookstore has the name of Xi'an's largest bookstore and brings together a total of 120,000 book types. It is really a good place for in-depth bookworms. The first floor is shallow reading of tourism and aesthetics, the second floor is in-depth reading of literature, and the third floor is It is a parent-child experience activity area.

We should be the most popular travel photo couples on the Internet. I didn't expect that the stairway with tough lines would be the best place in the bookstore to publish films.

Taking pictures here really captures the feeling of standing on the overpass with neon lights.

There is a clay figurine making experience suitable for children in the children's area on the fourth floor. This is a creative folk shop with many cute clay figurine models. Sharp-eyed mothers like me immediately discovered it and immediately arranged for Ellie to play with it.

It really is a good place to free my parents 'hands. With one-on-one service, Ellie has been playing with the teacher for a long time here, which can not only train the children's fine movements. And training her concentration. Ally, who was calmly assigned to an "early education class", although the finished product was not very delicate and cute. But we want to experience the process, right?

Watch shadow puppet show in Yanyuan

Watching shadow puppets in Goose Garden is a highlight moment of our day. Many people have been to Xi'an, but I don't think many have come to Xi'an to sit down and watch shadow puppets.

The Yan Garden is located at the north gate of the Little Wild Goose Pagoda. The environment is green bricks, ancient tiles and shady trees. In the Yan Garden at the corner, you can experience traditional culture and intangible cultural heritage. Seeing that the sky outside is getting darker and colder, it is better to have indoor activities.

There are many places to watch shadow puppet shows in Xi'an, but we chose the Goose Garden in the Little Wild Goose Pagoda. After visiting the Little Wild Goose Pagoda, we can enter the park to watch a shadow puppet theater. Online tickets only cost 32 yuan/person, which is still quite worth it.

Speaking of shadow puppet shows, this is one of the widely circulated puppet shows in China. Under the candles and light sources, artists manipulate the silhouettes of characters to perform wonderful theaters one after another. It is a traditional and interesting performance method in China. There were quite a lot of people present that day. Fortunately, we brought Ellie into the stadium early and sat in a good position on the second row of small benches.

The shadow puppet master came to act with dialect, which made him feel very impressed. We watched a scene of "Sun Wukong Strikes the White Bones Three Times". The master's control would make all the shadow puppet characters vivid. It was very interesting to be there. The one who has gained the most is Little Aili!! I really envy this two-year-old baby. This is the first time Master Jian and I have seen shadow puppets in our lives.

After watching shadow puppets, there are also authentic puppet shows. Heyang's marionettes are among the best in the country and are also the intangible cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province, so they are very precious. Especially when listening on the spot, the actors 'singing was with a strong local tone, gentle and strong, and very distinctive.

I didn't stay in Xi'an for a long time because it served as our transit point. We didn't go to the Terracotta Warriors, the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden, let alone the Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. We chose a place suitable for young babies to play and deeply experience traditional Chinese culture.

I'm not afraid to come back again. After all, it's Xi'an. I haven't felt too much when I came several times ~