Xi'an is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council. It was called Chang' an in ancient times. Historically, 13 dynasties including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang established their capitals here. It is one of the four major ancient capitals in the world and was once regarded as China's capital and political, economic and cultural center have lasted for more than 1100 years. Xi'an currently has two and six heritage sites included in the World Heritage List: the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and its Terracotta Warriors, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the site of the Daming Palace in Chang' an City of the Tang Dynasty, the site of the Weiyang Palace in Chang 'an City of the Han Dynasty, and the Tower of Xingjiao Temple. With the broadcast of Xi'an Food on the Bite of China-Xi'an Food, Xi'an has become a desirable place to check in food.

about accommodations

Most tourists choose to stay near the Bell Tower, which is the intersection of the four streets of East Street, South Street, West Street, and North Street. Attractions and delicious food are concentrated, transportation is also convenient, and there are many mid-to-high-end and chain hotels to choose from.

about the itinerary

The itinerary to visit Xi'an is still simple, with several major attractions relatively concentrated.

The scenic spots in the city wall, Bell and Drum Tower, Hui Street, Xi'an City Wall (South Gate Yongning Gate), and Stele Forest Museum are not far from each other and can be reached on foot.

Attractions outside the city wall are Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and Datang Furong Garden Metro Line 3. It is not far from the Bell Tower of Xiaoyan Pagoda by bus, and it takes 4 or 5 stops away. Although the Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Museum and Huaqing Palace are far away, these two scenic spots are on the same line. There is a special tour bus No. 5 (306), which takes about an hour.

If time is available, it is also very convenient for Xi'an to go to Huashan. It takes about 40 minutes for the high-speed railway from Xi'an north to Huashan north. Or go to Hukou Waterfall, sign up for a one-day tour, and go there by bus. You can go back and forth on the same day.

our trip

Day1 Shanghai Hongqiao Airport-Xianyang Airport-Compal Hotel

Day2 Fanji Pork with Pork Sauce-Shaanxi History Museum-Bell and Drum Tower-Xi'an City Wall-Laobaijia Shuipin Mutton

Day3 Huaqing Palace-Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors-Xiaoliu Soup Dumplings-Big Wild Goose Pagoda-Lao Li's Biangbiang Noodles

Day4: Zhongshan Hot Soup-Little Wild Goose Pagoda-Zhiliang Soup Steamed Dumplings-Hairong Pot Sticker Restaurant

Day5 Hukou Waterfall-Sheng Zhiwang Made Skin in Sesame Sauce

Day6 Laomi's house rained heavily on steamed buns-Spring happens gourd head steamed buns-Xianyang Airport back to Shanghai

about gourmet

Xi'an is a delicious food paradise.

Special delicacies: roujiamo, steamed buns with eggs and vegetables, steamed buns with beef and mutton, steamed buns with gourd head, stir-fried steamed buns, shuipin mutton, mutton blood in powder soup, biangbiang noodles, minced noodles, hand-shredded noodles, steamed noodles, cold rice noodles, buckwheat noodles, potato wipes, soup dumplings, dumplings, steamed pork dumplings, spicy soup, pot helmets, rice cakes, mirror cakes, persimmon cakes, oil cakes, bubble cakes, dough cakes, sesame oil cakes, etc.

Food streets Huimin Street, Zhubashi Street, Dongmushi Street, Dongxin Street, Dahejia Lane, Yongxingfang, Shuncheng Lane, etc.

Shaanxi Food Restaurant Drunken Chang 'an, Chang' an Food Stall, etc.'

As a tourist, it only takes a few days to arrive in Xi'an. It is impossible to visit every food street and eat all the delicious food. You can only eat as much as possible while visiting attractions, or near the hotel where you stay in the morning and evening.

Day1 Shanghai arrives at Xianyang Airport-Compal Hotel

The flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport at 20:25 was delayed until 21:30. We arrived at Xianyang Airport at 23:50. The pick-up master booked by Ctrip has also changed to the third wave. It is a 45-minute drive to reach the Campo Hotel, a French-brand hotel chain located on Zhengxue Street, West Street, near Bell Tower. The hotel is located in a quiet location in the middle of the street, very close to the Bell Tower, Hui Street, and the subway. Next to it are Fanji Lazhi Roujiamo, Hairong Pot Sticker Hall, Fangzhongshan Hu Spi Soup, and Lao Li's Bingbing Noodles. The hotel has complete facilities, new and clean, and the service attitude is good. The luxury business room is upgraded for free. The room is simple and warm in European color. The bed is very comfortable and equipped with two pillows, one soft and one hard, and cushions. There is a small refrigerator and an air purifier. The cups are all paper. The furniture, hangers and other quality are very good. There are also delicious French cookies and a self-service laundry room every day. I like this brand of hotel after staying in, which is very good for money.

Day2 Shaanxi History Museum-Bell and Drum Tower-Xi'an City Wall

When you exit the hotel, turn left and go straight to Zhuba City. Fanji Lazhi Roujiamo Store is located at No. 53 Zhuba City. Roujiamo originated from the Warring States Period and was called "cold meat" at that time. In Xi'an, Lao Fan's family has almost become synonymous with preserved meat. Fan Ji Lazhi Pork was created in 1925 by Fan Fengxiang and his son and has a history of more than 90 years. Wazhi pork is a kind of sauce meat made in a pot, but it is crispy and better than ordinary sauce meat and has a long taste. Due to the fine selection of materials, comprehensive seasonings, good fire skills, and the use of old soup, the cured meat made is unique and has obvious characteristics. People praise it as: "Fat meat will not be greasy to the mouth, but lean meat cannot be full of oil. The meat will rot without using your teeth, and the aroma will last for a long time after eating it." When eating, cut a small amount of meat in wax juice and put it in the freshly baked Baiji steamed buns. At this time, the steamed buns are fragrant and crispy, with endless aftertaste. It is rich in protein and fat. Eating together with Baiji steamed buns can also increase the carbohydrate content. The two of them ordered 2 high-quality meat dumplings in cured sauce and 1 bowl of mutton blood soup for a total of 39 yuan. The Baiji steamed buns were crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside. The meat inside was stuffed full. The meat in the cured sauce had a slight taste. Very tender, one bite down on the mouth and the mouth is full of meat. One steamed bun makes you feel full and hungry. The mutton blood vermicelli soup with pepper powder is too salty. The taste here is too strong.

Go to Zhubashi Street, then turn right and walk along West Street for 2 or 3 minutes to reach the Bell Tower. Metro Line 2 Bell Tower Station is entered through the underground passage. Xi'an's subways and buses can be used on Alipay by adding Xi'an Electronic Metro Card and Chang 'an Electronic Card, and deducted from the Alipay balance or the bound bank card without recharging, which is very convenient. Exit Xiaozhai Station on Metro Line 2, walk east along Xiaozhai East Road for a few minutes to the Shaanxi History Museum.

Shaanxi History Museum is China's first large-scale national-level museum with modern facilities. It is known as the "Chinese Treasure Warehouse" and the "Magnificent Hall of Chinese Civilization." The exterior of the museum building highlights the style of the Tang Dynasty. The cultural relics in the collection range from simple stone tools used in the early stage of ancient humans to various artifacts in social life before 1840, covering a period of more than one million years. Cultural relics are not only large in number and variety, but also of high taste and wide in value. They reveal the rich cultural connotations of historical relics to a broad audience from multiple angles and aspects, and demonstrate the profound and profound civilized achievements of the Chinese nation.

Shaanxi History Museum is located at No. 91 Xiaozhai East Road, Yanta District, covering an area of 65000 square meters. It is open from 8:30 to 18:00(peak season from March 15 to November 14). It is closed all day every Monday, except legal holidays. Free tickets are implemented. A limited number of 6000 tickets are issued every day, 3000 tickets before 14:00 in the morning and 3000 tickets in the afternoon. Online reservations are required in advance. On the day of the visit, you can present your ID card or valid ID at the ticket collection window or self-service ticket collection machine to queue up to collect tickets. Each person is limited to one ticket, valid for that day. The Shaanxi History Museum is a popular attraction. There is a long time to queue up for free tickets during the peak season. We make an online reservation to buy 30 yuan tickets for the Tang Dynasty Treasures Museum (including the Basic Museum) and pick up tickets at another ticket collection window. There are much fewer people, which greatly reduces the queuing time.

You can rent an electronic interpreter here for 30 yuan/person. It is very easy to use. As long as you enter according to the number of the cultural relics, you can hear the voice explanation, so that you can better appreciate the charm of these national treasures. There are so many cultural relics. It took more than 2 hours to see all five exhibition halls. It was just a rough look. Personally, I think the Treasure Hall is very worth visiting. In comparison, the other two free museums are very average ~~

In 1981, the gilded copper horse unearthed in No. 1 Maoling Cemetery, Xingping, Shaanxi Province became the focus of world attention. It stands upright with its head held high, has a handsome and vigorous posture, and has a uniform proportional shape. It contains momentum in silence and stands between. The few lines that show strength and are smooth and refined outline the majestic and majestic appearance. It is called the world's first standard model for identifying a good horse.

The red gold walking dragon is a cultural relic of the Tang Dynasty. In 1970, it was unearthed in Hejia Village, the southern suburb of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is 2.1-2.7 cm high and 4.1-4.3 cm long. Golden dragons are all in walking shapes, with a long snout and a thin neck, a curved neck, a thick to thin tail, a hooked tail, and a curved double horns on the first. Their postures and gait are different. As a symbol of the Chinese nation, the dragon is well known and admired by Chinese people at home and abroad. When it comes to dragons, people naturally associate them with majestic momentum. God wonders that Tang Chijin walked with dragons and had different plans. However, Tang Chijin walked with dragons but small and exquisite, simple and plain. The craftsman used gold bars to first weave the body, then inserted the tail and horns, and finally used a chisel to carve out the decoration with fish scales. Because it is handmade, each is not exactly the same as each. Such small and non-intimidating little golden dragons have a specific role. Some scholars believe that these little golden dragons were used in ancient Taoist dragon-throwing rituals.

There are eighteen groups of national treasure-level cultural relics in the museum, and only two of these groups have never been exhibited abroad. This is one of them-a gilded gold dancing horse cup and a silver pot.

Why is it so precious? First of all, from the appearance, the body of the pot is oblate and is made to imitate the leather pot used by the Khitan people, a nomadic ethnic group in northern my country. In the early Tang Dynasty, political power was unified, and many ethnic minorities migrated to the Central Plains, including many Khitan people. This cultural relic is the product of the exchange and integration of ethnic minority cultures and Central Plains culture. Secondly, the making process of this pot is very unique. The lid of the pot is a covered lotus petal formed by hammering. A silver ring is riveted in the center of the top. A 14-cm-long silver chain is connected to the lifting beam. The shoulder of the pot is welded to a bow sword shaped lifting beam. The body of the pot is first hammered out a whole piece of silver plate to form the general shape of the pot, and then molded into two dancing horses on both sides of the ampulla by molding. Then the two ends are glued and pressed and welded, and polished repeatedly to level, and almost no traces of welding can be seen.

What is even more precious is the two birthday horses on the body of the pot, which also contains a long and profound historical culture. In the later period of his reign, Emperor Xuanzong became more and more arrogant and indulged in the beauty of dogs and horses. During the Tianbao Period, every "Qianqiu Festival", the emperor would hold a grand banquet in front of the Qinzheng Building in the Xingqing Palace period, accepting congratulations from civil and military officials, foreign envoys and leaders of ethnic minorities, and using horse dancing to add to the fun. At this time, hundreds of dancing horses were dressed in gold and silver, dancing brightly to the beat of the song "Pour the Cup Music", dancing gracefully. At the climax, the dancing horse jumped onto the three-story bed and spun like flies. At this time, the leading dance horse would pick up the wine cup full of wine on the ground and go to Xuanzong to congratulate him on his birthday. Many literati in the Tang Dynasty once wrote many poems about horse dancing, such as "bending your knees and holding the cup to the festival, dedicating your life to the end, and even holding the cup to the end, hanging your head and tail as drunk as mud", all of which described the unique palace entertainment activity of dancing horses and holding the cup to celebrate the birthday. This grand palace birthday celebration event took a historic turn in the 14th year of Tianbao. After the An-Shi Rebellion broke out, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty abandoned the city and fled. These dancing horses were scattered into the hands of Tian Chengsi, a general in An Lushan. One day, at a banquet in the army, the dancing horse heard the music and danced to the beat. The soldiers saw this and mistakenly thought it was a demon. Tian Chengsi ordered the soldiers to whip the dancing horse and die.

Since then, the popular form of palace birthday dance with horses and cups disappeared forever in the changes of history, but this silver pot became the best witness of the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty.

Gilded silver jar with parrot pattern-In the Tang Dynasty, it was unearthed in Hejia Village, the southern suburb of Xi'an City in 1970. It is 24.2 cm high, 12.4 cm diameter, 14.3 cm foot diameter, and weighs 1789 grams. When the Tiliang silver jar was unearthed in Hejia Village in 1970, there was still half of the jar of water in it. There was a very thin gold foil floating on the water, with 12 exquisite and slender red gold walking dragons standing on it. More than ten different colors scattered in the water. Gemstones are still dazzling after thousands of years. The jar is made of pure silver and is decorated with gold. It has a large mouth, a short neck, a bulging and round abdomen, and a trumpet-shaped ringed foot. There are two gourd-shaped appendages on the shoulders of the can. The lifting beam is inserted and welded into the appendages. The decorative theme of the silver jar is mainly composed of parrots, surrounded by folding flowers, forming two sets of circular patterns, decorated on both sides of the lifting beam jar, and the other blank areas are dotted with broken branches of single trees. The center of the cover is a treasure flower. The cover is decorated with grapes, pomegranate, honeysuckle, rolling grass and other patterns. The lifting beam is decorated with a diamond pattern. This magnificent, round and full silver jar is the most elegant and exquisite silver jar known to date among the Tang Dynasty silver cans.

This artifact is the most gorgeous silver jar in the cellar of Hejia Village, and it is also one of the 18 national treasure cultural relics in the collection.

The center of the tank body is decorated with parrot patterns as the main decoration. The parrot raises its head, spreads its wings, and bends its tail, making it lifelike. The broken branches and flowers surround the parrot and surround the objects, forming a lively scene. The parrot was called the "divine bird" in the Tang Dynasty. Its coat was colorful and gorgeous and could be spoken by others. Therefore, it stimulated the curiosity and imagination of the Tang people and was particularly loved by the Tang people. Affected by this, the parrot became one of the tributes paid by local and neighboring countries to the Tang Dynasty. The rest of the blank space of the vessel body is filled with fish roe patterns, symbolizing many children and many blessings. The pattern is flat and the pattern is gilded with gold. There is a lifting beam on the shoulder of the silver jar, and the lifting beam can move freely. The researchers opened the lid of the jar and were surprised to find that there was an ink book "Fifty taels of Ziying, Twelve taels of Baiying" inside the lid of the silver jar. Amethyst and white quartz are both mineral drugs and important raw materials for alchemy. It can be judged from this that this jar should be used for storing drugs in Hejia Village, and the lid is turned and closed very tightly. The ancients believed that using gold and silver utensils to contain important alchemy objects could improve their efficacy, so the medicinal materials found in Hejia Village were all contained in gold and silver utensils. This silver jar reflects the rich artistic imagination of Tang Dynasty craftsmen.

Gilded sea beast water corrugated silver bowl-unearthed in the cellar of Hejia Village in the Tang Dynasty. The bowl is 3.6 cm high, 11.2 cm in diameter, and weighs 152 grams. Fourteen equal water ripples were formed on the abdomen, with birds and beasts carved in them, with flowers, plants, and mountains as the foil. A gilded sea beast was also welded to the center of the inner bottom of the bowl. It was lively and interesting.

This silver bowl is quite special in terms of decoration. It has two different styles of water wave patterns. One is the 14-curved water wave petals on the bowl's belly. The patterns are neat and calm and have never appeared in the shape of traditional Chinese utensils. The Sogdian silver bowl body is often curved or petal-shaped, and is made uneven and undulating using the hammer technique. Therefore, the generation of the waves of this silver bowl should be influenced by the Sogdian style. The other is to set off the water ripples of sea animals in the bottom of the bowl, focusing on depicting the surging water. Unlike the neat and calm bowl belly, the water waves match the sea animals and are a decoration with Chinese nationalized style. The image of the so-called sea beast seems to be somewhere between lions, foxes and dogs. Some scholars believe that sea beasts are the embodiment of foreign culture, while others believe that they belong to China's nationalization. In short, this silver bowl always shines with the brilliance of the combination of China and the West.

Golden Bowl with Mandarin Duck and Lotus Petal Pattern--Tang Dynasty

One piece is 5.5 cm high, 13.7 cm in diameter, 6.8 cm in foot diameter, and 392 grams in weight

The other piece is 5.6 cm high, 13.5 cm in diameter, 6.8 cm in diameter, and weighs 391 grams

1970 Unearthed from the cellar in Hejia Village, southern suburbs of Xi'an City

The two bowls have the same shape and decoration. Pure gold, made of hammering, and the shape is full and solemn. The mouth is extravagant, the abdomen is curved, the bottom is round, and the feet are trumpet-shaped. The wall of the vessel is hammered to create two upper and lower layers of lotus petals with bulging outwards, with ten pieces per layer, and the upper and lower contours match. Each lotus petal unit is engraved with decorative patterns. The upper theme is animal patterns, including mandarin ducks, wild ducks, parrots, foxes, etc. The lower layer is a single honeysuckle flower decorative pattern. The blank space on the lotus petals is decorated with birds and cloud patterns. The bottom of the fish roe pattern. The inner walls of the two bowls are written with "Nine Twos and Half" and "Nine Twos and Three" respectively, which should be the weight of the bowl. The ink book weight shows that the weights of the two bowls are slightly different, but the measured weights on the scale are the same today.

Bowls were in large number among gold and silver utensils in the Tang Dynasty, and their shapes also changed a lot. There are mainly folded belly bowls, arc-belly bowls, multi-curved bowls, and bowls with covers. Most of them are silver, and there are few gold bowls. The most famous ones are these two gold bowls with mandarin duck lotus petals pattern. In the Tang Dynasty, gold bowls were sometimes used as wine vessels. For example, on the silver pot with a leather bag pattern of dancing horses and cups unearthed at the same time as the gold bowl with lotus petals, the wine cup held at the mouth of the dancing horses was the same shape as the gold bowl. There are also records in the literature of using gold bowls to hold wine in the Tang Dynasty. For example, in Volume 15 of Tang Zhiyan: "Wang Yuanzhong was a scholar of Hanlin's orders during the reign of Emperor Wen. In my spare time, I played with other Kunji Cuju in Taipingli. The ball hit the ball and accidentally hit the head of Yuanzhong, causing some damage. Soon, there was an urgent call. When he arrived, the emperor was surprised, and the source reported everything from above. The emperor said: 'You are harmonious!' So he gave him two plates of wine, each plate containing ten gold bowls, each bowl holding about a liter of capacity, and issued an order to give him two bowls. There is no excess in drinking in the source and no drunkenness at all." In view of this, some scholars believe that the golden bowl with mandarin ducks and lotus petals should be regarded as a drinking vessel.

The walls of gold and silver vessels are hammered with undulating multi-petal decorations. It first originated in Greece and Rome on the Mediterranean coast in the sixth century BC. Later, the making of gold and silver vessels in West and Central Asia inherited this style. From the fifth to the sixth century AD, in Sogdian silverware with very mature hammering technology, multi-petal patterns of convex drums were used extensively as decoration. At the beginning, it was a water-drop-shaped flap with a large number of petals, and later it evolved into a peach-shaped flap. In the Tang Dynasty, with the close exchanges between the East and the West on the Silk Road, a large number of well-crafted Western gold and silver utensils were introduced, especially the entry of many Sogdian gold and silver craftsmen into the mainland, which profoundly affected the development of China's gold and silver processing technology. Chinese gold and silver utensils have also accepted this style of convexity and multi-petal. However, this acceptance is not passive or comprehensive, but adds some elements that are in line with traditional Chinese aesthetics in the absorption process. For example, it changes the overly exaggerated shape of Western silverware to make the lines as soft and smooth as possible, and also adopts the decoration method of full-body decoration that is rarely seen in Western silverware, making it more local in China. The smooth lotus petals, stable dual structure and gorgeous decoration of these two golden bowls are typical of the Tang Dynasty artistic style. Of course, its reference and transformation of the shapes of Western gold and silver utensils also reflected the exchange and integration of Chinese and Western cultures in the Tang Dynasty and the innovative spirit of the Tang Dynasty.

Golden Basket, Treasure Tin Pattern Gold Cup-This colorful Tang Dynasty golden cup cup has a luxurious mouth and an inward arc on the wall. The "6"-shaped handle is riveted to a "X"-shaped gold plate and fixed to the cup body. After the cup body was manufactured and formed, it was carefully polished, so there were dense equal-distance parallel lines on the abdomen. On the smooth belly surface, four pairs of Ruyi cloud head patterns at opposite upper and lower ends are divided into four relatively independent units. Each unit is decorated with a round flower. The round flower is composed of forged flat gold pieces and is welded on the surface of the cup belly to form a decoration with a strong three-dimensional effect. On the outermost edge of the ball flowers and Ruyi cloud head patterns are welded with finely arranged small gold beads. Four cloud head patterns are welded on the lower abdomen using the same process, and gold beads are welded on the outside. A small white inlay remains on the inner edge of one of the cloud patterns.

So what is the "golden basket of treasure"? Archaeologists found the answer from the Wuzhang tablet unearthed in Famen Temple, which contained written records that "a real gold letter, a gold frame, a treasure mother and a real pearl". By comparing actual objects, we know that "golden basket treasure pearl" means that the surface of the object is welded with an outer frame made of gold silk and fine gold beads, and then inlaid with gemstones. From this, we can imagine the complete appearance of this golden cup back then. The decoration of its body was once inlaid with colorful gems! Now, although all the gems have been lost, when we face this still golden and exquisite work of art, we can still feel its breath-taking and then amazed beauty.

Gold-inlaid animal head agate cup This agate cup is carved from a rare piece of multicolored silk agate. The shape is realistic and vivid. The cup body imitates the shape of an animal horn. The front of the cup is carved into a cow's head, and the eyes are full of eyes. Eyes are round, full of vigor, and the divine shapes depicted are all vivid. The beast's mouth is inlaid with gold, which serves as a finishing touch. In fact, this is the stopper of the wine cup. When the stopper is removed, wine can flow out from here. A pair of antelope horns on the head are spirally curved and connected to the cup body, and two round convex strings are appropriately decorated under the rim of the cup mouth, with smooth and natural lines. The material of this wine glass is rare and precious. It is extremely rare and entangled silk agate. The material has exquisite texture and clear layers. The craftsmen also cleverly used the natural texture and shape of the material to carve,"making tricks according to the color and changing with the shape." The details are lifelike and lifelike. It is the only beautiful jade carving seen in the Tang Dynasty so far. Its material selection, design and craftsmanship are extremely perfect. It is the most exquisite jade carving in the Tang Dynasty and is unique in our country.

The origin of this agate cup is still controversial in academic circles, but its shape is a Western wine vessel called "Laitong", but it has become the consensus of experts and scholars. "Laitong" is a transliteration of Greek, which means outflow, and is mostly shaped in the shape of an animal horn. Generally, there are holes at the bottom of the wine cup, through which liquid can flow out. It functions like a funnel and is used to inject divine wine. At that time, people believed that using it to inject wine could prevent poisoning. Raising the "Laitong" and drinking the wine in one gulp was a tribute to God. It is also often used in etiquette and sacrificial activities.

This kind of wine ware is very common in Central Asia and West Asia, especially in Sassanid Persia (present-day Iran), and has also appeared in murals in Central Asia and other places. In my country, according to image data before the Tang Dynasty, this kind of wine utensils often appeared in banquet scenes of the Hu people. The Tang Dynasty aristocrats pursued novelty as a fashion, and the excavation of this artifact was also a testimony of the Tang Dynasty aristocrats advocating Hu style and imitating novel banquet methods.

Grape flower and bird pattern silver sachet-In 1970, a grape flower and bird pattern silver sachet was unearthed from the Tang Dynasty cellar in Hejia Village, Xi'an. The outer wall of the sachet is made of silver and has a spherical shape. The whole body is hollow out. It is evenly divided with the middle horizontal line as the boundary to form two hemispheres. Between the upper and lower spheres, one side is hooked with a hook chain, and the other side is nested with a living shaft. Two layers of silver concentric circular machine rings with double shafts are arranged in the lower sphere. The outer machine rings are connected to the ball wall. The inner layer machine ring is connected with the outer layer machine ring and the gold spoon respectively. A semicircular gold aroma spoon is placed in the inner layer machine ring. The outer wall, machine ring and gold spoon are riveted with silver rivets and can rotate freely. In this way, no matter how the sphere on the outer wall rotates, due to the gravity of the ring and the golden spoon, the spoon always maintains its center of gravity downward, and the spices inside will not be scattered outside. Although it has been around for more than a thousand years, it is still exquisitely carved, rotates flexibly and freely, and is balanced. The scientific and ingenious design of its design makes modern people sigh.

Volume 51 of the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty: An Lushan rebelled and Xuanzong and others fled Chang 'an. When they passed through Maweipo, they sentenced Concubine Yang to death and buried him here. Xuanzong later returned to Kyoto from Shu. Thinking of the old situation, he secretly ordered the burial to be changed. When the old tomb was dug up, it was found that the purple mattress and body used to wrap the body during the burial had all rotted, but only the fragrance sachet was still intact. This shows that the sachet worn by Imperial Concubine Yang is made of metal.

In the Tang Dynasty, sachets could also be used for Buddhist purposes. People believe that putting Buddhist scriptures in sachets and carrying them around can eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits.

Niuzun is one of the wine vessels forged to imitate the image of cattle. Although bronzes with biomimetic themes such as birds and beasts were common in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, this Niu Zun is unique and is a representative work among them.

The overall shape of Niu Zun cleverly utilizes various parts of the cow to realize the practical functions of the wine vessel without losing its biological form, making it both practical and beautiful.

Niu Zun is decorated with cloud patterns and Kui dragon patterns. The composition is sparse and solemn, which is completely different from the mysterious and grotesque decoration style on bronzes at the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, giving people a strong artistic beauty and an easy-to-understand sense of intimacy.

Riji Gong--Gong is a specially shaped wine holding and drinking vessel among many wine vessels during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The entire body of the Riji Gong consists of a cover and a rectangular body. The front end of the cover is a double-pillar corner Kui dragon head, the rear end is a tiger head shape, the middle ridge is a small dragon, and both sides are decorated with long-tailed phoenix patterns. The curved mouth of the vessel body flows wide and has a leaf edge at the four corners. The curved mouth is decorated with a dragon pattern that looks back to follow the birds. The belly of the vessel is decorated with rolling horns and Taotie patterns, and the rounded feet are decorated with bird patterns. The handle is a wide winding animal tail decorated with fish scales. The decoration adopts the embossed technique and protrudes from the surface. The mysterious and unique shape and the bold and rough decoration are cleverly combined. It is a unique design in the bronze art of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

There are 18 words each on the Japanese wine vessel and the cover. The general idea is that the Tian family forged sacrificial vessels for his late father Riji to protect future generations.

The Fufeng and Qishan areas in Shaanxi are the places where the Zhou people originated and flourished. Nobles and Wang ministers of the Western Zhou Dynasty once lived here, so many cellars unearthed in Zhou Yuan over the years. Also unearthed at the same time as the Riji Gong were Riji Yi, Riji Zun, Tapan, Taji and other utensils. The three bronzes with the inscription "Riji" have the same inscriptions and patterns, and have different shapes.

The gong first appeared in the late Shang Dynasty and lasted until the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. This Riji Gong is a rare Western Zhou bronze art treasure in terms of shape, decoration and inscriptions.

Du Hufu-"Fu" is a kind of token commonly used in ancient China. It is generally divided into two parts. When the two parts are combined, they can be used as a certificate for making and fulfilling a contract for handling certain types of affairs. In modern Chinese, the word "compliance" comes from this. In ancient my country, military talismans were mostly made in the shape of tigers. In 1973, a farmer near Ducheng Village in the southern suburbs of Xi'an discovered a Qin military talisman shaped like a tiger while plowing, which is the "Du Tiger Talisman" we want to know.

Du Hufu is the left half, and the tiger is walking, with its head raised and its tail curled. There is a groove on the back and a small hole in the neck. There are 9 lines of gold inscriptions on the tiger talisman with a total of 40 characters. The font is small zhuan. The content is to the effect that the right half of the talisman is in the hands of the monarch, and the left half of the talisman is in the hands of the military chief of Du. Anyone who wants to mobilize more than 50 armored soldiers, Du Di's left talisman must match the king's right talisman before action can be taken. However, in case of an emergency involving a beacon fire alarm, there is no need to use the king's right symbol. The inscription reflects that Qin respected the "right" and that Qin's military power was highly concentrated. All soldiers recruited more than 50 people must be recognized by the monarch.

Tiger talismans originated very early as a document for mobilizing troops in Chinese history. The story of Lord Xinling's "stealing talismans to save Zhao" shows that tiger talismans were already in use during at least the Warring States Period. Moreover, it can be seen from records that during the Warring States Period, monarchs of various countries implemented similar systems to control military power.

Kneeling and shooting figurines-Kneeling and shooting figurines, wearing a battle robe and armor, with a bun on the left side of the head, squatting with his left leg bent, his right knee on the ground, and his hands placed on the right side of the body to hold a bow. The sculpting of the kneeling warrior figurines is more precise than that of ordinary pottery figurines. The expressions, hair buns, armor plates, soles, etc. are vividly depicted. In addition, the original painting of the cultural relics is in excellent condition, which truly reflects the Qin army's battle scene. It is called the essence of the Terracotta Warriors and the masterpiece of ancient Chinese sculpture art.

In 1980, two vehicles made of bronze were discovered on the west side of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. The four-horse chariot is one-half the size of a real chariot. It is the earliest discovered, largest and most completely preserved copper-cast chariot and chariot. It is of extremely important historical value for the study of ancient Chinese chariot and chariot system, carving art and smelting technology. The chariot numbered No. 1 is a vertical chariot with a single shaft and two wheels. The carriage is a horizontal rectangle. The door is at the back of the carriage. There is a round copper umbrella on the carriage. Under the umbrella is the royal official, driving the chariot with both hands, and driving four horses in front. Car No. 2 is an car with a single shaft and two wheels. The carriage has two rooms at the front and rear, with a window between them. The door for getting on is at the back and has an oval hood. Colorful patterns are painted on the car body. The chariots and horses are decorated with a large amount of gold and silver. These two copper chariots and horses were cast in advance and then processed in detail. The craftsmanship level is very high. The copper wire used for the tassels and chains on the copper horse is only about half a millimeter in diameter, and some are even thinner. It is speculated that the copper chariot and horse pit should be part of the burial pit of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum. What is displayed here is a replica, and the real one is in the Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Exhibition Hall.

Painted ceremonial figurines-The ceremonial figurines from the tomb of King Jian of the Ming Dynasty were unearthed from the Ming tomb in King Jian Township, Chang 'an County in 1989. A total of more than 300 ceremonial figurines were unearthed, with magnificent momentum. The owner of the tomb is Zhu Yuan, the second son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. This group of terracotta warriors represents a marching procession of honor. The male terracotta warriors are about 36 centimeters high and the female terracotta warriors are about 29 centimeters high. The terracotta figures are mainly in a standing posture and are painted after being burned. The female figurines often wore long skirts that dragged the ground, or held objects, with different hair buns; the male figurines mostly wore gowns, or long jackets with buttons, and a hat. Originally, they (she) held various objects in their hands to express their identities, such as flags, banners or musical instruments, lanterns, round fans, etc., but with the passage of time, these objects have all rotted. Fortunately, there are ink books on the bottom of the seats or feet under their feet, indicating the respective positions and duties of the terracotta warriors in the honor of honor. The overall shape is neat, colorful and lifelike. He has a high artistic level in terms of expression skills and production techniques. The excavation of the Ming Dynasty's ceremonial pottery figurines made up for the gap in Shaanxi's pottery figurines during this period.

The golden monster, a strange animal made of gold, is called a monster because it is a collection of many animals: its body is like a sheep, its mouth is like an eagle, its horns are like a deer, its tail is like a scorpion-shaped, and its four hooves stand on a petal-shaped support. If you look carefully, you will find that the monster's two horns are composed of 16 small birds connected in pairs with opposite backs, and the scorpion-shaped tail is also like a small bird. Therefore, there are seventeen small birds hidden in this little monster, reflecting the wisdom, ingenuity and superb workmanship of the craftsmen. Based on the small hole on the chassis of the golden monster, scholars speculate that it may be the crown decoration on the hat of the Xiongnu leader.

Gilded copper silkworm has a total of nine abdominal segments at the end and end of the body. The chest, feet, abdomen and tail feet are all complete. The posture is in the shape of raising your head or spinning silk. It is exquisitely made and has a realistic shape.

Gilded copper silkworm was unearthed in Shiquan County. According to the "Shiquan County Annals", the ancient sericulture industry was very prosperous here. Due to the prevalence of sericulture at that time and the development of gold gilding technology, it was possible to use gilded silkworms as souvenirs or funeral objects. In the Han Dynasty, sericulture and silk reeling industry reached its peak. The large workshops are all run by the government, with thousands of weavers. The silk fabrics are brightly colored, diverse in patterns, and extremely exquisite in workmanship. Silk fabrics of the Western Han Dynasty not only sell well in China, but also sell to Central Asia and Europe through West Asia. China's trade route to the Western Regions is famous in the world as the "Silk Road".

Gilded copper shop head-Tang Dynasty, with a diameter of 26.5 cm, was unearthed from the Tang Daming Palace site in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

The head of this shop is round copper with gold plated surface. Its image is a large animal face with a huge mouth and tusks, a doorring in its mouth, eyes are round, a pair of dragon-like curved horns grow on its forehead, and a circle of bead patterns on the edges.

This three-color dressing female figure shows you the use of bronze mirrors in the Tang Dynasty. The female figurines were combed high in hair, wore a waist coat with small sleeves, embroidered with half arms on the outer cover, and embroidered with persimmon flowers all over the folds of the skirt. She held her left hand halfway in front of her chest, holding the mirror to face her face; her right hand stretched out her fingers as if to touch her forehead. The simple movements and concise shapes vividly depict a woman of the Tang Dynasty with elegant demeanor and gorgeous clothes

The three-color three-flower horse is shaped with a small head, round buttocks, and long legs, which is a typical good horse shape. The so-called three-flowered horse refers to the horse's mane that has been carefully trimmed to form three crentellated mane. Decorating horses with "three flowers" was a popular fashion among the court and aristocrats in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also a reflection of good horses and rank. In the "Six Horses of Zhaoling" in front of Emperor Taizong's Mausoleum, the horse manes were decorated into three flowers. In Tang Dynasty paintings and sculptures, three-flower horses were also common. The habit of cutting flowers with horse bristles may have been influenced by Turks, who were the main source of horses in the Tang Dynasty. The Turks and the Tang Dynasty had a close relationship. They introduced excellent breeds of horses and the custom of cutting flowers through trade, tribute or gifts to the Tang Dynasty.

Three-color and four-series cans-One of the most outstanding achievements in the Tang Dynasty pottery industry was the firing of Tang Dynasty three-color. Tang Sancai is a kind of low-temperature lead-glaze painted pottery. The surface of the utensils mostly uses three colors: yellow, green and ochre as the primary colors. Later generations called it "Tang Sancai". The production process of Tang Sancai uses a secondary firing method. The first time was blank fired at 1150 ° C, and after glazing, it was fired again at a temperature of about 900 ° C. Because there is lead in the glaze and the melting point of lead is relatively low, the glaze color will decline within this temperature, infiltrate and merge with each other, thus presenting a colorful and ever-changing decorative effect.

Playing polo figurines, also called polo ball, was a very popular sport in the Tang Dynasty. It originated in Persia (present-day Iran), was later introduced to Tubo (Xizang), and was introduced to Chang 'an from Tubo in the early Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was an advocate of polo. When he arrived at the Tang Zhongzong, polo was popular among the court, dignitaries and the military, and later became a sports activity widely participated in by society in the Tang Dynasty. From this pottery figure, we can see the instantaneous dynamics of polo players in the Tang Dynasty.

The three-color camel figurines carrying music-the camel stands on a rectangular base with a long hissing neck. The carrier frame on the hunchback is a platform covered with colorful blankets. There are eight musicians in total. Among them, seven male musicians were dressed in Han costumes, holding different Hu musical instruments, and sat cross-legged facing out and played. There was a standing woman in the middle who was singing. Obviously, this was a mobile performance group. Artists in the Tang Dynasty used romantic techniques to set the stage on a hunchback, which is unique.

The opening up of the Tang Dynasty welcomed people from all over the world. The various treasures they brought made the Tang people love them; the foreign music and dances they brought made the Tang people happy. Artists from all over the world who can sing and dance enjoy people's praise for peace and prosperity and their pursuit of a better life on the big stage of Chang 'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. This music-carrying camel figure shows a traveling orchestra that traveled by camel walking and sang. It has a lead singer and accompaniment, and a platform is placed on the camel's back. Most people would feel a little scared when sitting on the back of a tall camel, but these seven people sat in a circle on the edge of the platform and played. They all looked calm and focused, immersed in the wonderful music, reaching a state of selflessness. Especially the woman who sings. You see that she wears a typical hairstyle for Tang Dynasty women, wears a long skirt with a high waist, smooth lines, her head is raised upward, her right arm moves gracefully, and she looks elegant and confident. The camel is walking, but she stands in the middle of the band and sings tactfully, which is obviously emotional. The characters in the whole work are all vivid and vivid, and even the camels seem calm, as if marching slowly on happy steps.

A large number of pottery figurines unearthed in Xi'an area that express the art of music and dance in the Tang Dynasty, together with numerous documents, reproduce the shocking sound of music and dance in that great era for us. It travels through time and space and echoes in every corner of history for a long time. To this day, when we look at this band on the hunchback, we seem to hear the beautiful singing and touching melody of the Tang Dynasty.

Painted figurines of the twelve zodiac animals were used by ancient people to "suppress" and "ward off evil spirits." They were often buried in tombs in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The zodiac figurines are shaped as human beings and animal heads, and the human beings are both composed of ministers. They are then matched with heads of different zodiac animals to form independent individual zodiac statues. The figurines are made of heads and identities, and then bonded into one body. The clothes are then carved, and the hands and boards are plastered. After being fired in the kiln, color painting is applied. Now the red colors of the figurines have faded or peeled off. The figure is hollow, the carcass is thick, and it is stable. Although the body parts of the twelve zodiac animals are similar, the heads are vividly shaped and each has its own spirit. For example, the monkey figurines have round eyes with spirit, closed mouths, and ears listening sideways, showing the playful aura of a monkey. The pig figurines highlight their big mouths, a pair of round nostrils and large ears that hang down their shoulders, which is particularly interesting. The rabbit figurines have a pair of long upright ears; the cow and sheep figurines curve inward or extend sideways from the corners to distinguish them, reflecting the sculptors 'subtle and accurate observation of the shapes of various animals, and the superb and superb sculptural modeling skills. Only then can the characteristics of various animals be expressed so vividly.

The porcelain pot with blue glaze lifting beams and inverted inscriptions-unearthed in Bin County, Shaanxi Province in 1968. It is 18.3 cm high and has a belly diameter of 14.3 cm. The beam is lifted in the Fu Feng style, with a flower stalk symbolizing the lid of the pot. The junction of the lid and the pot is filled with nursing lions and mothers, and the lioness opens her mouth to flow. The spherical ampulla is engraved with twin-handed peony. The shape is strange and ingenious. There is a plum-shaped water injection hole in the center of the bottom. When filling water, the pot is inverted. When water flows out of the lioness mouth, it is full. Because there are leaking columns in the pot separated from the water, although there are holes in the bottom, it will not leak. This makes use of the physical principle of "connecting the liquid level in the container with the same height" and reflects the wisdom and ingenuity of craftsmen and artists. Yaozhou Kiln is one of the eight famous kilns in ancient northern my country. It is an outstanding treasure of Yaozhou porcelain and one of the national treasure cultural relics in the Shaanxi History Museum.

"Farewell to the Imperial Capital" shows the cultural creation and spiritual inheritance of Shaanxi, an important town in the west and the center of the northwest region, after the Tang Dynasty.

Metro Line 2 returns to Bell Tower

Xi'an Bell Tower is located in the center of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, at the intersection of four streets, east, west, north and south in the Ming City Wall. It is the largest and most completely preserved Bell Tower in China. It was built in 1384 in the 17th year of Hongwu of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and was first built at the present Guangji Street Corner. Opposite the Drum Tower, it was relocated to this site in the 10th year of Wanli of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1582). The purpose of the Bell Tower's relocation is to always be at the geographical center of urban transportation, reflecting the importance the ancients attached to time. According to the "Bell Tower Stele" article, in addition to rebuilding the base, the essential structure of the building is all the original, so the cost is not much and the project is rapid. Completing the relocation and installation of such a huge building is not easy even in modern times. It requires both superb building and installation technology and strict and meticulous engineering organization. This special project completed in the 16th century is a proud initiative in the history of Chinese architecture. On November 20, 1996, Xi'an Bell Tower was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relic protection unit.

The bell tower is built on a square base and has a brick-and-wood structure. It has a three-story eaves and a roof at the four corners. It has a total height of 36 meters and covers an area of 1377 square meters. The big clock hanging in the northwest corner of the bell tower no longer has the function of telling time, but it can still be rung during holidays to pray for peace. The clock tower was not hung at the beginning, but a clock called "Jingyun Bell" cast in the Tang Dynasty. It weighed 10,000 kilograms. The body of the bell flew with cranes and dragons, and the sound of the bell resounded for dozens of miles. It has always been used by Jinglong Temple (later renamed Yingxiang Temple), the royal Taoist temple at Guangji Street Corner of West Street. The Central People's Radio once recorded Jing Yunzhong, and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala plays it on New Year's Eve every year as the "New Year's Bell" to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and has been used. In 2000, Jing Yunzhong was also featured on Chinese stamps and was praised as "the world's first bell." Jing Yunzhong is a national treasure-level cultural relic. It was moved to Xi'an Stele Forest Museum in 1953 and displayed in the East Pavilion of Ermenli. Exhibitions are prohibited from going abroad.

Climbing up the bell tower and looking around the four directions, you can see the city tower, drum tower and other street scenes

The Jingyun Bell of the Tang Dynasty was cast in the second year of Jingyun of Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty (711 AD). The Jingyun Bell was skilled in casting skills and exquisite in carving. The bell was clear and loud, and the sound quality was beautiful, showing the superb level of smelting and casting technology in the Tang Dynasty. It is precisely because of its own unique shape, exquisite carvings, ancient and beautiful book body, deep sound, and superb smelting technology that it ranks among the world's famous clocks. This bell was originally used by the Bell Tower of Jinglongguan (now located on present-day Xi'an West Street) in Chang' an City in the Tang Dynasty, and was moved to the present Bell Tower of Xi'an in the early Ming Dynasty to tell the time. It was transferred to Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum in 1953 and is now displayed in the East Pavilion of Ermenli. The clock has been rated as a national cultural relic.

The Xi'an City Cultural Relics Administration Bureau copied the Tang Jingyun Bell and hung it on the northwest corner of the base of the Xi'an Bell Tower on January 30, 1997 and opened it to tourists. The imitation Jingyun Bell has a similar appearance to the original bell. It has a height of 2.45 meters, a weight of 6.5 tons, and an outer diameter of the bell skirt of 1.65 meters. The decoration and inscriptions are similar to the original bell. The sound quality is loud and powerful, comparable to the original bell.

Xi'an Drum Tower is located in the center of the ancient capital of Xi'an City, about 200 meters northwest of Xi'an Bell Tower at the intersection of four streets, east, west, north and south within the Ming City Wall. It was built in 1380 in the 13th year of Hongwu of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, four years earlier than the Bell Tower. There was a giant drum upstairs, and the drum beat to tell the time every day, so it is called the "Drum Tower." The Drum Tower spans Beiyuanmen Street and is only 200 meters away from the Bell Tower. It corresponds to each other. It is one of the largest and most completely preserved Drum Tower among the many Drum Towers left over from ancient China. Xi'an Drum Tower is built on a square base. It is a brick-and-wood structure. The top is in the form of a double eaves. It has a total height of 36 meters and covers an area of 1377 square meters. There are stairs that can be spiraled up. The eaves are covered with dark green glazed tiles. The building is painted with gold, painted with carved beams, and has a gilded roof on the top. It is a landmark building in Xi'an. The roof is the crown of ancient Chinese architecture. As early as the Han Dynasty, working people created various forms of roofs such as Gandian, Xieshan, Hanging Mountain, and Zanjian. On November 20, 1996, the State Council announced that the Drum Tower was a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Climb the building and look at the bell tower opposite.

Under the third eaves of the Drum Tower, a plaque hangs in the north and south, with the south being the "Place of Prosperity of Civil and Military Affairs" and the north being "Sound Heard in the Sky."

I originally planned to go to the Hui Street behind the Drum Tower for food at noon, but I didn't feel hungry after eating roujiamo and mutton blood soup for breakfast. I went back to the hotel to rest for a while and continued to visit the attractions in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, walk from Nan Street to the south gate of Xi'an City Wall, and go up to the city wall from the south gate to play. The Xi'an City Wall, also known as the Xi'an Ming City Wall, is the largest and most completely preserved ancient city wall in China. The Xi'an City Wall completely revolves around the "defense" strategic system. The thickness of the city wall is greater than the height and is firm as a mountain. The top of the wall can be used for sports cars and drills. The wall is 12 meters high, 12-14 meters wide at the top, 15-18 meters wide at the bottom, and 13.74 kilometers in circumference. There are four gates: East Changle Gate, West Anding Gate, South Yongning Gate, and North 'an Gate. Each gate has three floors: gate tower, arrow tower, and main tower. The main building is 32 meters high and more than 40 meters long. It is of the mountain-top style, with four corners raised, three floors of double eaves, and the bottom floor is surrounded by corridors. It is antique and majestic.

Bicycles can be rented to play on the city wall. Double bicycles are 3 hours/90 yuan. They can be returned at any rental point in the east, south, west and north gates. At first, I was wondering why the rental time starting from 3 hours was set. I really don't want to ride. Wow, it's such a long, long city wall. It takes more than 2 hours to ride around. I advise everyone to ride around the city wall and walk under the sun on two legs. It's really a long way.

Xi'an Railway Station near the North Gate

After some exercise, it was nearly dusk, and we arrived at the long-awaited food street-Hui People's Square. There are many snack shops here. Before coming, we had prepared strategies to start Xi'an's food journey among the crowded crowd., and those authentic Xi'an cuisine are hidden in the old Hui people street behind.

The north gate of the main street is the street with the most tourists.

If you want to try Xi'an's more authentic local specialties, continue to walk inside and visit Dapiyuan, Xiyang City, Beiguangji Street, Miaohou Street and even Sanjinqiao, where Xi'an locals will go.

Dapiyuan

Beiguangji Street

Laobai's Shuipin mutton was seen and introduced in "China on the Bite of Tongue 3". It has a history of more than a hundred years from the late Qing Dynasty to the present. In the 1980s, Baiyuting old man opened the first Muslim Shuipin mutton shop on Hui Street in Xi'an. Huimin Street has been famous for its beef and mutton delicacies since ancient times. Our store is located at No. 76 Beiguangji Street, south of Xiyang City in Xi'an City. It is adjacent to Miaohou Street in the west, Zhonglou in the east, Dapiyuan in the north, and Xidajie Main Street in the south. Since ancient times, it has been a distribution center for meat, dry goods, specialties, spices and medicinal materials, with dense passenger flow and a wide variety of commodity and goods transactions.

Halal·Shuipin mutton is a unique Northwest snack. The soup is strong and fragrant, suitable for all ages. It can nourish the body in winter and beautify the skin in summer. Bai Wenping, the son of Baiyuting, now inherits his father's craft of shuipin mutton. Bai Wenping is the fifth brother in the family. He learned the practice of water basin mutton from his father since he was a child, and inherited ancient cooking methods and techniques such as cutting ingredients, boiling meat, and making soup. The standard for each bowl of mutton in a basin is three slices of mutton, two slices of the thinner leg meat, and one and a half slices of the more fat and tender rib meat. We ordered high-quality ones, and the mutton inside is more. The meat is rotten when rolled in the soup, fat but not mutton, oily but not greasy, and lean but not firewood. A bite of mutton soup with a bite of film, paired with sweet garlic, is really delicious in the world. Their vegetables are very fresh at 15 yuan per pot. The varieties can be selected according to your preferences. There is also a shop selling soy beef at the entrance of the store. It tastes also very good. It can be packed and taken away in vacuum or delivered by express delivery. No matter how much delivery fee you buy, you need to pay for it.

The lights are on at first at night, and the Bell Tower and Drum Tower are decorated with lights and look very beautiful ~~

Day3 Huaqing Palace-Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors-Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Go out at 6 a.m., take bus 611 from Zhonglou West Station on West Street to Xi'an Railway Station, and take bus No. 5 (306) to the Terracotta Warriors and Huaqing Palace. Bus No. 611 stops at the West Square of the Railway Station. After getting off the bus, cross the city wall and head east. Visit the East Square of the Railway Station and wait for the bus at the No. 5 bus stop. There are buses No. 914 and No. 915 nearby that also go to Lintong. They will pass by the Terracotta Warriors and Huaqing Palace. The drivers and sales staff will solicit passengers and let tourists ride in their cars. It's not that they are scammers, but many local people in Xi'an who go to Lintong also ride in their cars. Instead, they are privately operated and parked and picked up passengers at will along the way, which is not formal.

If you take the first bus on Upstream Road 5 at 7:00, the conductor will suggest going to Huaqing Palace first and then to the Terracotta Warriors. Because the terminal station is the Terracotta Warriors, you can have a seat when you go back to the train at the terminal station. Otherwise, if you get on the train at Huaqing Palace, you will have to stand back to Xi'an.

Huaqing Pool, also known as Huaqing Palace, is located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is 30 kilometers away from Xi'an in the west, next to Lishan Mountain in the south, and Weishui in the north. It is an ancient Chinese Li Palace famous for its hot spring soup pool. The rulers of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties all regarded this geomantic land as a special palace for them to spend their banquets and enjoy themselves. They either built stones to build Lishan Tang, or they built Luocheng to develop the Hot Spring Palace in the Zhou Dynasty. Poets such as Bai Juyi and Du Mu have mentioned it in their poems. Historical documents and archaeological excavations prove that Huaqing Pool has a history of 6000 years of hot spring utilization and a history of 3000 years of royal garden architecture.

Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei regarded Huaqing Palace as the second imperial palace. The Tang-style building, Feishuang Hall, with flying eaves and angled corners, red walls and green tiles, was their love nest. From October to the end of each year, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty would bathe in Huaqing Pool with Imperial Consort Yang. They lived in this mysterious Flying Frost Hall. It is said that it often snows all over the sky in winter, but because Huaqing Palace has underground hot springs, the surface temperature is higher, the heat rises, and the snow is turned into frost, so it is called the "Flying Frost Hall".

When night falls, all buildings are surrounded by dynamic lanterns, landscape lights and colored lights. A nearly 1,000-square-meter water stage slowly emerges from the water of Jiulong Lake. Using new concepts to introduce laser radiation, computer special effects, fantasy special effects and other expression techniques, the large-scale real-life historical dance drama "Song of Eternal Sorrow" launched in April 2007 will create a beautiful love world where Li and Yang blend in harmony and a dream environment where man and nature coexist harmoniously for the majority of Chinese and foreign tourists. Give the audience a strong visual and sensory shock. Due to traffic problems, the bus was stopped after watching the show at night, so viewers who want to watch should pay attention to this and arrange their travel reasonably.

Fences have been set up around the white jade statue of Imperial Concubine Yang in the Huaqingchi Scenic Area, and there are no water scenes. These are all the consequences of being caused by uncivilized tourists.

Haitang Tang was built in the 6th year of Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty and in 747 AD. It is 3.6 meters long from east to west, 2.9 meters wide from north to south, and 1.2 meters deep. The soup pond is made of 18 groups of bluestone, with a double-step structure. The bluestone was called Moyu in the Tang Dynasty and was a first-class tribute presented to the royal family by officials from all over the country. At the bottom of the Begonia Pond, there is a lotus base engraved with the word "Yang". The upper end of the base is used to connect the sprinkler head, and the lower end is connected to the main water source through a ceramic pipe. Hot spring water is sprayed out from the lotus sprinkler head through the pipe due to natural pressure, shaped like today's shower head. It can be seen that when the ancients built the soup pond in history, it was ingenious in conception, meticulous in design, and exquisite in architecture. It was named because its shape resembled a blooming crabapple flower. It was a bathing place given by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to Imperial Consort Yang as a love gift. Also known as Imperial Consort Pond, it is a witness to the love between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Imperial Consort Yang. "The cold spring gives you a bath in Huaqing Pool, and the hot spring washes and condenses fat. The servant's son helped her up and became weak, and it was the time for a new inheritance of grace."This is the true portrayal of Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, of the imperial concubine bathing in the Huaqing Palace.

Lotus Soup is located on the east side of Begonia Soup. It is the royal soup pond of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. It is shaped like a blooming lotus flower, hence the name "Lotus Soup", also known as the Imperial Tang Jiulong Hall. Lianhua Tang was built in the sixth year of Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty in 747 AD. The soup pond is rectangular, with two floors of steps, made of bluestone, gorgeous in shape, grand in scale, and sophisticated in structure. When it is full of water, it is about 100 cubic meters, which is 6 times that of Haitang Tang.

Lishan Hot Spring can be called a unique place. It has a long history and is still inexhaustible despite the vicissitudes of life. It is known as the "No. 1 Spring in the World". There is an ancient source of hot springs at the Xijia Building in Huaqing Pond, which has a history of thousands of years. Lishan hot spring water contains various minerals such as silicon monoxide and fluorine ions.

Xingchen Tang is a soup pond for Tang Taizong Li Shimin and several subsequent emperors to bathe. It is the oldest pond among the five groups of soup ponds unearthed, more than 100 years earlier than the Imperial Consort Pond. It is said that there was no shelter on and around the original site. At that time, the bath was in the naturally formed Tang Lake. Generally, when you bathe at night, you could look up at the stars in the sky, so it was called "Star Soup". There is also an ancient source of hot springs behind Xingchen Tang, so Xingchen Tang is closest to the water source and has the best water quality. It has the largest water flow and has no pipes. Water flows directly into the soup pool. The uneven design of the pool wall plays a role in alleviating the water flow.

Shang Shi Tang is the bathing place for officials. The soup pond is divided into two ponds, east and west ponds, with a tight structure.

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During Chiang Kai-shek's stay in Wujianting, he used this pool as his walking bath room.

The five-room hall doesn't look very special. It is a brick and wood hall, named after the five single rooms are connected. The reason why it is famous is because of two incidents that occurred here. One was when the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Peiping in 1900, and the Empress Dowager Cixi fled westward and stayed here. The other was that Chiang Kai-shek entered Shaanxi twice in 1936, both with Huaqing Pond as his guide. He stayed in Wujianting and held a series of military meetings here. Not only that, the famous Xi'an Incident also took place here. From west to east, these five rooms are the secretary room, Chiang Kai-shek's bedroom, Chiang Kai-shek's office, conference room, and Qian Dajun's office. There is also a bathing room on the side. The glass windows and walls of these rooms still contain bullet marks from the fierce battle during the Xi'an Incident. The tables, chairs, beds, sofas, tea sets, stoves, carpets, telephones, etc. used in the offices of each room are reproduced and placed according to their original appearance.

Premier Zhou's bathing pool

This kind of pool is used by water flowing from the hot spring above for tourists to soak their feet. Don't wash your face or drink it.

A pavilion was built in 1946 where Chiang Kai-shek was captured alive. It was initially named the "Righteousness Pavilion". After liberation, it was renamed the "Chiang Catching Pavilion". In 1986, it was renamed the "Military Remonstrance Pavilion" again.

Chiang Kai-shek's hideout

Visit the No. 5 bus at the entrance of Huaqing Palace Scenic Area and wait for the bus at the drop-off point to go to the Terracotta Warriors.

The Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Museum is located in the east of Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is a large-scale slave burial pit in the cemetery of China's first feudal emperor Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, with an area of 2.18 million square meters. The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit was discovered from 1974 to 1976, and the Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Museum was opened to the public at home and abroad in 1979. The discovery of Terracotta Warriors is known as the eighth wonder of the world and a great discovery in the archaeological history of the 20th century.

The museum is based on the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang. The ruins museum was established on the original site of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit. It is also the largest ancient military museum in China. The Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Army Museum has three terracotta warriors pits, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. Pit No. 1 is a main army formation with chariots and infantry, with a total area of 14260 square meters and about 6000 life-size pottery figurines. Pit No. 2 is the essence of the Qin Dynasty pit. It covers an area of 6000 square meters and consists of four units. The four square arrays are composed of chariots, cavalry, and crossbows. They are neat, orderly and invincible. Pit No. 3 is the command system of the military formation and covers an area of 524 square meters.

In December 1980, two large painted copper carriages were excavated 20 meters west of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. The painted copper cart was restored and then exhibited on October 1, 1983. Both carriages have four horses and a single shaft. It is assembled from 3400 parts and components. Among them, the No. 2 car is 3.17 meters long and 1.06 meters high. The bronze horse is 65-67 centimeters high, 1.2 meters long and has a total weight of 1234 kilograms. The main body is cast in bronze, with 1720 pieces of gold and silver jewelry, and a total weight of 7 kilograms. The craftsmanship is exquisite and the shape is lifelike. It is the earliest bronze treasure unearthed in my country, with the most complete driving equipment, the highest level, and the most refined craftsmanship. It is also the largest bronze ware discovered in archaeology in the world.

We couldn't find anyone to explain at the tour guide service station next to the delivery office, so we hired a separate guide for 106 yuan, including two guide devices. We booked tickets from Ctrip, and we can enter directly by swiping our ID card. Although it is not a holiday, there are many people, at least the front row is full. The guide is on the side of the passage behind you to explain. Each guide is on the machine. There are inherent channels, so you can still hear it quite clearly in the headset.

The commentator said that the ears on the horse's head represent the royal vehicle.

The face of each soldier's toilet is different. There is still a certain distance from standing on the edge of the railing to watch the terracotta warriors, so the appearance and expression of each face are not very clear.

There are archaeologists working on cultural relics nearby

The commentator said that these were Qin bricks and Qin soil. The soil at that time was fired and then used, so so far there are no sequelae such as growing grass in the soil.

After visiting the Terracotta Warriors Museum, take bus 307 to the North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

For lunch, we had Xiaoliu soup dumplings on the B1 floor of Joy City. Because it was past the meal time, there were no customers. Xiaoliu Huanggui porridge was very good. It was slightly sweet and refreshing. The soup dumplings and bags had a lot of juice filling. The shop environment was good, and it was a good choice to rest and have a meal.

According to historical records, in the 19th year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (645), Xuanzang returned from India to learn scriptures and brought back a large number of Buddhist relics, hundreds of Sanskrit scriptures and eight gold and silver Buddha statues. In order to worship and collect the Buddhist scriptures, gold and silver Buddha statues, relics and other treasures he brought back, Xuanzang personally presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda with the approval of the court. In the third year of Tang Yonghui (652), Xuanzang presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The first five floors were covered, and then nine floors were added. The number of floors and heights were changed several times. Finally, it was fixed to the seven-story tower seen today. The tower body is 64.517 meters high and the bottom floor side is 25.5 meters long. As the earliest and largest existing brick tower in the Tang Dynasty, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a typical physical evidence of the ancient Indian Buddhist temple architecture that was introduced into the Central Plains with Buddhism and integrated into Chinese culture. It is a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of the working people of ancient China. However, until now, no one knows where the treasures brought back by Xuanzang are preserved.

There is a musical fountain performance in the North Square at night.

The statue of Xuanzang on the south square of the Dayan Pagoda at the entrance of Dacien Temple.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is in Dacien Temple, and Xuanzang was the first abbot of Dacien Temple.

You need to purchase a ticket of 25 yuan/person to climb the tower.

Regarding the name of "biangbiang noodles", there is such a jingle-"Flying into the sky at one point, the Yellow River is bent at both ends, the eight characters are wide open, the words move forward, one button on the left, one button on the right, one button on the left, one button on the right, one long on the left, and one long on the right. There comes a horse king in the middle, with the word heart at the end, next to the word moon, leave a hook to hang sesame candy, and take a cart to tour Xianyang." So how can you not eat biangbiang noodles when you arrive in Xi'an? For dinner, go to the biangbiang No. 8 Building of Zhonglou Community, West Street, Zhonglou Community, near the hotel. I was afraid of queuing, so I rushed to the restaurant before the meal and ordered a fine biangbiang noodles. The wide noodles were very strong, and the fine toppings were very sufficient. The two people were almost full just by eating this bowl of noodles. They also ordered the fine Qishanzi noodles and divided them into 6 small bowls. The taste was the same. The store owner said that southerners may not be used to eating them too sour, but we found it acceptable, but we just thought that the biangbiang noodles were more delicious. This was so ordinary.

After eating noodles, walk to Hui Street for a stroll

Shijia Steamed Bun, No. 217, Dapiyuan. The taste is really good in a bad environment. The filling has a strong taste. I recommend cumin meat buns and onion meat buns. Even if you are full of food, you have to buy one and try it ~~. I regretted not taking some home before getting on the plane

The third issue of China on the tip of a tongue-Uncle Li Osmanthus Cake, No. 59, Beiyuanmen. 3 yuan each. The disk is cut evenly one by one. The color looks very attractive. If I couldn't eat it, I bought a yellow one and tried it. It tastes soft and glutinous. They also sell rice cakes. Since I watched the series, I have been deeply impressed by this item. How can I not try it when I came to Xi'an? Compared with Southeast Asian rice cakes, I can buy a small portion. Although it is a small portion, I can only try it, but I still can't eat it as the saying goes. Oh, my God, it's so delicious. Each layer of glutinous rice and jujube paste is very soft and glutinous. No wonder the protagonist is so obsessed with it.

Grandma Hua's Sour Plum Soup is a roadside stall in the middle section of Dapi Yuan. It is placed on a float on the roadside, and it is the same house. Moreover, their house does not sell Sour Plum Soup Powder, so don't miss it when you pass by. Please drink two more cups. The sweetness of Sour Plum Soup is acceptable, not sweet like other shops. It is made of fresh fruits such as hawthorn, which is much better than brewed with that syrup.

Night view of Drum Tower and Bell Tower

Day4 Little Wild Goose Pagoda

Fang Zhongshan Hu Hot Soup near the hotel, No. 115, Zhuba City. I came to check in early in the morning. The spicy soup is full of ingredients, and I have always wanted to drink what the authentic spicy soup tastes like. The taste is strong, spicy and salty. The oil cakes are eaten by the most people, and they are especially delicious when eaten hot. You can still buy half of this, but it is enough for two people. Later, we bought this oil cake again before we left. By the way, this house is open from 6:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m.

South Street, Zhonglou South Station Bus No. 29, 46 and 203 go to Xiaoyan Pagoda.

The Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda located in Dacien Temple in the southern suburbs of Xi'an are two landmark buildings preserved in Chang' an City in the Tang Dynasty. The distance between the Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is three kilometers. Because it is smaller than the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, it is called the Little Wild Goose Pagoda.

Xiaoyan Pagoda is a dense eaves brick pagoda. The tower is made of blue bricks. The tower plane is square. The base of the Little Wild Goose Pagoda is a brick square platform, and there is an underground palace under the base, which is a vertical cave. Above the base is the tower body, the bottom layer of the tower body is higher, and the height above the second floor decreases layer by layer, so the outline of the tower presents a beautiful scroll. The width of the tower body gradually decreases from bottom to top, and the outline of the tower body takes on a conical shape. The Xiaoyan Pagoda is exquisite and beautiful in shape, beautiful in shape, and even in proportion. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to many earthquakes, the tower body was cracked in the middle and the top of the tower was destroyed. There are 13 levels now.

The aunts in front of the Daxiong Hall are doing morning exercise, enjoying a beautiful retirement life ~~

The ancient bells in the Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Bell Tower of Jianfu Temple are collectively called the "Wild Goose Pagoda Morning Bell", one of the "Eight Scenes in Guanzhong."

There is also a Xi'an Museum for tourists to visit for free, an exhibition is being put on display, and a group of foreign students led by teachers are also seen visiting.

There are small bridges and flowing water around the museum, and the scenery is good.

The little wild goose pagoda comes out and continues to forage on Hui Street

Zhiliang Guantang Steamed Dumplings-No. 200 Miaohou Street, I strongly recommend this store to check in. It is really cheap and cheap! Steamed beef dumplings have thin skins and thin fillings, and there is also soup inside. They are great with homemade seasonings. They are not very spicy and acidic, and they are also sprinkled with some white sesame seeds to enhance the fragrance. The eight-treasure porridge is also super good. It is full of nuts. I don't see how much rice there is, but you can almost fill your stomach by eating this bowl of porridge.

I had nothing to do in the afternoon. I could have gone to the Forest of Steles Museum, but thinking that I really knew nothing about calligraphy, I didn't go. There are also man-made attractions like Datang Furong Garden that are even less interested. They just rest in the hotel and are in a daze, thinking about what to eat at night. Their mind is filled with eating, hehe ~~

Dinner Hairong Pot Sticker Restaurant, No. 67, Zhuba City. It is also an old shop. The leek beef pot sticker is good, and there is still juice in the crispy bottom filling. A large bowl of nourishing the stomach and pimples soup has a light taste. After eating it, it will expand. There is no way for two people to eliminate it.

The food is too full to shake and digest the South Street. I feel that the viewing lights are good, adding gorgeous colors to the ancient attractions during the day and giving them a unique vitality. Shuyuan Gate is a cultural pedestrian street that specializes in calligraphy and painting, four treasures of literature, and handicrafts. Go to the end along Shuhumen Street to the end and you will find the Forest of Steles Museum.

Night view of South Gate

I came across an old man taking night scenes at the turn of the sidewalk on the road opposite the tower. It seems that the old man is squatting here every day. He showed us that the night scenes photos taken here are very good, and he also enthusiastically taught us how to use the railing to reflect light. The skills of using mobile phones to take night scenes photos, haha ~~ So happy, I didn't expect to get this unexpected gain. The following one is our proud work, heh!

Day5 Hukou Waterfall

This season, the water volume of Hukou Waterfall is not the largest compared to July and August, but I still want to visit Hukou Waterfall. It is a long way from Xi'an to Hukou, so I reported a Hukou special line in Ctrip to follow a group tour every day. The driver who booked the car in the morning picked us up at the hotel and took us from the hotel to the bus parking spot near the north gate, avoiding the need to search for strangers in the morning. Since it takes 5 hours one way, I chose a first-class coach. It was the first time I sat in this luxury coach. The seat was really comfortable. The sofa seat with adjustable back also had its own cushions. The key is that the carriage is very clean and spacious, and the seat next to the safety door is even more spacious. It's super awesome, haha ~

We have only seen Yan 'an Cave Cave on TV since we were young. The tour guide introduced various cave knowledge and local customs along the way, saying that the local area has just lifted out of the poverty line this year. This spot was also specially set up for along this tourist route. Tourists donate some money in the donation box. The local simple gong and drum performance team will perform local specialties very diligently. Tourists will also be driven by their enthusiastic atmosphere, and some will also participate in their performances. All fund-raisers can take photos with the performers, making it a very happy memory.

In summer, there is abundant rain and a large flow of waterfalls. It is the best time to view Hukou Waterfall. As a world-famous waterfall, although Hukou Waterfall is not the largest waterfall in my country, the landscape of Hukou Waterfall is enough to make people feel shocking. At this time of year, the current flow has not reached its peak. Hukou Waterfall belongs to the common scenic spot of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and the two provinces operate independently. Hedong is Shanxi Province, and Hexi is Shaanxi Province. Viewed from Shaanxi, the viewing point is slightly lower than the water drop, giving the feeling of water falling from the sky. The viewing point at the forefront is closer to the center of the waterfall, and the momentum you feel is stronger. Hukou Waterfall is a chamfered surface, and its front face is facing Shaanxi! When I saw Hukou Waterfall with my own eyes, I was shocked by the surging waves and the roaring Yellow River water. The atmosphere is majestic and the scene is quite spectacular. It is really worthwhile. The "Yellow River Cantata" will be played on the radio. While watching the scenery, it is very suitable for the scenery. It is a wonderful combination. If you have time to go to Shaanxi, you must come and have a look!

Because it was not the period of maximum water volume, a large area in front of the viewing area was not submerged by the Yellow River. There were several people renting local specialty costumes and riding donkeys to take photos. How could I miss this? Behind me are the mountains and the Yellow River. Look at me riding on the donkey, do I look like a daughter-in-law who went back to my mother's family?~ By the way, the clothes are very clean and cost 20 yuan.

When you admire Hukou Waterfall in Shanxi, you can also appreciate the shock of Hukou. Shanxi's river bank activity area is large and the view is wide. You can also enter Longdong and walk to the bottom of the ditch to watch the waterfalls. It is located below the waterfall, which is closer to the waterfall, and the viewing effect is extraordinary.

When the water volume reaches its peak in July and August, these small bridges and this area will be swallowed by the Yellow River.

The dinner was a group meal booked at the tour guide, and the taste was still good. It was already 9 p.m. when I returned to Xi'an. Although I had already eaten dinner and was not very hungry, I still came to the time-honored brand "Sheng Zhiwang Ma Sauce Maisingpi Shop" at No. 225 Dapiyuan. When I was full, I could only order a special Ma Sauce Maisingpi. The reason why I called it Maisingpi is because it has a different taste from the cold rice noodles. It is elastic and soft. The sesame sauce provided by the store is quite sufficient, and the mixed rice cakes are wrapped in rich sesame sauce. Eating a bite is really full of happiness and satisfaction. The environment upstairs of this store is good, with a unique heaven and earth. There is also a handy gift at the door that provides vacuum packaging and express delivery home.

Day 6 foraging two kinds of steamed buns

Xi'an's most distinctive steamed buns are on display today

Beef and mutton steamed buns are famous snacks in Xi'an City. Use high-quality beef and mutton with seasoning and put it into the pan and boil it until the soup is ready for use. Break the branded "tiger back and chrysanthemum heart"-Tuotuo steamed buns into pieces, add auxiliary ingredients and cook them. Its characteristics are: the meat is thick, the soup is mellow and delicious, and it is sticky and tough. After eating, drink a small bowl of soup, and you will feel more fragrant and have a long aftertaste. When eating, you will have a special sweet garlic for a better taste.

Mutton steamed buns specially came to No. 127, Xiyang City-Laomi's house to make steamed buns in heavy rain. You must recognize the heavy rain when checking in. Even if you walk here, you must take a clear look at the facade and enter again, because there is another Laomi's house next door. If you are not careful, you will go wrong. I originally wanted to order 2 portions of mutton steamed buns, but their family had to go with 2 steamed buns. There were too many steamed buns to eat, so I ordered one portion. The store kindly gave two bowls for the two of us to break one steamed bun in each bowl. The steamed bun must be the size of a fingernail. It is best to break it off. To be honest, when you break off a steamed bun, your fingers will still hurt a little. When you take the bowl with the steamed bun and send it to the restaurant, you will also ask what kind of soup you need (Mouth soup, dry soaking, and water siege), we chose the water siege with the most soup heads. The steamed buns and mutton soup will be fired in a small pot for a while. The steamed buns absorb the soup, and the mutton soup is very delicious. The mutton slices on top are thick and soft, and are paired with sugar and garlic to relieve the greasy. For us southerners, it is very worth tasting the authentic mutton steamed buns. It is a worthwhile trip.

I'll break it, I'll break it, I'll break it

This is a bowl of steamed buns for two people

I have to go home on the last day, so bring some delicious food home ~~

When I came to this and Xinyuan, I found that there are quite a complete range of specialties here. I recommend persimmons. The price is relatively reasonable. The unified price of persimmons and diao persimmons is 15 yuan per catty. The local specialty doghead dates are good. I bought them for 25 yuan per catty. They are also quite big. The dates are very small and the dates are quite sweet. The sour plum soup powder is very good. I must buy this packaging that they produce. It is not very sweet and has pulp. I tasted it to my colleagues after I get home. They all added WeChat to buy back.

Before leaving, Xi'an had the last meal before leaving, the time-honored Chinese brand-Spring Emergence. It was founded in 1920. Its name is derived from the famous sentence "Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen" in the poem "Happy Rain on Spring Night" by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. Founder He Leyi carried loads and hawked in the Nanyuimen area, and later developed and had his own facade house. Hulutou paomo is a famous Shaanxi snack with unique characteristics, especially the most authentic ones occurring in spring. Its history has a long history. In the Tang Dynasty, snacks such as boiled white sausage and mixed pig lambs were popular in Chang 'an, the capital. They were loved by all walks of life because of their delicious soup. It is said that Sun Simiao, the medicine king, traveled around the city of Chang 'an, and felt that it tasted fishy and greasy when tasting the "pig mixed lamb". So he took Xida Xiang, Shangyuan Gui, Hanyin Pepper and other food to strengthen the stomach and dispel fishy smell from the medicinal gourd. He taught the store how to use it and gave it to him. Later, the "pig lamb" changed its old appearance, with a fragrant flavor and never getting tired of eating it for a long time. The store owner appreciated the kindness of Yaowang, so he regarded the medicinal gourd as an "auspicious" thing and hung it high at the door, and renamed the "pig mixed lamb" to "gourd head", which has been passed down to this day. The making process of Hulutou steamed buns in Chunchasheng Hotel is very sophisticated. It still adheres to the traditional craftsmanship of cake making, sausage washing, soup making, and Mao steamed buns, as well as the meticulous craftsmanship and the use of various blending ingredients, making Chunchasheng "Hulutou steamed buns" have remained original for decades.

This store is not far from the hotel, No. 25, South Gate Gate. You can find it by walking a little bit. Those who don't eat beef and mutton can come here to taste it. The gourd head is actually the connection between the large intestine and small intestine of a pig. After cooking, it looks like a gourd. The intestines are processed very cleanly, and the taste is soft and elastic. The soup head is very delicious. A bowl of gourd head steamed buns brought a perfect end to the trip to Xi'an, and embarked on the way home with a nostalgia for Xi'an cuisine. Hehe ~·