The spring breeze is full of galloping horses, and I see all Chang 'an flowers all night

The fragrant array penetrates Chang 'an, and the city is full of golden armor

Looking northwest at Chang 'an, pity countless mountains

Xianyang, the former capital of Qin Dynasty, and Chang 'an, the capital of Han and Tang Dynasties, were the places where government orders were issued to the world when Chinese civilization was in full swing.

When the Chinese nation rises again, when cultural confidence begins to awaken, Chinese studies or the revival of classics have already haunted the hearts of the people.

Cultivating a child's patriotic feelings is always superficial on paper. It is still necessary to let him see more of the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland so that he will not be easily revolted like many young people in Hong Kong today. Even if he could fly away one day, he would never forget the roots of China and carry out his identification with his own nation! We are at least one of the best nations in the world and are proud of our Chinese people.

Morning bells and evening drums, Xi'an's Bell and Drum Tower is currently the largest and best-preserved one in China. In ancient times without clocks, bells and drums were used to tell times during the day

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At night, the lighting effects of the Bell and Drum Tower are really dazzling and graceful.

The ancient city wall of Xi'an is a relic of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the area of the capital of Chang' an in the Tang Dynasty is five times the area enclosed by the Ming city wall. Originally, I planned to use wheels to measure the circumference of the city wall on the first day, because children's height could not allow riding bicycles, so in the end, I only used my feet to measure 1/4 of the length of the city wall.

It is said that China's aesthetics need to be improved, but how to improve aesthetics? My feeling is that as long as you look at more beautiful objects, your aesthetics will naturally improve.

A museum is a concentrated expression of the aesthetic taste of a region or nation over a period of time. Therefore, we made an appointment in advance for the Shaanxi History Museum, which was not easy to make. We booked these tickets early in the morning. Shaanxi Expo is one of the top ten museums in China, ranking next to the Palace Museum in Taipei.

The museum started from the Lantian Man in the Stone Age, starting with simple stones, then to rough pottery with slightly shaped shapes, then to pottery with color lines and a certain aesthetic feeling, and then to pottery with glazed surface layers, which fully reflected the principle of etiquette when the warehouse was solid. In the era of lack of food and clothing, survival was the last word, so there were no artistic creations at that time, and paintings, glazes, etc. began to appear. It shows that at least some people's basic survival is no longer a problem and they are beginning to pursue spiritual things. In the Bronze Age, many of the basic forms of pottery were still reflected in bronzes, such as supporting feet in the shape of particularly fat thighs. Of course, the more you enter the later stage, the more exquisite the appearance will become.

Although the tiger talisman was only half of it, it was carefully carved and was indeed difficult to counterfeit in that era. The stone carving of a horse riding a Xiongnu should have been in Maoling in my memory. I don't know when it was moved to the museum? He once told his children the story of Huo Qubing, the general of the Han hussars. At the age of 18, he began to lead troops on an expedition and swept across the Xiongnu. He left behind the ancient famous saying,"What can the family do before the Xiongnu is destroyed?" That kind of spirit can only be answered by Chen Tang, who "commits a strong Han, must be punished even if it is far away". These are stories that happened in the Han Dynasty in China. Our nation is the Han Dynasty!

In the Tang Dynasty, I saw more of the three colors of the Tang Dynasty. The three colors of the Tang Dynasty were unearthed in ancient tombs. Generally speaking, we should not put them at home because it was ominous, so we just observed them hastily. However, many of the other stone carvings, metal-cast Buddha statues, and pottery figures are indeed exquisite. I feel that they are not inferior to ancient Rome. However, the ones in Europe are usually larger, more realistic, and mainly stone carvings. We mainly focus on Buddha statues influenced by Gandharan art, and most of them are small sculptures. Even exquisite large stone carvings such as the Longmen Grottoes are often quite different from European sculptures.

Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum is particularly special in the era when modern computers are popularized without paper. In most countries, words are only a carrier of civilization, but in China, words are not only a carrier of civilization, but also an art.

From the "Shitai Jing of Filial Piety" written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty at the entrance, to the cursive script with dragon and snake strokes in the Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang... the cursive script with dragon and snake strokes, the dignified and elegant official script, the elegant running script, and the regular script with gold hooks and iron paintings, all reflect the beauty of wildness, such as Zhang Xu, the beauty of stubbornness and elegance, such as Liu Gongquan, and the beauty of thinness and gentleness, such as Zhao Ji.

In ancient times, hiring an excellent stonemason to engrave words cost a lot of money. It was suicide to spend so much money to engrave words without inviting a famous artist to write them. Therefore, almost all ancient monuments must be good and are all from famous artists. The hand of famous artists, just like the murals of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, although they were not from the hands of famous artists in history, at that time, those murals must have been painted by the absolute first-class local figures.

The forest of steles allows children to see the same word. It turns out that it can be written in different ways and has a variety of charm. They are all very beautiful.

At one time, we needed to use the "Daqin Nestorian Popular Chinese Monument" as a witness to the long history of foreign exchanges. In fact, the sound is loud and the elephant is invisible. What is truly powerful is unnecessary. Does the United States need to prove its foreign exchanges? Does Bill Gates need to prove he has money? But this just shows how little we lacked self-confidence and self-identification in those years, which was the lowest point of our Chinese nation! In the extremely splendid Chinese civilization, the Chinese characters were once almost strangers to us. The "abolition and abolition of Chinese characters" during the Republic of China almost required us to be like South Korea and Vietnam now, unable to understand what our ancestors wrote?

For the Chinese nation, which has almost been "subjugated and eradicated", combined with the current rising national strength, and looking at the majestic words in the forest of steles, should it be described as crying with joy?

The Stone Carving Art Museum next to the Forest of Steles contains the Six Horses of Zhaoling, stone tigers, stone rhinoceros, and stone carvings of Zhoucang Guanping. They are all lifelike and meticulously carved. Whether a work of art is good or not only vivid, it also needs to withstand close scrutiny. Every piece here is worth taking a closer look.

The two beasts at the exit have refined, concise and vivid techniques. That kind of heroism, that sense of power is very strong.

The Tang Dynasty Sleepless City is a cultural industry created by the government. It should be said that it has been built very successfully. It is lined up one after another, especially when the lights are on at night. It can really be described as beautiful.

What I feel most here is the group of statues with General Zhenguan written on it. Whether it is the one who blows the trumpet in front, the one who protects the driver, or the one who supports the flag, they are all so majestic, majestic, and have the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This is the feeling of beauty.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was specially built by the royal family for Master Xuanzang, so I paid a visit from afar.

The Terracotta Warriors are a must-see attraction when coming to Xi'an. Look at the bronze crown Qin bronze chariots and horses and those hardware mechanisms, which are built according to the actual use ratio of 1:2. The Terracotta Warriors, standing or kneeling, feel that each of them once corresponded to a real person, and the statue was made according to the appearance of the actual person. Feel the system and execution power of the Qin Dynasty.

Cold spring gives you a bath in Huaqing Pool, and hot spring water washes and condenses fat

Huaqing Palace has attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists because of its once tragic love story. The large number of imitation Tang-style buildings inside are not worth paying close attention to. There are several other hot spring soup pond ruins that many tourists despise: Huaqing Palace, only a few basins the size of basins, nothing worth seeing. In fact, when we come to Xi'an, we really need some cultural heritage. In principle, we take our children out. When we were very young, we focused more on natural landscapes, because it was easy to see and did not need to understand. People like Xi'an, because they carry a lot of history and often don't understand some background, they really don't look very good. It may be in line with the stage of "looking at mountains is mountains, looking at mountains is not mountains, and looking at mountains is still mountains" when looking at mountains is not mountains.

Here, the Feishuang Hall, the Hall of Longevity, and the poems in the Song of Eternal Regret. I recite the poems while walking to make up for the origin of the Anshi Rebellion, the Maweipo Incident, and the process of pacifying civil strife. A little higher, you reach the site of the Xi'an Incident. You feel that history is really surprisingly similar: stopping the civil war and uniting to resist Japan is also a remonstrance.

The song of everlasting regret at night is very beautiful, but what I look at is not more about the stage effect, but more about people who have no foresight must have immediate worries. Working hard is for a better life. If Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty had not "the spring night was short and the sun rose high, and the king would not go to court early from then on", there would be no "the king could not hide his face and could not save him. Looking back at the harmonious flow of blood and tears." The so-called poetry and distance are inseparable from hard work. No one's destiny is eternal, and only one who can keep moving forward is one who can keep moving forward. In addition, I don't quite agree with Naran Xingde's criticism of the Qing Dynasty,"The Lishan language is stopped and the night is clear, and there is no complaint in the end. How can you be lucky enough to be in Jinyi Lang, and you can join each other on the same day?" Compare "July 7th in the Temple of Longevity, when no one whispered in the middle of the night...", the love between the two was sincere and could stand the test. Of course, it is not ruled out that Tang Xuanzong's sense of loss at the fall of power made him feel indifferent to everything. Things are dull.

People will eventually grow old. How to preserve vitality? In fact, Emperor Xuanzong taught us a good lesson

Huashan

Since ancient times, Huashan has been a road. The legendary Huashan has been famous for its dangers. Since we have arrived in Xi'an, we should also go to the Xiyue Mountains for the pilgrimage, so we set out.

At around 10:00 noon, we started waiting for a bus to go to the Xifeng cableway. We waited for nearly an hour. When we arrived at the cableway point, we continued to queue for an hour. The passenger flow from Beifeng was still quite small, so we basically didn't queue up.

When we got on the cableway, the surrounding scenery was really bland at first, not as good as the scenery when we first got off the highway. However, when the cableway reached the top of the first mountain peak, the Huashan Mountain that stood facing us was immediately revealed. The sudden and majestic momentum will make people feel that the two-hour wait was worth it.

When there is a little fog near the peak, it can also be called a sea of clouds. I once saw Huashan immersed in the sea of clouds in other photos. It is really a fairyland!

After arriving at the station, he hurriedly climbed the top of Xifeng. His son was a little afraid of getting close to the cliff. Because there was an iron chain blocking him, he also trained his son's courage and walked to the dangerous place together.

Nowadays, Huashan Mountain has greatly reduced the difficulty of climbing, but some places still require climbing with both hands and feet to climb, such as a short section of the west summit.

After a quick look at Xifeng, I turned around and headed for the highest peak of Huashan Mountain: Nanfeng. Since the cableway station is already very close to the top of the mountain, it doesn't take much effort to get to the South Peak. The scenery is slightly different from the West Peak, but not much. This was a family trip, and I couldn't go alone to the most thrilling kite rolling and sky plank road, so I walked down the south peak, passed the center, and went to the small station. The peak of the center was like a small home, hiding under the arms of the south peak.

Soon we passed Jinsuo Pass and made a detour down Feiyu Ridge. We could only look at Canglong Ridge and sigh. Because it was a one-way line, we could only go up and down. However, the place that felt the most dangerous was the North Peak, even though it was the lowest of the five peaks.

There are many times when the strategy is very problematic. It is said that it takes 4-5 hours for the center center to reach the North Peak. I am afraid that there is a problem with the time. If I hurry up, it will only take 17:00 to reach the North Cableway. It takes no more than 2 hours.

Huashan Mountain is worth a good climb again. Moreover, you will definitely climb it up the mountain, and it will be from the north peak.

We went to Yongxing Square and watched shadow puppets and ancient Chinese movies. We went to experience them.

The music fountain is said to be good, and I also checked in. However, compared with the music fountain in West Lake, it still seems to be lacking a little. Probably mainly because of the venue

Xi'an Jiaotong University, since you are in Xi'an, you will come to the most well-known university in Northwest China to experience the campus atmosphere.

We spent an afternoon visiting Qujiang Book City near Qujiang Pond. At a time when the Sino-US trade war is intensifying day by day, I quote from Nixon's memoirs to end our trip to Xi'an:

... not only gives people a lasting impression, but also gives people an ominous feeling.

Henry's warning is extremely correct. As the years go by, not only we but also the people of all countries must do our best to match the tremendous ability, drive and discipline of the Chinese people.

That night, I couldn't fall asleep for a long time after I went to bed...

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Looking back on the week I spent in China, I feel two most vivid impressions. One is the intimidating sight of a sports performance in Beijing where the audience is both disciplined and excited to the verge of fanaticism, which confirms my belief that we must build good relations with China in the coming decades while China is still learning and developing its national strength and potential. Otherwise, we will one day face the most terrible and powerful enemy in world history.