西安旅游英语介绍.ppt

e to Xi’an !
Xi'an,the Oldest city in chinese history, just like a living history book,Called Chang'an in ancient times.
Xi'an is the eastern end of the Silk Road . The city has more than 3,100 years of history.
silk road
Bell tower drum tower
The Bell tower was first built in 1384 during the Ming dynasty. And the tower house a huge bell which in ancient times was use to strike the time every morning. This is how the tower got its name.
The Drum Tower stands 500 meters to the northwest of the Bell Tower. It was built in drum was used to give warnings to people in times of war.
The Xi’an Circumvallation
The Xi’an Circumvallation site is located at the center of xi’an city with the form of a existing circumvallation was built during 1373-1378 with the history of more than 600 years. It is one of the most famous wall construction in China’s history after the middle ages as well as the most preserved ancient one in China.
big Wild Goose Pagoda Temple, located 4 kilometers away from Xi’an area of the Grace Temple(慈恩寺), built in 652 AD, according to legend Grace Temple is the first abbot presided over the Tang Sancang(唐三藏)from India after the return of the country, in order to worship and storage classical sanskrit(梵文经典)and buddhist relics(佛像舍利) to design and built personally.
Great Wild Goose Pagoda
The Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses(兵马俑) is praised as 'the eighth major miracle of the world', Mausoleum (陵墓)of Emperor Qin Shi Huang is listed on the World Heritage List(世界遗产名录) .
Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang’s
Tomb Figures of Soldiers and Horses
Huaqing Palace, is a well-known historic site and an AAAAA tourist attraction of China. It gets its fame for being the place where the romantic story of Emperor Tangxuanzong of Tang Dynasty (618-907) and his beloved Yang Guifei (or Concubine Yang) took place.
The Huaqing Hot Springs
Hua Mountain is the highest of China’s five famous mountains. It is located 120 kilometers east of