Tour Code: COT-XAT-01
Length: 1 nights & 2 days
Sightseeing:

* Ancient City Walls

Inclusions and Exclusions

Day 1:
Upon your arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. After rest for a little while and lunch, you will have city tour to the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Complete the day with the Tang Dynasty show at Shaanxi Grand Opera Theatre.

- Shaanxi Provincial Museum: opened in 1991, the largest comprehensive museum in the province, the museum exhibits over 3,000 unearthed historical relics, a small fraction of their collection, most of the exhibited items are rare treasures, showing you the splendid Chinese culture.

- Big Wild Goose Pagoda: regarded by many as a symbol of the city, the pagoda was built in 652 A.D in Tang Dynasty to house the sutras brought back from India by the famous monk Xuan-zang.

- Tang Dynasty Show: the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) was one of the most glorious dynasties in China's history, Xi'an was the capital during the Tang Dynasty and called as Chang'an. Tang Dynasty Show is a performance of Chang'an music and dances in Tang Dynasty style laid out according to various historical records and ancient arts and relics discovered in Xi'an,during the show, the musicians present the music with the Tang-Dynasty-style musical instruments and the dancers dance by wearing a Tang-Dynasty-style robe with long white silk sleeves, you will certainly enjoy this national art that reflects the glory and richness of the Tang Dynasty era.

Day 2:
Today, you will first visit the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and then the Ancient City Walls before your onward flight to the next destination--.

- Terracotta Warriors and Horses: discovered in 1974 by local farmers digging a well,one of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th century. These 6,000 life-size painted terracotta warriors and horses --individually sculpted from real-life models and arranged in battle formation have been protecting the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history-Emperor QinShihuang since 2,200 years ago.

- The Ancient City Walls: built during the 14th century on Tang dynasty foundations, date to the Ming dynasty, the walls are the largest and best-preserved ancient fortress in the world. There is a gate in each of the four sides, the gate towers built over each gate look lofty and magnificent and form a tight defence engineering system.