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Xi’An (III) ShaanXi Historical Museum

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Shaanxi Historical Musem (陕西历史博物馆)

As I had been unable to organize for a “Western Tour” with a tempel and some tombs I decided to check out the well-praised Shaanxi Historical Museum, claiming itself to be the “first modern museum in China”, and rated by Lonely Planet as “one of the best in China”, promising some overview of Chinese history from Neolithic to Qing dynasty times. As I didn’t find a suitable bus I just walked the 20 minutes there. I had seen the building the day before, also praised by the CITS tour guide while passing by in our bus. But if I would not have seen it before it would have been hard to figure out which exact building it was. There was a stone with its Chinese title carved into it in front of the building, but no other sign whatsoever, neither Chinese nor English. Eh…do they want to attract tourists or not…? 35 RMB admission was quite OK though.
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Xi’An (II) Now for the Chinese Cradle

The mosque might be great, but the reason you come to Xi’An is probably more because of the Army of Terracotta Warriors. I guess all people do so, if not here for business. Today I just let me drive around by a CITS guided tour to save all the hassle of finding the places far out Xi’An. It proved a good choice. The army is 1 hour’s drive out of Xi’An. But we startd very local…nearly…I was the first to get on the bus as the CITS main office is right next door. Then we did a sightseeing tour of Xi’An’s top class hotels and, belive it or not, one hour later drove by my hotel again on the way to the first stop. I could have slept an hour longer…grrr…. Continue reading Xi’An (II) Now for the Chinese Cradle →