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怎样用英语像老外介绍有关西安的历史越地道越好
怎样用英语像老外介绍有关西安的历史
越地道越好

怎样用英语像老外介绍有关西安的历史越地道越好
Xi'an
鈥淴ian鈥 redirects here.For other uses,see Xian (disambiguation).
Coordinates:34掳16鈥?0銆僋,108掳54鈥?0銆僂
Xi'an,Shaanxi,China
Nickname:Chang'an
Location of Xi'an
Coordinates:34掳16鈥睳,108掳54鈥睧
City Shaanxi
Government
- Mayor Chen Baogen
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Time zone CST ([[UTC+8]])
Xi'an (Chinese:瑗垮畨; Pinyin:X墨'膩n; Wade-Giles:Hsi-An; Postal System Pinyin:Sian),is the capital of Shaanxi province in China and a sub-provincial city.As one of the most important cities in Chinese history,Xi'an is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China for it has been the capital of 13 dynasties,including the Zhou,Qin,Han,and the Tang.Xi'an is best known for being the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and for the location of the Terracotta Army from Qin Dynasty.The city has more than 3,100 years of history.It was called Chang'an (Traditional Chinese:闀垮畨; Simplified Chinese:闀垮畨; Pinyin:Ch谩ng'膩n; literally "Perpetual Peace") in ancient times.
Since 1990s,as part of the economic revival of interior China,especially the west and northwest regions,in addition to a history of manufacturing and solid industrial establishments,Xi'an has become an important cultural,industrial and educational center of the northwest,with facilities for research and development,national security and China's space exploration program.
Splendid History
Xi'an has a rich history of cultural significance.The Lantian Man was discovered in 1963 at Lantian County (钃濈敯鍘钧 pinyin:L谩nti谩n Xi脿n),just 50 km southeast of Xi'an.The findings dates back at least 500,000 years before present,it followed the discovery of 5,000 year old Banpo (鍗婂潯) Neolithic village in 1954,just outside the current city limits.
Xi'an become a cultural and industrial center of China in 11th century BCE,with the founding of the [[Zhou Dynasty]].The capital of Zhou was established in F膿ng (娌?and H脿o (闀?,both located just west of contemporary Xi'an.Following the several century long Warring States Period,Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE) unified China for the first time and the capital was Xianyang (鍜搁槼),just northwest from modern Xi'an.Before his death,Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of the Terracotta Army and his mausoleum which is located in the city suburb.
Terracotta Warriors inside the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum,3rd century BC.In 202 BCE,the founding emperor Liu Bang of the [[Han Dynasty]] established Chang'an County as the capital; his first palace Changle Palace (闀夸箰瀹?闀夸箰瀹?perpetual happiness) was built across the river from the ruin of the Qin capital.This is traditionally regarded as the founding date of Chang'an,or Xi'an.Two years later,Liu Bang would built Weiyang Palace (鏈?ぎ瀹?north of modern Xi'an.The original Xi'an city wall was started in 194 BCE,the construction took 4 years to finish and the wall measured 25.7 km in length,12-16 m in thickness at the base.The area within the wall was ca.36 km².In year 190,amidst uprisings and rebellions just prior to the Three Kingdoms Period,a powerful warlord named Dong Zhuo moves the court from Luoyang to Chang'an in a bid to avoid a coalition of other powerful warlords against him.
During the Han Dynasty,Silk Road,which was a great transcontinental route linked the Roman Empire in the West with the imperial court of China in the East,remains its charm to people.The ancient route started at Chang鈥檃n (the ancient name of Xian),the capitals of Tang Dynasty,reached the Yellow River at Lanzhou,then skirted westward along deserts and mountains before dividing into three routes at the oasis of Dunhuang.Walking through Xinjiang,brave ancient merchants and traveler went eastward continuously until they arrive at Rome.Image:Xi'anSilkroad.gif
Following another few hundreds of years of unrest,[[Sui Dynasty]] united the country again in 582 and the emperor ordered a new capital to be built southeast of the Han capital,called DaXing (澶у叴/澶у叴,great excitement).It consisted of three sections:the X'ian Palace,the Imperial City,and the civilian section.The total area within the wall was 84 km²,The main street Zhuque Avenue measured 155 m in width.It was the largest city in the world.
The city was renamed Chang'an in [[Tang Dynasty]].In the mid-7th century,after returning from his pilgrimage to India,Buddhist monk Xuan Zang (popularly known as Tang Sanzang) established a translation centre for Sanskrit scriptures.Construction of the Da Yan Pagoda (澶ч泚濉?Giant Wild Goose Pagoda) began in 652.It measured 64 m in height.This pagoda was constructed for the storage of the translations of Buddhist sutras obtained from India by the Xuan Zang.In 707,construction of the Xiao Yan Pagoda (灏忛泚濉?Small Wild Goose Pagoda) began,it measured 45 m in height at the time of completion.The earthquake of 1556 damaged the tower and reduced its height to 43.4 m.
the Huaqing PalaceThe Huaqing Palace:Looking back at the Huaqing Hot Spring in history it has undergone four times of large constructions.The first time could be dated back to the Western Zhou Dynasty of over 3,000 years ago.The second time was in the Qin Dynasty.By the time of the Western Han Dynasty emperors made it a great pleasure to tour in this place.When history entered into the Tang Dynasty ,large number of palaces were built here up and down the mountain slopes and in and around the area.From then on,the name replaced by 鈥淗uaqing Palace鈥滭br/>
the site of the Hanyuan Hall in Daming PalaceThe Daming Palace ,put up as sponsored by Li Shimin in 634,the 8the year under the reign of 鈥淶hen鈥檊uan鈥?was a summer resort for his father Li Yuan.Located on a drangon-head terrace of over 3 meters high in a forbidden garden to the notheast of the Daming Palace .the Palace is the largest Royal palace ,roughly 4.5 times larger than the forbidden city in Beijing.The Hanyuan Hall is the main hall of the Daming Palace,and it was used by the emperor to handle his routine affairs and grant audiences to officials or foreign envoys.The original survey indicated that the hall was built on a terrace over 3 meters high and extends some 75.9 meters in length from east to west and 42.3 meters in width from north to south
The Xingqing Palace,once as the palace for the emperor LiLongji;the Lotus Palace,which is famous for its beautiful senery,located in Qu Pool,has already rebuilt on the site of the old one.
During the Tang Dynasty,there were lots of Japanese overseas students studying in Chang'an.When they went back to Japan,they brought books,Religion,Chinese charactors(on the base of Chinese charactor Japanese charactor was invited),and technology home.Some of them died in Chang'an.Following the Japanese envoys Kukai came to Chang'an in 804.He first stayed in the Ximing Temple and later followed Monk Huiguo of the Blue Dragon Temple to study Esoteric Buddhism.He returned to Japan in 806 when finished his study and established the True Word Sect of Buddism in Japan and finally became a great master in establishing the "Eastern Esotericism"
Chang'an was destroyed at the end of the [[Tang Dynasty]] in 904.Residences were forced to move to the new capital city in Luoyang.Only a small area in the city continued to be occupied after the destruction.