Xi'an National Museum

XI'AN pt2

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February 23rd 2011
Sunday 13th February Before we leave Xian we have a visit to the The Shaanxi History Museum which is not far from the Wild Goose Pagoda. Ivy meets us out front of the hotel and we proceed to cross town in the hectic traffic. Since the Museum was opened to the public in 1991, its architectural buildings, internal apparatus, and exhibits have made it famous as a first-class museum in Chi ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more