Xi'an Ancient City Wall Travel Guide

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travelling guideline:

1. Performance time:

Opening City → 09:00

Wuyun Ancient City → 10:30/19:30

Living Sculpture → 10:45/19: 45

Samurai Military Formation Performance → 17:30

Samurai Changing of the Guard Ceremony Performance → 9:30/15:30/18:40

Samurai Lake Donggao Parade Performance → 11:00/11:40/16:20/16:50/18:00



2. Cycling on the city wall is the best way to tour. It not only saves time and leg strength, but also has a unique flavor. There are bicycle rental stations at major city gates such as Yongning Gate. One cycle takes about 2 hours and costs about 30 yuan.

Tour route:

City climbing gate points: There are 19 city climbing gate points open in the Xi'an City Wall, and tourists can climb the city nearby.

3 on the east line → East Gate, Zhongshan Gate, northeast corner of the city wall;

4 on the west line → Yuxiang Gate, West Gate (2), southwest corner of Beima Road;

7 on the south line → Small South Gate, South Gate (main gate in the city, Yuecheng Suspension Bridge), Wenchang Gate (2), Heping Gate, Jianguo Gate;

5 on the north line → Xiaobei Gate , North Gate (2), Shangde Gate (located on the southwest side of the train station, with 1 ring road inside the city, and a ladder to climb outside the city).



Exquisite two-day tour of the ancient city:

D1 Ancient City Wall → Bell and Drum Tower → Shaanxi History Museum → Big Wild Goose Pagoda·Da Ci'en Temple → Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square

D2 Huaqing Pool → Lishan Forest Park → Terracotta Warriors → Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin



Four-day tour of the ancient capital:

D1 Ancient City Wall → Bell and Drum Tower → Huifang Street

D2 Shaanxi History Museum → Big Wild Goose Pagoda • Daci'en Temple → Tang Furong Garden

D3 Huaqing Pool → Lishan Forest Park → Terracotta Warriors → Qin Shihuang Mausoleum

D4 Daming Palace Ruins

Best time to visit:

Spring and autumn are the best times to travel.

Shopping recommendations:

Stone rubbings, painted clay sculptures, straw weaving, Demaogong crystal cakes, holly wood branded chopsticks, imitation Qin Terracotta Warriors, imitation Qin bronze chariots and horses, imitation Tang tri-color glazed pottery, Huxian peasant paintings, paper-cutting, wicker weaving, woodblock New Year pictures, Qin opera masks, celadon ware, Sanyuan Polygonum flower candy, big red dates, copies of Tang murals, pottery whistles, rattan weaving, Xifeng wine, northern Shaanxi red dates, embroidery, shadow puppets, Qin pepper, Shaanxi Codonopsis pilosula, Shaanxi green tea, Gastrodia elata, Xi'an Lantian jade, etc.

Scenic spot map: