China Daily (Hong Kong)

Prises for foreign visitors

- The author is a China Daily website writer and editor. He is a member of the Asia Photograph­ers’ Incredible China Tour to Xi’an. He can be contacted through lance@chinadaily. com.cn

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Since the museum was founded, it has collected 33,600 cultural relics from the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. All of the relics, courtyards and homes originally stood in other cities throughout Shaanxi province were moved and restored at the museum.

Since the late 1980s, the museum has been collecting homes and courtyards from the Ming and Qing dynasties that were once inhabited by merchants, bankers and other businessme­n from those eras.

Over 8,600 stone horse hitching posts from various dynasties are also on display. The museum has been successive­ly supported as a key municipal and provincial project during the 11th and 12th five-year plans (2006-2016) and has been appointed by the Ministry of Culture as a national demonstrat­ion base for China’s cultural industry.

The museum also features live performanc­es of Chinese folk songs and dances dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century. Walking around the outdoor museum places the visitor right in the middle of China’s history.

Xi’an has a lot to offer to any visitor, but once you’ve hit the main attraction­s inside the city, don’t hesitate to hop on a bus and explore.

If Huashan and the Guanzhong Museum are popular with Chinese tourists, then think how much foreigners would enjoy the two locales if only they were more aware of them.

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