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City Guide (Shaanxi)

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Shaanxi in tile middle reaches of the Yellow River in the eastern part of northwest China is one of the cradles of the Chinese nation where 13 dynasties made their national capital. Yanan and some of the other places in northern Shaanxi was the root of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from October 1935 to 1948. Shaanxi has an area of more than 190,000 square kilometers and a population of 28.31 million, of which 18.4 per cent live in the cities and 81.6 per cent in the rural areas. Most of Shaanxi's population lives in the Weihe Plain and the Hanshui Valleyland.
 
Shaanxi Province's climate is temperate and semi-arid in the north and subtropical and humid in the south. Annual average temperature of Shaanxi is between 8 Celsius and 16 Celsius.

Shaanxi Province is one of the most important cradles of ancient Chinese civilization. As far back as one million years ago, some of China's earliest inhabitants lived in this region, and began spreading their culture along the life-sustaining Yellow River. Throughout the province's long history, there are 13 dynasties who established capitals here, including the Zhou, the Qin, the Han, and the Tang. Because of this rich history, cultural relics and ruins are plentiful, and may be found preserved both above- and underground. So Shaanxi is called the 'authentic history museum' in China.

Shaanxi is also abundant in natural beauty beyond its rich historical legacy. As one of the five best-known mountains in China, Mt. Huashan, 120 kilometers (or 46 miles) east of Xian, is famous for its breath-taking cliffs and awe-inspiring landscape. The Hukou waterfall on Yellow River, the second biggest one in China, is very overbearing and magnificent. And Moutain Lishan and the nearby Huaqing Hot Springs are very attractive. Their beautiful legends will bring you into a moving love story between emperor Xuanyuan and a beauty named Yang Guifei.



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