Xi'an Local Customs

 2 Reviews  I don´t know if I should call it as a 'cultural tip' because you won´t go Xi´An to play chess. No, I don´t mean the game what the Westerner play but Chinese Chess. Once I saw a group of men standing... 

 solopes Says:  “No need to pay!”Where did this small girl learn this English, how does she know that, of course, accepting the flower that she gently offered me I had to offer... 

 solopes Says:  Be aware that, like everywhere else, temples are praying sites, and, despite their old and exotic look, they may keep being used for their religious purposes.... 

 solopes Says:  Maybe because of the excess of population (maybe because they eat them…) dogs and cats are not very visible in China, where pets seem to be mainly fishes and... 

 solopes Says:  One thing that I noticed is the rigour used by the workers in their jobs: In shops, restaurants, everywhere, the staff lines the corridors, occupying... 

 socrates_07 Says:  If you are in Xi'An you have to eat Baozi. (actualy not only if you are in Xi'An)That´s definitive a cultural tip.I like those dumplings very much but if you... 

 taoxn Says:  called Chang'an in ancient times, more than 1 million years of condensation of history. During Xi'an's 3,100 years of development, 12 dynasties such as Zhou,... 

 l_joo Says:  This is the entrance ticket to see The Terracotta Warriors cost RMB65.00, if you need a translator they charge extra RMB40.00. So what the hell is Terracotta... 

 SirRichard Says:  INCENSEIn the chinese temples you can always smell the scent of the incense floating in the air. They offer incense sticks to their gods, placing them in places... 

 SirRichard Says:  SMALL FEETThe old days when women were obblied to have small feet and suffered a lot to get it are over, but you can still see old women with such traces of the... 

 SirRichard Says:  NICE PEOPLE (2)...All the family (and some neighbours too!) came to see me: they invited me to tea, and even offered me some noodles. They didn't know any... 

 SirRichard Says:  NICE PEOPLEThe people I found in this part of the country is very open to foreigners. Once I was wandering around a little village when I saw an old woman doing... 

 D_major Says:  Another master piece by the Xi'an construction wrokers.its just a archaize building.  

 albaaust Says:  These were the bins on top of the City Wall- rather ornate and quite appropriate!!There wasn't any rubbish at all on the wall. 

 atobol Says:  I was studying here for one year, one of the greatest experiences 

 walterwu Says:  When touts approaches you and you want to avoid them, the best method is to say that you have been to those places they are trying to solicit you on. 

 ahoerner Says:  Tea shops are all over China... they are specially nice because of its colorful combination of scented tea leaves...Stop by just for curiosity. 

 Wanderboy43 Says:  It didn't register until later that this could be real stuffed dog. I thought at the time it was maybe made from another animal. Strange, nevertheless.The other... 

 Wanderboy43 Says:  I was surprised to see recycling actually 

 aukjejetty Says:  There is a lot to learn about chinese culture. Please vistit my China-page for cultural tips, like how to eat! 

 o00o Says:  Graveyard of Qing Shi Huan, main entrance. 

 chris_shi Says:  Zhuque --- from Shaanxi Province History Museum 

 gigi_huang Says: