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  • Board Games, Xi'an

    1. Board Games

    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...   more
  • Medicine, Xi'an

    2. Medicine

    I've been sick in China once and went to a Chinese medicine shop. They doctor told me to open my mouth and asked the nurse what it looked like- he was pretty much blind. Then he prescribed some herbs...   more
  • Celebrating Christmas in Xi'an, Xi'an

    3. Celebrating Christmas in Xi'an

    Mainland China may not be your typical yuletide holiday getaway but just as I thought I will have another dry Christmas in 2011, I was surprised to see the...   more
  • Flowers, Xi'an

    4. Flowers

    “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...   more
  • Monks, Xi'an

    5. Monks

    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....   more
  • Birds, Xi'an

    6. Birds

    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...   more
  • Discipline, Xi'an

    7. Discipline

    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...   more
  • Eating Baozi, Xi'an

    8. Eating Baozi

    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...   more
  • called Chang'an in ancient..., Xi'an

    9. called Chang'an in ancient...

    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,...   more
  • This is the entrance ticket to..., Xi'an

    10. This is the entrance ticket to...

    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...   more
  • INCENSEIn the chinese temples..., Xi'an

    11. INCENSEIn the chinese temples...

    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...   more
  • SMALL FEETThe old days when..., Xi'an

    12. SMALL FEETThe old days when...

    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...   more
  • NICE PEOPLE (2)...All the..., Xi'an

    13. NICE PEOPLE (2)...All the...

    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...   more
  • NICE PEOPLEThe people I found..., Xi'an

    14. NICE PEOPLEThe people I found...

    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...   more
  • Another master piece by the..., Xi'an

    15. Another master piece by the...

    Another master piece by the Xi'an construction wrokers.its just a archaize building.   more
  • Bins with attitude, Xi'an

    16. Bins with attitude

    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.   more
  • Tea shops, Xi'an

    17. Tea shops

    Tea shops are all over China... they are specially nice because of its colorful combination of scented tea leaves...Stop by just for curiosity.   more
  • Buy a stuffed dog?, Xi'an

    18. Buy a stuffed dog?

    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...   more
  • Chinese culture, Xi'an

    19. Chinese culture

    There is a lot to learn about chinese culture. Please vistit my China-page for cultural tips, like how to eat!   more
  • The gate and the gardens of..., Xi'an

    20. The gate and the gardens of...

    The gate and the gardens of the Great Mosque are definitely Chinese but this site has been a place of worship used actively by the Muslim minority almost...   more

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The echo of ancient

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Beautiful Xi'an

 A part of the old Xi'an is still preserved within its city walls. As interesting as the terracota warriors, worth of visits for sure... the old town is a living contrast of preserved monuments and... 

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