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Not to waste your money on it. Word of caution: the egg shaped "musical flute" sells only 3RMB compared to the original asking price of 38RMB in the shop outside the museum. The shop keeper asked for 38RMB, I offered 3RMB and didn't intended to buy anyway and started walking off. He beckon me back and accepted 3RMB.
But if you miss it, you probably would not discover ChangLe XiLu Wholesale Market, which is between the City and Banpo.
There's also cheap hot pot meals at ChangLe XiLu.
To miss or not is your calling. Leave a Comment Directions: Bus #105 stops near the museum. May not be advisable to take a bus there unless you known where to alight.
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 by josephvaLeave a Comment Directions: Bus #105 stops near the museum
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The Xi'an environment is very fertile, as the ground consists of loess (clay and sand deposit form the ice-age). So no wonder there were neolithical people living here. This museum shows the on the site excavations of a village: houses, parts of a moat, a cemetary etc. The exhibition has English texs and there is an interactive computer display with details (including the famous Chinese who visisted this place ;-)). We found the museum very interesting, altough not as spectacular as the terracota army. So first visit this - as we did - and then go to the terracotta army. Leave a Comment Directions: We had hired a driver; all I know: just across a bridge, near the city. Bus #105 stops near the museum
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Considering that this place was found when excavation for a power station, we are very lucky to have found it.
Its well worth a visit as it is a fascinating insight into life in that era.
Many things have been discovered about the era from this site. When excavating, they found the cemetery, but they also found some pots buried near the foundations f the houses containing children's bones. After some research and carbon dating etc, it was concluded that in those times, a child was deemed to become an adult at age 14 (or thereabouts) and that apparently only adults could be buried in the cemetery. Children younger than 14 were buried in pottery jars near the foundations of the home. Directions: Bus #105 stops near the museum
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This was the first place we visited as part of more Eastern Tour which I booked from my hostel. This archaeological site was first discovered in 1953 and is located in the Yellow River Valley just east of Xian. It contains the remains of several well organised Neolithic settlements dating from approximately 4500 BC. It is a large area of 5-6 hectares and surrounded by a ditch, probably a defensive moat, five or six meters wide. The houses were circular, built of mud and wood with overhanging thatched roofs. They sat on low foundations. There appears to be communal burial areas as you can see plenty of skeletal remains. There is also a reconstruction model of how the site once looked.
Open: 8:30am-5pm. Admission: RMB35. Leave a Comment Directions: From Xian Railway Station: Take No. 213, 42, 105 and 231 buses; From the South Gate: Take No. 232 bus; From the Bell Tower: Take No. 11 and 15 buses From the Wild Goose Pagoda: Take 237 and 715 buses
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