Shanxi
Geography Shaanxi is located in the very heart of China, has an area of more than 205,600 square kilometers. It is situated 105'29"-111'15" east longitude and 31'42"-39'35" north latitude, Shaanxi has a varied terrain. In the north are plateaus, in the middle, plains and in the south are mountainous areas.
In the spring, the weather in Shaanxi is always dry, little precipitation; more sand weather; in the summer the weather become hot and rainy ; in the autumn the weather in Shaanxi is cool and more humid; in the winter the weather is cold and dry, and the temperatures is very low. It always rainy and snowy. The province's annual average temperature 13.7 ℃
Shaanxi is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization As early as 800,000 years ago, Lantian-man lived here. In the year of 1953 east of Xi'an Banpo Village Ruins, showed the progress of matriarchal society and civilization 6,000 years ago.
Huangling Regulus tomb---the ancestor of the Chinese nation which Located in the northern part of Shaanxi, become a symbol of cohesion of the Chinese nation's spirit.
For more than 1000 years the former Zhou, the Qin, the former Han, the former Zhao, the Former Qin, the Later Qin, the former Wei, the Zhou, the Xia, the Sui, the Tang and more than ten political centre capital in Shaanxi. Shaanxi has the most capital dynasties in Chinese history. As one of the longest political, economy as well as the culture centre, Shaanxi has being leaving behind a very rich historical and cultural heritages.
The capital Xi'an, which is called "Chang’an" in ancient time is a famous one all over the world and it also ranked the greatest civilizations city at that time. It is also know as one of six ancient capitals in China.
Shaanxi ranks first in the ancient capital, it has the longest history among all the capitals in Chinese, the most influential capital, is the cradle of the Chinese nation, the birthplace of Chinese civilization, and it is the representatives of Chinese culture.
Shaanxi is also the largest and most important scientific research, higher education, defense industry and high-tech industrial base of central and western China’s.
Two thousand years ago, as the starting point of the "Silk Road" the ancient Chang'an make Shaanxi Province become the birthplace of the opening market of China, and also, Chang'an became the famous trade hub in China and throughout the world
Shaanxi is an inland province, has great development potential and advantage. Located in the hinterland of China, Shaanxi bunched with east and west, take the advantage of linking north and south communication center. As well as it’s throughout technology. The centre city Xi'an which is also the largest city of the northwest region's, play a multiple services role of in the west development.
Industry
Xi'an is China's largest industrial centers in central and western regions.。It has complete range of industries, 39 major categories, covering 36 industries. There are machinery manufacturing, electronics and communications equipment manufacturing, transportation equipment manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, light industry, aviation and military industry. Xi'an which occupied a large proportion of the manufacturing sector, accounting for 97% of industrial, and there are many industrial brand.
Tourism
Shaanxi also boasts a variety of cultural resources. It ranks first with regard to the number of its historical Ancient buildings and artifacts of national class, so it is worthy of the name “ a province with rich cultural relics” and “a natural history museum”sites.
Now the province has one World Heritage: the Terracotta Warriors. Apart from this, the natural resources of Shaanxi Province are also abundant. Here, one can find the precipitous and splendid Mount Hua, one of the five Holy Mountains in China, the rolling Loess Plateau, the Hukou waterfall. The biggest waterfall on the Yellow River and Mount Taibai National Forest Park that is famous for its unique geographical features as well as its various forest scenery.
Historical heritage sites: Shaanxi has 35 800 historical sites , 151 museums which have collections of 900 000 items (group). They rank the first in the country for the cultural point density, the large number and the high-level, such as the "eighth wonder of the world," Qin Shi Huang Terra cotta Warriors, the Qianling joint burial of Wu Zetian who is the first female emperor in Chinese history and his husband the Tang Emperor Li Zhi, Famen Buddhist temple and the Xi'an city wall which is China's largest existing and best preserved ancient city wall, etc. Not mention the 72 ancient imperial tombs.
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