China travel guide - Shaanxi (Shanxi) PDF Chapter
Shaanxi is where it all started for China. As the heartland of the Qin dynasty, whose warrior emperor united much of China for the first time, Shaanxi was the cradle of Chinese civilisation. Later on, Xī’ān was the beginning and end of the Silk Road and a buzzing, cosmopolitan capital long before anyone had heard of Běijīng.
Coverage includes: Xī’ān & around, Huà Shān, Hánchéng, Yán’ān, Yúlín, and Mǐzhǐ.
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