大魚wwsw2020-06-30 12:15:01Xi’an Xian， the eternal city， records the great changes of the Chinese nation just like a living history book。 Called Chang‘an in ancient times， Xian is one of the birthplaces of the ancient civilization in the Yellow River Basin area of the country。 During Xian’s 3，100 year development， 13 dynasties such as Western Zhou （11th century BC - 771 BC）， Qin （221 BC - 206 BC）， Western Han （206 BC - 24 AD） and Tang （618 - 907） placed their capitals here。
Xi‘an become a cultural and industrial center of china in 11th century bce， with the founding of the zhou dynasty。 the capital of zhou was established in fēng （灃/灃） and hào （鎬/鎬）， both located just west of contemporary xi’an。 following the several century long warring states period， qin dynasty （221-206 bce） unified china for the first time and the capital was xianyang （咸陽）， just northwest from modern xi‘an。 before his death， emperor qin shi huang ordered the construction of the terracotta army and his mausoleum just east of xi’an。