介绍西安的英语作文
once known as chang`an, xi`an is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of
shaanxi province, with its jurisdiction over five counties including chang`an county. located in the
middle of the central plains of the yellow river basin, xi`an stands between qinling mountain to the
north and the weihe river to the south. it is an important birthplace of the chinese nationality as
well as one of the places of human origin and prehistoric cultural centers in asia. its long history
and rich cultural heritage has covered the old city with a mysterious veil.
as a world-famous ancient capital, xi`an has been designated as the capital of 13 ancient chinese
dynasties such as the western zhou, qin, xihan, xinmang, eastern han, western jin, former zhao,
pre-qin, post-qin, western wei, northern zhou, sui and tang dynasties. many important historical
events took place here, such as the red eyebrow peasant rebellion at the end of the western han
dynasty (206bc-8ad), the huangchao peasant rebellion at the end of the tang dynasty (618-907)
and li zicheng peasant rebellion at the end of the ming dynasty (1368-1644) all once established
temporary political powers in xi`an. it also witnessed the famous xi`an incident in modern history.
all these have left with xi`an a lot of cultural relics. in xi`an there are altogether 314 key cultural
relics sites under protection, of which 84 belong to state or provincial level. unearthed cultural
relics reach 120,000, many of which are rare treasures in the world,
including the stele forest, the two wild goose pagodas, the clock tower, the remains of banpo
village and the city wall of the ming dynasty. in addition, there are ancient sites such as han city,
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