Xian Terracotta Warriors Tour

by Sam Lin Xi'an Private Tours

Xian Private Tour is a leading tourist support provider in Xian city of China which helps visitors travel in depth to most interesting places in Xian Terracotta Warriors Tour that are not offered by any other travel agencies. It provides tours that are highly personalized and can be customized for the places that cannot be explored by tourists themselves. Further, it makes tourists understand the culture, the people and real life in the city and most useful information about destinations.

Services of Xian Private Tours that encircles entire gamut of destinations in Xian along with other tourist destinations of China. All such tours plans give the option to tourists to have services like personal English-speaking guides and private vehicles in the affordable price range. Tourists can take advantage of many of its tour plans which can be customized as per their need. It is an excellent platform for tourists to explore historical places in and around Xian such as Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Ancient City Wall, Terracotta Army and Muslim Quarter accompanied with modern amenities of China. Amongst many tour options, commuters can avail one-day tours, Two-days one-night tour, 4 to 5-hour tours, and many other side tours as well.

Xian is the capital city of Shaanxi province, China, a sub-provincial city on Guanzhong plain in north-west China. It is one of the oldest cities in China and the oldest of the four greatest ancient capitals. Having held the position under several of most important dynasties in Chines history Xian is the starting point of the Silk Road and home to Terracotta army of emperor Quin Shi Huang. The city that has 3000-year-old civilization on Yellow River Basin area Xian is a historical heritage that holds many sites and cultural relics.

Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the army of emperor Quin Shi Huan, the first emperor of China. Terracotta Army is a form of funerary art where sculptures of more than eight thousand soldiers were buried along with emperor Quin Shi Huang with the purpose of protecting emperor afterlife in 209 BC. True to its meaning of word “terracotta” i.e. brownish-red colored and unglazed fired clay, entire terracotta sculptures of an army of 8000 consisting Soldiers, Chariots, Horses, Acrobats and Musicians etc were prepared and buried with emperor is a sight to watch.

This UNESCO World Heritage site was discovered in 1974 by local farmers while digging. The terracotta army contains 130 Chariots, 520 Horses, 150 Cavalry horses. The non-military figure found includes officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians. The figures are life-like & life-sized varies as per soldier's height, uniform, hair style in accordance with their rank. The army of sculptures found near Quin Shi Huang’s mausoleum is in formations which were found in three different pits while digging. Pit 1 is designed to protect the mausoleum, Pit 2 is camp for army and Pit 3 is the functional head quarter. The entire formation amazes the visitors and tourists.

Conclusion:

Though Xiang is the greatest destination to visit the magnificent Xian Terracotta Warriors Tour, facilities and tour plans provided by Xian Private Tours makes it a memorable trip for tourists. Tourists get an opportunity to get acquainted with and understand the culture, the people and real life and most useful information about destinations which indeed remains a memorable experience for all visitors.