西安博物院英文简介

Xi’an used to be the capital of 13 different dynasties for

thousands of

years,

including

Zhou,

Qin,

Han

and

T

ang

Dynasties.

And

hence,

it

becomes

an

ancient capital city with the longest years of history and biggest times of being

a capital city

i

n Chinese history.

Xi’an

, as the earliest international metropolis

in China, also was the

starting point of the famous “Silk Route”. Nowadays in

Xi’an, there are 2 944 registered culture

remains, of which 41 are national key

culture protection units, 65 provincial key culture protection units. The various

culture remains and relics take the vivid record of

Xi’an’s splendid history

, and

make Xi’an a famous historic city around the world.

Xi’an Museum, covering an area of 245 hectares, was officially opened to the

p

ublic in May 2007. This museum collectively reflects the long history of Xi’an

city

, integrating with the small Wild Goose Pagoda, the national key protection

culture

unit,

the

ancient

building

groups

of

Janfu

T

emple,

and

the

modern

culture

relic

exhibition

hall.

The

harmony

combination

demonstrates

the

special features of this garden museum, the strong historic atmosphere in the

modernity.

In

the

T

ang

Dynasty

,

Jianfu

T

emple

was

a

very

famous

royal

temple,

but

destroyed in the war at the end of the T

ang D

ynasty

. The existed Jianfu T

emple

was rebuilt in Ming and Qing dynasties. Except the small Wild Goose Pagoda,

the culture remains of the T

ang Dynasty

,

t

he ancient building groups took after

the layout of the region of

Zhengtong

of

the Ming Dynasty (1436-1448 A.D.)

The hall buildings are distributed along the middle axis from

the

main entrance

gate to Small Wild Goose Pagoda, includin

g

Bell Drum T

ower, Cishi Cabinet,

the Grate Hall of

the Buddha, mandapa, and Baiyi Cabinet.

The small Wild

Goose

Pagoda

was

built

in

the

region

of

Jinglong

of

the

T

ang

Dynasty

(707

—

710

A.

D)

.

It

was

originally

called

“Jianfu

Pagoda”.

The

body

of

the

pagoda was originally square shaped

multi-eaved brick tower with 15 stories.

After some times of earthquakes in the Ming Dynasty

, the top of the pagoda,

the 14th and 15th stories were destroyed, and the body experienced cracking

and

“

healing

”. People called that “the Magical Healing”. The existe

d small Wild

Goose Pagoda is 13-storeyed, with 43.4 meters in height and 11.38 meters in

length

of

the

bottom

line,

still

retaining

the

appearance

of

that

in

the

T

ang

Dynasty

. In 1961, it was listed as the national key culture protection unit. The

harmony

co- existence

between

the

small

Wild

Goose

Pagoda,

the

ancient

building

groups

of

Jianfu

T

emp

le,

and

the

folk

relics,

like

Chang’an

anci

ent

music, horse racks, artistic exhibition made it possible for the tourists enjoy the

culture relics and folk art in an extremely beautiful environment,

where there

are green trees, fragrant flowers and singing birds. It also opens a window for

people’s better knowledge of Chinese traditional culture.