🏖️Destination: One-day tour of Shaanxi History Museum - Giant Wild Goose Pagoda · Ci'en Temple - Tang Paradise in Xi'an.
🕐Recommended travel time: Start as early as possible in the morning.
💰Budget range: Tickets, transportation, catering and other expenses are about 400-700 yuan.
🌟Highlights of the route: Appreciate the rich historical relics in Shaanxi History Museum and feel the broad and profound Chinese civilization; pursue historical relics in Giant Wild Goose Pagoda · Ci'en Temple and experience the solemnity and mystery of Buddhist culture; enjoy the garden landscape of the prosperous Tang Dynasty style in Tang Paradise and watch wonderful song and dance performances and water curtain movies.
📋Itinerary:
Morning: Go to Shaanxi History Museum. This is a large modern museum with three exhibition halls and two special exhibition halls. You can focus on appreciating the "treasure of the museum" in the first exhibition hall - Yuding, the imperial jade seal of the Han Dynasty in the second exhibition hall, and the world-famous tri-colored glazed camel figurine with music players in the third exhibition hall and other precious cultural relics. If you don't want to line up to get free tickets, it is recommended to buy tickets to the Treasure Hall. You can not only enjoy these treasures but also save queuing time. The estimated tour time is 2-3 hours.
At noon: Walk from Shaanxi History Museum to SEG International Shopping Center in Xiaozhai to have lunch. Entering the shopping mall, you can take the largest escalator in Asia to directly reach the dining area on the sixth floor. There are many kinds of delicious foods to choose from, such as Chang'an Food Stall with "writing brush dipped in ink", Liu Xiaochu with northwest cuisine, and there are also Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Korean cuisine and Western cuisine.
Afternoon: Take two bus stops from the entrance of Shaanxi History Museum to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda stop. Visit Giant Wild Goose Pagoda · Ci'en Temple. Today's Ci'en Temple was built on the basis of the original "West Pagoda Courtyard" of the temple in the Ming Dynasty. In the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, there are Buddhist relics enshrined. In the Sanzang Courtyard of Xuanzang, there is the parietal bone of Master Xuanzang enshrined. These two are the "treasures of the temple" of Ci'en Temple. You can experience climbing the tower. When night falls, watch the largest musical fountain in Asia in the North Square of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The estimated tour time is 2-3 hours.
Evening: Come out of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and walk for fifteen minutes or take one bus stop to Tang Paradise. Enter from the west gate (the main gate, also known as Yuyuan Gate). Enter the park and follow the lakeside path to tour various scenic spots clockwise around Furong Lake. There are dozens of song and dance performances staged in turn in the park. The most wonderful one is "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty" staged in "Fengming Jiutian Theater" near the south gate at 8 o'clock. There is also the world's largest water curtain movie on Zixunlou Square to the north of the theater in the evening. If you still have time after watching the movie, you can continue to stroll in the Grand Tang All Day Mall and enjoy delicious food.