Visit Xian, China - 5 Things You Will Love & Hate About Xi'an & the Terra Cotta Warriors
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- The Terra Cotta Warriors, one of the wonders of the world are found in Xi'an one of the ancient capitals of China. One of the best places to visit in China and a must for tourists. Xi'an has so much to see and do and here we give you the best and worst of Xian for tourists and travelers.
Filmed in Xi'an, China
Copyright Mark Wolters 2013
www.woltersworld.com
Thank you for visiting and making the video! I'm a Xi'an girl, Xi'an is my hometown. Just wanna explain, all of the urbanization you saw was not because we're growing so fast. That's our government's plan and design, we kept them on purpose. Xi'an is an ancient city, we try our best to keep the traditional look as much as possible, especially inside of the city wall. All of the buildings around bell tower/drum tower are not allowed to build too high to cover the view of them, so that's why you still see that. Xi'an is also a tourist city, the traditional culture and look is the main reason people visit there, so we have to make them look as traditional as possible. Ancient and modern look combined, is a specialty of Xi'an too :)
You make me miss lamb soup so much!
I felt pleased that you found the locals in Xian the most friendly around China. Maybe it's because the Xian inhabitants have a deep sense of their Tang dynasty history. Xian (Chang An) was a cosmopolitan city full of Han Chinese, non-Han residents, and lots of foreigners, Indians, Uighurs, Arabs, Persians, Turks, Koreans, Japanese, Tibetans, Sogdians, and others. Tang China was more welcoming of foreigners and their cultures. To modern Xian people, foreigners are just a continuation of their cosmopolitan deep past along the ancient Silk Road, where Xian (Chang An) was the eastern terminus.
Wow! What a great video!
你好 Mark! Love your videos! I've been watching a lot of them recently. They are so fun and informative to watch! You said the lamb soup is one of the top foods you've ever had in the world. I was wondering what your top ten foods you've ever had in the world? Maybe it could be a fun drooling video to make?
Love this video! My city!
I'll be visiting Xian in about a week! So excited, I have always wanted to visit China since I was a young girl.
Great video and best regard from Xi'an 😄
Wolter, your my favorite guide.
I am from xian. I absolutely agree with you on every point. You are awesome
I'm going in summer and I really can't wait
are you sure it is not translated to TASTIEST SOUP EVER MADE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME AND TASTY! I am pretty sure that is how I would translate it ;)
soooooooo love the soup. sad that our hard drive crashed and we lost all our other videos from Xi'an. all the best to you!
Wolter - the "farmer who found it" isn't the real guy. They change this person every day. And I agree with your video, having just returned from Xi'an.
Good video. I am moving to Xi'an in December 2016. Very exciting. After 8 years in tropical Thailand.
I have been to xian twice. Both times it wasn't crowded. In October and December. Not much fun when it is raining
You can take Bus U5(306) at railway station square,which termination is the Terracotta Warriors.￥7.00
Food there is really great and diverse.
supernev1000 I miss the food there so much!!!!!
Wow!my hometown
YAN JUN hi man... i am planning to visit Xi’an this month... i need some tips.... thanks
that sucks. I was hoping it was the real dude. I guess it is like the colonel sanders, his "likeness" is still around, but he isn't. :( thanks for watching. and thanks for commenting!
I took a bus from the train station to go see the The Terra Cotta Warriors
SUBSCRIBED! cool review . I like how you don't waste any time talking and get right to the point. just pulled into Xian last night anything else you recommend besides lamb soup and terracotta warriors? I did notice solution index is 475.
+Joe Chan its been a few years. I liked the muslim quarter and we have a video on what to see and do in xian. So take a look at that one. Thank you for subsribing!
yeah, it happened at the ming tombs as well. at the tombs in Beijing they were told if they crawled out their families would be killed.
you heard correct.
We're going to Xi'an this year after being in Chengdu three years ago and Nanchong last year. We really loved Chengdu because the Sichuan cuisine is fantastic! People there were friendly too and the speed of life is low there. We only had one taxi driver that drove like a maniac, the rest of them drove 20 MPH max and 5MPH at intersections where traffic lights have no meaning.
Anyway, I have to eat gluten free and my girlfriend is a vegetarian. This was doable in Chengdu since there is a big tao community and the diverse cuisine has a lot of vegetables, doufu and rice so it was easy to not eat dumplings, soy sauce (has wheat in it most of the time) and other wheat products.
Xi'an though seems to have a lot of meat and dumplings and wheat product food. Is that what you experienced too or is it easy to find meat free food there as well?
Thank you for visiting China. I've seen all your three videos about Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. You talked about the pollution and the smog, and I'm sorry for that. I think it's largely due to the fast industrialization of those regions, like the infrastructure building, manufacturing etc. I hope you can visit southern China a little bit more, not for the historic sites, but for the natural beauty sites. Provinces like Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan, and let's not forget, Tibet, are all beautiful. There are much less factories so the pollution is not a problem. Also, these places are much less populated.
Yes, I picked up on the pollution issue too. You might like this short blog article www.coastcaptureair.com/blog/london-air-quality-news.
Agreed. Rome has many more old archtectures left to be appreaciated.
Actually at its height for 100s of years Xian was the "New York City" of the world(the reason for Arab/Persian trader/settler influence seen today in Muslim area), even better than Rome. However,even though both two have been sacked X times & torched through wars, unlike Rome where the old stone archtectures are mostly intact, 99% of Xian's great old archtectures were burt away because they were made entirely of wood.
Common misconception about lamb dishes being Muslim influence. lamb was a important source of protein for Chinese people for ages. In fact, Chinese people didn't start eating much pork until 1000 years ago during Song dynasty. Qin dynasty predates Song by more than 1000 years.
cool to know. thanks!
woltersworld You are welcome, my friend. Great video, by the way!
jimmyjamesWang Yeah, great video. I've been Xi'an once. I was really attracted by the Chinese historic sites. They are so cool!
Ack, I didn't hear about the poor concubines, how horrid. Such a wonderful trip!
Great video. My husband and I are considering moving to Xi'an with our three year old daughter - did you find many things for children to do and enjoy in Xi'an?
It seemed pretty typical of most Chinese cities. Huge urban area, a few small parks. I would find a living area that had a park or play area in it. THe smog can be a bit... rough sometimes
Wolters World rough?
Lamb soup is called羊肉泡馍 Yang Rou Pao Mo, literally means steamed bun soaked in lamb soup:)
I am from Xian. What I just saw on your video made me homesick. Do you like the food? That is my favorite.
Zhaoxu Chen the lamb soup was AMAZING!!!! I really like Xi'an.
@woltersworld Hi how are you? So any other countries you've been to within Asia besides China like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines, etc? If yes, which ones?
We just returned from China. We visited Xi'an and I can confirm your Five Best and Worst, except for the Lamb Soup. We didn't try that. Our mistake, apparently. Loved biking on the Wall, 2) the Muslim Quarter, 3) The People, 4) Terra Cotta Warriors and the Food.
That "farmer who found the Terra Cotta Warriors" in the photo is not the same one I met, he was old & blind....seems like a bit of a scam going on here....
I love your videos! Question: I'll be in Beijing for four full days and wanted to ask if you think Its a must stopping at Xian to see the Terracotta warriors or should I dedicate my four days at Beijing?
Same question!
Can you comment on converting your currency to RMB when in Xi'an. First time Traveller seeks advice.
I have heard that the warriors are very distinctive and different in various ways and may have been based on the likeness of a living person.
I heard the inland city in china pretty rough
It used to be the real person, but that guy was beginning to ask for huge money and even share holds from the museum tickets (!!) so they found some replacement.
Hi woltersworld you've traveled to China, Italy and France, I'm really curious which food you think is the best of all?
French food :)
知道“众口难调”了吧？没试过法餐，但我当然认为中餐最好。但由于审美及饮食习惯等文化方面有差异而且他未必就尝过最好的中餐，而且，说实话中国厨师虽多但大部分都有个中国人共有的毛病，爱随意，除非特别高级的，大部分都仅仅当作一种谋生手段而已。
Great video - Many thanks! You mentioned the pollution in the city, which is a subject that I am quite interested in. I did some research and wrote a short guest blog article about the 300 foot tall "Xian "Smog Tower". www.coastcaptureair.com/blog/london-air-quality-news. This sounds an amazing invention... a kind of enormous air-purifier. Did you see that? Do you have any information about where it is located? I also wondered if you saw or heard of people buying/using bottled air or is that just an urban myth? Thanks - Keep up the good work!
my wife and I took the bus however my wife is Chinese and we went in may.not to many people
HAHA the farmer who found it
we neend gusn grenadnen mortars liek durgin the warlrod era.
How do you say lamb soup in Chinese?
I think you can not just say lamb soup because the bowl has noodles and other ingredients, so you have to say lambsoup noodles, in Chinese, is 羊肉汤面 (yáng ròu tāng miàn).
Hello SUN thanks
Alfredo Gutierrez You are welcome. I have just been to Xian last week. It’s boiling hot, over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
My does Xi-An have such a bad reputation in my hometown?
this is top city for u guys vist in china,if u loved history
I agree. I loved the history and the historic center. really one of my favorite cities in china
The nasty king with thousands of concubine for himself.
I have the opposite opinion of Xian and the people and been there any times, absolutely awful! Food is great though but the vendors are not Xian people.