Xi'an Photo Gallery


Places and attractions from the gallery are featured in the tours listed below. Please refer to each itinerary for a detailed account of the specific attractions included in that tour.

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China Highlights 11-Day Tour (CIT001): Beijing 北京 – Xi’an 西安 – Guilin/Yangshuo 桂林/阳朔 – Shanghai 上海

China Highlights 15-Day Tour (CIT002): Beijing 北京 – Xi’an 西安 – Guilin/Yangshuo 桂林/阳朔 – Shanghai 上海 – Zhouzhuang 周庄 – Suzhou 苏州 – Wuxi 无锡 – Hangzhou 杭州

Magnificent Yangtze / Ancient Capitals Deluxe 15-Day Tour (CIT005): Beijing 北京 – Three Gorges 三峡 – Xi’an 西安 – Guilin/Yangshuo 桂林/阳朔 – Shanghai 上海

Silk Road 16-Day Tour (CIT007): Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐 – Turpan 吐鲁番 – Dunhuang 敦煌 – Jiayuguan 嘉峪关 – Lanzhou 兰州 – Xining 西宁 – Xi’an 西安

Mysterious Tibet 16-Day Tour (CIT008): Beijing 北京 – Three Gorges 三峡 – Xi’an 西安 – Lhasa 拉萨 – Shanghai 上海

China Discovery 11-Day Tour (CIT011): Beijing 北京 – Xi’an 西安 – Shanghai 上海 – Hong Kong 香港

Xi'an 3-Day Extension (CITXA1)


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A daytime view of the towering Big Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, China A view of the pagoda grounds and the surrounding area from the top of Big Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, China A visitor to a temple praying in front of a large golden Buddha statue at Big Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, China

Big Goose Pagoda
(photo by Kevin Poh)

The view from Big Goose Pagoda
(photo by Ben Yanis)

A temple at Big Goose
Pagoda
(photo by Andrew Eland)
A nighttime view of Big Goose Pagoda's outer walls and the pagoda itself in Xi'an, China A statue of a meditating Buddha with Big Goose Pagoda in the background, Xi'an, China A view along the Xi'an City Walls, with watchtowers in the distance

Big Goose Pagoda at night
(photo by "taylorandayumi")

Big Goose Pagoda
and Buddha statue
(photo by Matthijs Koster)

The Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Andrew Eland)
A small watchtower on the City Walls in Xi'an, China A view along the snow-covered walkway on top of the City Walls in Xi'an, China A large, traditional bell on the City Walls in Xi'an, China

A watchtower on the
Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Andrew Eland)

On top of the Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Ginny)

A bell on the
Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Jakob Montrasio)
A panoramic view of a large pit where part of the First Emperor's terracotta army has been excavated near Xi'an, China

Panoramic view of the terracotta army pit
(photo by Kevin Poh)
Rows of terracotta soldiers at the tomb of the First Emperor near Xi'an, China A kneeling terracotta archer on display at the tomb of the First Emperor near Xi'an, China A closeup of rows of terracotta soldiers at the tomb of the First Emperor in Xi'an, China

The terracotta soldiers
(photo by Mark Kao)

Terracotta archer
(photo by David Dong)

"A wise man will only be useful as a man, and will not
submit to be 'clay'..." – Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience"
(photo by Richard Fisher)
Terracotta soldiers showing traces of their original paint at the tomb of the First Emperor in Xi'an, China A closeup of the heads of terracotta horses at the tomb of the First Emperor near Xi'an, China Bronze horses and a chariot on display at the tomb of the First Emperor near Xi'an, China

Traces of the figures' original paint
(photo by Kevin Poh)

Terracotta horses
(photo by Bill Tyne)

Bronze horses
(photo by Tom Thai)
A traditional-style building facing a pool at Huaqing Hot Springs near Xi'an, China A white statue of the naked imperial mistress Yang Guifei about to enter a pool at Huaqing Hot Springs near Xi'an, China A pond and its carefully landscaped surroundings at Huaqing Hot Springs near Xi'an, China

Huaqing Hot Springs
(photo by Michael Tyler)

Statue of imperial
mistress Yang Guifei
(photo by T. Chu)

Huaqing Hot Springs
(photo by Sam Haldane)
An ancient bathing pool at Huaqing Hot Springs near Xi'an, China Lavishly costumed performers in a Tang Dynasty-style show in Xi'an, China A closeup of a smiling, ornately costumed dancer in a Tang Dynasty-style show in Xi'an, China

A bathing pool more than
a millenium old
(photo by Kevin Poh)

Be mesmerized by a Tang
Dynasty-style performance
(photo by Kevin Poh)

The dancers' beauty and grace will leave
you breathless and googly-eyed
(photo by Kevin Poh)


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