Shanxi Province is located Chinese the central position, is one of Chinese culture most main places of origin. As early as before more than 1 million years, already had the humanity to live on this land, they founded the Chinese humanity's early culture take Yellow River as the fountainhead. If wants to understand Chinese the history and the present situation, people image such description: "5 years look at Shenzhen, 50 years look at Shanghai, 500 years look at Beijing, in 5000 looks at Xi'an."
Xi'an, ancient name Chang An, is located middle the Huanghe River valley guanzhong plain, is the Shanxi Province provincial capital, also is the our country northwest area biggest city. Xi'an is in the Chinese history founds a capital the dynasty many, the historical most glorious city, from the slavery Western Zhou Dynasty to the feudal society achieved in peak condition Tang dynasty, after successively had the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin, the Western Han Dynasty, is new, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, front Zhao, former Qin, Qin, Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui, the Tang 13 dynasties founds a capital in here, long time of the 1500. The Chinese Italy country of for the central committee, China's center or calls the earth zero point on nearby Xi'an, no wonder "in Qin since old times kings all"! Chin Shihhuang has constructed in Chinese construction history masterpiece - epang palace in this, constructed the scale under the pure black horse foot of a hill to be huge, to bury the extremely rich historical treasure house Chin Shihhuang mausoleum; In Chinese's Tang time, Xi'an is the Chinese politics, the economical, cultural and the foreign exchange center, the population most early surpasses million international metropolises at that time. "East has Rome, west has Chang An" is Xi'an in the world history status portrayal. Until now, Xi'an and the world famous city Athens, Cairo, Rome share the honor, with by reputation for world four big civilized ancient capitals. Xi'an has no qualms to the China civilization place of origin. From the B.C.E. 11 centuries to the A.D. 904 years, Xi'an once for a long time was the ancient times China's politics, the economy and the cultural center. Xi'an was the key communication line since old times, "Silk Road" beginning in here. Famous week, Qin, Chinese, Tang, these four dynasty prosperity and decline also concentrated expression on Shaanxi this land.
Shaanxi is called China "the natural history museum". Up to the present, entire province collection each kind of cultural relic reaches above 2 million, the article object point reaches 35700 place (its Middle Ages ruins more than 10,500 place, ancient grave more than 450 place, ancient construction ruins more than 700 place), country key cultural relic preservation organ 89, provincial level cultural relic preservation organ more than 300 place, county level cultural relic preservation organ more than 2,000 place. National treasure level cultural relic 123 (group). The ancient ruins, the ancient construction, essence of and the quantity the national treasure level cultural relic quality are many, occupies in national various provincial capital areas to the first place. The massive literatures and histories record, the precious cultural relic and the ruins landscape cause Shaanxi to be called "the testimony China history museum".