Xi'an Travel Notes

A family trip: total spent 17,000 RMB. Camera gear: Sony a7c with Sigma 28-70mm lens.

With the spring breeze, the horse gallops swiftly; in one week, see all the flowers of Chang'an. Chang'an – now known as Xi'an, one of China's four great ancient capitals (the first). Speaking of...

I’ve visited Shandong and Inner Mongolia before, yet I had never set foot on Mount Tai, leaving me with a faint sense of regret. Now, in the finest season, I booked a train sleeper for 260 yuan.

Xinjiang, a vast and mysterious land in my heart. I had once skimmed its surface with a tour group, passing through Hami and seeing Tu...

The story of first seeing the Potala in October 2020. 2020, such a special year, the pandemic that began at the start of the year changed the world,

Having visited Qinghai Lake before, I still yearned to see Xining and Tar Temple. A friend’s invitation set off a journey of visiting relatives on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Departing from Beijing on the evening of August 5, 2020, arriving back on the morning of August 13, 2020. Excluding train travel time, a total of 6 days.

For northerners, spring is felt more deeply. The vast land transforms from desolate chill and howling north winds to warmer days with less frost, as the spring breeze brings warmth

According to my plan, today we take the train from Yan'an to Xi'an. I'm a budget traveler, so I chose the cheapest green train, which departs at noon.

This year has been a tough one. The pandemic hit hard in the first half, and the anxiety continues through the second half, with business still up and down and everyone feeling on edge.

Nanwutai is located about 30 km south of Xi'an in Chang'an District, at an altitude of 1,688 meters, a spur of the middle section of the Zhongnanshan (Qinling range). It is named Wutaishan because there are five small peaks, each with a small flat platform on top.

Travel is a wish, a beautiful longing stirred by the unknown. Travel isn't just about escaping life's drudgery, but more about

Just after the summer holiday and before the National Day rush, we set off on our long-postponed trip to Xi'an—still a bit hot, but a perfect chance to dodge the crowds.

Never seen a desert? Go see one. Never seen the Yellow River? Go hear it. Never seen a no man's land? Go check it out.

For Chinese New Year 2024, if you didn’t book ahead, most attractions were sold out. We had reserved all our tickets before the holiday to ensure a smooth trip.

At the start of the new year, a friend invited us to Xi'an. I had visited a few years ago, and the city is changing rapidly. With time and energy to spare, I decided to go.

I stayed at a hotel near the Bell Tower in Xi'an. Pros: close to the Bell and Drum Towers, near the subway station, very convenient. Cons: the rooms are quite small.

At dusk we entered the city, the kids running through the gate and chasing each other on the square. It felt like a time warp—just 11 hours earlier we had left the Southern Hemisphere's winter for the height of summer in the north.

We flew into Xi'an, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, at nine in the morning and immediately called the car rental company to pick us up. For the first two days we rented a Borgward BX7, and finally...

Hanzhong is a place I've known and kept vividly in mind since childhood from hearing my grandfather's stories; I once made a rushed visit to Hanzhong too. Now more than fifty years have passed,