With its green corridor, clear and picturesque lake, the Tuanjie Reservoir, which was once known as Xi’an’s biggest “washroom”, will become the largest waterscape for sightseeing and is now called Hancheng Lake. The reservoir is ... Read More>>
The aerial sightseeing light rail project running through Qujiang New District will start in November. The rail will greatly improve the transportation of the Datang Sleepless City at the foot of Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Five new bus stops will be added and ... Read More>>
Tang Paradise will hold a mid-autumn “ten thousand people” lunar observation ceremony. Moreover they will also hold a grand water performance. Tang Paradise is the biggest cultural theme park in the country and its annual lunar observation event ... Read More>>
Three cultural venues including the Xi'an Concert Hall, Qujiang Museum of Art, Qujiang Film Town will have a grand opening on September 28. The Xi'an Concert Hall will be bringing lots of musical joy to the city's residents. Vienna Strauss Symphony ... Read More>>
Street lights on both sides of the north and south avenues in Xi’an have been swapped with old-style energy saving lamps. The good looking archaized lamps will save energy as much as by 20%. Read More>>
China’s first fine art street, located in Yanta Xilu in the Yanta District of Xi’an, attracts lots of citizens and tourists. Yanta Fine Art Street is an art street area with strong Xi’an characteristics. There is a graffiti wall over 500m ... Read More>>
Disney's play 'Winnie the Pooh' is set to stage in Xi'an this September. Time: September 16th – 20th Venue: Qujiang International Exhibition Center B1 Hall Tickets: Family Package at 880 RMB (3 tickets); Parent-Child Package at 280 RMB/380 RMB (2 ... Read More>>
In the Furongyuan Area of Qujiang in Xi’an, two zebra crossings are attracting attention due to their displays of Qinqiang opera masks and Guangzhong shadow puppets. The showings are expected to extend to seven more crossings as unique and innovative ... Read More>>
Through cards for Xi’an will be put into operation which allow users to pay for a multitude of city services with just one card. The cards are supposed to be launched before the end of this year as the current IC bus cards are replaced by the through ... Read More>>
Through tickets for Xi’an and the whole of Shanxi Province are officially for sale, including nearly 90 places of interest. The price for the through tickets is only 199 RMB, compared to the 2000+ RMB it would cost to visit all the sites. There are ... Read More>>
Tianjin Airlines is going to start a new flight from Xi’an to Jinan to Dalian, on an E190 plane, on July 16th. The flight number is GS6437/8 and it will be available every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The plane takes off from Xi’an at 11:20 ... Read More>>
The Seventh Xi’an beer festival is to be held in Xiaoyanta scenic zone and Fangxin commercial food street in Xi’an during the period from Jul 18th to Aug 4th. During this time there will be free beer available at select places on these streets. ... Read More>>
Starting June 1st, the Bell Tower, Gaoxin and Xiaozhai postal branch offices in Xi’an city, as well as Hanzhonglu post office and Yulin century square post office in Baoji city will begin to officially sell Shanghai Expo tickets. Special Topic: Expo ... Read More>>
Qujiang District, Xi’an has initiated the construction plan of “city of museums” in April. Within 2009, 10 themed museums are expected to come into being in Qujiang. Read More>>
The second group of scenic spots in Xi’an for half-price was announced lately. Except legal holidays, visitors can enjoy 50% discounts for these spots. The newly announced spots are: Xi’an Guanzhong Folk Custom Museum, Xi’an Fengyu Forest ... Read More>>
From Mar. 29th, Xi’an Xianyang International Airport will see more flights to Hangzhou through Hefei, to Hangzhou directly, to Changsha, to Guilin and to Dunhuang. Xi’an-Hefei-Hangzhou: departing at 18:50 from Xi’an and departing at 14:40 ... Read More>>
2009 Xi’an International transport vehicle and heavy truck expo will be held in Xi’an Qujiang International Conference and Exhibition Center from Apr. 24th to 27th. Now a total of a dozen enterprises in this industry home and abroad have decided ... Read More>>
Xi'an is to install 30 self-service points to help citizens pay their gas bills 24 hours a day. The Xi'an Qinhua Natural Gas Company has joined forces with the Minsheng Bank to bring this convinent new service to the people of Xi'an. With a start of some 30 ... Read More>>
Four of Xi'an's main post offices this week announced that they are setting up direct money transfer links to Taiwan. Beiguan, Bell Tower, Xiaozhai and Fangzhi branches are to offer this services as the city of Xi'an builds links with the people of Taiwan. Read More>>
Xi'an will be built three new parks in epanggong ruins, Sanyao Village and Sanguan Temple in 2009, and will also promote five greenery projects such as the "three-ring-road greenery" project, add 50 flowers roads, to make Xi'an more beautiful with flowers ... Read More>>
The Second China Cup Ikebana Floriculture contest, known as "Olympic" of Ikebana flower arrangement, will be held from April 29th to May 3rd 2009 in Xi'an. China Cup Ikebana Floriculture contest is a national large-scale floral event in accordance with ... Read More>>
Guangren Temple spent huge sums to build its first Yellow Jambhala Dzambala 1,000-buddha palace and now it is open to the public free of charge. As the sole Tibetan Buddhist monasteries of Xi’an, Guangren Temple is an important platform for cultural ... Read More>>
The first quick-frozen fruits and vegetables logistics distribution center started construction. The total investment was 31.3 million RMB. The project relies on fruit and vegetable resource advantages of the province with the characteristics of ... Read More>>
Organized by Xi'an Tourism Bureau and in cooperation with 5 skiing arenas including Xi'an Cuihuashan Skiing Arena, Fengyuzhuangyuan Skiing Arena, Tongchuan Yuhuagong Skiing Arena, Baoji Taibaishan Skiing Arena and Shangluomuhuguan Skiing Arena, Xi'an Skiing ... Read More>>