Junxiao's 2013 and 2014 visits to China's Shaanxi and Henan provinces

1. 中国陕西、河南
Shaanxi & Henan, China
Junxiao Shi, 2015-12-03

2. Shaanxi 陕西
• Shaanxi is a province in
Northwest China.
• Area: 79,500 sq mi
• Population (2010): 37,327,378
• Junxiao visited Shaanxi in May
2013.
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3. Shaanxi
• Why there are two "a"s?
• China has two provinces with similar romanized names:
• 陕西 shăn xi
• 山西 shān xi
• When tone marks are omitted, they are indistinguishable.
• Chinese government adopted "Shaanxi" for 陕西.

4. Xi'an 西安
• Xi'an is the capital and largest city in Shaanxi province.
• Xi'an is one of the oldest cities in China.
• Xi'an was known as Chang'an before the Ming dynasty (1368).
• Quote our tour guide:
• Come to Xi'an to see 1000+ years of history;
go to Beijing to see 800 years of history;
return to Shanghai to see 200 years of history.

5. Terracotta Army 兵马俑
• The Terracotta Army is a collection of
terracotta sculptures depicting the
armies of Qin Shi Huang.
• Buried: 210-209 BC
• Discovered: 1974
• Count:
• more than 8,000 soldiers
• 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150
cavalry horses
• other non-military figures

6. Qin Shi Huang's tomb
• Qin Shi Huang (260-210 BC) is
the first emperor of China.
• Terracotta Army is a form of
funerary art buried with the
emperor to protect the emperor
in his afterlife.
• Qin Shi Huang's tomb remains
unopened due to concerns
about preservation of its
contents.

7. Warrior figures
• The terracotta figures are life-sized.
• They vary in height, uniform, and
hairstyle in accordance with rank.
• The figures were originally painted
with bright pigments, but the color
coating had flaked off.
• Most figures originally held real
weapons, but they were looted
shortly after.

15. Huaqing Hot Springs 华清池

16. Huaqing Hot Springs
• Huaqing was the palace of Tang
emperors Taizong (626-649) and
Xuanzong (712-756).
• The site also served as the
location of several earlier
palaces in Zhou, Qin, and Han
dynasties.

19. Shaanxi street food
• 肉夹馍 "rou jia mo", meat
sandwich
• stewed pork/beef with 20 spices
• stuffed in "mo", a type of
flatbread made from wheat flour
and baked in a clay or mud oven
• 羊肉泡馍 "lamb paomo"
• lamb soup + flatbread in small
pieces
• Dumplings

20. Shaanxi street food
beef paomo steamed dumplings

22. End of Shaanxi trip, move to Henan

23. Henan 河南
• Henan is a province in Central
China.
• Area: 64,000 sq mi
• Population (2013): 94,100,000
• Capital: Zhengzhou
• Junxiao visited Henan in May
2013 and again July 2014
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24. Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟
• The Longmen Grottoes are an
example of Chinese Buddhist art.
• 100,000 statues in 1,400 caves
• Height: 1 inch ~ 57 feet

28. Shaolin Monastery 少林寺
• Shaolin Monastery is a Chan
Buddhist temple with 1500 years
of history.
• Shaolin Monastery is home of
Shaolin Kung Fu, a style of
Chinese martial arts.
• Pagoda Forest
• stone and brick structures
• more than 240 tomb pagodas
• built 618-1911

33. Iron Pagoda 铁塔
• Iron Pagoda is a Buddhist
Chinese pagoda built in 1049.
• Height: 186.56 feet, 13 stories

36. Iron Pagoda
• The pagoda is so-named not because it is made of iron, but because
its color resembles that of iron.
• Primary exterior material: fifty varieties of glazed brick

37. Yuntai Mountain 云台山
• located adjacent to the Yellow
River, in Jiaozuo city
• world's first World Geopark

57. Shaanxi & Henan, China's central
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