Were China a tree, Beijing would be the crown while Xian would be its deep roots. Xi'an, formerly known as Chang'an, is the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.
Background music: Rebirth of Old City http://music.163.com/#/song?id=155506 Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi province, located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Guanzhong Plain. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming dynasty.
“Chang’an’s broad avenues link up with narrow lanes, where one sees Black oxen and white horses, coaches made of seven fragrant woods. The emperor’s jade-fit palanquin sweeps past the mansions of princesses, Gold riding whips in an unending train point toward marquises’ homes. The dragon biting the jeweled canopy catches the morning sun, The phoenix disgorging dangling fringes is draped with evening’s red clouds.”
