12 Things To Do in Xi'An, China

12 Things To Do in Xi’An, China

Table of Contents:
00:00 – Intro
00:50 – Terracotta Army
02:11 – Datang Everbright City
03:22 – Great Wild Goose Pagoda
04:24 – Yangrou Paomo (Traditional Xi’An food)
05:51 – Great Mosque of Xi’An
06:50 – Xi’An City Wall
07:54 – Guangren Temple
09:02 – Shaanxi History Museum
09:50 – Muslim Quarter
10:50 – Bell Tower of Xi’An
11:47 – Drum Tower of Xi’An
12:26 – Han Yang Ling
13:27 – Outro

Music Credits:
She No Dull Beat – Nana Kwabena (YouTube Audio Library)
Crazy – Patrick Patrikios (YouTube Audio Library)
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Cruise with Me – Patrick Patrikios (YouTube Audio Library)
Spring Thaw – Asher Fulero (YouTube Audio Library)
Too Sweet – IVAAVI (YouTube Audio Library)
Life After Death – DJ Freedem (YouTube Audio Library)

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[dianehouston]

Wow! Thank you for this. I've volunteered in Xi'an, China twice over 10 years ago and miss it so much! I was there for 3 weeks the 1st time and stayed for 6 weeks the 2nd time. I stayed near the Muslim Quarter and explored everywhere during my free time. Once the other volunteers & I were at the Great Mosque and stumbled upon a traditional Muslim funeral. We were shocked to see men carrying the deceased into the Mosque on a stretcher with just a sheet draped over the body instead of the coffin. We hung around for just a couple of minutes and then left out of respect to the mourners. When I visited the Terracotta Museum, I've met the farmer who discovered the Terracotta Army Mr. Yang Zhifa and got an autograph for his book. That is still one of my treasured souvenir to this day. I loved Xi'an and found it to be safe and the people there so lovely and kind. However, no one there can speak any English! Twice I was there and found it to be the same. Only the people I've volunteered with spoke English so they would write a little note for me in Chinese whenever I want to go somewhere. I would just waved down a taxi, showed the driver the note and he'd take me there. Of course, I always carried a card with the apartment's address on it so I can always get home safely. Since I lived near the Muslim Quarter and most places are close by, I can just walk everywhere without any problems. Since they don't speak English & I don't speak any Chinese, a lot of sign language was involved ... LOL! Anyway, it was a great experience and everything turned out just fine in the end. Too bad the Xi'an branch I've volunteered with has since closed down. Otherwise, I'd come back and work with them again in an instant!!!

[GrumpyGuyProductions]

Love to see you still making videos Tom. I've been with you since I decided to go teach in Korea in 2017!

[deborahhooper]

Great video, love your content. I have been to China love the history and experiencing the culture. Would love to go back.

[chingiso]

I studied in xian for a half year. And the city changed a lot. Great city

[sickocell]

Totally awesome video!! For sure I will have Xi'an as one of my travel destination after this horrible pandemic. There is so much China has to offer for tourist :)

[djdeemz]

Jsut scrolling over china on google earth is mind blowing there are uncountable towns, cities and villages its staggering interesting how its all laid out

[maestrasonian]

That's the way I like to watch your informative video😉. I enjoyed traveling through the distance.🙂

[yesimendez]

Nice video! One day I would love to visit Xi'An! Thanks for sharing :)

[taylorparr]

Love this video. Super well done. I hope to visit Xi’An in a few months

[LucasChase]

Thanks for another video. I was in the Czech Republic to get my CELTA to teach English abroad back in March, but the pandemic hit right when I got there, and I had to return to the states. I saw your recent video about new teachers interested in coming to China. I may consider trying to go abroad again, definitely appreciate your videos to know that it's possible.

[romanieo]

Well Done. I miss Xi'an even more after watching your video. I've always said, it's almost impossible to capture is many complexities but you've come the closest. Like and Subscribed.

[lostoffice]

When I visited in 2018, I went to about 9 of these 12 locations, as well as 2-3 that you didn't mention. I stayed really close to the muslim quarter. It's still probably my favorite trip I've made inside China. Yunnan and Huangshan are also both up there.

[skullcharger]

Omg! I'm an awesome person! Thank you

[stephenhunter]

Hey, Just found your channel. I'm also in China!!

[Boby]

Dude, when's the new video coming out ?

[ZaenalAbidin-xmpd]

Hi Red Dragon. I'm in travel business. If you don't mind, would you please to let me know if you have any travel agent in Xi'an that you may recommend me to handle a group tour in Xi'an. Thank you and highly appreciated for your information.

[xavierc]

Hi Tom. Off topic question. I'm curious to know if you have incurred in discriminating behavior towards you because you are foreign-specifically since cvid? Do you know if there's a curve of such discrimination, especially towards Africans who live there? I've read how many were treated very terribly since this virus.

[vvirplj]

If I was in xi'an how do I know the chinese names of these places so that I can get to them via baidu maps

[madisilver]

👍🏾 I'd probably go broke whilst visiting this place-spending my money on street food.and nonsensical artifacts and crafts😣😋

[SchmidtyFilms]

i wouldn't be caught dead in China right now.