The Song of Everlasting Sorrow

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More in Xi'an

• Big Wild Goose Pagoda

  Tang-dynasty Buddhist pagoda with nightly musical fountain.

• Muslim Quarter

  Lantern-lit food alleys behind the Drum Tower since the Tang dynasty.

• Terracotta Army

  8,000 life-size clay warriors guarding Emperor Qin Shi Huang since 210 BC.

• Xi'an City Wall

  Ride a bicycle on the best-preserved Ming city wall in China.

• Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum

  Discovered by villager Yang Zhifa while digging a well in 1974, the "Eighth Wonder of the World": Over 6,000 terracotta warriors in the First Pit infantry formation with "a thousand faces, a thousand looks"; the Second Pit features mixed arms formations and kneeling archers and green-faced figures; the Third Pit is the command headquarters; the Bronze Chariot and Horse Museum's First Chariot and Second Chariot are known as the "Crown of Bronze..."

• Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum (Lishan Garden)

  The resting place of China's first emperor (built for 38 years, mobilizing 720,000 laborers): The burial mound has not been excavated—legends state it was "filled with mercury to simulate rivers, lakes, and seas" to mimic the terrain, which awaits archaeological verification; pit burials such as the Acrobatics Pit, Civil Official Pit, and Stone Armor Pit display the skills of various trades in the Qin Dynasty.