The first time I came to Xi'an. Xi'an was anciently called Chang'an. The so-called dream back to Chang'an is just that after seeing too many poems and odes of predecessors, I have an inexplicable feeling of deja vu for this strange city, as if in my previous life, I had been to Chang'an and witnessed the prosperous scene of Chang'an City.
When I arrived in Xi'an, it was nearly dusk, and the Yafu Hotel where I checked in was near the Bell Tower in the center of Xi'an. The "city here" means within the ancient city wall of Xi'an, which people are accustomed to calling the ancient city area. The ancient city wall of Xi'an generally refers to the Ming city wall of Xi'an, with a closed rectangular outline and a perimeter of more than ten kilometers. It is the largest and most intact ancient city wall existing in China. There is also the Tang city wall in Xi'an. Due to its long history, only the remains are left now. Originally, I wanted to walk around the ancient city wall, but it was already too late, but at this time, it was just the right time to go to the Grand Tang Mall.
The renowned Grand Tang Mall is located to the south of Xi'an, outside the ancient city wall. It is a central sculpture landscape pedestrian street running from north to south. There are nine groups of theme group sculptures such as prosperous emperors, historical figures, and heroic stories distributed on it, relatively completely and three-dimensionally showing the status of the Tang Empire in fields such as religion, literature, art, and technology, highlighting the extraordinary bearing of the great country in the Tang Dynasty. There are so many scenes here that people are overwhelmed, with changing lights and shadows step by step and all being scenes everywhere, so everywhere can only be a brief touch and there is no time to savor carefully.
Visiting the Grand Tang Mall is mainly for the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The Giant Wild...