Xi'an

Tomb complex constructed for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Chinese Qin dynasty, home of the Terracotta Army and an underground necropolis.

Among the oldest and best-preserved city walls in China, stretching over 13 kilometers in a rectangular loop, with ramparts wide enough to support bicycle and foot traffic.

Monumental Buddhist pagoda whose interior walls feature engraved statues of Buddha by the renowned 7th-century artist Yan Liben.