Xi'an

This stop connects court objects with the struggle for power after the first emperor’s death.

Here, the shift becomes visible: from stylized development to a street that keeps people there with performances.

Here, the route shifts from military history to the entrepreneurial turnaround of a single alley.

This point will show why the current entrance belongs to a later, reduced version of the monastery.

Here you will learn what cargo the tower was built to hold and why the structure before you is no longer the first one.

The finale will explain which historical era the square's creators turned into a modern stage.

The hall will return the pagoda to its setting beside an active monastic community, rather than museum scenery.

The route ends where research ran up against preserving the unopened chamber.

Here you will understand why an entire museum had to be built over an unfinished excavation.

This is where the story begins of how the outskirts around the pagoda were transformed into the city’s main walking district.

This stop will show the Terracotta Army as the result of lengthy sorting and assembly, rather than a discovery found intact.

Here, color, poses, and differences between the figures will have to be separated from popular museum myths.

Here, the absence of a single figure changes the reading of the entire underground command post.

This stop will show the limits of restoration: a body position can be restored, but the name of a move cannot always be.

The moat helps explain a military ruse in which visible fire concealed untouched supplies.

The monument will show how the translator was brought out of monastic history and into urban space.

Here you will understand the cost of clearing the direct view between the two towers.

This stop shows the scale of what remained after Chang'an was reduced.

This stop will examine what in Xi'an was actually moved and what was built anew.

The finale will connect the road to the imperial court with the commercial fate of Beiyuanmen Street.

Here, the ceremonial entrance to the city becomes the starting point for the story of the defense of Yongning Gate.