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Highlights include Chariots and Officials: The Mechanism of Imperial Power, Datang Everbright City, Defu Alley and Xiangzi Temple, Entrance to Daci'en Temple, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Kaiyuan Square.

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  1. Chariots and Officials: The Mechanism of Imperial Power: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  2. Datang Everbright City: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  3. Defu Alley and Xiangzi Temple: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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

  4. Entrance to Daci'en Temple: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  5. Giant Wild Goose Pagoda: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  6. Kaiyuan Square: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  7. Main Hall of Daci'en Temple: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  8. Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  9. North Gate: Entrance to the Underground State: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  10. North Square Musical Fountain: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  11. Pit 1: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  12. Pit 2: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  13. Pit 3: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  14. Pit of Acrobats: story on the “Terracotta Army and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang” route

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

  15. Southern Moat: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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

  16. Statue of Xuanzang and the South Square of Giant Wild Goose Pagoda: story on the “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the “city without night”” route

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

  17. The Axis Between the Xi'an Bell Tower and Xi'an Drum Tower: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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

  18. The Wall above Yongning Gate: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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

  19. Xi'an Bell Tower: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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

  20. Xi'an Drum Tower and Beiyuanmen Street: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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

  21. Yongningmen South Square: story on the “The Wall and Towers of Old Xi'an” route

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