●Chapter 1 The Prehistoric Age 1 1.1 Lantian Man 2 1.2 Banpo seum 6Chapter 2 Humanistic Legends—Origin of Huaxia 15 2.1 The Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor 15 2.2 Yellow Emperor 19 2.3 Origin of Huaxia 27Chapter 3 Western Zhou Dynasty and Eastern Zhou Dynasty 29 3.1 Zhougong Temple 30 3.1.1 The Origin of Zhou Clan 34 3.1.2 Zhouyi 36 3.1.3 Zhougong Jidan and His Law and Discipline Rites 38 3.2 Beacon Tower in Lishan National Park 46 3.3 Baoji Bronze Ware seum 47 3.4 No.1 Tomb for the Duke of Qin 53 3.4.1 The Rise of Qin Clan 56 3.4.2 Shang Yang’s Reform 60 3.4.3 Qin Culture in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty(770-256 B.C.) 62 3.5 Louguan Temple and Laozi 68Chapter 4 The Qin Dynasty 70 4.1 Terracotta Army 71 4.2 Emperor Qin Shi Huang 77 4.3 Relics of the Epang Palace 87Chapter 5 The Western Han Dynasty 90 5.1 Changling Tomb—The Mausoleum of Liu Bang 96 5.2 Yangling Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty (Hanyangling) 100 5.3 Maoling Mausoleum of Han Dynasty 107 5.4 ama Ling 114 5.5 Grave and Ancestral Temple of Sima Qian 117 5.6 seum of Ancient Bricks in Duling Mausoleum 122Chapter 6 Wei, Jin, Southern, Northern Dynasties 128 6.1 Wuhou Tomb and Wuhou Temple 128 6.2 Baoxie Plank Road and Shimen Tunnel 134 6.3 Caotang Temple and Kumarajiva 138 6.4 The Site of Tongwan City 142Chapter 7 Sui Dynasty 148 7.1 Daxing City 148 7.2 Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty and Tai Mausoleum 151 7.2.1 Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, and Kaihuang Period 151 7.2.2 Tailing Mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty 157 7.3 Daxingshan Temple 157Chapter 8 Tang Dynasty 163 8.1 Chang’an City in Tang Dynasty 163 8.1.1 Daming Palace 165 8.1.2 ngqing Park 169 8.1.3 Tang West Market seum 173 8.2 Mausoleums of Tang Dynasty 178 8.2.1 Emperor Taizong and Zhaoling Mausoleum 179 8.2.2 Wu Zetian, Qianling Mausoleum and its Attendant Tombs 188 8.2.3 Emperor Xuanzong and Tailing Mausoleum 201 8.2.4 Emperor Ruizong and Qiaoling Mausoleum 207 8.3 Temples of Tang Dynasty 212 8.3.1 Big Wild Goose Pagoda 212 8.3.2 Small Wild Goose Pagoda 214 8.4 Yaozhou Kiln seum 216Chapter 9 The Dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing 224 9.1 ’an Beilin seum 225 9.2 Chongyang Palace and Zu’an Stele Forest 233 9.3 Dangjia Village 237 9.4 Chang’an City in Ming Dynasty 245 9.4.1 City Wall in ’an 245 9.4.2 Bell Tower and Drum Tower 250 9.4.3 Capital City God’s Temple 253 9.4.4 Shuyuan Men 255 9.5 Guangren Temple 259 9.6 Imperial Palace of Li Zicheng 263Bibliography 265

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