Splendor of Shaanxi's Cultural Relics and Historic Sites: A Tour of Key Cultural Relics Protected at the National Level

Author: Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: ★16K hardcover, published by Sanqin Press
To enable people to comprehensively understand the history of Shaanxi, to provide references for governments at all levels to formulate socio-economic development plans, to better promote Shaanxi and expand its opening-up, and to provide materials for cultural relic management departments at all levels to protect cultural relics, this book was organized and compiled. Through written descriptions, it concisely introduces the conditions of each national key cultural relic site in Shaanxi, accompanied by photos. The 55 national key cultural relic protection units in our province are roughly divided into categories such as ancient ruins, ancient tombs, ancient buildings, ancient grottoes and stone carvings, important modern and contemporary historical sites, and other significant structures, all of which possess high historical and academic research value. Sites like the Lantian Ape Man Site and the Banpo Prehistoric Settlement Site are world-renowned important historical sites for studying human origins and primitive social life. Capital ruins and imperial mausoleums are evidence of important developmental stages in the history of the Chinese nation, while grottoes and important stone carvings are symbols of the economic and cultural prosperity of various stages of feudal society in China. Shaanxi is not only rich in historical relics but also holds significant importance in revolutionary relics nationwide. Revolutionary memorial sites declared as national key cultural relic protection units have all played important roles in the history of the modern Chinese people's revolutionary struggles. These national key cultural relic protection units fully reflect the profound historical heritage of Shaanxi's ancient land.