西安市位於中國大陸腹地黃河流域中部的關中盆地，面積9983平方公里。人們常說：二十年中國看深圳，一百年中國看上海，一千年中國看北京，而五千年中國則看西安。西安與雅典、羅馬、開羅並稱為世界四大古都，從公元前11世紀到公元10世紀左右，先後有13個朝代或政權在西安建都及建立政權，歷時1100餘年。1981年聯合國科教文組織把西安確定為世界歷史名城。

Xi'an is located in the hinterland of the Yellow River basin in central China's Guanzhong Basin, an area of ​​9983 square km. People often say: two decades China was Shenzhen, China to see a hundred years in Shanghai, China a thousand years to see Beijing, and then to see 5,000 years of Chinese Xian. Xi'an and Athens, Rome, Cairo and called the world's four ancient capitals, from the 11th century BC to the 10th century or so, there have been 13 dynasties or regimes established in Xi'an, capital and political power, which lasted 1100 years. UNESCO in 1981 to determine the history of the world city of Xi'an.

公元前二世紀前後，漢武帝為了擴大了西漢地域，派張騫兩次出使西域，開創了由西安出發連接歐、亞、非三洲的絲綢之路。這是中國歷史上首次與西方進行的最大規模的經濟文化交流活動。絲綢之路東起古長安，由河西走廊到敦煌分為南北兩路穿過新疆，一直到歐洲，總長7000多公里，成為此後一千多年間中國與西方交流的主要幹線。在中國古代史上寫下了輝煌的篇章。

Before and after the second century BC, the Han Dynasty Western Han Dynasty in order to expand the area, twice the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian, to create a connection starting from Xi'an, Europe, Asia, Africa and three continents of the Silk Road. This is the first time in Chinese history with the West's largest economic and cultural activities. From the ancient Silk Road, East Chang'an, by the Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang is divided into two routes through Xinjiang, has been to Europe, the total length of over 7000 km, a thousand years after the exchange between China and the West the main trunk. In ancient China wrote a glorious chapter in history.

作為中國著名的旅遊中心城市，西安首先以人文景觀數量巨大，種類繁多，分佈廣泛，價值珍貴馳譽中外。全市有國家級重點文物保護單位16處，省級重點文物保護單位68處，市縣級文物保護單位230處，登記在冊的各類文物保護點多達2944處，是全人類歷史遺產的重要組成部分。

 As China's famous tourist cities, Xi'an, first to a huge amount of cultural landscape, a wide range of widely distributed, the value of the precious world-class reputation abroad. The city has 16 national key cultural relics protection units, 68 provincial key cultural relics protection units, county-level cultural relics protection units in 230 cities, all kinds of heritage registered up to 2944 points, is an important historical heritage of all mankind part of.