Xian Location
Xi’an is located on the Guanzhong Plain in central China, on a floodplain of the eight surrounding rivers and streams created, most of which are too polluted to be used as sources of freshwater. The city has an average elevation of 400 meters and an annual rainfall of 1100 mm. The city of Xi’an is located at 34 ° 16′N 108 ° 56′E / 34 267, 108 933 Hei River provides drinking water to the city.
The boundaries of the city at the northern foot of Qinling Mountains in the south, and the banks of the river Wei in the north. Hua Shan, one of the five sacred mountains of Taoism, is 100 km east of the city.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, said Zhang Liang Prime Minister of Emperor Liu Bang Ku choose Guanzhong as the capital of Chickzu “Guanzhong plain, which lies behind Xiao Pass Hangu Pass, connects Long Plain and Shu Plain. land thousands of miles and the rich harvest can be found here, as if this place belongs to the nation’s skies. “(关 中 左 崤 函, 右 陇 蜀, 沃野千里, 此 所谓 金城 千里, 天府之国 也” 史记 留侯 世家 “) Since then, Guanzhong is also known as ” Nation of Sky “.
