Park of China
Overview
| Designation | First-batch National Park of China (1982) |
| Province | Shaanxi |
| Location | Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi |
| Latitude, longitude | 34.38, 109.24 Google Maps |
| Highlights | Imperial mausoleum, the Terracotta Army, hot springs, the site of a Tang palace |
| Top sights | Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army, Mount Li and Huaqing Pool |
| Nearby cities | Xi’an |
| Nearby sites | Mount Li and Huaqing Pool 3km, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army 4km, Mount Hua 78km, Wulao Peak 127km, Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor 134km Search nearby |
| Themes | Spring, Geothermal, Ancient Building, Palace, Culture, Mountain, Hot springs, Imperial palaces & gardens, Tomb, Museum, Statue, Famous Mountain, Stamp, Archaeological sites |
About
The Lintong Mount Li–Terracotta Army scenic area is in Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, and was in the first batch of national scenic areas in 1982. It has two parts about 7 km apart: Mount Li and Huaqing Pool, and the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor with the Terracotta Army.
Mount Li is a spur on the northern side of the Qinling. Hot springs at its foot drew one dynasty after another to build palaces here, the Tang Huaqing Palace being the best known. The First Emperor’s mausoleum lies at the northern foot of the mountain; the Terracotta Army pits, a little over a kilometre east of the mound, belong to the tomb complex and were inscribed on the World Heritage List with it in 1987.
Travel tips
Getting there: tourist buses from the east square of Xi’an Railway Station run past Huaqing Palace to the Terracotta Army, about an hour; or take Metro Line 9 to Lintong and change to a bus.
Time: both in a day, about half a day for the Terracotta Army and the mausoleum and half a day for Huaqing Palace and Mount Li.
Stamps
In 1983 China Post issued T.88 “Terracotta Figures of the Qin Mausoleum”, four stamps.
Photo credits: The Terracotta Army: Jmhullot (CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
Banknotes and coins
The 5-yuan coin “World Cultural Heritage: the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army pits”, issued by the People’s Bank of China in 2002, shows a general figure and the pits of the Terracotta Army on the reverse.
Nearby
| World Heritage | Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army 4km, Daming Palace 28km, Xingjiao Temple Pagoda 37km, Dafosi Grottoes 138km |
| National parks | Mount Hua 78km, Wulao Peak 127km, Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor 134km, Qiachuan, Heyang 136km |
| AAAAA attractions | Mount Li and Huaqing Pool 3km, Daming Palace Scenic Area 28km, City Wall and Forest of Steles Historical and Cultural Scenic Area 31km, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Tang Paradise Scenic Area 31km |
| AAAA attractions | Banpo Museum 21km, Weinan Museum 25km, Qujiang Ocean Polar Park 30km, Hancheng Lake 31km |
| UNESCO Global Geoparks | Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark 54km |
| Historic cities | Xi'an 30km, Xianyang 49km |
| Cities | Xi’an 32km |
| Historical sites | Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang 1km, Jiangzhai Site 3km, Huaqing Palace Site 3km, Eastern Qin Mausoleums 8km |
| National geoparks | Zhashui Karst Cave National Geopark 91km |
| Nature reserves | Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve 62km, Sangyuan National Nature Reserve 89km, Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve 98km, Heihe Rare Aquatic Wildlife National Nature Reserve 107km |