Beijing Tours to Terracotta Warriors and Horses

As the capital of People’s Republic of China, Beijing is always one of the hottest tourist attractions in China. Basically no tourist will miss this city if it is the first time he travels to mainland China. Then what is their next destination? Many of them choose the ancient capital Xi’an City. It is possible that you have no idea of Xi’an, but it is impossible that you have never heard of Terracotta Warriors and Horses. And there is no tourist who has no interest in Terracotta Warriors and Horses, which was listed as one of the world’s greatest discoveries in the archeological history of 20^th century. Terracotta Warriors and Horses is publicly admitted as the greatest attractions of Xi’an City and one of the must-sees in China. Many tourists go to Xi’an from Beijing or Shanghai just for a glimpse of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Since many foreign tourists entry China from Beijing, we would like to introduce tourists with Beijing Tours to Terracotta Warriors and Horses.

 Choosing a right transport mode is crucial to one’s travel from Beijing to Xi’an, especially when Terracotta Warriors and Horses is the only place in Xi’an you plan to visit. Three of the most favored transport modes are air, train, and high-speed railway.

Air is a traditional most favored transport mode for its fast. Flights from Beijing (Beijing Capital Airport) to Xi’an (Xi’an Xianyang International Airport) usually take only 2 hours.

Taking an early morning flight in Beijing you will arrive in Xi’an around 10:00am. And the travel from Airport to Terracotta Warriors and Horses will take you around one hour if you take a taxi or book a private tourist vehicle in the airport. Some of the early morning flights’ information is listed as the following.

Flight Number	Beijing Departure	Xi’an Arrival
CA1203	06:45	09:00
ZH1203	06:45	09:00
HU7137	07:15	09:20
CA1231	07:50	10:05
ZH1231	07:50	10:05
MU2102	08:00	10:10
CA1289	08:55	11:10
ZH1289	08:55	11:10
CA9369	09:15	11:20
JR2104	09:15	11:20
MU2104	09:15	11:20

This timetable is just for reference since the flights are not 100-percent fixed, please check the real-time information when you plan your Terracotta Trip.

For tourists who want to save day-time for their visiting activities or try to cut down travel expense, overnight soft-sleeper train is the best choice for them. Normal-speed trains from Beijing to Xi’an take around 12.5 hours. After one night’s comfortable and sweet sleep visitors will wake up in Xi’an. And this is the most economical transportation mode from Beijing to Xi’an.

Three of the most taken overnight trains are the following ones.

Train Number	Beijing Departure	Xi’an Arrival
Z43	19:58	08:33(+1 day)
Z19	20:41	08:51(+1 day)
T231	18:55	07:42(+1 day)

Nowadays high-speed railway becomes a popular transportation method. It cost around six hours from Xi’an to Beijing, while if the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is the only destination you plan to go in Xi’an, high-speed railway is not so much recommended.

Train Number	Bejing Departure	Xi’an Arrival
G651	07:00	12:52
G653	08:10	14:01
G671	08:18	14:31
G4611	08:40	15:15
G655	10:05	15:31
G657	11:02	16:44
G659	12:07	17:40
G4617	13:42	20:17
G87	14:00	18:25
G673	14:43	20:36
G661	14:48	20:59
G663	15:45	21:22
G665	16:00	21:51
G667	16:50	22:34
G669	17:37	22:52

Transportation from Xi’an International Airport, Xi’an Rwailway Station or North Xi’an Station to Terracotta Warriors and Horses can be acquired by clicking the link Transportation from Xi’an Airport to Terracotta Warriors and Horses.

Visiting of Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum usually takes more or less two hours. And the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum opens daily from 8:30am to 5:30pm. That means visitor should arrive at the museum at latest by 3:00pm. After the 2-hour visiting, tourists can return to downtown hotel in Xi’an for refreshing or head to train station or airport to catch train or flight leaving Xi’an.

For tourists who like self-driving travel，equipping your car with an electrical navigation will enable you to reach your destination easily. The distance from Beijing to Terracotta Warriors and Horses is some 1180 kilometers and the self-driving will take you around 13 hours.

Why thousands of tourists go to Xi’an just for witness Terracotta Warriors and Horses? The following brief introduction will explain it to certain extent.

Brief introduction to Terracotta Warriors and Horses

Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a form of funerary art that belongs to mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of Din Dynasty. It is buried 1500 meters east of the Emperor’s Mausoleum in purpose of protecting Emperor Qin Shi Huang in his afterlife. The terracotta figures here are all created in the size of the real soldiers, horses, and chariots. Some of them are even larger than the real ones. The excavated three pits cover a total area of more than 22 000 square meters and nearly 8 000 life sized terracotta figures were discovered.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259-210BC) has Ying as his family name and Zheng as his given name. Ying Zheng ascended the throne of Qin Kingdom when he was 13 years old and he finally unified the other six kingdoms when he was 39 and built Qin Dynasty, opening the history of feudal society that lasted over 2000 years in China. First Emperor of Qin Dynasty named himself Shi Huang in the hope that his later generations be the second, the third, and even the thousandth emperor of the Qin Dynasty in a hereditary order. In the order of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, work on his mausoleum began in 246BC soon after he ascended the throne of the Qin Kingdom. And the mausoleum was not finished until he passed away in 210BC. According to history record, the project eventually involved 700,000 workers. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses is made and buried to guard the mausoleum of the Emperor.

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