Shaanxi Province, referred to as "Shaanxi" or "Qin" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC), with an as its capital, located in the hinterland of China, the middle reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Shaanxi and Henan in the east, Ningxia and Gansu in the west, Sichuan, Chongqing and Hubei in the south, Inner Mongolia in the north, and10529'-165438 in the east.
As of June, 2022, 1 1, Shaanxi Province has 10 prefecture-level cities (including xi 'an, the provincial capital, as a sub-provincial city), 3 1 municipal district, 7 county-level cities and 69 counties. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Shaanxi Province was 39.56 million.
Shaanxi Province is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese nation and Chinese culture, and the historical representative culture is "Sanqin Culture". Four regimes, including the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, successively established their capitals in Shaanxi Province. It is the geodetic origin of China's latitude and longitude datum, and also the seat of Beijing Time National Time Service Center.
The cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province includes but is not limited to the following aspects:
1. Places of interest: Terracotta Warriors, Huaqing Pool, Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi City Wall, etc.
2. Human landscape: Huashan, Taishan, Qin Lou in Xianyang, Yan 'an old revolutionary base area, etc.
3. Traditional arts: Chinese Peking Opera, Shaanxi Bangzi, Shaanxi Opera and other art forms.
4. Ethnic customs: Hukou Waterfall, Huangdi Mausoleum, Hancheng Ancient City and other folk tourist attractions.
5. Literary celebrities: Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Wang Wei and other literary giants.
6, scientific and technological inventions: papermaking, compass, gunpowder and other important scientific and technological inventions originated in Shaanxi.
7. Food culture: cold noodles, meat buns, mutton buns, minced meat noodles and other special foods.