Generally, Chinese Pinyin is used to translate the place names of China into English. Xi 'an is usually added before Ann to distinguish it.

Xi 'an, formerly known as Chang 'an and Haojing, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province.

Location context:

Xi 'an is located in Guanzhong Basin in the middle of the Yellow River Basin, between east longitude107 40 ′-109 49 ′ and north latitude 33 42 ′-34 45 ′, bordering Weihe River and Loess Plateau in the north and Qinling Mountain in the south.

The eastern part is bounded by Zero River and Yuanqiu Mountain, and is connected with Huazhou District of Weinan City, Shangzhou District of Shangluo City and Luonan County. The western part is bounded by Taibai Mountain and Qinghai Loess Plateau, bordering Meixian County and Taibai County. South to the main ridge of the North Qinling Mountains, bordering Foping County, ningshan county County and Zhashui County; It reaches Weihe River in the north and crosses Weihe River in the northeast, and is adjacent to Xianyang City, Yangling District and Sanyuan, Jingyang, Xingping, Wugong, Fufeng and Fuping counties (cities).

It is about 204 kilometers long from east to west and about 1 16 kilometers wide from north to south. [28], with a total area of 10 108 km2.

Dialect:

Shaanxi Opera, which is popular in Guanzhong and Northwest China, is also called "Bangzi Opera" or "Xunzi Opera". Shaanxi dialect is one of the central plains official dialects represented by Guanzhong dialect and xi 'an dialect, which is deeply influenced by Putonghua, but it still retains the usage of some archaic words.

Drama:

Shaanxi Opera, which is popular in Shaanxi and Northwest China, is also called "Bangzi Opera". It is the oldest, richest and largest vocal cavity system among the four major vocal cavities of China Opera. Nuo dance and Zhong Kui dance, which spread in Zhong Kui's hometown of zhouzhi county, are living fossils of China opera dance, and Nuo dance is the originator of traditional Chinese medicine.

The performance of Shaanxi Opera is unique, and the role system has four lines: life, Dan, purity and ugliness, and each line is divided into many kinds, which are collectively called "Thirteen Nets". On May 20th, 2006, Shaanxi Opera was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. On June 8, 2007, Shaanxi xi Qinqiang Theatre won the first Cultural Heritage Day Award from the Ministry of Culture.