Bell Tower Hotel is a 4-star hotel in
Xian
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqin ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It located right in the heart of the city, opposite the well known Bell Tower and the newly built Bell & Drum Tower Square. One can find many historical sites within walking distance from the hotel.
History
Bell Tower, originally built in the 17th year of Hongwu reign in the Ming dynasty with more than 600 years’ history, stands in the center of Ancient Xi’an City. Jingyun Bell was originally cast in the 2nd year of Jingyun reign of Emperor Taizong in Tang dynasty; it is high with a diameter of and weighs about . The flying crane and twisting dragon are engraved on the surface of the bell and the bell's sound can reach more than 10 miles, which not only reflects hundreds of years' history but also deserves to be the symbol of Xi'an. According to the old legend, the hotel named Bell Tower Hotel.
Rewards
The Bell Tower Hotel is prized as the “Golden Key Service Diamond Award” and honor title of the “Sincere Service Team Cooperation Award” granted by the Golden Key Hotels of the World.
Footnotes
See also
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Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in ...
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Xi'an Incident
The Xi'an Incident, previously romanized as the Sian Incident, was a political crisis that took place in Xi'an, Shaanxi in 1936. Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Nationalist government of China, was detained by his subordinate generals Chang Hs ...
External links
UNESCO description of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Hotels in Xi'an
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