Charles Chan

With a history of over a thousand years, Xi'an offers exceptional values for visitors. Today, we strolled through a Tang-style architecture garden, a refrehing break from Beijing's Qing culture.

As our trip in China began to get underway, we were slowly exposed to more and more exotic foods. First Beijing and Xi'an, then to cities of Sichuan fire in Chengdu and Chongqing, a quick stop in Guilin, before moving to milder flavours in Guangzhou.

While Beijing was the capital of last two Chinese dynasties, Xi'an was the capital of some 13 ancient dynasties, most notably the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. Xi'an has a rich history spanning over a thousand years and you can see that the city is proud of it.