Speaking of Xi’an’s most popular attractions on Douyin, apart from the bowl-shaking wine in Yongxingfang, it is the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden, which has been “popular” by tourists from all walks of life. As a must-see attraction in Xi'an, you can travel through the Tang Dynasty during the day and experience the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty in the Furong Garden. In the evening, you can watch the dazzling night view of the Tang Dynasty in the Furong Garden, and you can experience the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years in one day.
1. Introduction to Xi’an Tang Furong Garden
Xi’an Tang Furong Garden is China’s first large-scale royal garden-style cultural theme park that fully displays the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It was built in the original To the north of the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden ruins, many records have been set in the history of our country and even the world. It has the world's largest water show and is the first "five senses" (i.e. vision, hearing, smell, touch and taste) theme park.
Xi'an Datang Furong Garden also has the world's largest outdoor fragrance project. It is the country's largest imitation of Tang Dynasty imperial buildings and is a culmination of Chinese gardening and architectural art. It includes Ziyun Tower, Ladies Pavilion, Imperial Banquet Palace, Fanglin Garden, Fengming Jiutian Theater, Apricot Garden, Lu Yu Teahouse, Tang Market, Qujiang Liuyin and many other attractions.
2. Opening hours and tickets
Opening hours: 9:00-22:00 every day (no entry at 21:00)
Tickets: 108 in peak season Yuan, 90 Yuan in off-season (This price is only available for online booking, and does not include tickets for the "Dream Chase of the Tang Dynasty" performance.)
Also: With a local ID card, you can apply for a Datang Furong Garden annual pass for 150 yuan, local Current college students can apply for an annual pass for 50 yuan with their student ID card and ID card. The annual pass allows unlimited visits to the park throughout the year.
It is recommended that everyone buy drinking water by themselves before entering the scenic area. Take Nongfu Spring in the scenic area as an example, the price is 6 yuan per bottle.
3. Scenic spot location and bus route
Address: No. 99, Furong West Road, Qujiang New District, Xi'an City
Subway: Take the Bell Tower as the starting point for travel: ① Walk about 630 meters from Bell and Drum Tower Square to Bell Tower Station; ② Take Metro Line 2 and go through 4 stops to Xiaozhai Station; ③ Take Metro Line 3 and go through 1 stop and arrive at Dayan Pagoda Station; ④ Walk about 1.8 kilometers , arrived at Tang Furong Garden.
Bus: 21, 22, 24, 41, 212, 224, 237, 320 (you 9), 601, 609, 610, 715, 720 are available.
Special reminder: Datang Furongyuan Station is divided into Ximen Station and Nanmen Station (including two Ximen Stations). Tang Dynasty Furong Garden is now open to the north gate (Chunming Gate), west gate (Yuyuan Gate) and Tang City entrance and exit. The west gate is the main entrance, and most tourists enter through this gate.
4. Recommended Attractions
There are many attractions to visit in the Tang Furong Garden. Here are some of the most interesting attractions:
1. Silver Bridge Waterfall
The design of Silver Bridge Waterfall comes from the legend of "White Dragon Appearing" in the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, this is the place where Fuku Sanzang threw a wooden dragon and turned into a true white dragon that appeared and rained rain. When you arrive at this scenic spot, walk onto the Furong Bridge and look at the steep rocks and mist in front of you. When you are on the bridge with steaming water, it feels like the white dragon will rise from the water again in the next second.
2. Drinking in Qujiang River
This is one of the eight scenic spots in Chang'an. Qujiang Liuyin was once a place where the emperor of the Tang Dynasty gave a banquet to the candidates who were selected as Jinshi from high school. At that time, these Jinshi people gathered by the Qujiang River. While admiring the beautiful scenery, they placed their wine glasses in the Qushui. Drifting along the water, whoever has a wine glass in front of him will compose a poem according to rhyme. The poems will be evaluated by everyone. Those who do not do well will be punished with three glasses of wine. The current design is similar to the design at that time. It uses the natural landscape form to create a natural, indifferent, quiet and subtle landscape atmosphere. So when you get here, you can also imitate the customs of the Tang Dynasty and drink and chat with friends. , feel the interesting life in the Tang Dynasty.
3. Tang City
"Everything in the market is the most lively place." Tang Market was the most prosperous market in ancient times. The streets were bustling with merchants from all over the world. The variety of products is so dazzling that it’s overwhelming. Various musicals, dances, dramas and acrobatics are performed frequently, and there is a prosperous and lively scene everywhere.
The Tang City of Tang Furong Garden consists of Tang Market, Gongzhi Street and Baixi Street, covering an area of ??12,122 square meters. It is a Tang market integrating viewing, entertainment, entertainment, experience, communication and consumption. Chao Customs and Culture Street features handicrafts, folk arts, opera, food, tea and wine culture, art calligraphy and other special projects. Here, you can experience everything in Tang City. Even if you don't buy anything, just walking around here for a few hours is very happy.
4. Tang Dynasty Poetry and Culture Theme Area
"Read 300 Tang poems by heart, and you can recite them even if you don't know how to compose them." The Tang Dynasty was the climax of the development of poetry. During this period, famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, and Li He appeared. Their poems were "unprecedented and unprecedented", and no one in the future can surpass their works.
The Tang Dynasty Poetry Culture Theme Area is based on the poetry of the Tang Dynasty. It uses more than 2,000 cubic meters of stone and covers an area of ??1,480 square meters. It carves 25 famous poets of the Tang Dynasty and many Tang poems. . If you are interested in Tang poetry, I suggest you go to this area. I think you will be very shocked when you see so many Tang poems and poets standing on the mountain peaks.
5. Hu Stores in Qujiang
Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty was an open international metropolis, so Hu people gathered in the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. They did business and opened shops here. , most of them are engaged in jewelry and groceries business, while wine shops are also the main industry. The waiter in the wine shop is a young woman from the Western Regions, known as "Hu Ji". Orchid wine restaurants were very popular in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Hu women were more attractive to customers than Tang women. They had exotic beauty and superb singing and dancing skills, so they were very popular among officials and literati. It is said that at that time, Li Bai was a poet who loved to visit Hu people's wine shops. He said, "Wherever you go after falling flowers, you will laugh into Hu Ji wine shops."
The newly built Qujiang Hudian in the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden reflects the scene of the numerous Hudian stores in Chang'an City and the blending of Central Plains culture and foreign cultures from surrounding countries. The store will hold various activities and exquisite products, especially merchandise, recreating for us the prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty when "people came from all directions to come to court, congratulations came from all over the world, and all the treasures from the world were collected." It is recommended that you must go to Hudian to experience this The charm of an exotic culture.
6. Caixia Pavilion and Ladies Pavilion
The Tang Dynasty was a very open era, so women in this era were also quite open. They were emancipated, optimistic and confident, and boldly participated in politics. Passionately pursuing their love, they regard fatness as beauty, dress boldly and openly, and they can do anything that men can do.
The Caixia Pavilion and the Ladies Pavilion display the spirit of women in the open society of the Tang Dynasty, who were "female, daring to compete with men, tender and tender, and left a name throughout the ages". The Caixia Pavilion and the Ladies Pavilion combine the architectural style of pavilions and corridors, with mirror columns set up inside to display the life of 100 outstanding women in the Tang Dynasty in a 360-degree manner. It is recommended that you visit these two attractions, they will make you look at the women of the Tang Dynasty with admiration.
7. Apricot Garden
Historically, the apricot garden in the Tang Dynasty was named Xingyuan because of the abundant apricot trees planted in the garden. Known as the golden land where a thousand cups bring out apricot blossoms, the Apricot Garden was the place where new scholars in the Tang Dynasty held a flower-seeing banquet in the Apricot Garden. The most interesting program in the apricot garden is the flower hunting game. At the beginning of the banquet, everyone chooses two young Jinshi to ride horses to the streets and alleys of Chang'an to find the most beautiful flowers and pick them for everyone to enjoy. If there are other Jinshis who picked them, If the flowers are prettier than these two young men, then these two young men will be fined with alcohol.
Nowadays, Xingyuan is a courtyard-style building imitating the Tang Dynasty. It is surrounded by gurgling water and decorated with bronze sculptures. "Seeing all the flowers in Chang'an" is a scene of infinite scenery and contentment.
8. Lu Yu Tea House
Our country’s tea culture has a long history. Whether it is ancient literati or Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other sects, they all use tea as a medium to convey values. Tea is not just a beverage. , is also a concept that they convey "the unity of nature and man, the nature of heaven and earth". The essence of tea ceremony lies in "purity, tranquility, elegance and harmony", and "harmony" is the highest state of tea ceremony. As we all know, Lu Yu compiled the "Tea Classic" and formally introduced these concepts into tea art. Therefore, tea art in China is also broad and profound.
Lu Yu Tea House was built based on the tea house design of the Tang Dynasty. When you walk into the tea house, you will see patches of green bamboo, gurgling water, and elegant houses with clear rooms, which will make you feel as if you have entered a high-end tea house. Human’s paradise in the mountains. At Lu Yu Tea House, you can not only drink very delicious tea, but also watch exquisite tea art performances.
9. Large-scale laser water curtain movie
The water curtain movie is a very special attraction in the Tang Furong Garden. When night falls, standing on the steps of Ziyun Tower, Vivid three-dimensional characters are presented on the wide water curtain, vivid and lifelike; colorful fireworks bloom in the air, reflected in the lake, accompanied by beautiful music, accompanied by jumping flames rising in the fountain , mines explode in the mist, and lasers flash in the night. You will marvel at the wonders of water and fire, the changes in light and color, as if you have traveled through a time tunnel and walked into the distant Tang Dynasty to experience the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Special reminder: When you go to Tang Furong Garden, you must watch the laser water curtain movie at night.
10. Performance of "Datang Dream Chasing" in Datang Furong Garden
Datang Furong Garden starts at 11 o'clock in the morning and ends at 21 o'clock in the evening. There will be various performances Performance, after you go, you can enjoy its various performances. The following is its performance schedule:
Performer admission:
"Datang Dream Chaser" performance :
Of course, the interesting things in Tang Furong Garden are not just the ones I listed above, there are many more interesting things waiting for you. When you come to Xi'an, if you have extra time and are particularly interested in Tang culture, you must go to Tang Dynasty Furong Garden. Tell the truth! The culture of the Tang Dynasty is all concentrated here.