Begin your day with a convenient pickup from your designated location and head straight to the Qin-Han Gallery of Shaanxi History Museum in Xixian New Area. Escape the bustling crowds of the city centre main museum and enjoy a peaceful visiting atmosphere.
Stand close to precious cultural relics such as Qin bamboo legal slips, bronze ritual wares, Han pottery granaries, ancient tile ornaments, and silk relics without crowding with tourists.
Learn about the unification system of the Qin Empire, the prosperous social economy of the Western Han Dynasty, ancient ritual customs, military craft, and ordinary people’s daily life behind each cultural treasure. Take a leisurely pace throughout the visit, with no forced marching or tight time limits. Pause to observe details at will and raise any questions for professional answers, gaining an in-depth, systematic understanding of how Qin and Han laid the cultural foundation of China.
After your in-depth tour of the Qin-Han Gallery, head directly to Yuanjia Village by private car and have lunch right inside the village. Yuanjia Village is a living museum of Guanzhong folk customs, preserving original bluestone alleys, earthen courtyards, and century-old traditional workshops.
During lunchtime, taste authentic Guanzhong local delicacies, including hand-pulled oil-splashed noodles, crispy roujiamo, glutinous zeng gao, handmade yoghurt, and dozens of time-honored snacks, experiencing the original local catering culture rooted since the Qin and Han periods.
After lunch, wander the whole village at a relaxed pace. Visit century-old vinegar workshops, rapeseed oil mills, tofu workshops, and chilli grinding workshops. Watch inheritors operate traditional handicrafts with ancient methods. Appreciate intangible cultural heritage performances, including shadow puppetry and Qinqiang Opera, and experience traditional folk handcrafts such as woodblock New Year paintings and spinning.
From the imperial institutional civilisation displayed in the Qin-Han Gallery to the ordinary rural folk customs passed down for thousands of years in Yuanjia Village, this itinerary builds a complete vertical perspective of Guanzhong land spanning two millennia.
