Yang Rou Pao Mo is a type of mutton stew. Some People believe there are two things that you must do when you visit Xi`an: one thing is visiting the terra cotta warriors and another is to taste Yang Rou Pao Mo. It has become very popular as a dish for entertaining foreign visitors. In 1983, the dish was moved from the restaurant to the national banquet, and in 1993, Chinese traditional painting master Huang Zhou wrote an inscription mainly describes its appetizing taste. Because of this the Yang Rou Pao Mo becomes more and more famous. If you come here to taste it first, you do not eat too much because it is very filling.

Raw materials:
Fresh mutton 750g, flour 350g, yeast powder, agalic, yellow daylily, rice noodle, scallion, ginger, pepper, aniseed, caraway, chilli sauce, refined salt, monosodium glutamate.

How to make Yang rou pao mo:
1. Put agalic, yellow daylily and rice noodles into a laver, dip into cold water for half an hour.

Xian has been rich in the delicious food of Shaanxi snacks, There are many varieties of famous snacks of fashionable foreign delicacies with uniqueness.

Fan's cured meat in pancakes appeared In Xian a long time ago. It is one of the traditional Shaanxi delicacies. In fact they are pancakes made of high-quality wheat flour stuffed with cured meat. There is a story about it. In the Tang Dynasty, an official called "Fan" lived In Eastern Chang'an. Once he financed a young man when his mother died. Ten years later, this young man became wealthy through his cured meat business. To show his gratitude, he went to Fan's 80th birthday with an intricately built coffin made of Chinese prickly ash wood. In the coffin there hid cured meat made of 250 kg of lean meat. Since there were many guests on the day, Fan did not take any notice of the coffin. Ten years later when Fan died of Illness, the family had no means of making a living but sell property. At last, they found the coffin in the small house. When the family opened it, there was the aromatic and freshly looking cured meat! Mrs. Fan sent it for sale In the market and It was well received. More people rushed to the family for the meat. Mrs. Fan put some fresh meat into the juice. The newly cooked cured meat was just as delicious. Then the Fans' fame of their cured meat went apace.

Qiaomianheluo has 600-700 years history. It makes from fresh buckwheat. It famous for it's delicious taste. No matter winter or summer, qiaomianheluo can be found in snack streets. It also can help to strengthen the stomach and offer some temporary respite from the heat.

The history of Qiaomianheluo:

Heluo was once called helou in ancient China. It has a long history. A famous agriculturalist Wangzhen in Yuan dynasty, once wrote Heluo like this: "On the back of north hill, there has a kind of wheat which can grind into flour and make into cake or make soup noodles." Heluo is good for health, it is not only good for intestines, but also good for stomach. Heluo is made of buckwheat. It was said that buckwheat is the most nutritious food. It is abundant in amylum, protein, aminophenol, vitaminP, vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, magnesium, flavone and so on.

Raw materials: Buckwheat 1000g, water 300g, little amount of alkali.

How to cook Qiaomianheluo of Xian Food:

The Terracotta Army has lain underground for more than 2000 years. However, in 1974, farmers digging a well uncovered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world. The first part of the Terracotta Army site to be discovered was named Vault One. In 1976, two other vaults were uncovered 20-25 meters from Vault One, and were named Vault Two and Vault Three.

Pit No.1 is in oblong shape, covering an area of 14260 square meters. There are five sloping entrances on the eastern and western side of the pit respectively.

Down inside the tunnel, there are ten earth-rammed partition walls, across which huge and strong rafters were placed, covered with mats and fine soil and filling earth. The floors are paved with bricks.The terracotta warriors and horses in Pit No.1 are arrayed in a practical battle formation. In the long corridor to the east end of the pit stand three rows of terracotta warriors in battle tunics and puttees, facing east, 70 in each row, totaling 210 altogether. Armed with bows and arrows, they constitute the vanguard.There is one row of warriors in the south, north and west of the corridor respectively, facing outward. They are probably the flanks and the rear guard. Holding crossbows, arrows and other long-distance shooting weapons, they took up the job of defending the whole battle formation. The ten rammed partition walls divided Pit No.1 into eleven latitudinal passage ways where stand 38 columns of warriors with horse-drawn chariots in the center.

About Xian:Xi'an lies on the Guanzhong Plain in central China, on a flood plain created by the eight surrounding rivers and streams, most of which are too polluted to be used as sources of fresh water. The city has an average elevation of 400 meters above sea level and an annual precipitation of 1100 millimeters. The city borders the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains to the south, and the banks of the Wei River to the north. Hua Shan, one of the five sacred Taoist mountains, is located 100 km away to the east of the city.

Xian is the capital of Shaanxi province, located in the southern part of the Guanzhong Plain. With the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Weihe River to the north, it is in a favorable geographical location surrounded by water and hills. It has a semi-moist monsoon climate and there is a clear distinction between the four seasons. Except the colder winter, any  season is relatively suitable for traveling.

Xian China Travel Sightseeing spots:The continuous history of Xian has apparently resulted in its magnificent culture. Today's Xian is a world famous tourist city and an inexhaustible treasure house of cultural relics. Now heads of state from many countries and people from all walks of life come to the city to broaden their knowledge of Chinese civilization.Foremost is the China's greatest archeological excavation, the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses . Life size terracotta figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations symbolically guard the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang , the first emperor of the Qin dynasty (246-209B.C). The State Council authorized the building of a museum on the site in 1975 for the protection of the discovery. So far, altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed and displayed in the museum. It is cited as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' and was listed by UNESCO in 1987 as one of the world cultural heritages.Housing more than 2,300 famous steles and inscribed memorial tablets of the Han, Wei, Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties and known as the largest 'stone-book warehouse'in China, the Forest of Stone Steles in Xian is a treasure house of calligraphic art. It is situated on Sanxue Jie, near the south gate of the Xian City Wall . The City Wall in Xian is the most complete city wall to survive in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. It was built first in the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and renovated in recent years. Outside the city wall is a moat. A circular park has now been built along the high wall and the deep moat.

Additional attractions are the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Small Wild Goose Pagoda of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D), while worshipers still frequent the Great Mosque and the famous Famen Temple noted for its collection of Sakyamuni's relics. These together with the magnificent Shaanxi History Museum are all highly recommended attractions to be visited when you come to Xian.