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Industrial city and capital of Shaanxi
province, China; population (1996) 2,330,000.
It produces chemicals, electrical equipment,
and fertilizers. It was the capital of China
under the Zhou dynasty (1126-255 BC); under
the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), when it was
called Changan (`long peace'); and under the
Tang dynasty 618-906, as Siking (`western
capital'). The Manchus called it Sian
(`western peace'), now spelled Xian. It
reverted to Changan 1913-32, was Siking
1932-43, and again Sian from 1943. It was
here that the imperial court retired after
the Boxer Rebellion 1900. Its treasures
include the 600-year-old Ming wall; the
pottery soldiers buried to protect the tomb
of the first Qin emperor, Shi Huangdi; Big
Wild Goose Pagoda, one of the oldest in
China; and the Great Mosque 742.