1.How to make a reservation
The following accommodations are available for attendees at a special rate.
Xi'an Jiao Tong University Academic Exchange Center Nan Yang Hotel
Room reservations can be made by contacting the following ways:
ADD: Xing Qing South Road, Xi'an, China
Postal Code: 710048
TEL: +86-29-87665566
FAX: +86-29-87665862
Xi'an Shangri-la Golden Flower Hotel
Room reservations can be made by contacting the following ways:
ADD: #8 Chang Le Road West, Xi'an, China
Postal Code: 710032
TEL: +86-29-83232981
FAX: +86-29-83235477
You can download the booking form here
Or you can make room reservation by contacting the IWICPAS'06 Organization Commitee via the email
iwicpas@aiar.xjtu.edu.cn
If you have any question, please feel free to contact us by email:iwicpas@aiar.xjtu.edu.cn
Credit Cards honoured: American express, master card, visa card, diners club, jcb card, the great wall card, peony card and dragon card.
2.Conference Site
Xi'an Jiao Tong University
IWICPAS 2006 takes place at the Xi'an Jiao Tong University Main Building .
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Map of Xi'an JiaoTong
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Main Building of Xi'an
Jiaotong University |
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3.Travel
AIR FLIGHT:
Beijing - Xi'an:
| scheduled flight |
Scheldule |
take off |
arrive |
| CA1203 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
7:30 |
9:15 |
| HU7137 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
7:50 |
9:30 |
| MU2106 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
8:00 |
9:40 |
| CA1209 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
9:50 |
11:45 |
| CA1223 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
9:50 |
11:45 |
| MU2124 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
10:55 |
12:40 |
| CA1225 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
14:10 |
16:00 |
| CA1201 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
14:20 |
16:05 |
| MU508 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
14:30 |
16:00 |
| CA1235 |
1.2.4.5 |
16:25 |
18:10 |
| HU7882 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
16:50 |
18:30 |
| MU2108 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
17:15 |
18:45 |
| CA1205 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
19:40 |
21:20 |
Shanghai - Xi'an:
| scheduled flight |
Scheldule |
take off |
arrive |
| MU2502 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
8:05 |
10:20(Hongqiao) |
| FM203 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
8:25 |
10:40(Hongqiao) |
| CA1216 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
13:15 |
15:27(Hongqiao) |
| FM201 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
14:00 |
16:10(Hongqiao) |
| HU7846 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
17:00 |
18:50(Hongqiao) |
| MU2524 |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. |
17:30 |
20:00(Hongqiao) |
| MU296 |
3 |
18:40 |
21:00(Pudong) |
Hong Kong - Xi'an:
| scheduled flight |
Scheldule |
take off |
arrive |
| MU204 |
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18:00 |
20:15 |
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FROM AIRPORT:
By Airport Limousine
By Route : About 40 minutes from Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, to the Bell Tower terminus. Then by Taxi, about 15 minutes to the Xi'an Jiao Tong University
By Taxi
60 minutes from Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, to the Xi'an Jiao Tong University
FROM RAILWAY STATION
By Taxi
About 25 minutes from Xi’an Railway Station, to the Xi'an Jiao Tong University
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Travel in Xi'an
Terra – cotta Warriors and Horses Museum |
Arguably one of Chinas most famous and popular tourist sites, the Terracotta warriors (bingmayong) are among the top archaeological excavations of the 20th Century. The warriors have made Xian the big tourist destination that it is today and the wealth in this city owes much to their discovery.
This incredible collection of 6,000 men and their horses was actually discovered completely by accident by a group of peasants in 1974 who were digging a well! In a bizarre twist, the man who supposedly discovered them now sits in a hall at the site signing postcards of the stone army.
The warriors are over 2000 years old and were originally constructed to protect the tomb of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang. The Warriors are now housed in a huge airplane hangar and despite their fame and the throngs of tourists visiting the site, they are still incredibly impressive. These life size warriors stand on guard as if preparing for battle. Historians believe that these magnificent men were originally painted.
The paint has now worn and the original bronze age weapons (including swords, arrows and lances) that many of the soldiers carried only a few years ago, are now locked up away from public eyes. Although there are 6000 of the statues remaining, there were actually many more when the tomb was first built.
It is the scale of this collection that is perhaps the most impressive aspect of the site. The Emperor must have been an incredibly influential and impressive man to deserve this great protection even when he was dead! The faces of the warriors are said to be modeled on the artists who sculpted them and on the actual Imperial guards at the time.
Further discoveries were made in 1976 when another 1000 warriors and various other sculptures were dug up. Archaeologists also believe that there is possibly a larger and more impressive army still buried beneath the Emperors tomb.
Opening Hours: 08:30-17:30
Admission Tickets: RMB 90
Tel：029-83911961
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Situated in the Da Ci’en Temple, about four kilometers form the urban center, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the famous Buddhist pagodas in China.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was sponsored and named by the famous master Xuan Zang (Monk Tripitaka) in 652 A.D.. Xuan Zang was both a great translator and traveler of Tang Dynasty. At the age of 28 in 627 A.D., he went alone ot India to study Buddhist Scriptures, 17 years later he returned to Chang’an with 657 volumes of Buddhist Scriptures, He received a ceremony of unprecedented grandeur for him when he moved into the temple to translate the Buddhist Scripture. In 652 A.D. Xuan Zang made a proposal to the court for a pagoda to store the scriptures and statues he had brought back from India. Then the world famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda was finished in 652 A.D.
The storied pagoda was an architectural marvel. It was built with layers bricks but without any cement in between, it is a good example of ancient people’s wisdom and talent. This magnificent pagoda is a square pyramid and stands at 60 meters high and seven storeys tall.
There are fantastic views from the top of the pagoda of the grid- like streets below and it seems hard to believe today that the area around here was once countryside and fields! It is tradition to throw coins from the windows of the pagoda in the hope that this will bring good luck.
Opening hours: 08:00-17:00
Admission Tickets: RMB 25
Tel：029-85217932
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The Xian City Wall is not only the most complete city wall that has survived in China, but its also one of the largest and most complete ancient military systems of defense in the world. The city walls here were actually built on the fortifications of the Tang Forbidden City.
Located in the central area of Xi’an city, the Xi’an City Wall which built in Ming Dynasty stands 12 meters high. It is 12- 14 meters across the top, 15-18 meters thick at bottom and 13.7 kilometers in length. It is divided into several important parts such an the rampart, the gate tower, the suspend bridge, the watch tower, the moat and so on. The Ming Dynasty City Wall formed a complex and well-organized system of defense. The city wall itself is a true display of the ability and wisdom of the working people in ancient times. It provides invaluable and substantial material for the study of the history, military science, and architecture of the Ming Dynasty.
Openning hours: 08:00-21:00
Admission Tichets：RMB 10
Tel：North Gate 029-87271081，South Gate 029-87271696
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The Bell Tower in Xian is situated in the very heart of the city and at the junction of four main roads. There is a huge bell hanging on the roof of the tower which was traditionally used to tell the time by and there are other, smaller bells on exhibit in the tower too.
Known as the symbol of Xian, its history can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. Each Ming city had a bell tower and a drum tower. The bell was sounded at dawn and the drum at dusk. The Bell Tower was originally set at the intersection of Xi Dajie (West Street) and Guangji Jie (Guangji Street) in the Yingxiang Temple, which was the center of the site of the old Tang Imperial City. It was removed to its present place in 1582 in the center of the southern section of the walled city and was restored several times.
The tower has a square-shaped brick platform, each side of which is 35.5 meters (116 feet) long and 8.6 meters (28 feet) high and on the top is a triple-eaved, two-story wooden structure with carved beams and color-painted rafters, a further 27.4 meters (90feet) high. Colorful Dougong -- a unique Chinese architecture of brackets inserted on the top of columns and crossbeams strengthen the building and enhance the artistic. The design of this kind is also perceptible from the engravings on bronzes dating back to the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). The inside is a remarkable example of the very intricate roof truss system used in Ming and Qing wooden architecture. In a corner of the brick platform is a Ming-period bell.
Openning hours: 08:30-21:00
Admission Tickets：RMB 15
Tel：029-87214665
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The Shaanxi History Museum |
Located in the east Xiaozhai Road, south of Xi’an city, it is a massive modern museum and a magnificent architectural complex in the Tang-Dynasty style. It covers an area of 70000 square meters.
The architectural style is simple, unsophisticated, elegant and unique, it combines the construction of the ancient Chinese palaces and courtyard buildings . It collects the highlights of the Shaanxi culture and shows a development of the Chinese civilization. The Museum possesses a treasure of 113000 historic and culture artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi.
The exhibition can be divided into seven sections which emphatically reveal the prosperity of the Prehistoric Age; the Zhou; Qin; Han; Wei; Jin; North and South, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties. The exhibition vividly depicts Shaanxi History, range from 1150000 years ago up to the year 1840. Eleven dynasties established their capitals in Shaanxi Province. In a way, the ancient history of Shaanxi is a highly condensed version of Chinese history.
Openning hours: 08:00-17:30
Admission Tickets：RMB 35
Tel：029-85217140
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-= Information above is from the website of Shaanxi China Travel Service Co., Ltd. More details and other information are available on http://www.chinatravelservice.com.cn. |
