The Xi'an Warrior Flag Acrobatics Troupe shone brightly at the 14th Izhevsk International Circus Festival in Izhevsk, Russia, with its performance of the shoulder ballet Mulan. With its exquisite skills, the troupe won applause from the audience and promoted cultural exchanges between China and Russia.
A 36-year-old Chinese woman has become the first person from China and the third woman in the world to scale all 14 of the world's peaks over 8,000 meters without the use of supplemental oxygen.
Li Mi was born in Jingzhao (now Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province). He was highly literate and clever from a young age, known as a child prodigy in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Liu Heng (202-157 BC) was the fourth son of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). He created the Wenjing Reign Period (Wen Jing Zhi Zhi), which was a flourishing period in feudal China.
Su Wu (140-60 BC), born in Duling, Jingzhao (now in Chang’an county, Yanta district, Xi’an), was a government official in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24). His father Su Jian served with distinction in the wars with the Xiongnu, a powerful nomadic tribe.
Princess Pingyang was the third daughter of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). She helped her father overthrow the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and establish the Tang Dynasty.
Du Mu (803-853) was born in an honorable family in Wannian, Jingzhao (now Xi’an, Shaanxi province). He was a government official and famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). His grandfather was a prime minister in feudal China and a historian in the middle Tang Dynasty.
Du Ruhui (585-630) was born in an honorable family in Duling, Jingzhao (present day Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province). He was a government official of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), following in the footsteps of his forefathers.