4000 RMB Happy Trip to Xi'an!

Who says "Chang'an under the moon" only lives in poetry? I just got back from Xi'an— Eating roujiamo by the city wall at Yongning Gate while watching the sunset, shedding tears from a bowl of lamb paomo at a corner in Muslim Quarter, hearing the tour guide talk about Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "KPI anxiety" at the Terracotta Warriors Pit No.1... And the total cost: ¥3953! (Including round-trip high-speed train, food, accommodation, transportation, tickets, Hanfu experience, and even buying 3 packs of Bingfeng soda 🥤) This is not a travel guide, it’s a "time-travel immersive travel manual" 📜 ✅ 【Real itinerary · Lazy-friendly version | Sleep in naturally every day】 📍Day 1: Arrive in Xi'an by high-speed train → Stay at a youth hostel inside the South Gate (¥78/night, with a terrace! Open the window to see the ancient city wall✨) → Night climb on the city wall (¥54, but❗️here’s the key → free with student ID/60+ ID! Young people can sneak in through the “morning exercise grandpa” entrance, climb the wall at 6 AM, and enjoy the whole Chang'an alone) 📍Day 2: Shaanxi History Museum (⚠️ Book tickets 7 days in advance via WeChat official account! I got the 9:00 AM slot, few people and plenty of light, the museum treasure “Gold-inlaid Beast Head Agate Cup” looks like it blinks when seen up close 👀) → Afternoon stroll in Muslim Quarter without eating! Head straight to “Jia San Soup Dumplings” (¥22, with a bowl of sour plum juice ¥8) → Evening at Sajinqiao “Ma Hong Stir-fry” (a local secret, spicy but pairs perfectly with Bingfeng!) 📍Day 3: Terracotta Warriors day tour (Don’t trust the “198 RMB all-inclusive tour”! Join a local small group for ¥168/person, including: ✔️ Departure at 7:40 AM (avoid the travel group rush) ✔️ Guide is an archaeology graduate student, explaining the layout of the pits like his own living room: “Look at this kneeling archer, left knee on the ground, right toe touching — not for beauty, it’s the Qin dynasty’s ‘single-knee salute’ combat stance!”) → Evening at Tang Paradise Night Market (free! But ✅ recommended to arrive before 7:30 PM to get the prime spot at the North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda, with fountain + light show + roly-poly girl all in one frame!) 📍Day 4: Hanfu experience day (Recommended “Shi Er Fang” next to “Chang’an Grand Brand” for ¥128/set including makeup + 3 hours + 3 retouched photos, the owner’s speed is like AI, I finished Tang makeup + chest-high ruqun + hand-held round fan in 35 minutes 💃) → All-day photoshoot at Bell Tower, Academy Gate, and Xiangzi Temple Street, passersby kept asking: “Are you from a film crew?” 📍Day 5: Off-the-beaten-path! Qujiangchi Ruins Park (free! 10 times less crowded than Tang Paradise, feed koi at the lake pavilion for ¥5, rent an ancient-style painted boat for ¥80/hour) → Evening at “Chang’an Grand Brand” eating spicy Guokui (¥18), the owner sings Qin opera while rolling dough: “Zhi! Zhi! Zhi!” 📍Day 6: Stele Forest Museum (¥50, but❗️scan the QR code on site to buy the “electronic audio guide” for only ¥15, which understands Wang Xizhi’s “trembling hand joke” better than a human guide) → Afternoon at Gao Family Courtyard watching shadow puppetry (¥30, small theater + interactive, kids said “cooler than cartoons!”) 📍Day 7: Last meal before departure → “Ziwu Road Zhang’s Roujiamo” (¥12, perfect fat-to-lean ratio in the braised meat, the bread is so crispy it crumbles) → Take two packs to go, continue the Chang’an flavor on the high-speed train 🚄 💡 【Money-saving tips · Xi’an foodie secrets】 ✔️ Rice noodles? No! In Xi’an you must eat noodles! For “biangbiang noodles,” go to “Lao Sun’s,” wide hand-pulled noodles with a plate of chili oil = soul awakening 🌶️ ✔️ Don’t just drink bottled Bingfeng soda! At “Muslim Quarter West Sheep Market” they sell loose Bingfeng for ¥3/cup, add lemon slices + mint leaves, the locals’ summer life saver! ✔️ For Hanfu photos, don’t crowd at Big Wild Goose Pagoda! Recommended “Xiangzi Temple Street” — bluestone slabs + lanterns + ancient locust trees, fewer people and peaceful scenery, photo success rate 200%! 🌟 Why is this trip worth every penny? → By the city wall, a white-haired grandpa played “Farewell” on the erhu, I squatted and listened, he smiled and handed me a big White Rabbit candy; → In the Terracotta Warriors pit, sunlight slanted into the eyes of the clay soldiers, suddenly I understood what “a thousand faces, all for Chang’an” means; → At Sajinqiao night market, holding a bowl of steamed rice cake while walking and eating, sugar frosting on the corner of my mouth, like being secretly kissed by the Tang dynasty. 🌈 Finally, a true saying from Chang’an for you: “The wind of thirteen dynasties brushes your eyelashes; The steam from a bowl of noodles rises like a thousand years of fireworks. You are not a tourist—you are today’s new resident of Chang’an.” 👇 Interaction time! 🔥 ✅ Comment “Xi’an Guide” and instantly get: ① “Pit Avoidance Map” PDF (marking all “fake intangible heritage shops” + real old brand codes + Hanfu bargaining phrases) ② Detailed 4000 RMB expense Excel (even the few cents for Bingfeng soda recorded!) ③ Free consultation: help you customize same-budget routes for “Mount Hua day trip / Hukou Waterfall / Yan’an Red Route”! 📌 Save this article, next time you want to time travel—open it, and you’re already standing under Yongning Gate 🏯✨