It is also where the Silk Road ended in the East and is home to the famed army of terracotta soldiers that belonged to the first emperor of China, Qin ShiHuang.
While his actual tomb has not been explored yet because of the difficulty in excavating the site, the vast pits containing the terracotta soldiers, cavalry, archers and officers can be viewed at the Emperor Qui ShiHuang Mausoleum Site Museum.