Traditional downtown Xian refers to the area encircled by the city wall, this has now been expanded to encompass the area within the second ring road (er 'huan Lu).

传统的市中心区是指被西安的城墙包围的地区，现在已经被扩大到包括在二环路的区域。

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Xian, Originally known as Chang 'an, the then Italian explorer Marco Polo Works "Travels of Marco Polo" in the famous ancient Silk Road starting point.

西安，古称长安，是当年意大利探险家马可·波罗笔下《马可·波罗游记》中著名的古丝绸之路的起点。

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In ancient times, as the beginning of the Silk Road, Xian was one of the transport junctions in China.

在古代，最为丝绸之路的起点，西安是中国重要的交通路口之一。

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Mr Thubron spent eight months travelling the 11, 300 kilometres (7, 000 miles) of the old Silk Road from Xian in the heart of China to Antioch (Antakya) in Turkey and, although he scrupulously admits in a note that his trip was broken by fighting in northern Afghanistan and that he was obliged to continue the following year, this interruption does not disrupt the flow of his narrative.

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