Editing Xi'an (section)

==Culture and religion==
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===Resident artists===
Xi'an is home to contemporary Chinese stars such as [[Xu Wei (musician)|Xu Wei]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/05/content_457197.htm |work=Shenzhen Daily |publisher=China Daily |title=Xu Wei to rock fans in grand concert |date=2005-07-05 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065658/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/05/content_457197.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> [[Zhang Chu (singer)|Zhang Chu]] and [[Zheng Jun]].

===Xi'an cuisine===
{{Main|Shaanxi cuisine}}
''[[Paomo|Yangrou paomo]]'' (flat bread soaked in lamb soup; {{zh|s=羊肉泡馍|t=羊肉泡饃|hp=Yángròu pàomó|links=no}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/food/2004-05/14/content_1470562.htm |script-title=zh:陕西小吃-羊肉泡馍 |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |access-date=2014-05-28  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126214304/http://news.xinhuanet.com/food/2004-05/14/content_1470562.htm |archive-date=November 26, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a well known Xi'anese dish.

''[[Liangpi|Liang pi]]'' (cold rice noodles; {{zh|links=no|s=凉皮|t=涼皮|p=liángpí}}) are wheat or rice noodles served cold with vinegar and chili oil.

''[[Biangbiang noodles|Biangbiang mian]]'', also known as ''youpo chemian'' ({{zh|s=油泼扯面|t=油潑扯麵|hp=Yóupō chěmiàn|links=no}}), are thick and long hand-pulled noodles, typically served with red hot pepper.

''[[Roujiamo]]'' (meat buns; {{zh|s=肉夾馍|t=肉夾饃|hp=Ròujiāmó|links=no}}) is a bun filled with pork.

=== Qinqiang ===
[[Qinqiang]] (Voice of Qin) is the oldest and most extensive of the four major types of Chinese opera.<ref>{{cite news |title=China promove programas diversificados durante o Festival da Primavera |newspaper=[[China Radio International]] |date=February 8, 2008 |url=http://portuguese.cri.cn/135/2008/02/08/1@83413.htm |access-date=2010-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001047/http://portuguese.cri.cn/135/2008/02/08/1@83413.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fportuguese.cri.cn%2F135%2F2008%2F02%2F08%2F1@83413.htm English] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034335/http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fportuguese.cri.cn%2F135%2F2008%2F02%2F08%2F1@83413.htm |date=November 17, 2015 }})</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chinese opera The First Emperor transmitted live into theaters worldwide |newspaper=[[People's Daily]] |date=January 14, 2007 |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200701/14/eng20070114_341080.html |access-date=2010-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052153/http://english.people.com.cn/200701/14/eng20070114_341080.html |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Miraculous response: doing popular religion in contemporary China |last=Yuet Chau |first=Adam |year=2006 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804767651 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6puW1nI2o7EC&q=qinqiang&pg=PA53 |access-date=2010-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102151857/https://books.google.com/books?id=6puW1nI2o7EC&pg=PA53&dq=qinqiang#v=onepage&q=qinqiang&f=false |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another one would be the Empress of the Great Tang is China's first Tang dynasty dance and music show. The story is based on the life of the famous Chinese historical figure [[Wu Zetian|Empress Wu Zetian]] of the [[Tang dynasty]]. Through live performances by a classical Chinese orchestra and state-of-the-art stage design, this show will take you back to the glory of the legendary Empress Wu Zetian and the Great Tang Empire.

===Chinese traditional religion and Taoism===
[[File:The Temple of the Town Deity in Xi'an 13 2013-09.jpg|left|thumb|A pavilion of the City God Temple of Xi'an]]
The most influential religions in Xi'an are the [[Chinese folk religion|Chinese traditional religion]] and [[Taoism|Taoist]] [[Taoist schools|schools]], represented by many major and minor temples. Among these there are a [[City God (China)|City God Temple]], completely reconstructed in the 2010s, and a [[Temple of Confucius]].

===Christianity===
{{see also|Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xi'an}}
The first recorded Christian missionary in China was [[Alopen]], a [[Syriac language|Syriac]]-speaker, who arrived in Xi'an (then known as Chang'an) in 635 along the [[Silk Road]]. The [[Nestorian Stele]], now located in Xi'an's [[Stele Forest|Beilin Museum]], is a [[Tang dynasty|Tang Chinese]] [[stele]] erected in 781 that documents the 150 years of early [[Christianity in China]] following Alopen.<ref name="hill-108"/> It is a {{convert|279|cm|inch|lk=out|adj=mid|abbr=off|-tall|sp=us}} [[limestone]] block with text in both [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Syriac language|Syriac]] describing the existence of Christian communities in several cities in northern China. The [[Daqin Pagoda]], a Buddhist pagoda in [[Zhouzhi County]] of Xi'an, has been suggested to have originally been a [[Nestorian]] Christian church from the [[Tang dynasty]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Martin Palmer, The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Religion of Taoist Christianity, {{ISBN|0-7499-2250-8}}, 2001</ref>

Baptist missionaries from England ran a hospital in Xi'an.<ref>[[Peter Fleming (writer)|Fleming, Peter]] (1936) ''[[News from Tartary]]''. London: Jonathan Cape; pp. 46–48</ref> In 1892, [[Arthur Gostick Shorrock]]<ref name="Shorrock1926">{{cite book |last=Shorrock |first=Arthur Gostick |title=Shensi in Sunshine and Shade |publisher=Presbyterian Mission Press |year=1926 |location=Shanghai}}</ref> and Moir Duncan<ref name="DuncanPapers">{{cite web |title=Duncan Papers (Mundus Gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom) |publisher=Angus Library, Regents Park College |url=http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/10/1004.htm  |access-date = August 14, 2013  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131011225707/http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/10/1004.htm  |archive-date = October 11, 2013  |url-status = dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> founded the ''Sianfu Mission'', in present-day Xi'an.<ref name="Burt1925">{{cite book |last=Burt |first=Ernest Whitby |title=Fifty Years in China: The Story of the Baptist Mission in Shantung, Shansi, and Shensi, 1875–1925 |publisher=The Carey Press |year=1925 |location=London}}</ref><ref name="Glover1914">{{Cite book |year=1914 |title=Herbert Stanley Jenkins, medical missionary, Shensi, China: with some notices of the work of the Baptist Missionary Society in that country (1914) |location=London |publisher=Carey Press |page=155 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924023085982 |author=Glover, Richard |isbn=978-0-524-07100-7  |access-date = November 15, 2015  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307011738/https://archive.org/details/cu31924023085982  |archive-date = March 7, 2016  |url-status = live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Duncan1900">{{Cite book |year=1900 |title=The missionary mail to faithful friends and candid critics (the substance of letters written from Shên His) |location=London |publisher=Elliot Stock |url=https://archive.org/details/pts_missionarymailto_3721-1233 |author=Duncan, Moir Black |isbn=9780524102336}}</ref>

===Islam===
Xi'an has a minority Muslim community, most of these Muslims are from the [[Hui people|Hui]] group, there are an estimated 50,000 Hui Muslims in Xi'an.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/2002/Dec/247418.htm |script-title=zh:中国七大中心城市人口资源大调查 |trans-title=Population survey of the seven central cities of China |last1=Zhang |first1=Zhizhong |publisher=National Family Planning Commission  |access-date=August 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221934/http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/2002/Dec/247418.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are seven mosques in Xi'an, the best known being the [[Great Mosque of Xi'an|Great Mosque]].<ref>[http://www.muslim2china.com/china-mosques/list-Xian.html Mosques in Xian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430042345/http://www.muslim2china.com/china-mosques/list-xian.html |date=April 30, 2017 }} from www.muslim2china.com</ref> The Great Mosque, located in the city center, is one of the oldest and most significant mosques in China. It was built during the Tang Dynasty and has been renovated and expanded over the centuries. The mosque reflects a unique blend of Islamic and traditional Chinese architectural styles.