Taiping National Park

Sitting the foot of Guanyin Mountain, next to the Xiang River, the park features pine, poplar and bamboo forests as well as waterfalls, caves and different scenic spots.

Covering an area of 639 km², the Qinling National Botanical Garden lays claim to being the largest botanical garden in the world.

Opened in 2022, this new museum displays artefacts from several important archaeological sites in Shaanxi Province. Visitors are required to make a booking on the Shaanxi Archaeological Research Institute's WeChat account before visiting the museum. The WeChat account name is 陕西考古 (Shaanxi Archaeology).

The Zhongnan Mountains are a branch of the Qin Mountains located south of Xi'an. the range's highest point is Cuihua Mountain. Other notable peaks and places in the Zhongnan Mountains include Lou Guan Tai, where Taoist sage Laozi is said to have dwelt and conveyed the Dao De Jing. Later this was also a place of dwelling for Nan Wutai and Guifeng.

It is a Daoist temple complex. This is supposedly the place where Laozi preached and composed the classic Taoism book, Dao De Jing. Upon entering, some drivers may offer you a ride to the main temple at the back of the complex for ¥10.

Xingjiao Temple was built in AD 669 to reinhume Xuanzang and was one of eight famed temples in Fanchuan in the Tang dynasty. The five-storied Buddhist relic pagoda, preserving the remains of Xuanzang.