Editing Xi'an (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Meibei Lake,Huyi District,Xi'an.jpg|thumb|Meibei Lake, [[Huyi District]], Xi'an]]
Xi'an lies on the [[Guanzhong|Guanzhong Plain]] in the south-central part of [[Shaanxi]] province, on a flood plain created by the eight surrounding rivers and streams.

The city borders the northern foot of the [[Qin Mountains]] (Qinling) to the south, and the banks of the [[Wei River]] to the north. [[Mount Hua|Hua Shan]], one of the five sacred Taoist mountains, is located {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} away to the east of the city. Not far to the north is the [[Loess Plateau]].

[[File:Txu-oclc-10552568-ni49-5.jpg|left|thumb|Map including Xi'an (labeled HSI-AN (SIAN) (walled)) ([[Army Map Service|AMS]], 1955)]]
At the beginning of Han dynasty, the Chief of Staff [[Zhang Liang (Western Han)|Zhang Liang]] advised the emperor [[Liu Bang]] to choose Guanzhong as the capital of the Han dynasty: "Guanzhong Plain is located behind [[Mount Xiao]] and [[Hangu Pass]], and connects Long ([[Gansu]]) and Shu ([[Sichuan]]). The area can be called an irony castle spreads for thousands of miles, and is rich in harvest like the nation of heaven." ({{lang|zh-hans|关中左崤函，右陇蜀，沃野千里，此所谓金城千里，天府之国也}}) Since then, Guanzhong is also known as the 'Nation of the Heaven'.<ref>{{lang|zh-Hans|《史记·留侯世家》}}{{full citation needed|date=May 2020}}</ref>