Huoshizhai: red sandstone in the sun
North of the Xiji county seat, bare red cliffs face the sun, trees hold the shady slopes, and cave halls occupy the same Danxia rock.
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Liupan Mountain: where three rivers begin
A narrow, forested ridge in Jingyuan, Longde, and Yuanzhou feeds the Jing, Qingshui, and Hulu, and carries the memory of the Central Red Army's crossing in October 1935.
Coffin painting, silver ewer, glass bowl
In a Tang-style hall on Xicheng Road, the provincial museum keeps a Northern Wei lacquer coffin, a Northern Zhou gilt-silver ewer, and a green glass bowl with raised bosses.
A Buddha cut from the cliff
At Huangduobao, a seated Tang Maitreya 20.6 meters high occupies a niche in soft red sandstone, among caves begun in the late Northern Wei.