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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is applauded by top officials as he arrives for the closing session of the regime’s rubber-stamp legislative conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 28, 2020. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images
Throughout Chinese history, the Qinling mountain range in China was referred to as “the dragon vein.”
Xi'an city, the ancient capital of at least 11 Chinese dynasties, is nestled among the mountains—a geological feature that divided China into its northern and southern regions. Qinling was considered a sacred site with connections to the rulers of the Chinese empire.
