Student, senior & child discounts at Xi'an sights — the full table

Prices are per person, 2026, from the sights' own ticket policies. Asterisk = discount applies to Chinese nationals and, at most city sights, to internationals with the right documents — carry originals, not photos.

The pattern: students pay roughly half, seniors 65+ are usually free, children under 1.2 m are free everywhere. Individual pages list each sight's exact policy — check before you queue.

• Physical documents only. Photos of a student ID or passport are not accepted at the gate. Carry the originals.
• 'Student' means full-time, undergraduate or below. Postgrad, adult-education and part-time students generally don't qualify at the Terracotta Army.
• Chinese-nationality clauses. Some senior and child policies (65+ free, under-16 free at the Terracotta Army) are officially for Chinese citizens with the national ID card. In practice many sights apply them to internationals with a passport — but it's at the gate's discretion, so don't budget around it.
• Discounts don't stack with tours. If you join a group tour, the package price usually ignores your student status — buy admission separately if you qualify and use a transport-only arrangement.
• Show-only tickets (e.g. the Song of Everlasting Sorrow) have their own pricing and generally no student concession.

For a student hitting the five big paid sights (Terracotta, Wall, Huaqing, Pagoda, Steles), the discounts save roughly ¥180–220 — about a day's budget on our backpacker estimate. For a family with two under-16s, the Terracotta Army alone saves ¥240.

Two practical notes: buy tickets yourself on the official channels so the discount applies (see booking attractions), and carry your documents every day — the metro, museums and hotels all take passports anyway, so it's already in your pocket.