Xi'an Date(s): September 8-9, 2015. Album by David Clement. 1 - 35 of 35 Total. 20 Visits.
1 Hanyangling, straight from the airport
2 joint tomb of Liu Qi, a notable emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24AD), and his empress, Empress Wang
3 from Fanfei's camera, which handled the low light better than my phone's camera
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5 3D movie we watched
6 lunch of cold noodles and Xi'an hamburger near Terracotta Army site
7 tickets
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9 Pit 1
10 from the side, near the original well which was being dug in 1974 when the army was discovered by local farmers
11 Fanfei's camera
12 archaeologists are still digging up and reconstructing the soldiers
13 these were the army of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
14 still in Pit 1
15 onto Pit 2 and 3, much less spectacular. Many of the soldiers in these pits are still buried
16 they are waiting for scientific advances to preserve the soldiers' colour, before digging up more
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18 this one was put in the glass case without oxygen quickly, so he still has some colour
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20 a general
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22 archaeologists leaving for the day
23 in the Muslim Quarter of Xi'an
24 Fanfei and our guide, whose name we never knew; video
25 Drum Tower
26 Fanfei at our dinner restaurant in the Muslim Quarter - quite different than Beijing food!
27 soup filled dumplings
28 tuk tuk that took us back to hotel after dinner; here is video of a different ride back to hotel the next morning
29 breakfast at Grand Mercure Hotel the next morning
30 at the City Wall
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32 rental bikes
33 we tried a tandem but couldn't stay on - I think because my seat was too low
34 a bit rainy
35 Bell Tower on our tuk tuk ride back to hotel before flight to Siem Reap (via Kunming)
