The Story of the Terracotta Warriors Summary: Today we visit the Terracotta Warriors. The Terracotta Warriors are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. On March 29, 1974 local farmers of XiYang village were drilling a series of wells in search of water. They discovered some pottery fragments and ancient bronze weapons in the field. The head of the village reported the news to the local government at once. The news aroused much attention from both local Government and the National Historical & Cultural Relics Administration. With government approva [View Full Entry]

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Mausoleum of First Qin Emperor Summary: Nearby the Terracotta Warriors you find the mausoleum of the first emperor of China Qin Shi Huangdi (259 BC - 210 BC). After his father died he ascended the throne at the age of 13, when the construction of his tomb began. On completion of his many conquests, he ordered around 720.000 conscript laborors to hurry up on building his royal tomb. The tomb was finished just in time when he died in 210 BC for his use. The tomb of Qin Shi Huang is located in the eastern suburbs of Lintong County, about [View Full Entry]

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Huaqing Hot Springs Summary: Situated at the nothern foot of Mount Lishan in Lintong County you find Huaqing Hot Spring. It's about 45 kilometers from downtown Xian. Huaqing Hot Spring is famous for its beautiful scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (Tang Dynasty) and his concubine Lady Yang Guifei. The water is always 43 degrees celcius and should have medical power. Until today lots of Chinese people are visiting this place for luck and health. See you next time Monkey and Bear Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Een bezoek brengen aan de Huaqing Hot [View Full Entry]

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Summer Palace Beijing and going to Xian - Shaanxi Summary: First of all thank you for reading our travelblog. We hope you enjoy it. On May the fifth we visited the Summer Palace in Beijing. Last year we have been here too, but this time we visited the other part of the Summer Palace. As the Golden Week still was going on another 65.000 people were visiting the palace with us. May the fourth there were around 100.000 people visiting the palace, so today it was rather quiet - joking!!!!!! The figures on television tell that in the last six [View Full Entry]

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Exploring the Chengde Mountain Resort and the Outer Temples Summary: Today we visit the Imperial Mountain Resort in Chengde. We also visit a few very beautiful temples here. Chengde is from Beijing about 260 km to the north and it takes a four hour drive by car. The Mountain Resort and the Eight Outer Temples is the largest imperial park in China covering an area of nearly 6 square km. It was the Qing Dynasty who started the project in 1703. All the buildings and temples were completed in 1792. It's listed as a World Heritage Site since 1994. Lieve [View Full Entry]

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Hong Luo Si - Red Snail Temple Summary: About 60 km from Beijing in Huairou District you find the Hong Luo Si Temple also called the Red Snail Temple. Some crazy story about a fairy manifesting in snails that emitted red light after dark drove the monks in residence to change the name of this temple to Red Snail Temple. It's the largest Buddhist temple in northern China with lots of paved hiking paths that lead between small pagodas. There are tranquil courtyards, rollings hills, towering pines and cypresses surrounding this area. The nature is great here and as usual [View Full Entry]

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The Great Adventure China 2007 starts now Summary: After a good flight from Amsterdam to Beijing we arrived this morning around 8.45 in China. Stay tuned for our new adventures. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen Ons avontuur China 2007 is begonnen. Rond 12.30 uur waren wij gisteren op het vliegveld (met dank weer aan Heine). Het inchecken verliep super snel zodat wij binnen de kortst mogelijke tijd aan ons eerste heerlijke glaasje 'sap en hapje' zaten. Ons vliegtuig vertrok precies op tijd (dus Toos soms gaat het toch nog wel eens goed bij onze v [View Full Entry]

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Summary: Saterday 28th of April we are leaving for China again. This time for a full month. We want to visit old and new places in Beijing, the country side of greater Beijing and Xi'an. During springtime lots of flowers are blooming in China, so we also hope to visit lots of great natural places. So stay tuned for our new blogs. Monkey and Bear. Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Nog 4 dagen en dan begint ons nieuwe avontuur in China. Zaterdagmiddag om 17.35 uur vertrekt ons vliegtuig naar Beijing. De dag hierop komen wij om 08.55 uur aan op het [View Full Entry]

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Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Vandaag geen echte travelblog, maar een fotoreportage van het startschot van een fantastische actie voor de kinderen van de Beatrix kinderkliniek van het UMCG. Onder het motto "Laat het zieke kind stralen" is vandaag in de ontvangsthal van het UMCG door cabaretier Youp van 't Hek in bezielende bewoordingen de aftrap voor deze actie gedaan. De opbrengst van deze actie is bestemd voor de bouw van een kindertheater in de patio van de Beatrix Kinderkliniek. Door de bouw van dit kindertheater kunnen kinderen tijdens hun ziekenhuisopname genieten van versc [View Full Entry]

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