Xian - Terra Cotta Warriors

the main tourist attraction in Xian is the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses. these are life sized clay statues of soldiers, each diffrent dating from 200BC. they were found only in 1974. the site is huge as you can see (each figure is 1.8-2m high)

Traveling through China's History

June 25th 2006
Hi all This week was dedicated to 2 things. The first was making our way from Kashgar in the south-west of china to Beijing in the north- east a total of over 5000 km! The second thing was learning about the history of China. Went to 2 good museums in Urumqi and Xian and we now know all the Chinese dynasties from 500BC to the last emperor in the 20th century by hear ... read more

Asia » China » Shanxi » Pingyao

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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