Xi'an

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Our visit to China's ancient capital was mostly cold and rainy. Felt like Home! 😊

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Photos

Headless Statues at Changling Tombs
Statues of foreign dignitaries that were paying their respects to the departed Empress but during the cultural revolution all the heads were cut off so nobody knows what foreign lands they were from

Xian's Wall
This was the wall that guarded Xian from invaders in ancient times.

Bunny at the Terracotta Warriors
It was amazing to see the rows and rows of warriors. Taking pictures wasn't so good because flash photography wasn't allowed.

Terracotta Warriors
They haven't even unearthed all the warriors that they know to be there.

Big Flying Goose Temple
It's very tall.

Forest of Stone Tablets
This museum collected many examples of Chinese calligraphy over centuries. You can see how it has evolved from being very stylistic to being much more precise.

Bunny at Famen Temple
Not to be confused with the other temple. This one actually has a relic of Buddha that was only discovered recently.

Buddha at Famen Temple
The story is that some instability caused the original temple to collapse and when some workers started to rebuild they came across a tunnel and found sacred treasures that had been missing for centuries.

View from Changling Tombs
Did I mention the weather sucked?