Big Goose Pagoda

Xi'an

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May 30th 2008
We arrived safely on the train and walked around the city. The pollution is really bad here much worse than Beijing and you can hardly breathe!! We visited a Big Goose Pagoda and a smaller pagoda and museum and then realxed with some beers in the bar! Today we went to the Terracotta Army with a group of Mexican students which was very funny and really an amazing place!! The soldiers really h ... read more

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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