Museum, Another View.

Falling Goose, Burning Corn.

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July 25th 2006
On my arrival to Xian, I was greeted by smoke filled air. The guide explained that it was harvest time and the farmers usually burned the unedible parts of the harvest, which in this case, was mostly corn. This probably added to my not too favorable attraction to this city, in spite of it's great main attraction, The Terra Cotta Warriors. Even the guide here seemed less personable than the other ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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