Terracotta Army

Heading down South (China)

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November 22nd 2006
I am now writing this Blog a couple of weeks after the event, so a few things are going to become a bit vague (if they havn't already!). Made my way from Beijing to Xian by train (12hrs) to see the famous Terracotta Army with its life sized clay army built to defend the first Chinese Emperor in the Afterlife. Was pretty cool and the man who first discovered the site when he wa ... 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