Making noodles, Xian, China

China 2013 Day 7

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October 21st 2013
Our 2nd and last day in Xian. Breakfast at hotel. Check out and load our luggage onto the bus. On the way by 9:30. Our first destination of the day is the Xian city wall, one of the few ancient city walls still in existence in China. Built in 1370 during the Ming dynasty, the 12 m walls are surrounded by a dry moat and form a rectangle around the old part of the city 14 km long. Our hotel is ou ... 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