Return Trip - Day 7: the Terracotta Warriors

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April 17th 2015
Finally got into Xian late last night so only had today to see things in the city. Didn't have time to see the city wall (the best preserved wall in China) or the Muslim section of town with its historic mosque. We did, however, make it to the Terracotta Warrior Museum - it was amazing. Apparently thousands of these statues were buried in a subterranean room, to protect the Emperor in the afterlif ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan

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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