April 5 Xi'an
The rain held off until today, a steady drenching rain, more than a drizzle, less than a storm. Fortunately most of the day was inside. The Terra Cotta Warriors are inside a huge room with a roof without support columns so as not to damage the area or harm undiscovered objects. Fifteen hundred are visible, with another 6500 probably hidden underneath the dirt. The People's Rebellion that ended the Tung Dynasty destroyed all of the statues leaving behind a huge jigsaw puzzle that's still being solved.
Another visitor
Particularly interesting pieces are in the museum. A horse and carriage for use in the afterlife.
In case you wanted to know how to spell Coca-Cola in Chinese
Sculpture outside the warriors museum
Another Chinese meal spinning around in front of me
Art museum specializing in Chinese water colors
Particularly patient artist who tried to teach us calligraphy. My chinese character looked more like a transistor schematic symbol.
The Xi'an Great Mosque is surrounded by a giant bazaar. Here's a noodle stretcher.
There are four courtyards surrounding the mosque.
For dinner, instead of a spinning meal we had a stationary one with spinning performers.
A sheng, a thirteenth century Chinese instrument
The rain held off until today, a steady drenching rain, more than a drizzle, less than a storm. Fortunately most of the day was inside. The Terra Cotta Warriors are inside a huge room with a roof without support columns so as not to damage the area or harm undiscovered objects. Fifteen hundred are visible, with another 6500 probably hidden underneath the dirt. The People's Rebellion that ended the Tung Dynasty destroyed all of the statues leaving behind a huge jigsaw puzzle that's still being solved.
Particularly patient artist who tried to teach us calligraphy. My chinese character looked more like a transistor schematic symbol.
The Xi'an Great Mosque is surrounded by a giant bazaar. Here's a noodle stretcher.
2 comments:
Was the show as cool as it looks? You got a bunch of great pictures despite the rain (or maybe because of it - courtyards probably more deserted if people are staying under roofs.)
Thanks for updating!
We have booked a cruise out of Shanghai for 2018, so we plan to add at least two weeks in front of it to tour a bit in China. Xi'an is definitely one of the places we want to visit, the Terracotta Warriors have been on my "see list" ever since we went to a Smithsonian Exhibit in DC featuring just a few of the warriors.
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