Visiting a Rural Village Mausoleum #1: Terracotta warriors inside! taking care of the plants these guys were commissioned by the Emperor Qin, who also had the Great Wall built closeup there's a lot of them, (and even more not excavated because they haven't devised a method to preserve the paint) they all so serious! can one be made of me?? horsies! most of the warriors actually look like this. the ones on the display were put back together... In Xian they eat dumplings instead of rice because they only have wheat fields makers of our dumpling feast more dumplings.. so many different kinds! peaches and other fruits are dirt cheap in Xian Entrance through Xian's city wall. There's a moat surrounding the city all are welcome right inside the city walls a pagoda not sure what the sign says, but there's a street of souvenir stands behind the gate random view (Huihan is wearing her CSP hat!) Xian Bell Tower this speaks "hire me" Xian drum tower (gulou) large outdoor shopping section of Xian, lots of dried fruits, things to eat and many more souvenirs paint brush shop hey look, some non-Chinese people! (this was not the intent of my photo.. heh) some guy making spicy meats on skewers Huihan and I went to a tea shop to buy authentic Xian tea we bought this kind where when you boil it, the needles stand up. it's very tasty too. eating niu rou pong mo, supposedly a major dish in Xian.. it was kind of weird though. Instead of a taxi, Huihan and I rode home in this motorized thing which cost the same amount. (no I didn't get to drive). Shaanxi History Museum history museum again inside the museum pig on a pig dragon bowl lion inside the lobby of the museum pretty decoration on the lunch table scroll artist more shopping masks souvenir shop making a name stamp Xian train station Tiff and me on our top bunks in the train