Terra Cotta Warriors

I had no idea until we arrived in Beijing how cool our province, Shaanxi, is.  The capital city, Xi'an, which is where we are, was the capital of 27(?) of the ancient dynasties.  As we saw yesterday it's one of the few cities to retain it's city wall, which is over 600 years old.  And the biggest draw is the Terra Cotta Warriors, which were discovered in 1974.  Today I wished for Uncle Jack as to my mind this is an archeologist's dream.

It took over an hour by bus to reach the site, first stopping to see a kiln where they make replicas.  The same workshop also produces laquer furniture. 

The biggest pit at the site is bigger than 6 football fields.  I really wish I had pictures to attach.  Maybe I can get Debbie's tomorrow. 

Touring with kiddos is of course difficult, so we did the fast tour through most of the exhibits.  It was still very cool; this post does not do it justice.