Xian China, Day 6

Always a welcome sight.  

We spent two days in Xian. On the second day we went with the group out to the site where the Terra Cotta Warriors were found. Do you know about the Terra Cotta Warriors? I remember when the find was announced back in the 70's and I have wanted to see them ever since. 

 The warriors were all broken when the archaeologists first found them.

This picture shows the painstaking work the museum is doing to restore them.

No two are exactly alike, and there are thousands of them.

They are life sized.

If you are intrigued or curios, terra-cotta-warriors is an excellent information site with more pictures.

 There are a couple of museums on site, this one features smaller funerary figures from other tombs.

Notice the ladies with the long sleeves? I told you I would show you that again.

Next to the ladies, some acrobats.

These figures range in size from a few inches tall to about three feet high.

We also spent some time at the Shaanxi Provenance Museum.

They have an excellent collection of Chinese art through the centuries.

I particularly liked this one, it is propaganda from the revolutionary era. 

While we were at the museum, we had a basic calligraphy lesson. 

We also had the opportunity to buy some very nice art.

We passed, although it was difficult. 

They have some very aggressive sales people.

(Aggressive sales people seem to be everywhere we went). 

At the end of a long day, my Sweet Husband,  took me out for dinner.

We walked to the restaurant from our hotel.

Since it is a Mediterranean restaurant, they washed our hands with rose water prior to serving us.

 My Sweet Husband at the Azur Mediterranean Restaurant.

Very good food and a lovely way to spend an evening.

Early flight the next morning back to Beijing.

Beijing was our last stop on the trip, we were there for three nights.

This photo was at the Xian airport, no, that is not fog.

Air quality was dreadful.

I will post photos from Beijing soon.

Cheers,

Kat