2019 China – Xi’an

Posted by on May 30, 2019
Xi'an arrival.
Xi'an fashions. Everybody's wearing them! The air quality that day was beyond awful.
Dust, dirt and smog filled the air in Xi'an.
How the rest of Xi'an lives.
Small Wild Goose Pagoda
The Morning Bell Chime. Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens Giant
The Morning Bell Chime. Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens Giant
Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens
Everything smells great in Xi'an.
Grave marker...I think.
Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens. Once again, everything is perfect.
Path to enlightenment.
Move over Mold-a-Rama. 3D Printing vending machine. Print out your very own Small Goose Pagoda keepsake!
Exactly what it says.
Bird's Nest.
Social Change through Fashion
Lobster Balls
Street Food
Street food in Xi'an. Dunno what it is but it was yummy!
Had to get some cookies.
Shopping in Xi'an.
Xi'an bell tower.
Xi'an underpass
Muslim Market
It's not cake.
No Engrish.
Squid on a stick
Muslim Market.
Selfie Obsession
Muslim Market.
Xi'an drum tower.
Xi'an bell tower.
Jessica, such a trickster!
Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army. 210 BC, 8,000+ soldiers, horses, chariots, cavalry in 3 huge covered pits.
Discovered in 1974 by a farmer they've mostly been untouched for more than 2,000 years.
About 16ft of dirt accumulated overtop the tombed warriors.
They seem to come alive the longer you stare at them.
You can really see they are all unique.
Tallest of the warriors.
Best desk job ever.
Terracotta Hospital.
The lab.
They were created and buried with Qin to help him in the afterlife.
Their heads were separate.
Terracotta warriors pit 2. It was very dark in this enclosure, but my camera works miracles.
Continuous research for the last 40 years.
Many were toppled and broken. Was the tomb looted? Some scholars think so.
Tang dynasty art at the Shaanxi Provincial Museum
Camel art is all over Xi'an because of the Silk Road.
Qin dynasty gold bowl detail.
Bullet Train to Chengdu
Grotto buddhas. It's blurry....but we were going 155mph on the bullet train to Chengdu.