Xi’an 3 – Army of Terracotta Warriors

If you've traveled in China at all you know that, as a rule, you can’t go on a tour without being whisked off to some sort of ‘market’ a.k.a tourist trap. However once in a while you are pleasantly surprised. Before heading to the main attraction, we were taken to a studio where they make miniature to full-sized versions of the warriors (among other things) that you can purchase. Most of my favorite photos of the day were snapped there. Of course the Army itself was definitely worth the trek.

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And here we have the real deal. Hopefully you can get a fairly good idea of just how large the site is. Displayed are 8,000 life-like warriors. They were discovered by a local farmer back in 1974. He currently spends most of his days at the museum, signing books….and smoking his pipe.

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