The Walled Secret City of
Xi'an, CHINA...

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Xi'an

24" X 36"

Acrylic on Canvas

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More than 6000 years of civilization have been found around the walled city of Xi'an, and many exhibits are available to the visitor -the Terra Cotta warriors are their premier find.

Terra Cotta Warriors

This is a must-see in China.

2000 years ago a Qin dynasty emperor decreed that an army of pottery warriors be built and arrayed around his tomb to protect him in the after-life. This army was discovered accidentally by a peasant in 1974, and about 10% of the site has been excavated to date.

Three armory-sized buildings cover the excavation sites, where the clay statues, all broken over the years as the sites collapsed, are painstakingly reassembled.

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