Terracotta Army

Xi'an · 秦始皇兵马俑

Terracotta Army

Pit 1 is the photograph. The smaller pits and the way the figures were made are where it becomes more than a crowd. Go at opening.

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The site is well east of the wall. The public bus and an official car both work. Build the afternoon back in Xi’an, not at a jade shop on the return.

Allow half a day. The figures up close, in the covered pits, matter more than the viewpoint at the far end.

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