While we were visiting our daughter in Hong Kong during our second week we flew to Xian for a few days, a present from her in fact. She knew how keen my husband in particular was to see The Terracotta Army in situ and not just a few pieces on loan to some museum so she arranged this trip for us. We had a fabulous time there with so much of interest to us to see, it was however bitterly cold in contrast to Hong Kong.
There is no way I can possibly post all the photos I took during our stay so I am just posting very edited highlights here and once again for those of you that may be interested the full set can be found here. Xian
Xian City Wall - Spring Lantern Exhibition
Xian - Forest of Stelae Museum
Xian - The Bell Tower
Xian - The Drum Tower
Xian - Street Vendor
Xian - Terracotta Army
Xian - Silk Factory
Xian - Buddhist Temple Lintong Bowuguan
Xian - Great Goose Pagoda Square - Fountain Show
Two rather bad videos I took, but they give you the idea!
Xian - Great Goose Pagoda
Xian Opera Gardens - Musical Entertainment
I hope you enjoyed this taster of all there is to explore in Xian, besides The Terracotta Army, which by the way was absolutely awesome!
Looks amazing! I've always been fascinated by the Terracotta Army...it's on my life list.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are amazing!!! Such great things you've seen!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteA fabulous trip you and your husband had Linda.. :-) photos are brilliant, lots and lots of wonderful sights to be seen, Love the colours in the Lantern Exhibition. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThankyou all for your comments which I appreciate you taking the time to write. I am glad you are enjoying the photos but I am only planning one more set to post here on the Blog. However you are more than welcome to view the rest at My Flickr account. I should have loaded the final ones within the next few days.
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