As expected the whole thing was pretty amazing. 8,000 different life-size clay statues buried to guard an emperor over 2,000 years ago. Most of them were broken over the years, but they have rebuilt over 1000 from the pieces they have excavated and placed them in their approximate positions. It is pretty impressive.
We bought a book describing the area and were able to get the signature of the farmer who discovered the Terra Cotta Warriors while digging a new well back in 1974. He likes to meet the people and sign the books, but is very adamant about NOT having his picture taken.
After visiting the Terra Cotta Warriors site, we went to a modern day Terra Cotta factory where they make the new Terra Cotta statues for sale. Because our daughters are adopted from China, they got to make their own small statues using the Terra Cotta clay.
Following this, we finally had a late lunch. I only mention this, because it was the only bad meal I have had so far. The place was too hot and the food was buffet style and it was barely luke warm.
In the afternoon we took a quick tour of the Wild Goose Pagoda. This is a very famous functioning Buddhist Temple. We didn't stay too long. It was pretty hot by then and we all wanted to get back to the hotel to rest up for the Chinese Opera and Dinner later in the evening.
The Opera was fantastic and the dinner was very good also. More of a western meal than a Chinese one, so it was a nice change.
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