Today we visited the Little Wild Goose pagoda in some gorgeous gardens, we watched Tai Chi, people dancing while balancing balls on bats, twirling flags in preparation for the national day, and 60 years since new China was formed). We walked along the city walls, and then visited the Terracotta Warrier factory and then went onto the Terracotta Warriers site. Concubines and animals were all buried alive, and the booby trappers so that they took their secrets with them. The first emperor prepared his tomb from age 13. The heads, hands, body and legs of the warriors are all separate and no two warriors are the same. What’s amazing is how broken the pieces are, and how patient people must be to put them back together.
What I do find amazing is that the Chinese are so patient. There is mercury running as a stream in many of the tombs, and if they open them, the artefacts will most certainly perish so they are waiting until technology is available to open them! So unlike westernised views of ‘I want everything…now’
Only 1000 warriors are exposed, 5000 left underground. The horses ad chariots were in formation under the aircraft carriers.
After a quick change, Ali, Jo and mum went to the Dynasty show while Brigitte and I drank 4 cocktails each!
What I do find amazing is that the Chinese are so patient. There is mercury running as a stream in many of the tombs, and if they open them, the artefacts will most certainly perish so they are waiting until technology is available to open them! So unlike westernised views of ‘I want everything…now’
Only 1000 warriors are exposed, 5000 left underground. The horses ad chariots were in formation under the aircraft carriers.
After a quick change, Ali, Jo and mum went to the Dynasty show while Brigitte and I drank 4 cocktails each!
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