We went to Xi'an and went to the temple where Tang Sheng brought Buddhist scriptures from India and translated them into Chinese and thus brought Buddhism over.
We also went to see the Terracotta soldiers. It was nice to be able to see them at real life scale, but you couldn't get up close so that wasn't very satisfying. The solders were "guarding" the tomb of the Qin Shi Huang, who had unified China. The Terracotta soldiers were a replica of his elite fighting force. Each soldier was different and even each horse was different.
Probably the best site in Xi'an was the Tang Hot Springs where a Tang dynasty emperor and his favorite concubine Yang Guifei liked to bathe. They had nice jacuzzi sized pools next to a big mountain. It was a very nice luxury resort from over 1000 years ago.
Luxury resort
Jacuzzi on the mountainside
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