China: Day 6 - Xi'an city walls, terracotta warriors

The main tower on the city walls		One of the guard towers, Xi'an city wall
The walls encircle the old part of the city, and are 14km in total perimeter	The bell which, when rung, would alert the city denizens of an attack
The west gate of the wall, with extruded parapets	The silk rug factory (state owned and operated)	Lacquerware
Making a rug, it takes her 2 days to make one row of silken colors	A finished silk rug	Making tie-dyes, Chinese style
	Pit #1, where the 8,000 terracotta warriors reside	Pit #2
The main gate to the terracotta warriors, behind which are 1,000s of street vendors	Our tour guide Li Yen and Ted	The terracotta warriors in pit #1
Each is slightly larger than life size (~1.7 meters)		Large portions of the pit are still unexcavated today
The extent of the excavation	A horse	Some restored pieces waiting to be put back to their original place
More restored pieces	Some broken shards where the archaeologists have not yet begun to piece them together
Pit #2, the underground army headquarters		The construction men wear suitcoats
Mongolian hotpot. Not visible are the leaping flames beneath the bowl.	Our Tang Dynasty Dinner show	China's next emperor
Our 5-star hotel room at the Shangri-La	Sames