Fresh, raw garlic for the table
Our hard-won taxi drops us off
Outside at the Han Jing Mausoleum
Model of the mound, gates, and pits
First view of the much smaller terracotta figures
Pottery too
Suspended walkway over the pits
Protective, and stylish
Sometime in the last 2200 years they lost their arms and clothes
More pottery and livestock
Still semi-buried
Assorted section
Piggies
Toppled chariots
Extended nap time
Very old eat
Feels like Westworld
Neat rank and file
Reconstruction section
One two are yolked in
Lounging around
Some variation, but mostly uniform
Pig parade
In the museum section
Finely preserved
Heading toward the exit
Back above ground
Going to check out the gate tower
Ruins of the gate walls
Boardwalk to the mound
Clover
Xi'an heavy industry
Stacy's
Park just north of the Big Goose Pagoda
The Big Goose Pagoda
Heading up to the Da Ci'en Temple
Chunky incense
Big shiny Buddha
Less aromatic than the incense
Trogdor, perhaps?
Another Buddha
Ornate ceiling
Peeking up at the pagoda
Looking south
The ubiquitous Chinese high-rises
Looking east
Looking west
View straight north
Fountain in action
Alternating jets
Looking north
Back on the ground
Wind chimes
In the park
Pagoda with kite
Dry skies, but wet flower
Completed in 652 AD
Posing with her new buddy
Nan Daije - the street of western bars
So many KFCs!
Not bad. But be sure to get the "dry" red
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