I SHOULD TELL YOU WHEN WE STARTED IN HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
75 DEGREES AND SUNNY. AS WE HEADED NORTH IT STARFTED TO GET COLDER.
GUILIN WAS IN THE 50'S AND XIAN 40'S AND 50'S . BY THE TIME WE WENT TO BEIJING
IT WAS IN THE 20'S. LUCKY FOR US WE ENDED OUR TRIP IN SHANGHI WHERE WE GOT TO
WARM UP IN THE 60'S SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THE TEMPERATURES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE
THIS TIME OF YEAR.
XIAN ( PRONOUNCED SHEE-ANN ) WAS ONCE THE CAPITOL OF CHINA, AND IT IS WHERE
THE VERY FIRST OF THE DYNASTIES BEGAN
OUR FIRST FULL DAY WE WERE OFF TO SEE THE FAMOUS TERRA COTTA WARRIORS
THIS PLACE WAS AMAZING. THE STORY IS A FARMER WAS DIGGING A WELL IN 1974
AND FOUND SOME CLAY PIECES. WHATS AMAZING IS WHEN YOU SEE WHERE HE WAS DIGGING
HE JUST CLIPPED THE VERY FAR CORNER WHERE THE FIGURES WERE PLACED.
5 TO 10 FEET IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEY MIGHT HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOCUMENTATION FROM THE QIN DYNASTY
WE ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO MEET THE MAN WHO FOUND THE TERRA COTTA WARRIORS AS
HE NOW MAKES A LIVING AUTOGRAPHING A BOOK ABOUT THE WARRIORS. FOR $10.00 U.S DOLLARS
YOU GET A BEAUTIFUL BOOK AND HIS AUTOGRAPH, WELL WORTH IT.
THERE WERE 3 DIFFERENT "PITS'" FOUND
THE WARRIORS ARE IN THE LARGEST PITS AND THE OFFICERS, HORSES AND ARCHERS ARE
IN THE OTHER TWO .
THESE BONZE HORSES ARE 2/3 THE SIZE OF A REAL HORSE. THE DETAIL IS UNBELIEVABLE
