We caught one of the many buses that take you about an hour or so out of Xian into an area which contain countless orchards and the side of the road contained many stalls to buy fruit from.
We left about 8 am so we could be at the Warriors before the countless tour buses arrived.
The first thing that struck us is how the area around the ticket stand is built up with hundreds of souvenir shops trying to sell you a replica of the warriors in every size and form. Also was a stand with the "so called farmer" that found the warriors autographing a book on the subject. The farmer on this day looked a little bit to young to be the original farmer and further research found that the original farmers are close 80 years of age and the farmer sitting signing books looked around 40 years old !
Once past the commercialism of the area the grounds are set in nice parkland heaps of room to move.
There are 3 main pits and pit 1 being the largest with over 6000 warriors although archaeologists believe there are so many more to discover in the many other pits. Pit 2 contains the cavalry and chariots and pit 3 is a command post with high ranking officials.
The warriors are life size and all vary in terms of facial expressions and also the clothing and hairstyles depending on their rank in the army.
Fires years ago in the pits has caused the roof structures to crush many of the warriors so it is a slow task for archaeologists to piece them back together.
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No blue sky to be seen today |
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Pit 1 which is the largest |
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Battle Robe General Warriors |
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Stephen and friends |
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Pit 1 |
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Armour Knight Warriors |
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Pit 1 |
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Pit 1 |
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Broken Warriors |
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Chariot wheel |
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Pit 1 which is the largest |
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Pit 2 |
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Armour Knight Warriors |
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Pit 1 |
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Pit 3 |
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