Sunday, October 2, 2016

Xian

How'd you like to drive this little car?  Caitlyn's "green monster" may be bigger!

Small Wild Goose Pagoda

Small Wild Goose Pagoda

Dancing in the Park

Trying our hand at Tai Chi

Tai Chi Class

Our Tai Chi Class

Bell from Bell Tower

Ringing the bell -- 5 years of good luck

Ringing the bell

Results from our calligraphy class

Results from our calligraphy class

This is how the experts do it -- Caitlyn, he is writing your name

Shaanix History Museum - bronze swords from Qin Dynasty

Shaanix Museum - Terra Cotta Soldiers from Qin Dynasty

Shaanix Museum - oldest paper in world from Han Dynasty (140-878 BC)

Drum Tower in  Xian

Part of Old City Wall

Part of Old City Wall with Lookout Tower over gate

Start of the Muslim Quarter

Pounding the candy

Pounding the candy

Pulling dough for the wide noodles (Biang Biang)

Cooking the Biang Biang

Stretching the biang biang

Muslim Quarter

Old City Wall at night

Our Mongolian Hot Pot Dinner


Site of the well the farmers were digging when they discovered the Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers

Terra Cotta Soldiers and Horses

Kneeling Archer - a one-of-a-kind infantry figure

Terra Cotta Officers

Fruit wrapped in plastic bags to held ripen and keep birds away

Example of lacquerware at a factory we stopped at

Our visit with a sixth grade class

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Oops- I forgot we had a morning tour in Beijing the day we took the high-speed train to Xian

Playing  a game similar to our hacky-sack only with a shuttlecock

Dancing in the park

Tea Ceremony in the Bell Tower

Our Tea Hostess preparing tea for us

Old Drums at the Drum Tower

Steep steps leading up to the top of the Bell Tower

Bell in the Bell Tower

How they rang the bell

Walking through a hutong

Rickshaw on the streets of Beijing

Apples on a stick at Hou Hai Lake

Silver Ingot bridge at Hou Hai Lake

Starbucks at Hou Hai Lake