We took a quick walking tour of the city after arriving on our overnight train from Shanghai. We saw the old city walls, the bell tower (pictured), the drum tower, and the Muslim Quarter.
Our main adventure of the day was visiting the Tomb of Emperor Jingdi. The tomb was filled with small clay warriors, chariots, animals, and tools. We are heading to more famous terra-cotta warriors (Qin Terra-cotta warriors and horses museum) tomorrow, and apparently these are significantly larger than the warriors present in this tomb. What was especially impressive about this one though is the techniques used to show off the warriors. The museum built glass walkways above the rooms, so it feels almost as if you are walking the hallways of the tomb. How incredible it would have been to see the warriors when they were first built-in all their color and elaborate clothing!
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| A model showing the layout of the tomb |
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| Warriors and chariots |
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| Warriors in the process of being excavated |
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| Animals and pottery |
For dinner, we went to a dumpling banquet! Each of the 16 courses was one dumpling, each with their own handcrafted styling and taste. 16 dumplings is a lot of dumplings...but they were delicious! Here are a few examples - duck, pork & sweet potato.
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