1st entrance. There are a few entrances and security checks, especially at every pit. We were held up at this 1st entrance for a long time, because some of us didnt have our student cards, which made purchasing the ticket at student price very hard.

After the 1st entrance, we had to wait for the rest to come through. Those without cards had to purchase adult tickets. Sad.


Outside one of the pits. The place was swarming with tourists!


That doll gave a very unsettling feeling. Must be the face.




The original discovery site bottom and what it is now above it.

Everybody's fighting to see this showcase. Emperor's horse carriage. They say alot of ancient technologies used for this masterpiece is still undoable with today's high technology. The thing at the horses mouth is created mixing bronze and gold I think, something that still cant be done today. And the umbrella-like shelter of the carriage; it is 1mm thick uniform throughout. Not achievable yet.

To my shocking surprise, the founder of the Terra Cotta is still ALIVE! In case yout read the words, he was digging wells in the area when !pop! he discovers clay soldiers that will change his life forever.


They say he seldom comes out and make an appearance, much less sign autographs. So we were damn lucky to see him in person and have him sign on the books. But then again the tour guide could be telling this to every different group every different day.

They say where he lives is classified, in case foreign powers pry him away and squeeze some secret out of him.

The largest, most famous and most breath-taking pit.

I walked, no, bulldozed my way into the pit and this sight beholded me. You took my breath away.

Qin Shihuang must be really scared of being lonely after death to build so many soldiers to accompany him.

The last time my grandma visited the TC, they've only just discovered the soldiers and restoring it.

This is the starting and main viewing platform. We had to squeeze our way to the edge to get the undisrupted view of the soldiers. When we want to take photos, we'll have friends to 'clear' the area left and right of 'foreign objects' and quickly snap. For those who cant visualize it, we'll lean on the railings, then slowly and gradually push other tourists away on both sides to leave a clear spot for another friend to take a clean photo.

Still in a process of restoring.

These soldiers are taken from their original positions to the back of the pit to get restored. Each soldier takes about 3-6 months to be restored, and that's provided their lost parts can be found. These soldiers stand at about 1.8-1.9m, very imposing.

Poor horse lost its tail.

View from the back of the pit. This is the new roof. The previous wooden roof collasped and unfortunately took out many soldiers and their heads.

This is another pit..

..that's attracting an equal number of people.

I can only read one character here, and no prizes for guessing which one is it.

Another pit

Trying to mimic the Terra Cotta soldiers stance.

The scenery is just so stunning

Fancy a Qin Shihuang horse carriage experience?

What is a tourist attraction without its replicas ans souvenirs!

This place is no Beijing but we still have a Great wall of china.

Noodles that are cold and terrible-tasting.

Some Qin Shihuang place of attraction too. His empire and palace if im not wrong.

After seeing the real thing, these toy-sized Terra Cotta soldiers look abit pathetic..

Next stop we went to Hua Xing Chi. A break from all the Qin Shihuang places, this place is primarily about Yang Guifei, although she is the wife of QinShihuang.

A wedding photo of some general and his wife. His wife looks like Dawn Yeoh from mediacorp sia.

Yan Guifei's status is quite a crowd puller.

Lishan is the mountain behind.

The famous bathing place of Yang Guifei

This one is for the emperor.

To describe the clarity of this water as crystal clear might still be an understatement.

Very autumn feeling this building has.

The spring water is very warm and refreshing.

Hi, my name is Jerren. I don't know how to intro myself but im pretty sure this photo tells you everything about me.

See the cable cars on the right of the mountains? We took that up to see the sunset.

Lintong district.

Hua Xing Chi at night while waiting for the bus to pick us up.