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Snapshot: Xi’an’s Little-Known Hanyangling

by Jessica Marsden on April 30, 2010

Han Yangling is Xi’an’s peacetime complement to the Terracotta Warriors. Instead of soldiers, the tomb contains models of pigs, goats and baskets of grain meant to feed the emperor in the afterlife — plus thousands of small dolls to represent his servants. (The dolls were once clad in clothes denoting their status, but the fibers [...]

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My Favorite Places of 2009

by Jessica Marsden on December 31, 2009

2009 was a busy year for travel in the To China… and Beyond! household-of-one. As I embark on myfirst big trip of 2010, I’ve been thinking about the best trips I took in 2009. 5. Xi’an: My December trip to Xi’an was actually my second visit to the city. I went there on my first [...]

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Slideshow: Terracotta Warriors

by Jessica Marsden on December 11, 2009

When I first came to China in 2007, Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors were the thing I was most excited to see. And by most excited, I mean “jumping up and down squealing from the moment I saw that they were on the itinerary.” I had wanted to visit the site ever since I first read about [...]

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