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Xi'an City
The gate opening	Welcome to Xian	The freedom dance	The city dancers
Our city passports are stamped	Inside the area within the city gate	The city wall top, note the width and length from the size of the figures.	The area within the gate.
The garden in the moat area outside the wall.	Looking into the city during the morning rush.	The gardens in the moat area, looking the other way.	A city scene.
A motorised rickshaw.		A happy Buddha
The Bell Tower is the centre of Xi'an	The South Gate at night.		Musical entertainment during dinner.
Hua Qing Hot Springs
A carving at the entrance.	The pavilion.	Reflections.	Statue by empty pool.
	It was near this spot that General Chiang Kai-shek was captured in his nightshirt in 1936
The steaming hot spring.		Terracing and waterways on the hillside.
Tang Dynasty Show
The Big Goose Pagoda
The Pagoda built in 652	A more general scene	A small barn	A candle burner
An incense burner	Internal views.		The courtyard
The courtyard.		A summer house.
The Little Goose Pagoda
The Pagoda built in 707, but lost the top 2 storeys in an earthquake in 1556.	A small Temple	Looking to the Pagoda entrance.
The bell	Carving from natural wood.		Carts.
The Terracotta Army
The buildings in which the Tombs are now housed and the surrounding gardens.			An information plaque.
Warriors.		Warrior and horses.
A view across the tomb.	Horses and chariots	Charioteers.	Warriors etc in unrestored state.
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As the tombs are opened.	Horsemen and horses.	A model of a 4 horse chariot.	A view across the workshop area.
	The inside of tombs as they are found.

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