This is me in front of the entrance to the Terracotta Soldiers site. The statue behind me is the Emperor Qin Shi Huan (whom the soldiers were guarding).
When they were excavating the soldiers they also found many small figurines such as carriages and weapons. The amazing thing about the weapons was that they were still sharp after a few thousand years. Apparently the Chinese found a way to keep their weapons sharp even before the west did.
Funny thing about being a foreigner in China, is that everyone wants to take their picture with you like you are famous. The kids at our school (for the service project) even wanted our signatures. So we often get asked to take pictures with random Chinese strangers. This is one. At this time, there were 4 guys that wanted an individual picture of each of them with each me and my friend Tracy. Then this girl saw that we were letting them take pictures, so she wanted one too. I thought I would join in the fun.
There were so many soldiers! It was really amazing.
There were chariots at one point, but I think they crumbled. The statues remained.
You could make your face into a terracotta soldier!
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