My friend Betty and I went to Xi'an for two days to see the "8th wonder of the world" the Terracotta Warriors.

The Terracotta Warriors is one of China's top historical sights. The warriors are over 2,000 years old. In 1974 a peasant that was digging a well uncovered an underground vault that yielded thousands of life-size terracotta soldiers and their horses in battle formation. The warriors were built to protect Qin Shi Huang an Emporer of China. He accomplished many wrong doings during his reign and had his army build and burry the warriors to protect him in his afterlife. It was quite a site to see. The following pictures are of the city of Xi'an and the warriors.