The author took a train to Xi'an and visited several landmarks including a mosque, the Drum Tower from 1380 that was used to tell time, and a 14 km long city wall from the Ming Dynasty that they rode bikes on. They also saw terracotta warriors first discovered in 1974, aquariums, and on their last day visited an orphanage to give toys to babies. The food and history of Emperor Qin, who first united China, makes Xi'an an example of human ingenuity.

1. Trip To Xi’an By: Neysan

2. The Train This is the train that we took to go to Xi’an

3. The Mosque These are pictures of the mosque that we visited, which was the first place we went in Xi’an.

4. The Drum tower The Drum Tower in Xian was built in 1380 during the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty. The drums were used to tell time. It was renovated twice in 1699 and 1740. Now the drum tower is not used to tell time anymore. It is a place that people go to, to see different types of drums.

5. The City Wall When Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty captured huizhou, a hermit named zhusheng told him that he should build a wall to store food supplies and to unfiy the other states. This is the city wall where we went to ride bikes. It is 14 kilometers long and 12-14 Meters Wide

6. The Aquarium These are photos of the aquarium in Xi’an

7. Terracotta warriors In 1974 a farmer was drilling a hole hoping to find water when he found a head of one of the terracotta warriors. Scientist think that the pit contains over 8000 terracotta warriors.

8. The Orphanage On our last day we went to the orphanage. Where we gave each of the babies a soft toy.

9. Food in Xi’an

11. Of the first Chinese characters