Are the Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an worth a visit? Yes, but manage expectations! While normally, I would say that this is definitely something you must visit… I did feel a little bit letdown visiting this. Mainly because all I’ve seen are super zoomed in videos online When I talk about places to visit in China, the terracotta warrior of xi’an and mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang , would definitely be somewhere I would put on my list But unfortunately, I just felt so far from the actual display There were also just so many people everywhere. It was hard to get a good look. But if you are in Xi’an, China, I think it is definitely worth a visit to the terracotta warriors Just don’t go out of your way to visit in China if you don’t have extra time. Because so many cool things to see in China ##terracottawarriors##qinshihuang##chinatiktok##chinatrip##ancienthistory

I'm with me to the one thing in China that I thought was a rip off. These are the terracotta warriors. Literally the reason that I came to Shion. Eight thousand life-sized soldiers frozen in time for over 2,000 years. Now the cool part is they each have a different face, a different body, a different pose, and they were colored before they were dug out of the ground. They were made for China's first emperor, Kin Shi Huang. He believed that after he died his empire should continue with him in the afterlife, so he built this army to protect him. And while it is very, very cool, the reason that I felt like it was kind of a rip off is because there are just so many people and you're so far from the actual soldiers that you can't really see very much. But let's talk about somewhere we can't go. His tomb. His tomb has never been open. It is literally just a big hill in the middle of nowhere nearby. Ancient records describe his tomb with rivers of flowing mercury. Pearls and gems ranged as stars on the ceilings, but because of this, the tomb has never been opened. Modern soil tests around the site have found dangerously high mercury levels, said that there are booby traps and they are worried that it could release toxic gases. So basically everyone's afraid to open it. So while the storyline is incredible and the soldiers themselves are too, I felt like I could better see these in a museum rather than hang over a a man is to try and compete with a bunch of people around me to take a picture from 300 feet away.