Showing posts with label Xian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Xian. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 August 2015

Terracotta Army-Shaanxi, China

The world’s most shocking archaeological discovery of all time - The Terracotta Army were found by a group of peasants while digging a well in Shaanxi province in north-west of China in March 1974. What they uncovered from the earth were fragments of a clay figure that led to the discovery of the an extraordinary treasure of an entire army of life-size terracotta soldiers and horses concealed underground for more than 2000 years. It turned out to be one of the greatest archaeological findings in modern times.

Sunday, 12 July 2015

HuaShan

Mount Hua or HuaShan (华山 or also known as 西岳 in the olden days) is one of the China’s five great mountains which has a long history of religious significance. Known to be the world’s No. 1 precipitous mountain, HuaShan consists of five main peaks with the South Peak being the highest at 2154.9 meters (7,070 feet).