By Gavin Jon Mowat, People's Daily Online
While studying Chinese in Beijing's CBD, our school offered us the chance to go to the city of Xi'an. This city was once the ancient capital of China during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is a city where local peasants unearthed one of man kinds greatest archaeological finds; the Terracotta Warriors.
Ready in battle formationOur trip starts with a 9 hour train ride form Beijing and a 2 day whistle stop tour of the city of Xi'an that includes a visit to the ancient city wall, the Muslim quarter and of course the Terracotta Warriors. All the students that go on the trip pay around 1500 rmb each. Which buy's a room in a 3 star hotel for a night as well as a couple of meals per day. For most of us this seems quite a reasonable price….
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