We are still slogging our way through the incredible number of pictures we took in Xi'an. This, of course, reflects the wealth of history and activity that made Xi'an such a prominent city for so many thousands of years. Today we are visiting the city center. There were three sites of note we visited; the City Wall, the Drum Tower, and the Bell Tower.
The City Wall is a modern reconstruction but it completely encircles the city core as it did during the Han, Sui, Tang, and Ming Dynasties. The Drum and Bell Tower were used for communication throughout the city. Both were build originally in the Ming Dynasty. Bell towers are found throughout historical China as communication systems. The Xi'an tower is the largest. It has been reconstructed for damage and other reasons numerous times over its history.
The Wall
It's China
It's a Big Wall
For Indeed Here...
...Is one of the primary staging areas for the Red People's Tour Group Army
On to the Drum Tower
Which (odd as it may seem) has many...
There was also a musical presentation within
The look of horror as this performer finds she has been assigned to work with de-I Sandia Outfitters and will be doing promotional work in New Mexico.
The Bell Tower seen from the Drum Tower
The Drum Tower seen from the Bell Tower
One of the Bells
Streets radiating out to the North, East, South, and West Gates in the Wall
Other
2 comments:
The perfomer assigned to De-I Sandia Enterprises is not wrong - speaking as one a former employee of your restaurant empire, I warn her! :)
But the music sounded lovely.
ahah - they still have the bikes! I was wondering
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