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Xi'an - June, 2010
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Chunmei in the courtyard of an uncle's home, in the village of Lan Tian, outside of Xi'an
A brick and mud home in Lan Tian
A door in Lan Tian
A swallow's nest within a home in Lan Tian
A man, a cow, a cart and a dragon
Two brothers in front of their brick and mud home in Lan Tian
Tombs on a hillside in Lan Tian
Statue of Guanyin
Sculpture of a zhujian - bamboo scroll
A bridge in Xi'an
Hula tang
Zhonglou - Bell Tower
A music performance inside the Bell Tower
Chunmei taking a picture...
... of painted bottle gourds
Zhonglou - Bell Tower - as seen from Drum Tower
Gulou - Drum Tower
Gulou - Drum Tower
Drum with Tiger Base and Bird Stand
Elephant Foot Drum
Lunch: a dish called
hulutou
Beilin Bowuguan, 碑林博物馆 - Forest of Steles Museum
Dayanta, 大雁塔 - Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The musical fountain with Dayanta - Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Chunmei in Xi'an
Bingmayong - the Terracotta Army
Site of the original discovery of the buried terracotta army
Chunmei at Bingmayong
A kneeling archer - he probably was hold a crossbow - a real one
Armor made of stone
Chunmei in a Bingmayong museum
Giant marionettes at Bingmayong
Huaqing Chi
Mao Zedong's writing at Huaqing Chi
A visitor at Huaqing Chi
Gifts for the departed grandparents of the bride
Chunmei before the wedding of her
meimei
- her older cousin
Chun Lei, the bridegroom, arriving to get his bride
Me, Pang Run, and Chunmei
Eating the bad-tasting soup; a symbol of sharing life's hardships together
The groom carrying the bride away
The wedding meal. Note the candy and cigarettes - traditional Chinese wedding "snacks".
Chunmei and her mom
Chunmei, her mom and her nephew
The bride and groom, me, and relatives
The bride and groom, Chunmei's parents (front), and relatives
The bride and groom, and relatives
Me on the train back to Beijing
Chunmei on the train
Souvenirs from Xi'an: a terracotta soldier statue, and a
xun
, a clay ocarina