Hua'Ao Hotel Xi'an
No.10 Luomashi, Beilin District Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Terracotta warriors/Terracotta e villaggi nascosti
... prowincje o podobnych nazwach) i Pingyao. Xian byl kiedys stolica imperium chinskiego oraz punktem docelowym legendarnego Jedwabnego Szlaku. W chwili obecnej nie prezentuje zbyt rewelacyjnie - jest to racej bezosobowe, mocno zanieczyszczone miasto. Tylko dzielnica muzulmanska osladza (doslownie:) nasz krotki tutaj pobyt. Z Xian odbywamy krotka, poldniowa wycieczke do muzeum Armii z terrakoty - kilka tysiecy figur wojownikow ktorych ...
Qin and Tang
... 710-12). He soon abdicated in favour of Li Longji as Emperor Xuanzong (Princess Taiping started to conspire against him and had to be persuaded to kill herself).
Emperor Xuanzong (712-62) is also known as Ming. Initially he was an excellent ruler who encouraged culture and trade and had capable chancellors; but later took his eyes off the ball and became more interested in enjoying himself. He is reputed to have had hundreds of concubines, but his favourite was ...
RoRo's Cooking Lessons w/ Dong Yan: Bean Sprouts
RoRo's Cooking Lessons with Dong Yan:
Bean Sprouts (dou ya 豆芽)
Today, I learned how to make 2 different bean sprout dishes. The ingredients are almost exactly the same, but yet they taste different. Let me tell you, these are AWESOME!!!". But if you are not a fan of the sprout, both of these dishes are "styles" in that the veggie can be substituted for really anything else.
1. Liang Ban Dou ...
Rain, rain go away...
... sizes. It was slightly interesting, but inevitably a waste of time.
Next came the actual terracotta army, and the elbowing crowds that go hand-in-hand with any tourist attraction in China. It was fascinating to see that so much work is ongoing, with excavations still going on. I was particularly interested in ...
The Terracota Warriors of Xi'an
... as no-one spoke English. We had no idea what she ordered but she told us to start tearing up pieces of Chinese dough bread into small pieces into a bowl. Then the bowl was taken downstairs to be filled with a lamb stock, noodles and chunks of lamb meat. No idea what it was called but it was amazing.
In the evening we visited the Big Goose Pagoda which was completed in AD 652 to store Buddha sutras brought back from India by monk ...


