Army of Terracotta Warriors

The vaults of the Terracotta Army were discovered in 1974 by a local farmer and was regarded one of the greatest discoveries in archaeological history. It was also named the eighth wonder of the world (the Army not the farmer).

Greeting us at the main gate there was a giant sculpture. Following that there was a long walk to the main grounds. These grounds looked impressively well maintained and well decorated. It was all so clean and picturesque, surrounded by mountain views. There were three separate vaults/ sites for the army. Number Two, although huge, was a bit pants. It had hardly anything inside, no soldiers, nothing. We walked into vault number one which was surrounded by people having photos taken. As we managed to push past there was a sea of soldier sculptures. They all looked so unique. Vault three was a little smaller but had a bunch of horses there also.

We also checked out the museum which had loads of little trinkets and weapons from such times. There was also a large horse and cart sculpture inside. There were also more warriors that had been separated from the main vaults. All in all we were very much impressed with our tour and would recommend it to anyone visiting China.