Comments on: Xi’An Tour

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:25:04 +0000

Mrs. Dearing’s class,

Our favorite tea was the Jasmine one. We are being served this kind in restaurants every day.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:24:17 +0000

Tea:
Mrs. Freyer’s class,

Kylie,
The tea cups must be thicker on the bottom, since we did not burn our fingers while holding the cup. Our tongues did get burned though. Oouch!

Ariana,
We do not know why we were taken to the front of the pharmacy line. We just smiled and said “Thank You”.

Brooke,
The tea tasted a little different because there is such an elaborate ritual of brewing, preparing, and serving.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:12:42 +0000

Mrs. Freyer’s class,

The tomb of the emperor has not been un-earthed as of yet. They did find his mausoleum near the terra-cotta warrior pits. Our guide told us that they have not opened the tomb, because they lack technology to be able to preserve its content.

The three pits we saw had warriors inside. Yes, they do know why the warriors were arranged the way they were found. The army was facing East, with its back to the tomb, serving as guardians to protect the entrance of the emperor’s tomb. In pit one and two , the warrior, archers, chariots and horses are in battle formation. Pit three houses the army head quarters.
All the soldiers are in China. They have not been sent to other countries as far as we know.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:08:25 +0000

Mrs. Encarnacion’s class,

So far we have only been served hot tea. We liked all the tea that they served us at the tea house. One of our favorite one is the Jasmine tea. That kind of tea is served in most restaurants.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:05:52 +0000

Mrs. Dawson’s class,
We are not able to decipher the farmer’s signature. If you would like to try your luck in reading his name you can go to the library and ask Mrs. Ball for the Terra Cotta Warrior autographed book which we have on loan from Mrs. Arnold.
The mausoleum, where emperor Qin was raided, because they wanted the weapons and because they did not want Qin to rule the underground world.
We cannot know for sure if there were any mistakes made during the reconstruction of the warriors by the archaeologists, but one statue alone can take several months to restore. If the workers can find one piece in a day that fits, it is considered a lucky day for the archaeologists.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:57:55 +0000

Mrs. Edwards’ class,

We saw a video how the warriors were made over two thousand years ago. Mrs. St-Cyr will bring the DVD back to the library and you will be able to see it.

The emperor believed in an after life and needed an army to conquer the underground once he died. He did not want anybody to come and find out and destroy his warriors.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:44:52 +0000

Mrs. Weaver’s class,
The mausoleum where the emperor is buried has not been un-earthed. So far it has only been seen with a special X-ray machine. There were too many warriors to count. In one of our books we learned that there are supposed to be almost 8000 warriors total.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:42:05 +0000

Mrs. Paul’s class,

So far they have not uncovered ALL the terra-cotta warriors that are in the area of Xi’An. Using X-Ray machines, the government of China is able to see that there are more underground. We have not heard of any other find of more Terra-Cotta warriors anywhere else in China. Archaeologists have been un-earthing warriors since they were first discovered, but there are many more left to dig up.
The emperor started having the warriors made several years before he died, but they were not completely finished when he died at the age of 50.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:51:38 +0000

Ms.Stormes,
Nick, I wish we could show you a picture of the old farmer, but he did not want his picture taken. But he looks very old. I don’t know if he was having fun sitting in a chair all day, every day signing books.
Mitzi, The figures are made of terra cotta. That is ceramic clay. They clay was put in a form and then it was put in an oven to burn.
Cameron, Jose had a wonderful time at the Terra Cotta Museum. He did not meet the farmer directly though, only saw him from far away.
Evan, Jose thought that the Terra-Cotta army was one of the most amazing things he has seen so far on his trip to China. It is a very humbling feeling to stand in front of this army, knowing that they were buried over 2000 years and no one knew about them.

by: stolisano

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:36:22 +0000

Mrs. Davidson’s Class:

The Chinese people are very proud of the warriors. Since they were built over 2000 years ago it is part of their glorious history. Nowadays, the warriors bring people from all over the world to China to see them.

Emperor Qin built them, because he believed in an afterlife and wanted to conquer the afterlife once he died.
The warriors all dressed differently according to their rank in the army.
Jud wanted to know if the warriors wore shoes? Yes! Here is a picture some warrior shoes.