Statue outside a theater in central Xi'an
DNR at the Bell Tower in central Xi'an
The People's Hotel, one of three hotels in the Renmin Square complex, where I stayed. A convention center is also part of the complex.
Provincial People's Government buiding
Melon slices for sale
Lovin' it in Xian
Nut seller and Bell Tower
A Xi'an sidewalk
Construction site, dude, and traffic
Atop the City Wall of Xi'an, visibility about 800m. This is not fog, mist, or cloud. It's the haze of pollution that envelopes the city.
Apartments as seen from the City Wall
FIshing in the moat that surrounds the City Walls
This warrior probably won't last as long as the other warriors.
Some of the 8,000 or so terracotta warriors, part of the mausoleum complex of Emperor Qin, the emperor who first unified China (he reigned from 247 - 221 BCE.) The mausoleum was named a World Heritage site in 1987.
Perhaps this is part of the reason for the pollution haze. It's a coal burning power station outside Xi'an.
