We attended a great talk by this world-renowned archeologist, Hen Wei, who gave us a passionate recount of his 40 years venture in making impt discoveries near Xi An...it seems that his specialty is in ancient emperor's tomb and his detailed description about the symbolic importance of the tomb's shape, the stories behind all the amazing discoveries & the frequent blunders he encountered in his quest make his speech a really inspiring one...while it wasn't exactly a 'lecture on chinese history" as the slogan proclaims, the session is definitely an eye opener for most of us...
after the talk, it was free time for the rest of the day in Xi An...our group made our way to the central area of Xi An (bounded by the ancient walls)...this is one of the many street-side hawker that we passed by...
cant resist not putting this pic taken by JA...hee..
we made our way to the 'bell tower' in the evening...it's a bit like the triump de arc of paris where traffic go around the stucture in the middle...u can get a pretty good view of the nearby triving night life from the top of the tower..
wat's a bell tower without its bell...legend has it that if you were to hit/knock the bell 10 times, it'd bring you 10 differnt luck...of course luck comes with a price tag..$10 RMB for 3 knocks & $30 RMB for all 10 knocks...
and finally a group pic in front of the bell tower...from left to right..JC, Gladys, Tallon, Me, Ah Shun, Lan Zao, Sophia, Pearly, Ah Hua, Jimmy...
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