Bus Tour to Terracotta Warriors Museum and Banpo Village with Lunch
Xi'an, China
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
Terracotta Warriors and Horses is one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds. These sculptures of soldiers, chariots and horses were funerary statues made to accompany China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, to his afterlife. Our bus tour will take you to visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum as well as the Banpo Village, the remains of several well-preserved Neolithic villages dating back between 6,000 to 9,000 years.
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Terracotta Warriors and Horses is one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds. These sculptures of soldiers, chariots and horses were funerary statues made to accompany China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, to his afterlife. Our bus tour will take you to visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum as well as the Banpo Village, the remains of several well-preserved Neolithic villages dating back between 6,000 to 9,000 years.
Your bus will pick you up between 7:00 to 8:00am from your hotel in downtown Xi’an and then drive to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds. The Terracotta Warriors were discovered almost by accident in 1974 by a group of peasants who were digging a well on the outskirts of Xi’an. These sculptures of soldiers, chariots and horses were funerary statues made to accompany China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, to his afterlife. All the soldiers vary in rank, posture, height, uniform and facial features and it is believed that there are still thousands of warriors and hundreds of horses and chariots still buried in the three pits.
Later on you will follow your guide to visit the Terracotta Figures Factory where you will see how the Terracotta Army was made.
After lunch transfer to visit the Banpo Neolithic Village. Banpo is an archaeological site containing the remains of several well-preserved Neolithic villages dating back between 6,000 to 9,000 years. The settlement was surrounded by a moat with the graves and pottery kilns located outside of the moat perimeter. Many of the houses were semi-subterranean with the floor typically a meter below the ground surface. The houses were supported by timber poles and had steeply pitched thatched roofs. Artifacts recovered at Banpo indicate that the society here followed a matriarchal structure. After the tour is concluded, your bus will take you back to your hotel.
Later on you will follow your guide to visit the Terracotta Figures Factory where you will see how the Terracotta Army was made.
After lunch transfer to visit the Banpo Neolithic Village. Banpo is an archaeological site containing the remains of several well-preserved Neolithic villages dating back between 6,000 to 9,000 years. The settlement was surrounded by a moat with the graves and pottery kilns located outside of the moat perimeter. Many of the houses were semi-subterranean with the floor typically a meter below the ground surface. The houses were supported by timber poles and had steeply pitched thatched roofs. Artifacts recovered at Banpo indicate that the society here followed a matriarchal structure. After the tour is concluded, your bus will take you back to your hotel.
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