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Tiananmen Square was our next visit and this is where we saw the embalmed body of Chairman Mao draped in a red flag in a crystal coffin. We travelled to Xian from Beijing and this took 14 hours but it was worth it to see the Terracotta Warriors, which were discovered in 1974.
The Warriors were built to guard the tomb of the Emperor. They were never supposed to be seen but after their discovery, 8000 of them were excavated. There are a lot more still buried along with their horses. All of them are life sized and were a bit scary for a little bear like me.
