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| Great Mosque
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| A 360 degree panoramic movie taken from within the Great Mosque. Notice
how it's built entirely in a Chinese style. (Surprising.) Play it with
sound to hear our tour guide's description.
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I learned that in the past the size of a circle near the door to one's
house indicates one's social status.
| A self-portrait of yours truly. My friend D is in the background
taking a picture of me taking a picture of myself.
| Try two.
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| Bazaar
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| The bazaar near the mosque.
| Beiyuan Men Islamic Street, also near the mosque. A less crowded
bazaar. It's a good atmosphere for strolling, though it was still hot.
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| Han Yangling Museum
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Kind of scary dolls in the open tomb underneath the glass floor in the
Han Yangling Museum.
On the other hand, they make me think of
clothes-pins.
| A doll graveyard.
| This emperor was buried with lots of tiny figures.
| Scattered remains. There's something striking about this image. I'm
tagging it excellent.
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| Some of the animals he was buried with. The full list includes dogs,
pigs, sheep, goats, oxen, and horses.
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| Flight to Shanghai
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| The food served on my flight from Xi'an to Shanghai.
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