and Garr's China pictures.
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Welcome to Linda's and Garr's China pictures. |
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| The Ban Po Museum covers the site of a prehistoric village of about 6000 years ago. The society was matriarchal. Women and men had several partners and changed frequently. Thus, the mother was the only known parent and all family ties were through the women. The men hunted and women planted and gathered fruit. |
| Ban Po Excavation site. |
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| Ban Po Excavation site. |
| Ban Po houses were sunk down in the ground a bit. When babies died they were buried in a jar covered with a plate. Large babies were buried in two facing jars, as you see here at lower right. Holes in the ground were for posts to hold up the roof. Walls were of adobe. |
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| Reconstruction of a Ban Po house. |
| More Ban Po excavation. |
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| Remains of a Ban Po kiln. The kiln chamber, where pottery was placed, was just below ground level and was covered when in use. Beneath this, connected by a sort of chimney, was the fire chamber. In the center front you can see the hole through which fuel was added to the fire. The kiln chamber is at the top. |
| A view of the kiln from the side at the Ban Po Village in Xi'an. |
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| Elaine at the enterance to the Ban Po Matriarchal Village Museum, underlines the work "Matriarchal" with her arm for emphasis. | ||
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| One of the very large buildings that house the Terra Cotta Warriors near Xi'an. Terra Cotta warriors were buried in the tomb of the first Qin ("Tchin") Emperor. There are about 6000 of them, and nearly all were originally armed with real weapons. During an ancient uprising, the people armed themselves with these weaons, broke all the figures in this chamber and set it afire. The roof was held up by huge wooden square posts, of which you can still see traces. Of the three burial chambers for the figures at the site, only the headquarters chamber, which was known to have no weapons, was left untouched. | ||
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| Melanie shakes hands with the man who, while digging a well, discovered the Terra Cotta Warriors. |
| Terra Cotta warriors in Xi'an. Melanie took an almost identical picture |
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| The famous Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi'an, China. | ||
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| Terra cotta warriors of the first Qin Emperor. Note the size of this building, which has no internal supports. It covers this, the largest of the chambers. |
| A little closer view of the warriors. |
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| The famous terra cotta warriors, numbering about 6,000, were burried with the first of the Qin Dynasty emperors, about 2200 years ago. |
| Terra Cotta Warriors were burried with the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, which was the first dynasty to unite eastern China. |
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| Terra cotta warriors, Xi'an, China |
| Terra cotta warriors' horses. |
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| Terra cotta warrior and horses. |
| Terra cotta warriors. |
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| Terra cotta warriors where the excavation is continuing. |
| Leaving terra cotta warriors. |
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