Xi'an in China's Shaanxi Province was the first major tourist hub we visited in China.
For us, it was just as interesting to observe the behavior of Chinese tourists - and note how the Chinese government approaches tourism and creates tourist environments - as it was to visit the actual historic sites themselves.
Xi'an finds itself on most traditional tourist itineraries because it's the home of the 2,000+ year-old Terra Cotta Warriors of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
China - Shaanxi - Xi'an - Xian - Terracotta Warriors - food - Big Goose Pagoda - Asian food - Bell Tower - street food - Chinese food - night photography - tourism - portrait -
