Hello Everyone! As you know, Marvy Mountain and I have been traveling through Asia together for the last 4 months. We spent one month in China where we saw, the great wall, Panda bears, and the terra-cotta soldiers as well as huge cities like Beijing and Shanghai. We even went for a bike ride in the countryside!
While in China we visited the great wall. This was a really exciting day and something I had been looking forward to for a very long time! Did you know the Great Wall of China was built over 2000 years ago ? Did you know, the wall is over 6000km long and SO BIG you can see it space? The Great Wall was originally built over 2000 years ago, as a way to keep China safe from foreign invaders! There are many watch towers built into the wall where soldiers could keep watch.
It is estimated that there are 1500 wild pandas left in 3 provinces of China. Pandas don't hibernate and are active in the winter. At the Panda Sanctuary, they stay in the air conditioning in the summer. In the wild they live at high altitudes in the summer (2000-3000 meters) and travel lower in the winter to 800-1000m.
Panda's can be almost 2 meters tall, but new babies are only 100 grams,pink, and blind. From, 0-2 months they drink milk. At 4 months they learn to walk and at 6 months they eat bamboo. There are 160 in captivity and they are considered to be a Chinese national treasure. There is a 1 million dollar fee to rent a bear from the Chinese government. This is why very few Pandas live in Zoos around the world.
Imagine digging in your back yard one day, and finding a huge, ancient soldier, made completely out of clay over 2000 years ago! Well, such a discovery may not be very likely in good old Red Deer but that is exactly what happened to a farmer in China! Once all the digging was over 6000 life-size terra-cotta soldiers were uncovered! Some of the statues they found are kneeling with weapons ready to shoot. Some have mustaches and armor. They also found terracotta horses, spears, and chariots - all life-size, all made out of clay! The coolest part is, every soldier in the army is different, no two are alike. Here is a glimpse of the terra-cotta army in Xi'An.
What is really interesting, is that the digging is still happening! The archeologists are working hard to repair the damage done by years of being under a farmers field!
In Yangshuo, we went for a rural bike ride! We went through lots of rice fields and along a beautiful river!
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