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Xi An Photos
Visitors are seemingly allowed to take photos everywhere in China now, including at such places as museums and the terra cotta warrior pits, so I have hundreds of technically illegal photos.
Back when most tourists in China were foreigners, our tour groups would arrive at the terra cotta army exhibit, the local guide would tell people not to take pictures, and 99% would obey, making it easier for the guards to focus on the few rule-breakers; if the guards saw or heard you take a picture, they would take your camera, open the back and expose the offending section of film.
Now, everywhere you go, the vast majority of tourists are Chinese, and when 200 Chinese tourists walk into the terra cotta warrior pits, nearly all of them whip out their cameras and camcorders and cell phone cams, overwhelming the guards with a display of Gandhian resistance. It’s a spontaneous team effort.
So here are 5 scenes that I hope you are not tired of seeing — 2 from Han JingDi’s tomb, 1 from a pagoda, 2 from the terra cotta warrior exhibit.
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