This was an interesting tour. All for some famous emperors! The Chinese are kind of superstitious. The Sacred Way means "the road to heaven." The road is lined with stone statues which are important decorations of the tomb. These statues are 12 human figures and 24 animals that all represent something different. Once you get down into the tunnels, they lead you to the tombs...along the way people leave money for good luck, note the PILES of money in the pictures! We went WAY down, 230 feet below the surface to see these 13 emperors tombs and their families! Again, they are buried in red boxes for good luck!
China is such an ancient civilization! I wonder what people will think of ways in 2000 or 3000 years. We might seem very superstituos!
ReplyDeleteHow far do you drive every day to get to these important places? Are they in the city, right outside the city, or a couple of hours? Are the schools in session now? So are all the tourists visiting the sme places as you? Chinesse tourists? What countries? Can you yhear the difference between the different dialects? Are all the signs in Chinese and English? What other languages? Sarah