qiézi - eggplant

The following day Carmen, Ashlee and I decided to take a tour of the Terracotta Warriors. The other girls wanted to go the warriors without a tour guide. Our tour guide was pretty sassy to us in the morning so we didn't really enjoy that part of the tour. She first told us we were going to visit some guys tomb, but when we got to the "tomb" it was very far away. She pointed to a hill in distance and told us it wasn't that exciting. Then we headed to the Terracotta Warriors. There are three 3 pits where warriors have been found, the first pit being the largest. The pits were filled with scattered and broken pieces of statues. The tour guide explained the difference in ranks in warriors and showed us how we could tell the difference between a warrior with a high rank and one with a low rank. We got to see the man who first discovered the terracotta warriors too! He was a farmer and discovered them in 1974. For his reward he only got 10 yuan!!! That is not even 2 US dollars! I learned that the first emperor of China built these warriors because he was VERY afraid of death. He wanted the warriors buried with him to protect him in the afterlife. The Emperor died due to ingesting mercury pills. Ironically, these pills were meant to make Qin Shi Huang immortal. During our tour guide we meet guys from Germany, France, Switzerland, and Ireland. It was fun to get to know people from all over the world!