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Asian Adventure: Regent Beijing Hotel
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Dongcheng District
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Great Wall
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Run-ze Jade Garden
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Legend of Kung Fu
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Tiananmen Square
Asian Adventure: Beijing - The Forbidden City
Asian Adventure: Beijing - Hutong Tour via Rickshaw, Tea Tasting, Flying to Xi’an
Asian Adventure: Hotel Shangri-La Xi’an
Asian Adventure: Xi’an - Qing Dynasty Terra Cotta Warriors
Asian Adventure: Xi’an - Tang Dynasty Dinner and Show
Asian Adventure: Xi’an Wrap-Up, Flying to Lhasa, Lhasa Home Visit
Asian Adventure: Shangri-La Hotel Lhasa
Asian Adventure: Lhasa - Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Market
Asian Adventure: Lhasa - Canggu Nunnery and Sera Monastery
Asian Adventure: Lhasa - Potala Palace
Asian Adventure: Leaving Lhasa and Flying to Chongqing
Asian Adventure: Viking Emerald
Asian Adventure: Shibaozhai Temple
Asian Adventure: Cruising the Three Gorges
Asian Adventure: Three Gorges Dam
Asian Adventure: Jingzhou City Walls Tour
Asian Adventure: Wuhan - Hubei Bells Performance and Provincial Museum
Asian Adventure: Shanghai - Shanghai Museum
Asian Adventure: Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai
Asian Adventure: Shanghai - Old Shanghai and Yuyan Gardens
Asian Adventure: The New Otani Tokyo Hotel
Asian Adventure: Tokyo - City Tour
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The Terra Cotta Warriors were so interesting to me that I didn't even mind when our lunch stop was at a place that both served food and, naturally, had a jade shop. It was to be expected, I guess, and I did buy a few small things to remind me of the trip. We had the late afternoon to ourselves back at the hotel and then some of us took the optional excursion to the Tang Dynasty Dinner & Show while others had dinner and went back to the hotel.
Our dinner featured Cantonese cuisine that we enjoyed before the show started. While we may not have liked everything that was served, there were lots of different dishes and everyone was able to find something to enjoy. Then it was time for the show.
Mei-niang, born 624 AD, is central figure in this drama. When she was a teenager she became a concubine of the Taizong Emperor but when he died, she was sent to a nunnery.
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| Mei-niang, just one of several beautiful young women |
While living at the palace she had known the man who would become Emperor Gaozong and once he became emperor, she became his first wife. Once he died in 690 AD, she became Empress Wu Ze-tian.
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| Mei-niang dances with the Emperor |
Her story unfolds over five acts from being selected as a concubine as a teen to her ascention to the throne in her 60s. There is lots of dancing and some amazing costumes.
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| Mei-niang arrives as Empress Wu Ze-tian |
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| The Empress ascends to the throne |
This was an educational and entertaining way to top off our day in Xi'an.
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