Originally Posted by R Leo

I actually made it to two places along the Great Wall...a very impressive structure but what you see is actually the short, highly-visible sections that were reconstructions started in the 50s.

The Ming Dynasty tomb of Ding is pretty daggone amazing...go see it on the way to the Great Wall.

But, nothing can describe the Terracotta Warrors and Horses. You walk into the building covering pit #1 and immediately see about 2000 figures...and know that there easily are another 4000+ still in the ground. All unique figures too...the undertaking of that one project was probably the undoing of the Qin Dynasty.