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(pic01) Xi'an airport, which was goal of travel in '99 and was starting point in '98. |
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(pic22-25) There are only four gates to enter in the City, north, south, east, and west. We saw one of them, the west City Wall. The ramparts were thicker than the imaginations as the embankment. The entrance of the City Wall was so narrow that can not be able to pass each other by the wagon, after crossing the drawbridge. In addition, there were barriers where all sides were walled in the inside, so it was not an easy thing that you got in through a double gate, and entered in the city. There was an old silkroad outside the window when climbing the City Wall. With what emotion did ancient travelers start on a journey from here? |
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(September 1998 and 1999) |