The Terracotta Factory

We went to the terracotta factory first - where they reproduce the soldiers en masse.

Here is me in a suit:

and Michael in the suit ... his hair fit the outfit a bit better :)

They still make the soldiers the same way they did back then. They put them together and then they are sealed up and go into these kilns to bake for a week!

That is the coal they use to stoke the fire:

Two marble soldiers:

3 terracotta soldiers - even though 2 of them look bronzed:

These were drying before they went into the kiln:

This girl was making the little horses:

Smoosh ... smoosh ... smoosh ...

The soldiers drying after leaving the cast:

Michael posing:

You could even have a head shaped like your own face:

The body out of the mold:

Where's ... MIiiiiiii Chellleeeee!?!?

There I am!!

We're off to the terracotta pits after this ....