The photos from Xian continue……..
Bus goes under the wall
The wall is wide on the top
Ancient bell
Center of downtown Xian
The bell tower
A view from every wall
Gardens surround the center
Some construction going on
Famous pagoda
Many red lanterns
Streets run north to south
Dragon decoration
Even small lanterns in the trees
Bell tower
Tower is at the end of the road
Most attraction at night
Red is the color of luck, we believe
Steep rock walls
Guard tower
Traffic below
Preserved for hundreds of years
Park grounds
Moat filled with water
Preserved forever
A biker can rent one up here
Traffic is light right now
Only quiet place to walk – no traffic
Long way down
Going to make it
Would never attempt to carry a bike down
More lanterns
There is a mosque here
Street signs all in Mandarin
Clock tower
Chinese-style museum
Pagoda
Another view of the pagoda
Pagoda
Empty streets
But not for long
On our way to the restaurant
Commuters
Entrance to De Fa Chang Restaurant
A giant golden dumpling….this is what they serve here
These were tofu noodles….quite good
Family dining
Fresh vegetables
Seating for two to twelve
Tableside service
Food cooking
Do we have enough courses
Duck dumplings with duck meat inside
She was cooking tiny dumplings in the soup
Alcohol was lit on the bottom to boil the soup
Then she served the final soup
The cooks were busy behind the scenes
The place was over-flowing with guests
Sitting down
Some of the courses, spinach, noodles, salad, and peanuts
Snow Flake beer
Trying to use the chopsticks
Pot stickers were good
Sweet pastries
Different types of dumplings
All part of the 18 courses
One thing at a time
These were fried
Shared dessert
Pagoda is lit up at night
Outside the restaurant
Pretty at night
Heading back to the hotel
Lanterns added much color
Street lights – Chinese-style
Post Office also lit up
The wall is illuminated
Tress are decorated with tiny light
Looked like a fantasy land
Celebrating New Year
Like Christmas time
Lights of downtown
Buildings nears the hotel
Neon lights
Shangri-La Xian
Terra Cotta Horse
Lobby of the Shangri-La
View from our room