Note: This article is part of a letter written by First Lady Michelle Obama series shared his visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all messages from the first lady on WhiteHouse.gov / First - dame - China - books.
After seeing the Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an outside , returned to the city to see the city wall of Xi'an .
Xi'an City Wall is the oldest and largest of its kind in China Wall . This is a 40 foot height of the rectangle extending over 8.5 miles . At its base , the wall is 50 or 60 feet wide. At the top, is about 40 meters wide - wide enough for residents and tourists to run, walk or bike around ( it takes about four hours to travel the entire distance at a leisurely pace ) Xi'an. The wall, you can see the old Bell Tower , a beautiful building that marks the center of the old town.
Xi'an was the capital of China, and even after the capital was moved , the city remained an important military stronghold for centuries. Like the Great Wall , Xi'an City Wall was built for defense, surveillance towers and even a deep ditch and drawbridge . Some parts of the wall of the seventh century , and the wall that we know today was completed in the 14th century . Since then, there has been renewed three times - about once every 200 years - in the late 1500s, the 1700s and more recently in 1983.
Our visit began with an impressive display of drums and music dressed in traditional colorful costumes artists , and we were presented with a passport to the wall ( which is something like getting the key to the city - is a great honor ceremony expresses respect and appreciation ) . Then, as we walked along the wall , we were treated to wonderful experiences following :
Children of a local flying kites Flying Club Kite showed us how they themselves had done.
Another group of students from a local school has demonstrated double Dutch jump rope (and I could not resist - I took off my heels and I joined ... but I made a single jump rope).
A young man demonstrated his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube in 15 seconds flat ( but I have no idea how you did! ) .
Two other young men showed their skills doing what seemed hackey which revolved around small bean bags with feathers stuck ( I did my best , but I could not hold a candle to these guys ) .
A paper cut artist showed his impressive skills - she even made paper cutouts of me and my family !
We saw another performance of folk dancers and drums - and they did a beautiful dance number for us ( and my daughters and I joined a dance at the end) .
As I watched these shows and events , I noticed that the wall was built as a physical block , now serves as a symbolic connection between the past and present of China. No stands, over a wall that is hundreds of years - a wall that has withstood war and hunger and the rise and fall of dynasties. However, when you look down , you realize that underneath you on both sides is a very different city than you want to see in America - a city full of cars and lively shopping areas , but also quiet residential areas.
It reminded me a bit when I found a sixth grade year back in the U.S. - the age of 11 and 12 who visited China last year . They said that before they left, they assumed they had found palaces and historic temples wherever they went , but instead , they found huge cities full of skyscrapers and bright lights.
Here in Xi'an, you can keep fit on both sides of China - are intertwined in a city that is also a part of the history of China, as it is their future - the old and the modern .
After seeing the Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an outside , returned to the city to see the city wall of Xi'an .Xi'an City Wall is the oldest and largest of its kind in China Wall . This is a 40 foot height of the rectangle extending over 8.5 miles . At its base , the wall is 50 or 60 feet wide. At the top, is about 40 meters wide - wide enough for residents and tourists to run, walk or bike around ( it takes about four hours to travel the entire distance at a leisurely pace ) Xi'an. The wall, you can see the old Bell Tower , a beautiful building that marks the center of the old town.
Xi'an was the capital of China, and even after the capital was moved , the city remained an important military stronghold for centuries. Like the Great Wall , Xi'an City Wall was built for defense, surveillance towers and even a deep ditch and drawbridge . Some parts of the wall of the seventh century , and the wall that we know today was completed in the 14th century . Since then, there has been renewed three times - about once every 200 years - in the late 1500s, the 1700s and more recently in 1983.
Our visit began with an impressive display of drums and music dressed in traditional colorful costumes artists , and we were presented with a passport to the wall ( which is something like getting the key to the city - is a great honor ceremony expresses respect and appreciation ) . Then, as we walked along the wall , we were treated to wonderful experiences following :
Children of a local flying kites Flying Club Kite showed us how they themselves had done.
Another group of students from a local school has demonstrated double Dutch jump rope (and I could not resist - I took off my heels and I joined ... but I made a single jump rope).
A young man demonstrated his ability to solve a Rubik's Cube in 15 seconds flat ( but I have no idea how you did! ) .
Two other young men showed their skills doing what seemed hackey which revolved around small bean bags with feathers stuck ( I did my best , but I could not hold a candle to these guys ) .
A paper cut artist showed his impressive skills - she even made paper cutouts of me and my family !
We saw another performance of folk dancers and drums - and they did a beautiful dance number for us ( and my daughters and I joined a dance at the end) .
As I watched these shows and events , I noticed that the wall was built as a physical block , now serves as a symbolic connection between the past and present of China. No stands, over a wall that is hundreds of years - a wall that has withstood war and hunger and the rise and fall of dynasties. However, when you look down , you realize that underneath you on both sides is a very different city than you want to see in America - a city full of cars and lively shopping areas , but also quiet residential areas.
It reminded me a bit when I found a sixth grade year back in the U.S. - the age of 11 and 12 who visited China last year . They said that before they left, they assumed they had found palaces and historic temples wherever they went , but instead , they found huge cities full of skyscrapers and bright lights.
Here in Xi'an, you can keep fit on both sides of China - are intertwined in a city that is also a part of the history of China, as it is their future - the old and the modern .
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