History comes alive for tourists

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses within the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of a united China, was one of the main reasons why Y.W Kengqelova made her trip from Russia to China.

She has been in Xi'an in China's northwest for two days, waiting for her chance to see the next chapter of the story unfold.

"I couldn't wait to see them. I heard that there is going to be an excavation (of the terracotta army site) starting on Saturday when visitors are allowed to look on," said the Russian visitor.