Culture and civilization
This is a DVD that shows one of the major sites of Chinese culture and civilization. Xi'an is the site of the incredible clay army discovered in 1974. Examples of Chinese theater and the culture of the area and of China in general are shown. It would have been interesting to have had pictures of the discovery of the clay army; we are just shown pictures of today and of tourists in the nearby marketplace.
Explanations of the history of trade and the Silk Road are given.
The DVD is filled with close-ups of everything, the players in the theater, the goods in the marketplace, the art work and treasures of the museums and temples. At many points one longs for some views of the whole picture.
This is an interesting 56 minute video. There are no extras and no subtitles for the deaf or other languages.
Xian
I enjoyed this dvd very much. I have been to Xian and fell in love with it. The film allowed me to revisit my trip there.
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