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Xi'an Field Guides for Students

Field guides for a Xi'an leg of a school trip. The first is the Terracotta Army guide: seven stations in the museum and one for discussion at school, built around how the Qin state organised work on this scale. The preview is online; the full guide goes to teachers and trip leaders on request.

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Guides for Xi'an

Rows of clay soldiers in the Pit 1 hall

Preview online

The Terracotta Army 兵马俑

How one state made thousands of life-size clay soldiers: a comparison with the Great Pyramid, four ways of working and the other side of each, and what it cost.

Where the guide fits

See School trip to Xi'an for how a Xi'an leg is put together, and the PreeChina page on the Terracotta Army.

For teachers and trip leaders

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Teachers, school trip leaders and travel companies can ask for any guide through the request form. Say which guides you need and who they are for, and PreeChina emails the printable PDFs.

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Reviewed November 2026. Facts on this page were checked against the sources listed.