More History

Monday wasn’t very interesting. Really, it wasn’t. We went to a pagoda, and another temple, and a museum. The museum was ok. It was organized chronologically, starting with the beginning of civilization, and all of the pieces were found in Shaanxi province (which I estimate to be a little bigger than NY, but I actually have no idea). The pieces themselves were just old clay pots and tools (boring), but just the pure volume of history in the one small area of the world was really cool to see. The history of Shaanxi starts with one of the very first organized civilizations, almost 5000 years ago. New York, not so much.

Side note: Shaanxi borders a province called Shanxi. Same exact pronunciation, different tones. Gotta love this language.