Xi'an (pronounced shee-AHN' and meaning "Peace in the West" in English) is a Chinese city in the middle of the country on the central plateau. It is China's oldest city and its first capital.
An ancient city wall surrounds the original part of the city. It was built under the rule of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), as a military defense system.
In 1974 farmers in the countryside outside Xi'an were digging for a well. They struck big terra cotta objects. The farmers reported them to the government, which sent in archaeologists, who discovered a huge group of buried terracotta figures. Come back tomorrow for more about the Terracotta Warriors.
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