Terracotta Army Museum of Qin Shi Huang! 📚
📜 Here's the key! Route for the visit:
1. 🔍 Take the official shuttle bus at 10:30 and arrive at Lishan Yuan at 11:30. When you arrive, head straight to Lishan Yuan. At this time, there is usually no queue for the shuttle bus at Lishan Yuan.
2. 🏯 Once you get off at Lishan Yuan, there will be a free guide to accompany you on the tour. Remember to take the 15 yuan electric cart. The electric cart will take you to three different sites, and there will be a cart waiting to take you to the next site when you finish exploring each one. The whole round trip takes about 2 hours. By the time you leave, you'll see people waiting for the electric cart queueing multiple times at the entrance.
3. ⏰ Leave Lishan Yuan at 2 pm and return to the Terracotta Army area for lunch and rest.
4. 🎉 Return to the Terracotta Army at 4 pm and queue up for entry. The recommended visit order is Pit 1, Pit 3, and then Pit 2. While there might be a bit more people at the entrance of Pit 1, there are still plenty of spaces on the sides.
5. 🗺️ Since the three pits are close to each other, after the guided tour ends around 6 pm, go back to Pit 1 for a closer look. By this time, there will be fewer people inside Pit 1, so you can take your time to observe and take photos.
In addition to the three pits, there is also an exhibition hall. If you have time before it closes at 7 pm, you can visit it as well.
6. Have dinner on the commercial street before leaving the Terracotta Army.
💡 Personal recommendation:
Having a local guide is actually not a bad idea. When we were about to enter the site, we asked a freelance guide how many people she needed to form a group. She said there was already a family of four waiting, so with our three people, we could form a group. For just a few tens of yuan, we had a semi-private tour. Isn't that great? The guide fee was 30 yuan per person, and she was with us the entire time, making sure we didn't get lost, providing informative explanations, and answering all our questions!