The site of the terracotta warriors is about 1 hour away from the city center of Xi’an. From our hotel in the city center to the Terracotta Army Museum, we paid 91 RMB ($13 USD) for a Didi car ride.

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the world: a life-size clay soldier poised for battle. The diggers ...