Field notes
The journal
What we've learned walking this city — written when there's something worth saying, not on a schedule.
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Xi'an — Where the Silk Road Started
Xi'an was Chang'an, capital of the Tang and the eastern end of the Silk Road — for a while the largest city on earth. The walls, the pagodas and the Muslim Quarter are all still here.
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Huashan — The Mountain With the Plank Walk
Huashan is one of China's five sacred mountains, and it has the most alarming walkway in the country — planks bolted to a cliff face with a chain to hold. The rest of it is steps.