China’s fake Terracotta Army site tricks student, sparks outrage online
- Overcharging, deceitful taxi driver tells student visitor they can take photos with and touch sculptures
A recent incident in which a Chinese secondary school student was duped into visiting a counterfeit Terracotta Warrior site has ignited outrage on mainland social media.
The Terracotta Army, a Unesco World Heritage site since 1987, located in Xian, Shaanxi province in central China, is a remarkable collection of sculptures representing the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.
That was where a secondary school student, identified as Xiaozeng and whose gender was not disclosed, thought they were going to visit on June 15.
After the college gaokao entrance exams, Xiaozeng took a trip to Xian hoping to visit the famous site but instead was taken by a local taxi driver to a site called “Dreaming Back of Qin dynasty.”
The deceitful driver promoted the site by claiming that “visitors are even allowed to take photos with the sculptures and touch them”.