寒窑遗址公园

This guide to Hanyao Ruins Park in Xi'an tells of Wang Baochuan, daughter of a Tang-dynasty prime minister, who chose a soldier named Xue Rengui over a nobleman and was disowned on the spot. It follows her into the cave dwelling carved from the loess cliffs here, the eighteen years she spent digging wild greens and hauling water while he was gone to war, and her mother's secret visits urging her to give up and come home. Walk into the caves still standing here, past the baskets, digging blades and water jars that made up that life.