Gymnastics on a Horse?

Have you heard of gymnastics? On a horse? I'm a gymnast and haven't ever heard of that!

Miranda Marcantuno is a gymnast. But instead of gymnastics in a gym on bars, beam, floor, or vault she does gymnastics on a horse. So, she doesn't do floor on the horse, bars, or beam vault. Pretty much, it's like ballet on a horse. Miranda's team is called the Vaulting Visions. Miranda is 11 and in 5th grade. Her team is a national champion team. I wouldn't do this because gymnastics on a moving thing just doesn't seem safe.

Gymnastics is a hard sport and dangerous because you can break bones falling off the beam or bars. I saw someone who dislocated her shoulder just by putting her hand in a slightly wrong position when doing a roundoff-back-handspring, a flip-flop. So, no matter where or how you do gymanstics, you must be careful.

You can read more of gymnastics on a horse on The New York Times.

The Terracotta Army

The Terracotta army are guardians to Shi Huangdi. Terracotta means clay soldiers, and Shi Huangdi means first emperor. Local farmers from Xi'an ,Shaanxi were drilling a water well 1.5 miles east of Lishan or mountains. The archeologists found warriors, chariots , officials , acrobats , strongmen , and musicians.

The Terracotta army is a form of funeral art with the first Qin emperor Shi Hungdi in 210-209 BC. The purpose was guard Shi Huangdi in the afterlife. The Terracotta army was moved to a British museum in London. They display the Terracotta army as "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army." It was display September 13,2007 to April 2008.

I find this interesting because I am Chinese and I like history. You can watch a video with the photographer who took the first pictures of the army on Kids National Geographics.

By Brandon