these clay figures were made from terra cotta. that's actually italian for "baked earth."first emperor of china died 2,000 years ago, a whole army of terra cotta warriors, along with horses and wagons, were buried with him. they climbed the stairs of the great wall. built to protect china from invaders, it's incredibly long. in fact, it would stretch back and forth across the u.s. more than four times. ♪ >> we are in the pearl tea house, and right now we are taking part in a traditional tea ceremony. >> they also sampled all kinds of foods, from the famous peking duck... to fried scorpions on a stick. yum. marketplaces. >> i got lost in the chinese mall. [ laughs ] and i only knew my host sister's english name. so i kept going around going "chloe zai nar?", which is like "where is chloe?" and everyone was like, "i don't know who you're talking about." >> there was a lot that was wonderfully strange and a lot that was strangely familiar. >> and when i got to stay with the chinese family and see what their daily routine is like and going to school and seeing that there's a l

the terra cotta that you'll be walking on was brought from europe. >> when i'm walking, the first thingotice is the ceiling. >> all of the detail that you see on the ceilings were handpainted on canvas. >> and then it was stretched in here, and the beauty is the way they've arched the ceiling so you get that impression when you walk in. >> and this is in an area called southern highlands. >> right. >> that's correct. >> so, now we're going out towards the swimming pool. you walk in to certain homes that are this large, and sometimes there isn't that feeling of warmth. this feels like a home. it feels like it's lived in. as large as it is and aske a ple you could bring the family, bring the kids, bring the grandkids, and have a great time. >> that's right. >> look at this kitchen. they have this completely open space here where people could sit and talk, and you have the view out here. and then i'm looking out here. there's even a barbecue area where they can go out. >> yes. >> what some people do incorrectly when they build a home like this is they go for the european feel but they make

just a grassy backyard near pleasantly the terra-cotta world are done in stunning detail with and smoke themes rendered and painstaking great. of fire with trees swaying in the gentle caring updrafts of dandelions. i'm struck to have comfortable it is to be here. i want to peer through windows walk through open doors. expect the world to unfold endlessly in front of me. i start looking for the simulation flaws signs that this is the real place. it's perhaps too. extreme -- giving it a stagy themepark quality reminiscent of -- i find myself wishing they had rendered a parking garage something with ordinary life and then there's the slight tug on the back of my head holding my helmet cable walking into real-world walls as i ramble to the landscape is mostly think about how pleasant would be to roam here an adventure game or watch the dramatic story in boulder to stress. i get down on all fours and feel the grass beneath my feet. ipad my way to the founding gazes the water sparkling in the afternoon breeze. this is when the world one true true off me. i have no reflection. sometimes the mo

take a terra-cotta pot and line it with tin foil and add in your charcoal and light it away.on't need a huge fire. >> yeah. >> our dad here had a question. >> i'm not the craftiest person in the world. is this for anyone? >> absolutely. you know, the best thing about all these hacks is most of the items you have them at home and can use them very easily or you can pick them up at a local drugstore or dollar store, so, yes, you don't have to have a master's degree in art to be able to do it. >> you have to be smarter than dan harris to make it work. >> you do. >> low bar. low bar. >> i would not suggest doing that in a science one -- >> yeah. >> very colorful. i think every parent has a drawer or box at home with crushed up crayons in it that haven't been used in a while. >> stubby ones. fun way to repurpose them and learn about them as well. take the crayons that are broken up and lay out eye crayons will melt together and when you take it out you'll have this fantastic shop. >> kids can take out their aggression on the crayon and members together. >> go from a solid to a liq