Destination DC, Washington's tourism group, is invading Baltimore on Friday to promote the new "Terra Cotta Warriors" exhibit which opens today at the National Geographic Museum in D.C. They're bringing along an artist, Chi Chang, who performs as a live terra cotta warrior and who will "delight crowds with his interactions." I'm told he will be popping up at locations around town between 9 a.m. and noon tomorrow (if you see him, snap a photo and send it to me and I'll post it here.)

In addition - as if we needed more - Chi Chang is bringing his army. A very small one. Some 200, 8-inch tall terra cotta warrior statues are being placed in high-traffic areas throughout Baltimore. If you find one, you're supposed to log on to a Web site (presumably noted on the statue) where you will find out if you have won a trip to Washington, including round-trip Amtrak tickets, a one-night stay at the very lovely Madison Loews hotel and two tickets to the warriors exhibit. There's only one vacation prize, but lots of other consolation loot like museum tickets etc.

UPDATE: Sorry to disappoint anyone who was looking forward to seeing Chi Chang, but his trip got derailed. Check out Michelle's update on the DC travel promotion. -- lfk.

Photo courtesy of Destination DC