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Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Have u got any idea why there are so many ghouls (ppl who rob tombs) in my city? Do u know what’s the nickname of Xi’an City? How much do u know about China? Ok, let’s have a check and try to find answers in the blog. Big Smile

As we see, a city which desires to be attractive must have its own and unique characteristic. And my hometown definitely does have such one, a quite influential and representational stuff—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the eighth wonder of the world. It’s the biggest royal tomb in China with tons of buried treasures and sacrificial objects accompanied the emperor (Qin Shi Huang, Chinese first Emperor) in his after life. (Xi’an which used to be the capital of 13 dynasties with 3100 year’s development has numerous big or small underground tombs, so some ppl call Xi’an a tomb city). This buried treasure was finally discovered in the spring of 1974.

 

“We were digging a well. When we reached a depth of four meters, we found a clay man in the pit. Its head, body, arms and legs had been broken. We took them out of the pit and handed them to the authorities,” said Villagers who discovered the terracotta warriors and horses.

 

Therefore, it naturally becomes the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century.

The life-size figures always make ppl doubt: did the emperor bury his alive soldiers? Hah…of course not. They are JUST replicas of what the imperial guard should look like in those days of pomp and vigor. Archaeologists and historians have verified it's a mythical and boundless underground world. In the burial chamber, magnificent palace buildings were put up, the universe, the starry sky and the geographical features were imitated, and a large quantity of mercury was filled in to represent rivers, lakes and seas. That's to say,  lots of mystical discoveries are still in store, which we can’t predict yet.

 

Don’t know whether u guys have seen the movie “Myth” by Jackie Chen, which also backgrounds terracotta warriors and horses. It’s a great film. If u haven’t yet watched it, go ahead and have a look. It contains lots of gorgeous imagination about this mythical underground universe. Just have fun with this blog. If u are interested in it, welcome to share ur thoughts.Wink

 

Cheers,

Maplerine

Published Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:56 PM by maplerine

Comments

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:14 PM by Blog Picks

# Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Buried treasure-Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Tomb city—a place that is full of mysterious warriors,

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:33 AM by auden

# re: Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Very nice! And very interesting too. Definitely would look forward to just learning more overall of things on your end of the world. Probably not THAT different, but different enough, I'm betting. And I have to comment, your English is very good.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:02 PM by PROACEX1

# re: Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Cool! I like this type of stuff a lot!

Thanks Maplerine! :D

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

Friday, March 28, 2008 6:01 PM by Sidicas

# re: Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Very nice! I'll put that Jackie Chan movie in my Netflix queue...

And a note to people looking for good history videos of China, there's a series called "The Silk Road: An Ancient World of Adventure" that's on DVD.. It's about $100 or so, but you can rent the whole set from Netflix and watch it in less than a month.

Friday, March 28, 2008 6:37 PM by PROACEX1

# re: Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

It sounds familar, I though I saw that... :D

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:31 PM by AzureCuzYeah

# re: Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

I am an Archaeology Major and as far as I know their are absolutely no way ghouls are allowed even near the Terracotta Army. I know one of my Professors has been there and he said that their were armed guards everywhere.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:16 AM by maplerine

# re: Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

Thanks for all your inputs :-)

Auden:Haha...I'm flattered! and thanks for ur compliment.

PROACEX1:Hehe, u are welcome and glad to know u like it.

Sidicas:Haha, just love Jackie Chan and his movies are all excellent! :)

AzureCuzYeah: I mean there used to be lost of ghouls before such wonder was discovered. well, it's better now. :)Archaeology, that's a nice major! U must have lots of interesting experiences.

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