Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

maplerine — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:56:00 GMT

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.

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.

Cheers,

Maplerine

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Buried treasure—Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses