The right picture is the famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang in a kneeling archer. It was found at Lintong County in Shaanxi Province to the east of Qin Shi Huang's tomb
Let me introduce this kneeling archer. kneeling archer on the pit No.2 hole; His right knee down, against his right hip, his hands holding Gongnu like to do. He’s about 1.2 meters high, the lower part of the body was solid, the upper part of the body was hollow.He was made by a local mixture made of clay.
archaeologists found 120 kneeling archers in pit No.2, kneeling archer can help us to understand about royal guards of Qin Shi Huang
The Terracotta Army or Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 larger than life Chinese terra cotta figures of warriors and horses located near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.The figures vary in height according to their rank; the tallest being the Generals.The heights range is 184-197cm (6ft - 6ft 5in),or more than a full foot taller than the average soldier of the period.The figures were discovered in 1974 near Xi'an,Shaanxi province,China.
The Terracotta Army (Chinese: 兵马俑; Pinyin: Bīng Mǎ Yǒng; literally "military servants") or Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life-size terra cotta figures of warriors and horses located in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (秦始皇陵; Qín Shǐ Huáng Líng). The figures were discovered in 1974 near Xi'an, Shaanxi province,
The terracotta figures were buried with the first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 210-209 BC. Consequently, they are also sometimes referred to as "Qin's Army."
The Terracotta Army of China was discovered in March 1974 by local farmers drilling a well to the east of Mount Li. Mount Li is the name of the man-made necropolis and tomb of the First Emperor of Qin; Qin Shi Huang. Construction of this mausoleum began in 246 B.C. and is believed to have taken 700,000 workers and craftsmen 36 years to complete. Qin Shi Huang was interred inside the tomb complex upon his death in 210 B.C. According to the Grand Historian Sima Qian, The First Emperor was buried alongside great amounts of treasure and objects of craftsmanship, as well as a scale replica of the universe complete with gemmed ceilings representing the cosmos, and flowing mercury. representing the great earthly bodies of water. Recent scientific work at the site has shown high levels of mercury in the soil of Mount Li, tentatively indicating an accurate description of the site’s contents by Sima Qian.
The tomb of Qin Shi Huang is near an earthen pyramid 76 meters tall and nearly 350 meters square. The tomb presently remains unopened. There are plans to seal-off the area around the tomb with a special tent-type structure to prevent corrosion from exposure to outside air. However, there is at present only one company in the world that makes these tents, and their largest model will not cover the site as needed.
Qin Shi Huang’s necropolis complex was constructed to serve as an imperial compound or palace. It is comprised of several offices, halls and other structures and is surrounded by a wall with gateway entrances. The remains of the craftsmen working in the tomb may also be found within its confines, as it is believed they were sealed inside alive to keep them from divulging any secrets about its riches or entrance. It was only fitting, therefore, to have this compound protected by the massive terra cotta army interred nearby.
The terracotta warriors and horses, namely the terracotta warriors and horses of the first emperor of Qin, also referred to as the terracotta warriors and horses of Qin, are the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and the first batch of Chinese world heritage.
They are located in the terracotta warriors and horses pit 1.5km east of the tomb of the first emperor of Qin in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.
Terracotta warriors and horses are a category of ancient tomb sculpture. Terracotta warriors and horses appear as a burial object of ancient tombs. Terracotta warriors and horses are made into sacrificial objects in the shape of soldiers and horses (chariots, horses and soldiers).
On March 4, 1961, the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In March 1974, the terracotta warriors and horses were discovered.
In 1987, the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the pit of terracotta warriors and horses were approved by UNESCO to be included in the world heritage list and known as "the eighth miracle of the world".
More than 200 foreign heads of state and government visited it successively, becoming a gold film of China's ancient brilliant civilization and one of the eight rare treasures of ancient tombs in the world.
The first emperor Qin Shihuang died in Chinese before 2200 unified Chinese, ordered the construction of the Great Wall, the cruel rule of Chinese.
He was only afraid of the wrath of god. He ordered the construction of a huge mausoleum, with 8000 life sized painted warriors guarding it.
Some people say that the top of Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is made of jade and there is a stream of mercury flowing through the tomb. The tomb was completed only after about 700000 years of labor and craftsmen for more than 30 years.
Many of them were also kept alive in tombs so as not to reveal secrets about the treasures and the population. Despite these measures, but the tomb after the death of Qin Shihuang has been looking for traces of the tomb, but after fruitless, until 1974 when they found farmers dug tomb site.
But the mausoleum itself has never been opened. According to a recent survey results, there is a hill like treasure imperial tombs.
Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum and the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum Emperor Qin Shihuang (259-210B.C.) had Ying as his surname and Zheng as his given name. He name to the throne of the Qin at age 13, and took the helm of the state at age of 22. By 221 B.C., he had annexed the six rival principalities of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei, and established the first feudal empire in China's history. In the year 221 B.C., when he unified the whole country, Ying Zheng styled himself emperor. He named himself Shihuang Di, the first emperor in the hope that his later generations be the second, the third even the one hundredth and thousandth emperors in proper order to carry on the hereditary system. Since then, the supreme feudal rulers of China's dynasties had continued to call themselves Huang Di, the emperor. After he had annexed the other six states, Emperor Qin Shihuang abolished the enfeoffment system and adopted the prefecture and county system. He standardized legal codes, written language, track, currencies, weights and measures. To protect against harassment by the Hun aristocrats. Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the Great Wall be built. All these measures played an active role in eliminating the cause of the state of separation and division and strengthening the unification of the whole country as well as promotion the development of economy and culture. They had a great and deep influence upon China's 2,000 year old feudal society.秦始皇陵及兵马俑,秦始皇兵马俑博物馆 秦始皇(259 - 210B.C。)已因为他姓应和他的名字正。他的名字秦登基13岁,和发生在22岁的国家领导。到公元前221年,他吞并六齐,楚,燕,韩,赵,魏藩镇,建立了第一个在中国历史上的封建帝制。 在公元前221年,当他统一了全国年,应折嗯自称皇帝。他提到自己秦始皇帝,希望在第一个皇帝,他的后人是第二,第三甚至百分之一和千分之一的皇帝,以正确的顺序进行的世袭制度。自那时以来,中国的封建王朝最高统治者继续把自己称为黄帝皇帝。 当他吞并其他六国,秦始皇废除了分封制,并通过了地,县制度。他的标准化的法律法规,书面语言,跟踪,货币,度量衡。为了防止骚扰的匈奴贵族。秦始皇下令长城兴建。所有这些措施起到了消除分离和分工,加强全国统一以及促进经济和文化发展国家的事业发挥积极作用。他们有一个要求中国的二千年重大而深远的影响旧的封建社会。