China's Terra-Cotta Army

“The Terracotta Warriors are considered an 8th wonder of the world.” They were created over 2000 years ago to protect Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife. Some people believe that the warriors were for protection, others believed that they were a curse and new research has caused argument that they were for military training. “The Terracotta Army was traditionally believed to have been the guardians of the first emperor of a unified China, but research has claimed that they could have been military training models,” Sun Jiachun, a researcher of the army. The Terracotta Warriors were an army built under the power of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi, over 2000 years ago in Xi’an, China. The army was

A huge archeological discovery in China uncovers more about their past. While farmers in China were digging holes to find water, they unearthed an army of terracotta. Archeologists, geologists, and scientists flock to the underground chamber to discover hundreds of pottery soldiers. The statues represented many parts of an ancient army that would have protected China. They discovered that it was a mausoleum for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. The soldiers were made with the intent to protect Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife. The scientists found that the statues were almost life sized and it took almost three years to dig out the chambers and craft the terracotta statues. The area

Four main pits were associated with the terracotta army. These pits were located about 1.5km east of there burial and were close to 7 meters deep. The army was built as if to protect the tomb from the east, The east side was were all the conquered states of Qins army. All four pits were constructed differently. Pit one was the most elaborate of them all. holding over 6,000 figures and stretching to 230 meters long and 62 meters wide.

The Terracotta warriors found, March 29 1974, was one of the most astounding historic finds of the last century. Although, the statues were buried at the base of the mountain, the Emperor was buried near the peak. 8000 soldiers and counting, over 500 horses, 150 chariot horses found inside the mausoleum. This astonishing masterpiece is 40 years of excruciating work of approximately 700'000 workers.

When I originally started reading about the terracotta warrior, I though they were real people who were mummified as the statues. Come to find out, they were created by people, a few dozen people. I must have taken them a lifetime to finish all of those statues. I guess Shihuangdi did not want to be alone during his after-life.

For my Mesopotamian project i built a chariot. It was made up from one or two people one was a driver and the other is a fighter using javelins and bows. They used horses as well. I made the chariot out of molding and bending clay together, the horse was made by rolling clay together and putting sticks in its legs so it won’t fall over. The background of the chariot is felt water , plastic trees, Moss bushes, and a cardboard like floor of grass. The background is just shoe box and inside is the background is

xi’an in in china Xi’an is a large city and capital of Shaanxi Province in central China. Once known as Chang’an (Eternal Peace), it marks the Silk Road’s eastern end and was home to the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties' ruling houses. At archaeological sites in Xi’an’s surrounding plains are the famed Bingmayong thousands of life-size, hand-molded figures buried with China’s firstemperor, Qin Shi Huang.Xi'an has rich and culturally significant history. The Lantian Man was discovered in 1963 in Lantian County, 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Xi'an, and dates back to at least 500,000 years before the present time. A 6,500-year-old Banpo Neolithic village was discovered in 1953 on the eastern outskirts of the city proper, which contains the remains

In 2015, the Xianyang City Museum in the Shaanxi Province had ushered in numerous, newly unearthed, extremely precious treasures. The tomb of the first Han Emperor, Liu Bang, finally saw the light of day. From his Tomb, a number of artifacts from 2,000 years ago were escorted to the museum.

After watching the video Secrets of China's Terracotta Warriors English documentary, I learned that there was so much history behind the Terracotta warriors. These clay statues were made for the first emperor Qin Shi Huang funeral as a more humane way to follow ancient Chinese tradition without killing off your court. Reasons, why they started making Terracotta warriors, is because in ancient Chinese history when an emperor is having a funeral they would take their court and useful people with them by making then drink arsenic wine. Crazy enough many people at that time would think following your emperor to death is an honor. Even though people would follow the emperor willingly to death it was still viewed as an inhuman thing.

It was found with 8000 soldiers made of terracotta and horses and chariots to ‘Protect’ the king in his past life. qin shi huang is a well known person and people have been looking fro this tomb. It had 520 horses and 150 chariots. I believe that he was assinatited and then wanted a way to live forever so he sent men out to sea to look for a land where people don't die realising that he might not actually live forever, he made his workers and many many other people build a massive elaborate tomb for him. The building started being built when he was 13 and he died when he was 49 and his tomb took 700,000 work on his tomb. The warriors stand guard in three pits (a fourth was found to be empty) that cover five and a half acres and are sixteen to 24 feet

In Xi'an city, there are numerous attractions that you can visit. One of the most popular tourist attractions is the Terracotta Warriors. In 1974 farmers were digging up a well when they discovered something that would change Xi'an city forever. It was the Terracotta Warriors. They are a group of approximately 7,000 statues made of clay. The story behind the statues is very interesting. China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, had the figures made to surround his tomb upon his death. Some say he did this so that a giant army would protect him from spirits. Others say he wanted to continue his rule even in death. The real reason why the emperor had the statues made is unclear. Either way it has become a very special exhibit that many people visit

In 1974, in Xi’an a city in the providence in Shaanxi, China, farmers discovered clay fragments that were sculpted into human form. Chinese archeologist then dug test probes which led to findings of 8000 clay warriors. These warriors included an infantry, archers, generals, and a cavalry. These sculptures have never been done before in this magnitude. These warriors were said to be made in the year 221BC. The Terracotta Warriors were made for the first emperor of China. His name was Qin Shihungdi. Not only is he important because he was the first emperor but he was significant for unifying and uniting the seven warring kingdoms thus creating China. The sculptures

soldiers were lined up side by side with half of their shield covering them and the other half

The use of chariots spread very quickly as their effectiveness was easily recognizable. The Shang of China adopted the concept of chariots and modified them to fit three men. These three men were made up of a driver, a warrior and his servant whose role was to replenish his arrows and have weapons ready for his use at all times. In the Chinese culture, the chariots were used as a way to jump into a new social class as well. Horses were so rare to own and expensive to acquire that only the few who were wealthy enough to buy horses were able to be noble

Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum has three pits that contain Terracotta Army. One unique thing about the Terracotta Army is that each soldier figurine has a unique