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Part of the Terracotta Army exhibition at the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois. There were over 5,000 Terracotta figurines, each hand-crafted. One of the wonders of the modern world.
Terracotta Army in Xi'An, Shaanxi, China.
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Figure from the terracotta warriors against a beautiful Eastern destination I have visited. Incredible to think that this image was an actual warrior from two thousand years ago.
The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was thought to have been protect the emperor in his afterlife.
Pit one is 230 metres (750 ft) long and 62 metres (203 ft) wide, it contains an army of more than 6,000 figures. The Pit has 11 corridors, most of which are more than 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide and paved with small bricks.
The Liverpool Museum has an Exhibition of the Terracotta Army.....I wondered if Iron Man and Terracotta Man got together would they talk about the Cold Weather or about Brexit ???
The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was thought to have been to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
There are three pits, each is unique and moving, today I've posted photos from the first pit. There's nothing new or original about this photo, it's the first view one gets after entering the viewing gallery. For me, it was an overwhelming sight. I knew it was big, but it seemed vast as I looked upon this lifelike army expressed as art.
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
Went to see the exhibition of the Terracotta Warriors in Richmond today, they are something to see. This is a replica in front of the poster for the exhibit.
Part of the world famous terracotta army, near Xian ,China, are a number of horses. The sight of this mighty funeral army in the vast necropolis of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, is truly mind-blowing. It was only discovered in 1974 when a group of farmers were digging a well! These poor horses had not had a drop to drink for over two thousand years !!!
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The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was thought to have been protect the emperor in his afterlife.
The tomb of the Terra Cotta Army was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. It attracts an estimated 2 million visitors each year.
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Two large scale-models of bronze chariots and horses were unearthed in December, 1980, about 20 meters east of the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. They were tagged Chariot No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. Both required extensive restorations, over two and half years, before going on display.
These were encased in a wooden box measuring 6.8 x 2.1 x 2 meters for over two thousand years. And the box was buried 8 meters down in a trench.
These are half size scale-models of real chariots and horses, faithfully copied down to the last detail, complete with horses and people. No. 1 Chariot is a two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a team of four strong horses. There is only one seat for the driver, whose eyes are glued to the road ahead. There is a large umbrella providing shade from the sun.
Grupo de guerreros de terracota del mausoleo del emperador Qin Shi Huang (221-206 a.c.), primer emperador de China de la Dinastía Qin. Fueron encontrados en 1974 en Xi'an (西安), provincia de Shaanxi, el extremo oriental de la Ruta de la Seda.
In the past several images I have shown images of the Terracotta Army excavation site in Xian, China. Built by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, this underground army lay undiscovered for over 2200 years, until 1974.
Unfortunately, most of the soldiers were reduced to rubble through vandalism and a large fire a few years after the death of Qin. Since the discovery of the site in 1974, China has been actively working to reconstruct and preserve the Terracotta Army. This is a painstakingly difficult, slow and labour intensive work, trying to match and reassemble the figures from all the rubble. Here you can see some of the figures in a more advanced stage of restoration.
The wooden chariot has long since rotted away. The ongoing excavations of the mausoleum of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, revels that it was laid out to resemble a palace complex. The Terracotta Army formed the garrison for the palace. The army was arranged in long trenches with wooden roofs covered in earth that rotted away and collapsed centuries ago. Every terracotta figure was broken into fragments that have been painstakingly reassembled and is still ongoing. As stated below many other types of figures have been found in other pits including palace animals such as birds and pets.
—from Wikipedia
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remain in situ in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other, non-military terracotta figures have since been found in other pits, including those of officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.