Terra cotta Warriors and Horses Museum is located about 1.5 km east of Emperor
Qinshi Huang’s Mausoleum. It is an attendant pit of the mausoleum. Among the
three pits, No.1 pit is the largest one. More than 6,000 clay warriors and
horses could be unearthed from No.1 pit. All of them are life-like. The
terra-cotta warriors and horses are arrayed in an oblong battle formation of the
Qin Dynasty, facing east, they look healthy and strong and have different facial
expressions, showing Emperor Qingshihuang’s Strong determination of wiping out
the other six states and unifying the whole country. It is the most magnificent
archaeological discovery in this century. It is also a reflection of Chinese
people’s wisdom and artful skill two thousand years ago. Thousands of real
weapons were unearthed from these terra-cotta army pits. These weapons were
exquisitely made. Some of them are still very sharp since their surface were
treated with chromium. They are as bright as new, though buried underground for
more than 2,000 years. This indicates that Qin Dynasty’s metallurgical
technology and weapon-manufacturing technique already had reached quite a high
level. In 1980, two teams of large painted bronze chariots and horses were
unearthed 20 metres west of the mausoleum. Together with Terra cotta Warriors,
they are called the eighth wonder of the world.
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