The mystery of the terracotta army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang Bashny.Net

One of the biggest attractions of China is the Great wall of China, but apart from that in China there is somehow less known, but nonetheless amazing terracotta army. This army includes 8099 statues of the terracotta warriors and horses, and it is only those that have been found. The terracotta army was discovered in 1974 near the tomb of Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang.





This building is truly impressive in its scope and can compete with the wonder of the world such as the Egyptian pyramids. The researchers believe that this army of clay soldiers was necessary to the Emperor to satisfy his ambitions for power in the afterlife.

And before according to Chinese traditions, it was customary to bury with the Emperor living people, these statues were the first experience, when, instead of living people decided to dig the clay statues, but don't forget that according to some experts, together with the Emperor was buried more than 70 thousand workers with their families for various reasons (for example, to keep the secrecy of this place).

Emperor Qin was very afraid of death and therefore fanatically sought a means of eternal life.





Some researchers argue that the Emperor sent an army of 8 thousand people, so they produced it cherished drug of immortality, and while they were Hiking, he used the tablets of mercury, which may have caused his death.

The construction of the necropolis took 38 years, it was attended by more than 700 thousand workers and artisans.





Interestingly, the statues of soldiers was done very skillfully, each man had his rank and weapons, the individual features of faces that expressed different emotions. Were subsequently found and statues of acrobats, musicians, officials, as well as two bronze chariots. The chariots were found 20 metres from the tomb of the Emperor, they consist of more than 300 parts and decorated with precious metals.





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