terracotta warriors
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, born as Ying Zheng in 259 BCE, built the first empire in Chinese history in 221 BCE. He was the first emperor of a united China and had a sagacious influence on Chinese history and culture. People remembered him as a great unifier, who conquered six states. He standardized Chinese writing, bureaucracy, scholarship, law, currency weight and measure and expanded the Chinese empire. Qin died, and thousands of statues were buried with him in pits around his tomb, these statues were called the Terracotta Warriors.
The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors was said to be accidental. In China, March 1974, farmers were drilling holes in the hopes of finding water to dig wells, when they came upon some terracotta pottery shards. Approximately 7,000 soldiers were uncovered making this discovery the Eighth Wonder of the World. It was said that every individual soldier had its own unique facial expressions, posture, in battle formation, and positioned according to rank. No two soldiers looked alike, the only similarities these soldiers have is that they all are life-sized sculptures made of clay. These soldiers were all made for a reason.
Qin wanted his afterlife to be similar to his life on Earth. To prepare for his death, he had an imitation of his kingdom built underground. During his lifetime there were three attempts to assassinate him. To defend him and this underground kingdom from attack he had the soldiers made. It was a show of glory, and it was believed that statues could be animated in the afterlife, and Qin Shi Huang required an after death army. The whole army would accompany its emperor into immortality. They were set up into a formatting were they were facing east.
There are many reasons as to why the army faces east. One reason is because Qin, being the chief commander of the army, was positioned in the back with all soldiers’ backs towards him. Another reason would be to obviate any threats from his enemies, six kingdoms in the
The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors was said to be accidental. In China, March 1974, farmers were drilling holes in the hopes of finding water to dig wells, when they came upon some terracotta pottery shards. Approximately 7,000 soldiers were uncovered making this discovery the Eighth Wonder of the World. It was said that every individual soldier had its own unique facial expressions, posture, in battle formation, and positioned according to rank. No two soldiers looked alike, the only similarities these soldiers have is that they all are life-sized sculptures made of clay. These soldiers were all made for a reason.
Qin wanted his afterlife to be similar to his life on Earth. To prepare for his death, he had an imitation of his kingdom built underground. During his lifetime there were three attempts to assassinate him. To defend him and this underground kingdom from attack he had the soldiers made. It was a show of glory, and it was believed that statues could be animated in the afterlife, and Qin Shi Huang required an after death army. The whole army would accompany its emperor into immortality. They were set up into a formatting were they were facing east.
There are many reasons as to why the army faces east. One reason is because Qin, being the chief commander of the army, was positioned in the back with all soldiers’ backs towards him. Another reason would be to obviate any threats from his enemies, six kingdoms in the