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Terra Cotta Army of. Emperor Shi Huangdi Founder of Qin dynasty 221-206 BCE X’ian, China. X’ian combines old & new China. The name means western capital. Old X’ian city wall . This is where the Silk Road caravans started. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Terra Cotta Army ofEmperor Shi Huangdi
Founder of Qin dynasty221-206 BCEX’ian, China
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X’ian combines old & new China. The
name means western capital.
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Old X’ian city wall . This is where the Silk Road caravans started.
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Three pits were discovered and each contained some Terra Cotta soldiers. The soldiers are life size. Their clothing and hair styles help
us understand social class divisions in Qin China. A topknot indicates an officer. There are over 7,000
soldiers in total.
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Pit 2 is 7,100 square meters
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Life size horses of Terra Cotta
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Honor Guards
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The clay entrance ramp still has some workers footprints in it.
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An honor guard formation
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¾ size Bronze chariot
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¾ size Bronze horses
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The recent movie, “Hero”portrayed this chariot bringing the main character for
his audience with Emperor Shi Huangdi. This model is smaller than in
real life. Bronze was expensive .
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A gold & silver bridle
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Officers in front probably in a formation
as if the Emperor was
reviewing them.
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Pit 1= 16,000 square meters
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The well at the right is how the
army was discovered. In this
pit were 6,000 soldiers in many
small pieces.
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Three farmers digging a well discovered these terra cotta figures
below ground. They called in Chinese archaeologists who quickly
uncovered the army and realized what this find meant. Legends had
talked about it but everyone assumed it was just a story until
1974.
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Today the surviving farmers are employed by the museum. In the summer, they sign autographs for tourists. They were only paid $500
for their land by the Chinese government so these jobs are also
compensation for the finders for their honesty in reporting the find.
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This is what the soldiers look like when they were discovered.
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Qin battle formation
Notice the broken soldiers at the top. This is how they look when first
uncovered. They must be put back together piece by
piece.
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An officer and horses
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Broken soldiers
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Soldiers being reassembled
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Soldiers with bundles of
possible missing pieces behind
them.
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The reconstruction process- soldiers must be put back
together and refired.
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Officers in the front
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This pit is HUGE !
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An enlisted soldier
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An officer and his horse
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An officer wears armor and a moustache.
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An archer without his bow
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Cavalry soldier and horse
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A Ming burial in Pit 3
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Pit Three is 4,282 square meters
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Broken soldiers from the wooden roof collapsing on them.
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Amy and a modern soldier