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    October 16

    Emper Qin's Terra-cotta warriors and horses in Xi'an

    Many chinese have no interesting visiting common tomb sites . they feel terrible standing there .but , it seems many people like to have a look at those emper’s mausoleum ,especially the Emper Qin's Terra-cotta warriors and horses , including foreigners .they walk into these underground  chamber in group  bravely . 

     

    On the outskirts of chinese city Xi’an ,arm with the help of the guider , I was one of the persons visited the Terra-cotta warriors and horses site . actually , the site have become the modern spacy open hall.there are four hall totally , but only three of them are open to the public .the NO.1 is completed first and best .

     

    i could see the different face and various posture terracotta warriors and horses standing there in row .they say that most of them were repaired by the excavation workers . in this way they look like a perfect figure . it is a great pity that the archaeologist and other scientist still have no better way to preserve the colour covering the figure the moment they were excavated . so , what I could see is the terra cotta .

     

     they are vivid with individual character really . all the terra-cotta warriors are life size .they say they were built to the height of 1.8-1.9 meter .they looks very strong wearing helmets and armor and carrying real bows and arrows, swords, lances, javelins and crossbows in their hands.

     

    The wood chariot is drawn by a team of four1. 5 meters height horses,. Three rows of infantrymen make up the vanguard of the formation. these are followed by the main body of the army, 38 rows of troops. There are also flank columns and rearguards. The array breathes the power of Qin Shi Huang's army.

     

    If emper Qin had the wishes of living long long life and being company with warriors , beauties and wealth after life ,then, it is quite normal for the ordinary persons to burn some paper with some picture on it ,like  warship ,plane ,car ,house ,animal ,food ,games ,mobile phone ,money ,beauties to their late family nowadays.

     

    These warriors and their formation maybe is one of reasons why some foreigners travel to china and study there. Their purpose is on the strategy in ancient china . I met many foreigners throughout the visit. For the common people , they are just curious of the emper Qin’s things burying there . the name mausoleum( 陵)is for the emper's use only .the name tomb (墓) is for the government official and famous persons  . the name grave (坟) is for the common poor guys .

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