Terracotta Warriors shocked the whole world once discovered in 1974 by local farmers, thereafter disclosing secrets of the China’ First Emperor and his army as well as funeral culture in remote ancient time. A large scale of the troops unearthed in the underground palace of Emperor Qin’s subordinate tomb, including generals, officials, officers in…
Bronze Chariots were unearthed in December of 1980 in the west of the tomb mound. Buried under the ground for more than 2000 years, the Bronze Chariots were broken into over 3000 pieces when discovered. After eight-year careful restoration of archaeologists, the complete chariots had debuted in 1989. They were mainly made up of…
Horse-rider, also cavalryman, another special kind of warriors excavated in Pit 2. Horse-riders’ wearings are obviously different with others. The tight round hat is to prevent hair from the strong wind while riding horse. Battle robes and armors are shorter than other warriors’ because it is convenient for riding and shooting. And also they wear boots.…
Generals, also called high-ranking officer, are the rarest among all terracotta warriors. Only 9 Generals have been excavated up to now. There are two kinds of Generals, one in battle robes and the other in armors. Generals in battle robes have feather knots on their chest while Generals in armors have feather knots on…
Discovered in Pit 2, the Kneeling Archer is in a position with his right knee on the ground and both hands seems to hold a crossbow, ready to shot. Different with the Standing Archer, the Kneeling Archer’s hair bun is on the left side. Kneeling Archers and Standing Archers together make up the archery…
Generals, also called high-ranking officer, are the rarest among all terracotta warriors. Only 9 Generals have been excavated up to now. There are two kinds of Generals, one in battle robes and the other in armors. Generals in battle robes have feather knots on their chest while Generals in armors have feather knots on…