We went to the Terracotta Factory after visiting the ancient village. The terracotta is molded then heated for 10hrs at an extreme heat. No one face looks the same.
The actual terracotta warriors were found by a farmer in 1974 who was drilling a water well and found some of the pottery. The warriors are/were suppose to guard the emperor in the after life. There are guards, archers, soldiers, and generals. There were about 6,000 terracotta warriors that were found. They use to be covered in bright colors; however, when they uncovered the warriors their colors evaporated. You see the air is very contaminated and the soldiers were ancient and were not exposed to the climate for some time. So naturally...everything deteriorated rapidly. That is why they have stopped digging. They believe there are more warriors to be found in that vicinity.They are going to wait for future advancements in technology that will help preserve any other uncoverings. They also haven't uncovered the emperors tomb for the exact same reason. There is no way to preserve what they find. Plus, the emperors tomb is mythed to have boobie traps. ya see, the emperor was a very superstitious person. So all that said...they have made all of there discoveries for now. No more digging for now. In the future there will be more.
A)Showed me the amount of effort one emperor would go through to satisfy himself. The warriors to protect his body.
B)The amount of detail put into each individually unique soldier. The time put it. The planning. The abilities of this culture to make something so wondrous.
C)The chinese went to a huge length to protect the Emperor in all regards~just as we do for our officials. There warriors. Our Secret Service. Things of that sort.
D) It was breathtaking to see one of the newest discoveries of the century up close in person.
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