The discovery of the Terracotta Army is known as the “eighth wonder of the world” and “one of the great discoveries in the history of archaeology in the twentieth century.”

Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum is located east of Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province. Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum was built in 246 BC to 208 BC. The first emperor’s cemetery consists of huge scale and rich funerary objects rank first in the tombs of the emperors and are the largest tombs of emperors. According to Shi Zai, Emperor Qin Shihuang collected 700,000 craftsmen for this mausoleum, and it took 38 years to build.

Since 1974, three pits for funeral terracotta warriors and horses have been found 1.5 kilometers east of the cemetery. The finished products are arranged in a zigzag pattern, with a total area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters. Unearthed 8,000 pieces of pottery figurines, hundred chariots and tens of thousands of physical weapons and other cultural relics; One of the pits is the “Right Army”, burying about 6,000 pottery figurines and pottery horses that are the same size as real people and real horses; the second pit is the “Left Army”, with more than 1,300 pottery figurines and pottery horses and chariots 89 vehicles, which is a curved array composed of three arms such as infantry, cavalry, and chariots, is also the essence of the Qin Terracotta Warriors; There are 68 warrior warriors in the 3rd pit, 1 chariot, and 4 horses. Command the headquarters of the underground army. This military formation is the epitome of the formation of the Qin army. In 1980, a large bronze cast horse and horse was unearthed on the west side of the cemetery. Arousing shock and concern from all over the world, these pottery figurines and pottery horses organized according to the military formation at that time provided vivid physical information for the research on the military establishment, combat methods, and infantry equipment of the Qin Dynasty. The realistic technique of Qin Terracotta is the world’s attention as the art of succession in the history of Chinese sculpture. The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum has been established in pits 1, 2 and 3, which is open to the public. This is a must see location because of its amazement and wonder.