Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum (in simplified Chinese 秦兵马俑博物馆) is located in Xi’an, Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Lintong County, 15 kilometers east, Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum are from mass graves, as the “Eighth Wonder of the World” in 1987 by UNESCO as “world cultural heritage of mankind” directory.

In the museum, you will see a bright future marked March 29, 1973, forever. This is a memorable day. At that time, the higher level call wells drought, West Village, Yang decided to play well at the village 160 meters south of the persimmon-lam River, where the impact is located in Lishan fan front, after flash floods debris deposition. March 24 to start, they dug three meters deep, and it was found that the following are some soft mud, sintered lump charcoal and ashes, and we all thought that came across the old brick kiln.

Continue to play down, at many 5 meter deep shaft on the west side, a dark light finally exposed the “Terra Cotta Warriors” quiet face, the villagers are surprised, the room just commune cadres Shumin wells to check the progress, to the bottom under the careful observation and found that unearthed bricks with Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Chin brick found near the same, he hastily told everyone to stop drilling, hurried to the county cultural centers report on the case, terracotta warriors and horses were discovered. Save: The discovery in 1974 that shocked the world, in 1975 the State Council for approval on the first hole at the site on to build a museum covers an area of 16,000 square meters, and in October 1979 the official opening day. Exhibition on the 3rd hole on the 2nd and was also in succession in 1989 and officially in 1994 on display.

In June 1999, and miraculously found the terracotta warriors and horses of color, painting their superb sense of art and rich modeling power once again demonstrated to the world ancient and profound culture. Therefore, it is very sure that the museum is full of historical meaning and you should not miss it if you have a chance to visit Xi’an.

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