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Xian >> The Terra Cotta Warrios

Attraction Typ: Historic Site
Location: about 30 km from city
Recommend: 5 Star

The Terra Cotta Warrios

The Terra Cotta Warrios is one of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th century. These 6,000 life-size painted Terracotta Warriors and Horses --individually sculpted from real-life models and arranged in battle formation have been protecting the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history--Emperor QinShihuang for 2,200 years ago.
The Terra Cotta Warrios (Chinese: 兵马俑; pinyin: bīngmǎ yǒng) is the greatest archaeological findings of the century, the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb. It lies about 31 km away from Xi'an. Siding with the mausoleum about 1.5 kilometers away east, it is the vaults of the terra-cotta warriors and horses, the mighty army of the emperor and the most popular tourist attraction of Shaanxi. An in-site museum covering a floorspace of 20,000 square meters and displaying 8,000 life-size terracotta warriors, 100 or so chariots and 30,000 weapons. It is known as the “ the Eighth Wonder of the world”. In 1987, the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Mausoleum of the Emperor Qin Shihuang and Terra-cotta Warriors on the world Heritage list.
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