TERRACOTTA ARMY: UNDERGROUND WARRIORS
TERRACOTTA ORDUSU: YERALTI SAVAŞCILARI

Author : Metin ŞEN
Number of pages : 166-179

Abstract

The soil soldiers or another name of them which is known as Terra Cotta army exist in the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang’s grave. These sculptures were made in 210 B.C and a Chinese farmer found these in the state of Shaanxi, close to Xian in China, at the year of 1974. This Terra Cotta army looks exactly like the mood in stand by for the war. 70 warriors occur 3 initial troops of the army. They bear bows and arrows, back of them also they wear munition bags which they mirror us the realism. Follow them, there are 40 cavalry men, soldiers and the chariots which stands on with 4 horses per each. Under the whole this layout, we faces out the brave soldiers, steeds and the success of Chinese dynasty. The discovery of terra cotta warriors and horses is one of the biggest invention in 20th century. All of these soldiers are completely different from each other. The weights, lengths, faces, hands and legs look like a real army in the real world. There are almost over 7000 scupltures in the museum and the excavation is also progressing today.

Keywords

Qin Shi Huang , China , terracotta, sculpture, soldier

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