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In ancient China, living sacrifice was quite ordinary. Especially when kings or members of royal family died, their favorite concubines, servants, steeds and other animals should go with their masters as an expression of loyalty. That is to kill themselves or be killed on the funeral ceremony and buried alongside the coffin. Later, Chinese rulers started to realise the superiority was brought accompanied by the harmfulness to their regime, thus figures was used to replace living beings. However, it was just a new trend appeared at that time, the old funeral custom was still prevalent prior to the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Shihuang, as the first Chinese emperor, unified the whole territory of the country and made great contributions in military, economic, cultural fields. He is also known to be very ambitious and despotic. During the construction of his mausoleum (afterlife palace), he spared no expense and levied labors all over the country. But he didn't follow the custom to use living sacrifice for himself, a group of delicate soldier figures were made instead, which reflects more than personal superiority but national strength.
The Terracotta Warriors are involved with a lot of ancient Chinese advanced technologies, however, that may not be the most important for this topic. The large scale application of figures buried in tombs brought about ideological changes, profoundly affected the next several dynasties.
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What is the Terracotta Army know as?
the terracotta army
When was the terracotta army buried?
The estimated burial time of the Terracotta Army is around 209 BCE, and the discovery time is 1974 CE. Thus, the Terracotta Army was buried for 2100 years at least.
What did Qin Shihuang do with the Terracotta Army?
He ordered to build the Terracotta Army as his tomb guard in accordance with the appearance of his elite soldiers.
Was the army of terracotta warriors originally above or underground?
The Terracotta Army warriors were originally underground.
Who was the Terraccota Army?
The Terracotta Army was an army of life-sized terracotta figurines found in an ancient Chinese Imperial burial.
What types of ceramic work is the Terracotta Army?
terracotta work
How is the Terracotta Army related to Qin?
They were his army
How do you write Terracotta Army in Chinese?
Terracotta army in Chinese. jk its 赤陶军队. :)
Where did the the Terracotta Army lived?
the Terracotta Army figurines are not people therefor they didn't live anywhere or at any time
What is the date of the Terracotta Army?
It was not the Terracotta Army that Qin Shihuang used to take the whole country, but the soldiers who the Terracotta Army modelled after. Thus the unification of China by Qin Shihuang was happened in 221 BCE.
What are facts about Terracotta Army?
A fact about the terracotta army is that 1.All of the clay soldiers represent one of the soldiers that was in the army. So it basically represents the soldiers that was in the army.
Who was the leader of the Terracotta Army?
There are many important general figures in the formation of the Terracotta Army. The supremo should be the emperor in the tomb nearby guarded by this army.
