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Who was the Terraccota Army?
The Terracotta Army was an army of life-sized terracotta figurines found in an ancient Chinese Imperial burial.
What is the Terracotta Army know as?
the terracotta army
Who made the teracotta soldiers?
The "terracotta army" was made by the Chinese in 210 BC, and discovered in 1974.
What are the terracotta statues of soldiers called?
The full name of those statues is Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, Terracotta Army or Terracotta Warriors for short. In Chinese, they are called Bing Ma Yong (兵马俑).
What did the Terracotta Army fight with?
The Terracotta Army are statues and therefore were never real. However, the Images were based on a real army of soldiers commanded by Qin Shihuang. So the terracotta warriors never fought. They were made to accompany the emperor Qin Shihuang to the next life as the Chinese believed that they would be his army in that next life.
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 does the Terracotta Army signify?
There are guards of the emperor's mausoleum, the emblem of imperial power.
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.
What are 2 facts about the Terracotta Army?
1. The first emperor of china ordered them to be made to stand guard and protect his grave after he died. 2. An old Chinese farmer found the terracotta army on his farm when he tried to dig a well right through them!
What types of ceramic work is the Terracotta Army?
terracotta work
Why are the Terracotta Army so popular?
In ancient China, there was strict standard for the rights of every social class, among which emperors must be the top privileged person. The soldiers whom the Terracotta Army was modelled after were the guards of Qin Shihuang's palace. Thus, the scale of the Terracotta Army was truly reflect the reality. In addition, it was not so big when compared with the total amount of Qin's army - above 600,000.
