It was a different way of providing a king with a bodyguard in the afterlife - instead of burying the king's bodyguard with him, a humane king arranged to have modeled guards instead.
the terracotta army was built to protect the tomb of Qin shihuang, the first emperor of china, to boast his power and show loyalty to him after his death.
He ordered to build the Terracotta Army as his tomb guard in accordance with the appearance of his elite soldiers.
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.
The Terracotta Warriors were built to protect an ancient Chinese emperor's tomb and his journey in the afterlife. They are in China. Each Warrior is different and has its own armour and weapons. There are even horses and chariots in this army.
All the special items didn't satisfy Qin, so he built a big terracotta army that protected his tomb for eternity, like his flesh-and-blood troops that defended him for his lifetime.
The terracotta army wasnt exactly "owned" but what they were, were actually sonte built statues of men that belonged and were made to guard the spirit and tomb of the first emperor " shi huang di." he was a ruthless leader who was known for burying alive 460 scholars. So the terracotta army were then "owned" by the first emperor to guard his death. he believed that the army would protect him from impurities of death. :3
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
There is no pyramid just Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb.
No one knows specifically how many artisans built the Terracotta Army, because the workers were believed to be buried alive after its completion. The Terracotta Army was part of Qin Shi Huan Di's tomb which is still yet to be completely uncovered to this day. Qin Shi Huan Di's tomb took ~36 years and hundreds of thousands of workers to build. Again, no exact figures are possible because it is believed the entire hundreds of thousands strong workforce was all buried alive/killed after the tomb was completed.
The Terracotta Army was formed by the first emporer. The first Emporer formed the army to protect his tomb, in which it took 11 years to build all these warrios standing in battle formation. The Terracotta Warriors purpose was to stand in front of the tomb and look like actual life size people guarding the tomb, "to protect the tomb" this scared of approchers, but some approchures didnt fall for this trick and stole some of the weapons, photographs, and sentimental valuables.
because it was to protect Qin Shi Huang's tomb
The Terracotta Army can actually provide little protection to the emperor's tomb. It is just a kind of privilege that was taken into his afterlife.