Terracotta Army

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Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Terracotta Army, View of Pit 1.jpg

Location Lintong District, Shaanxi, China

Criteria Cultural: i, iii, iv, vi

Reference 441

Inscription 1987 (11th Session)

Website www.bmy.com.cn/2015new/index.htm

Coordinates 34°23′06″N 109°16′23″ECoordinates: 34°23′06″N 109°16′23″E

Terracotta Army is located in ChinaTerracotta Army

Location of Terracotta Army in China

Terracotta Army

Simplified Chinese 兵马俑

Traditional Chinese 兵馬俑

Literal meaning Soldier and horse funerary statues

Transcriptions

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Qin warriors It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife.

The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE,[1] were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.[2] Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.