| Xian Terracotta Warriors and Horses of tourist attractions |
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In March 1974, Lintong County, Shaanxi Yang West Village in the hills east of the First Qin Emperor 1.5 kilometers wells, which accidentally discovered many broken pottery, and by archaeologists study to detect, this is a rectangle of the Qin Dynasty Terracotta Warriors and Horses Hang. In 1976 through drilling in the pits on the north side of 20 and 25 meters respectively discovered two terracotta warriors and horses pits. In accordance with the time they found them to be called the terracotta warriors and horses were one, two, on the 3rd hole. Three pits a total area of 22,780 square meters.
One plane was a rectangular pit, 230 meters from east to west, 62 meters wide, 5 meters deep, with a total area of 14,260 square meters for the tunnel-style civil engineering structure, east and west ends of each slope Road 5, there are 10 trenches 2.5 meters wide rammed earth wall, wall shelves with large beams, fine mud and fill. Bottom brick Shop Fuman. Terracotta warriors and horses on the 1st hole array of actual combat forces. Figurines at the eastern end of the pit is a promenade, stood three rows facing the East again warrior figurines, each row 70, a total of 210, hand-held , they are on the 1st hole array striker military forces. Promenade south of there in a row for South samurai figurines, is a right-wing; there is a row for the north side of the warrior figurines North is left; sodu have a Western-oriented samurai figurines, is back. They hand such as long-range weapons, as a whole array of security task forces. 10 separated by partition in the 11 holes have been lined with 38 road east of the columns, each of the middle of the road have a team of four horses are arranged chariot. Pottery figurines of all clad in armor, holding a long weapon. They are the main force on the 1st hole. One hole total of 27 exploration side, explore the root of each side in the density of terracotta warriors and horses arranged projections, all excavated terracotta warriors and horses unearthed after more than 6,000 pieces, most of them infantry.
One pit is 20 meters north of the eastern end of the 2nd hole, it is by the four units within the four different branches of the armed forces constitute a colt army-shaped array, covering an area of 6000 square meters, are expected to be unearthed more than 1000 pieces of pottery figurines, MA and the pommel horse nearly more than 500 horsepower. The first unit that pits east figurines prominent big part of the string figurines from 334 small square. The second unit that pits the southern half of figurines, including 1-8 over hole by 64 by team of four horses, composed of square tanks, each have a non-commissioned officers by the chariot figurines 3. The third unit that is the central pit figurines, including cross-dong 9-11, is from 19 by more than 100 combat vehicles and pieces of the vehicle, composed of unarmed soldiers figurines square. |
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