Visual Representation of the Terracotta Army

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Visual Representation of the Terracotta Army "soldier and horse funerary statues".
The "Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses", is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Shi Huangdi, the first Emperor of China.

The figures, dating from 210 BC, were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.

The figures vary in height 1.83–1.95 metres according to their roles and station in life, with the tallest being the generals.

The figures include warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.

Current estimates are that, in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army, there are over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.

In 195 B.C., Liu Bang — the first emperor of the dynasty that followed the Qin — had ordered that 'twenty households' should move to the site of the mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin (Shi Huangdi, "Shi Huangdi" means the first emperor) to watch over the tomb.
To this day, twenty villages still sit in the immediate vicinity of the mausoleum.

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The "Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses", is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Shi Huangdi, the first Emperor of China.

The figures, dating from 210 BC, were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.

The figures vary in height 1.83–1.95 metres according to their roles and station in life, with the tallest being the generals.

The figures include warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.

Current estimates are that, in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army, there are over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.

In 195 B.C., Liu Bang — the first emperor of the dynasty that followed the Qin — had ordered that 'twenty households' should move to the site of the mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin (Shi Huangdi, "Shi Huangdi" means the first emperor) to watch over the tomb.
To this day, twenty villages still sit in the immediate vicinity of the mausoleum. 4.2