THE SILENT ARMY --- I HAVE SEEN EVER...........!

2. TERRA COTTA
• The terracotta soldiers of the
Emperor Qin are made of baked
clay.
• The two words, ' terra' and 'cotta'
come from the Latin language.
• Terra in Latin means earth, and is
the same word that gives us the
words 'terrain' and 'terrestrial' (of
the earth).
• Cotta means cooked in Latin

3. DISCOVERY
• The Terracotta Army was discovered on 29
March 1974 to the east of Xi'an in Shaanxi.
• The terracotta soldiers were accidentally
discovered when a group of local farmers was
digging a well during a drought around 1.6 km
(1 mile) east of the Qin Emperor's tomb around
at Mount Li (Lishan), a region riddled with
underground springs and watercourses.

4. AN UNDER GROUND EMPIRE
• The terra-cotta warriors were
buried about a mile east of the
tomb of China’s fi rst emperor,
Qin Shihuangdi. Shihuangdi lived
in the third century B.C. The
location of his tomb, under a
large mounted of earth that
rises 250 feet (76 meters) above
the surrounding plains, has been
known for centuries. But no one
knew that a huge army lay
hidden nearby.

5. WhAT WAS IT DOING ThERE?
• Over two thousand years ago, China’s first emperor, Qin
Shihuangdi, had thousands of life-size clay soldiers created to
guard him in his tomb.
• Qin Shihuangdi had two goals in life.
 was to unite China.
was to live forever.
• He believed that he could achieve his second goal and
become immortal if he could just find a substance
called the elixir of life. During his reign Shihuangdi
made five journeys to sacred mountains in search of
that magical potion.

6. ThE ETERNAL CITY
• Work on the tomb complex began shortly after the First
Emperor came to power and continued throughout his rule.
• More than 700,000 people labored on the project, but it was
still not completed by the time the emperor died thirty-six
years later.
• Shihuangdi’s underground city is the largest known tomb
complex devoted to a single ruler.
• From the giant mound of earth that rises above the tomb
itself, the city stretches for more than nine miles (fifteen
kilometers) in all directions.

9. PITS
• There are four main pits associated with the terracotta army. These
pits are located about 1.5 km east of the burial mound and are about
7 meters deep. The army is placed as if to protect the tomb from the
east, where all the Qin Emperor's conquered states lay.
• Those three pits actually is real military formation which fully reflect
profound military strategy in Qin Dynasty. Pit 1 and Pit 2 are the
attacking troops with different function that obey Pit 3’s order as
their headquarter.

10. PIT-1
• Pit one, which is 230 meters long and
62 meters wide,contains the main army
of more than 6,000 figures. Pit one has
11 corridors.
• The central part of Pit 1 is the main
force of army which has 36 columns
warriors with 178 m (584 ft) long.
Totally owns 50 battle chariots and
4000 infantries, they stood in a good
order according to the military
formation. Some warriors wore robes,
some wore armors, all of this were
according to their rank or army
services.

11. PIT-2
• Pit 2, is 96 m (315 ft) long and 84 m (276 ft)
wide that consists of four units contain various
types of troops, including cavalryman, archer,
chariots and infantry, which display extremely
according to the military formation.
• the eastern end of the pit with 60 archers
surround the main force in standing position.
The main force in the middle is comprised of
160 kneeling or squatting archers.
• It convinced that tell us how the standing
archers and kneeling archers coordinated with
each other when the enemies attack.

12. PIT-3
• As the smallest pit, Pit 3, with high-ranking officers and a war
chariot. the military figures are tall on the whole, with broad
shoulders, erected chest and solemn look, showing their
quality in diligence thinking and courageous ability all the
more.
It can divided into three parts – north, central and south. In
the center, it is a battle chariot with four horses and four
warriors. There are also 64 warriors with heavy armor
standing in both north and south.
• a large arched hall with a steel frame was built above the pit
in 1976. Covering an area of 19,136 square yards, the hall has
provided the pit with good ventilation and daylight
conditions. In addition, it is burglarproof and fireproof
and has temperature and humidity monitoring systems.

13. WEAPONS

14. • Approximately 40,000 bronze weapons have been unearthed
from the terra-cotta pits These weapons were exquisitely
made through the processes of modeling, molding, casting
and finishing,
• The surface of some weapons were plated with chrome-saline
oxide coating, which has protected the sharpness of the
weapons, this made them look as shiny as new when they
were unearthed. All these demonstrate that metallurgy of Qin
ear reached a high level and the manufacture of weapons
started to be standardized

16. FEATURES

17. FACIAL FEATURES

19. TOP 10 INTERESTING FACTS
TERRACOTTA WARRIORS
• experts currently place the entire number of soldiers at 8,000
– with 130 chariots, 530 horses and 150 cavalry horses
helping to ward of any dangers in the afterlife. So far only just
over 1,000 soldiers are on display at the emperor’s famous
mausoleum, near the ancient capital of Xi’an, Shaanxi
province.
• experts are keen to keep the vivid colors, found on all
terracotta warriors thus far, intact. All previous soldiers have
turned an oxidised grey when exposed to air.
• in the 2nd century BC – a full hundred years after the
Emperor’s death – that over 700,000 men took 36 years to
create his terracotta army.

20. ATEST NEWS OF TERRACOTTA
WARRIORS
• Three years ago, known as “the world’s
eighth wonder of the Terracotta Army
Pit initiation of the third archaeological
excavation, now a series of ground-
breaking archaeological results also
penetrate deep historical night light
Xi’an. Xi’an city become more and
more popular in the world.
• the Terracotta Warriors archaeological
process has attracted worldwide
attention. June 13, 2009, in the silence
of more than 20 years after Qin Shi
Huang Mausoleum Museum began the
third large-scale archaeological
excavations.

21. • Though each terracotta warrior is unique, experts believe a
set number of facial moulds were actually used, before
workmen added clay to make each one distinct. Each limb
and the head was created separately before being fixed to
the torso.
• ‘The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army’ at London’s
British Museum, held between September 2007 and April
2008, comprised 120 of the warriors and was the most
successful event in the museum’s history. It even surpassed
the feverish popularity of King Tut’s 1972 appearance.

22. • Qin Shi Huang was terrified of death – but allegedly died
from taking too many mercury pills, which he thought would
give him immortality
• The Emperor was extremely proud of his cavernous tomb. So
proud, in fact, that he promptly murdered its creators to
sustain a resounding enigma which endures to this day. Only
recently have probes entered the giant subterranean
complex, which contains high levels of mercury – appearing
to confirm the above legend.
• You won’t just find terracotta warriors in the middle of China,
or the world’s biggest museums. The living terracotta warrior,
or Chi Chang to his friends, has been sent out onto the streets
of Washington, DC ahead of the city’s National Geographic
Museum’s terracotta warriors exhibition.