Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum

China / Shaanxi / Lishan /
 statue, museum, archaeological site, UNESCO World Heritage Site
This musuem was built on the place where the world famous "Terracotta Army" was discovered on March 29, 1973 by local farmers.
The Terracotta Army is the funerary art buried with the First Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 209-210 BC. Emperor Qin Shi Huang believed that these terracotta army would enable him to rule another empire in the afterlife. Approximately 1 km away on western side of this musuem is the Tomb of Emperor Qin.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army
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Coordinates:   34°23'5"N   109°16'23"E

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  • 中国 西安 陕西秦始皇陵兵马俑博物馆
  • In 1974, local farmers in Xi’an, China, discovered a vast underground complex of mausoleum while drilling for water. They had serendipitously stumbled upon the burial ground of Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor and the unifier of China. According to legends, the First Emperor was buried alongside great treasures inside a tomb with pearl-laced ceilings (in a pattern that represented the cosmos) and channels dug in the ground with flowing mercury to represent the rivers of China. But the most famous feature of the tomb is the Terracota Army, about 8,000 life-like and life-sized statues of soldiers buried alongside Qin Shi Huangdi to help the Emperor rule in the afterlife.