The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum are located in Lintong, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Due to their extraordinary and unique structural layout, design ideas, and achievements in science and technology and culture of the Qin Dynasty, they are known as the “Eight Wonders of the World” and were included in the “Eight Wonders of the World” in 1987. World Cultural Heritage List.
However, there are also rumors that there is something weird about the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Regarding the so-called "weirdness" about the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, most of them are actually rumors, which means that most of the rumors are unofficial or man-made. Let’s list a few for now, just for discussion after dinner. 1. Why do the Terracotta Warriors and Horses have signs of fire?
Relevant reports said: Many terracotta warriors and horses have traces of being burned by fire. The terracotta warriors and horses were originally painted. It is difficult to imagine that the original color of the disgraced Qin warriors in the pit was colorful. However, due to fire and natural destruction, we can no longer see its colorful appearance today.
Who set fire to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses? This becomes a mystery.
There are unofficial records that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, once visited the pit of terracotta warriors and horses. When Xiang Yu first saw the terracotta warriors and horses, he was stunned. The shape of the terracotta warriors and horses was lifelike, and each one had different expressions, so he split several of them. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses wanted to find out, but unexpectedly white bones appeared in the broken Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Xiang Yu was so frightened that he burned the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Worrying about supernatural events or the resurrection of dead warriors is of course limited by the simple concepts of ancient people, and we must not believe it.
In the Shang Dynasty, a slave society, there was a bad habit of burying living people. However, in the Zhou Dynasty, human-shaped puppets were instead made of wood, ceramics or clay. Sometimes they were also carved into cows, horses, sheep or carts. To be buried as a sacrifice. Therefore, we are more willing to believe that the terracotta warriors and horses were carved from clay, wood and other materials, and were not fired by living people. 2. Where did the weapons on the terracotta warriors and horses go?
The terracotta warriors and horses have different postures, and they look like they are holding weapons in their hands, but the strange thing is that they have no weapons in their hands.
Netizens may say that history is 2,000 years old, and it is inevitable that weapons will rot after too long. But this is not the case. If the weapons rot, there will at least be clues left by the rot. Although there are a few traces of weapons in the pit, there is still not enough for each person to have one.
However, whether looking for historical materials or inferring their original form based on the shape of the terracotta warriors and horses, most of the terracotta warriors and horses should be holding weapons. Even if the copper and iron weapons corroded to nothing but residue after thousands of years, they could not completely disappear.
Where have all these weapons gone?
The only possibility is that someone took away these weapons. There are rumors that after the terracotta warriors and horses were built, Xiang Yu, who came with his troops, saw that the weapons in the terracotta warriors and horses were well-made and liked them very much. In order to arm his own army and reduce military expenses, he directly requisitioned these weapons.
Although it is not certain that Xiang Yu took away the equipment, what is certain is that the terracotta warriors and horses had weapons in their hands, which can be inferred from their gestures. Not only is Xiang Yu more likely, it is also said that he may be Liu Bang, or even someone from the previous Qin Dynasty. 3. Why are the buns of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses crooked?
A large part of the terracotta warriors and horses’ buns at the bottom of the pit are crooked. What kind of look is this?
Judging from the uncanny workmanship of the terracotta warriors and horses, the possibility of craftsmanship errors by the craftsmen is very small. Judging from the degree of simulation of the terracotta warriors and horses, they can be regarded as masterpieces in the world of human figurines. Their structural proportions and shapes They are all similar to real people, so the theory of craftsman error is untenable.
Experts learned from historical data that the crooked bun on the terracotta warriors was a patent only found in the Chu state at that time, and the crooked bun was the embodiment of Chu Feng. The Mi family of the Qin State's famous and iron-blooded Empress Dowager Xuan was the clan of the Chu State. This kind of Chu style came from the Empress Dowager Xuan of Qin.
Some people speculate that the terracotta warriors and horses were probably specially built for Empress Dowager Xuan and were buried with Empress Dowager Xuan (Miyue) of the Qin Dynasty. But these are just inferences and not final.
Some people think that each expression of the terracotta warriors and horses is different, lifelike, lifelike, and so lifelike that they resemble real people, which makes people shudder and feel weird.
What do you think? What other weird things are there? Welcome to discuss~~
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