●Cultural heritage value:
One of the largest imperial mausoleums in the world
The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is the largest imperial mausoleum in the world with the most unique structure and richest connotations. One, it is actually a luxurious underground palace.
The eighth wonder of the world
After visiting the Qin Terracotta Warriors Museum, foreign heads of state and scholars believed that the discovery of the Qin Terracotta Warriors pit was an important event not only in our country, but also in the archaeological history of the world
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The Great Discovery can be said to be the eighth wonder of the world. It can be compared with the Egyptian pyramids and ancient Greek sculptures. It is recognized as a precious wealth of human culture in the world.
Archaeological discoveries that shocked China and foreign countries
In 1974, Chinese archaeologists unearthed more than 7,000 pieces of pottery that had been dormant for thousands of years. They were considered to be ancient miracles and the most spectacular of this century. of archaeological discoveries. The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are rare in the world in terms of quantity, quality, and archaeological discoveries. They provide extremely important information for in-depth study of the military, politics, economy, culture, science, and art of the Qin Dynasty in the second century BC. Precious physical materials. It is not only an artistic treasure of the Chinese people, but also a unique cultural heritage of the people of the world.
A treasure house of ancient clay sculpture art
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang are based on real life themes. The artistic techniques are delicate and bright, with different gestures and facial expressions, and have distinctive personalities. With strong characteristics of the times, it shows the pinnacle of clay sculpture art, adds luster to the splendid ancient culture of the Chinese nation, and adds a glorious page to the history of world art.
Artistic value:
This batch of terracotta warriors and horses has high value in the art history. The creation of the terracotta warriors and horses is based on real life, and the artistic techniques are delicate and bright. The costumes and expressions of the pottery figurines are different. There are many different hairstyles, different gestures, and different facial expressions. From their clothing, expressions and gestures, you can tell whether they are officers or soldiers, infantry or cavalry. There are bearded veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, as well as young people who are new to the battlefield. The 1.96-meter-tall general statue stands majestically upright, contemplating, and showing a resolute and mighty look. The warrior figurine raised its head slightly and stared straight ahead, looking high-spirited and a bit childish. The posture and movements of the warrior wearing a shovel armor, holding a long sword in his right hand, and pressing the chariot with his left hand indicate that he is a chariot warrior guarding the car.
Pottery figurines have distinct personalities and strong characteristics of the times. This batch of Ode to Soldiers and Horses is a treasure house of sculpture art, which adds luster to the splendid ancient culture of the Chinese nation and adds a glorious page to the history of world art.
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses have been hailed as "the eighth wonder of the world" and "one of the great discoveries in the archaeological history of the twentieth century." In December 1987, UNESCO included the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang (including the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit) in the "World Cultural Heritage List". It is a precious cultural wealth not only for the Chinese people, but also for all mankind.
Historical and cultural value:
According to historical records: Qin Shihuang Yingzheng began to build the cemetery when he came to the throne at the age of 13. Prime Minister Li Si presided over the planning and design, and General Zhang Han supervised the construction. The construction took a long time It lasted for 38 years. The vastness and grandeur of the project set a precedent for the extravagant burial of feudal rulers in the past. At that time, the total population of the Qin Dynasty was about 20 million, and as many as 720,000 people worked to build tombs. The soil used for building the mausoleum was taken from the multi-level loess cliffs 5 to 25 meters high between Sanliu Village and the county quarry, 2,000 meters south of the current cemetery. A large number of stones were used to build the cemetery, which were taken from Zhongshan and Jun'eshan in the north of the Weihe River. They were all transported to Lincang by manpower, making the project very difficult. It is conceivable that the amount of the project is huge. There are corpses at the foot of Zhongshan and Jun'e Mountains, which shows the cruelty of the entire project.
The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, with their huge scale, majestic scenes, and superb science, The artistic level amazed the audience. The ancient city of Xi'an has quickly become one of the most important tourist cities in my country thanks to the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Domestic and foreign tourists come here in droves. Most of the foreign heads of state and other distinguished guests who visit our country must include a visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses on their agenda.
The historical and cultural value of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses is uniquely charming. It opened a window into the era in which it was produced and greatly changed people's perceptions of that era.
The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses shocked the world and praised them for their outstanding artistic achievements. Thousands of majestic and large-scale ceramic art works are arranged as a whole in a space of nearly 20,000 square meters. Their majestic momentum makes almost all visitors of different skin colors tremble from the depths of their souls, reflecting the artist's The outstanding ability to control grand artistic themes and pursue overall charm and artistic creation. The Qin terracotta warriors have thousands of people and thousands of faces, and the vivid character creation shows the author's artistic quality and artistic achievements in terms of body control, charm processing, color application, and detailed depiction. The realistic style of the work not only left us a superb example of ancient art, but also left many valuable historical records about that era. The serious and uniform military theme can be treated so vividly and produce such shocking artistic charm, which makes people have to change their eyes to examine the special laws in the development of ancient Chinese art, and re-explore and construct the history of the development of ancient Chinese plastic arts. .
The unearthed cultural relics from the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses pit have also significantly rewritten people's understanding of the scientific and technological level of the Qin Dynasty, and vividly demonstrated the development level of productivity in the Qin Dynasty with a large amount of empirical materials. As far as the history of science and technology is concerned, many of the materials discovered in the Qin Terracotta Warriors Pit are shocking to the world. For example: 1. The metallurgy and metal processing technology of the Qin Dynasty demonstrated by the cultural relics unearthed from the Qin Terracotta Warriors pit is much higher than our previous estimates. Among them, the large-scale application of bronze chromium coating anti-rust technology is the most representative example. It was at that time It is a very mature technology, and most of the weapons unearthed from the Qin Terracotta Warriors are coated with this protective layer. This unique skill seems to have been lost since the Han Dynasty. In sharp contrast, more than two thousand years later, in 1937, modern chrome plating technology was produced in Germany and entered the annals of history as a patented invention. 2. The weapons unearthed from the Qin Terracotta Warriors Pit clearly confirm the concept of standardization in the Qin Bamboo Slips that "the small and big, short and long are the same thing", and the Qin people have made amazing achievements in the practice of standardization. This standardization is not only a representative of the development of Qin people's management art, but also a symbol of the scientific and technological level of the Qin Dynasty. The bronze crossbow machine parts processed by the Qin people are precise and standard in shape, and parts of the same specifications are completely interchangeable. Many special processing techniques, such as the formation of patterns on the beryllium ridges of bronze, and the technique of drilling and carving metal holes as thin as a hair, are also breathtaking. Some techniques are still a mystery to this day. Because ancient rulers tended to emphasize politics, ethics, and personnel over science and technology, the records of science and technology in history books are often brief and incomplete, and the scientific and technological data of the Qin Dynasty are even rarer. Because of this, the historical and cultural value of Qin Terracotta Warriors archeology is even more important.