CGTN reported that the latest findings about the two terracotta warriors excavated in the burial pit of the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang have just been announced.
One of the two Terracotta Warriors - Warrior No. 4 - wore a jacket with large round nail tips floating. The fabric under the waist is decorated with elaborate patterns.
Zhou Ping, a researcher at the Emperor Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum, said that the remaining models mainly focus on collar fringes, ao hat fringes and dress fringes, with rectangular motifs,ithmetic and cloud motifs in white, black, yellow and purple.
According to research, the shirt of Warrior No. 4 is most likely made of silk. The original appearance of the statue was much more complete after being done by the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum and the China Silk Museum.
The remaining warrior - warrior No. 28 - has a strange posture, in contrast to other warriors. This terracotta warrior is lying on its back and is very difficult to restore and repair, the researchers took 9 months to complete. Researchers used the high-precision 3D surface scanning and structural photography techniques to build an accurate model of the 28th Soldier, allowing people to better understand it.
Some findings suggest that the statue may have been made by a teenage craftsman. "After scanning and comparing the fingerprints discovered on the statue, we found that they were very similar to the fingerprints of a teenager," Zhou Ping, Deputy Director of the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, told Xinhua News Agency after researchers found traces of three fingerprints on the belly of the 28th soldier.
Warrior No. 28 was discovered in a state of severe damage. After 9 months of efforts, 84 pieces of broken pieces have been gathered together, although the statue still lacks hands and head. The restored statue is 154cm long and weighs 101kg.
Qin Shi Huang (born on February 18, 259 BC - died on July 11, 210 BC) was the 36th king of the Qin Dynasty, and was also the first emperor to unify China after defeating six mongrel countries, ending the Warring States period in 221 BC. He became Emperor at the age of 13 and became Emperor at the age of 38.
One of the major projects that Qin Shi Huang built was his own mausoleum. The Han Tu periodist Ma Thien wrote in his biography that about 70,000 people were mobilized to build the mausoleum. British historian John Man doubts this number, calculating that the foundation of the mausoleum may have been built by 16,000 people within two years.
The layout of the mausoleum is simulated according to Ham Duong citadel, divided into inner city and suburban areas. The radius of the inner city is 2.5km and the suburban area is 6.3km. The main tomb containing the body of Qin Shi Huang has not been opened and there is evidence that it is still relatively intact.
While Tu Ma Thien never mentioned the Terracotta Army, these statues were discovered by a group of farmers digging a well on March 29, 744. This team was created with a series of clay mold mixtures and then continued to be personized by the artists. There are about 7,000 Terracotta Warriors and their purpose is to protect the emperor from evil spirits in the world beyond. In this army, there were many chariots and 40,000 weapons that were actually made of bronze.
The description of this mausoleum by Tu Ma Thien includes copies of the palace and the observation towers, many treasures, hundreds of rivers made of mercury, and baskets equipped to fire at anyone who breaks into the mausoleum.
The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was built on Li Son mountain, 30 km from Xi'an and Xi'an Tay. Modern archaeologists have located the tomb and brought exploration ships deep inside. Studies show unusually high mercury content, about 100 times higher than in nature, showing that some parts of the legend are reliable.
