The TERRACOTA soldiers and horses MUSEUM in Xian City in Southwest China Region is considered the most significant and most sensational Archaeological discovery of all time.
It has an area of 16,300 square meters with 3 sections. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor in China.
It has 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons.
We, the participants of the 17th Command and Staff Course at the Air Force Command College, were once again on our educational tour. It was our 3rd and last educational tour during our 10 months stay in China. The visit to the Terracota Museum in Xian City was one of the highlights of the educational tour in the Southwest China Region.
However, only now that I was able to write and publish this blog.
TERRACOTA literally means "COOKED EARTH".
It is fired clay, typically of a brownish-red colour.
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| Thank you LORD for another remarkable journey! |
It was discovered when farmers were digging a well in 1974.
The farmers notified the Chinese authority who dispatched government archaeologist to the site. They found not one, but thousands of clay soldiers, each with unique facial expressions and positioned according to rank. Although largely gray today, patches of paint hint at once brightly colored clothes. Further, excavations have revealed swords, arrow tips, and other weapons.
The Terracota Army was constructed to accompany the tomb of China's first Emperor as an afterlife guard. The thousands of detailed life-size models represent the army that united China at the end of the warring sate period (476 - 221 BC). They were molded in parts, fired, then assembled and painted.
What is amazing about the museum is that the warriors and horses all were built without advanced tools but by hands.
The discovery placed XIAN in the map of interesting places in China.
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| The largest of the three PITS at the TERRACOTA MUSEUM |
The soldiers are in trenchlike, underground corridors. In some of the corridors, clay horses are aligned, behind them are wooden chariots.
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| Just another remarkable moment for me... |
The TERRACOTA MUSEUM has been recognized as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 1987.
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| The souvenir shop inside the compound of the Museum |
By PLANE:
From Beijing to Xian Xianyang International Airport is 2 hours
From Shanghai to Xian is 3 hours
From Gaungzhou to Xian is 2.5 hours
From Chengdu to Xian is 1.5 hours
From Guilin to Xian is 2 hours
BY HIGH SPEED TRAIN
From Beijing West Railway Station to Xian North Railway Station is 6 hours
From Shanhai Hongqiao to Xian is 6 to 7 hours
From Giangzhou South Railway Station to Xian is 9 hours
Xiexie nin Air Force Command College for this JOURNEY!!!
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| Exploring the large compound of the TERRACOTA MUSEUM |
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