The dynamic restoration of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, a historical face that has traveled through two thousand years. What do you know about the Terracotta Warriors and Horses?

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are located in Shaanxi and are cultural relics of the Qin Dynasty. They were discovered in 1974 and enjoy the reputation of "the eighth wonder of the world". The system of human sacrifice was once very popular in the pre-Qin period, but after entering the Warring States period, various vassal states began to abolish human sacrifice one by one. Among them, the Qin State, the predecessor of the Qin Dynasty, ordered the abolition of the human sacrifice system during the reign of Duke Xian of Qin. After human sacrifice was gradually abolished, the gaps caused by it began to be filled by substitutes such as pottery figurines and wooden figurines. The same was true for the Qin State.

Ying Zheng succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, and the construction of his cemetery began after he ascended the throne. The habit of emperors building cemeteries during their lifetime has been around since ancient times, but there are very few people like Ying Zheng who started building cemeteries in the early days of his accession to the throne. Ying Zheng has very high requirements for his cemetery. After all, he is an emperor who boasts that his achievements are comparable to those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It was precisely because of his high requirements that it took 39 years to complete the construction of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. Moreover, the cemetery was not completely completed when Qin Shihuang died. Later, after Qin II ascended the throne, it continued to be built for more than a year before it was completed.

The rule of the Qin Dynasty was very short-lived, and it completely ended in less than ten years. And just when the Qin Dynasty was about to fall, the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, which was finally completed, also suffered disaster due to social unrest. According to the research of later generations of scholars, Xiang Yu carried out large-scale damage to Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum after leading his army into Guanzhong. This can be supported by the terracotta warriors and horses pits that are part of the imperial mausoleum. The terracotta warriors and horses were accidentally discovered by villagers digging a well in 1974. During the subsequent archaeological research, archaeologists found that pits No. 1 and 2 of the terracotta warriors and horses had traces of being burned by fire.

There are currently four known pits in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, of which pit No. 1 was the earliest discovered. A large number of terracotta warriors and horses were unearthed in pits 1 to 3, but no terracotta warriors and horses were found in pit 4. According to the research and speculation of archaeologists, Pit No. 4 itself should have not been built yet. Although there are no other cultural relics in the pit of warriors except for the terracotta warriors and horses, their discovery and excavation are still enough to shock the world. This is because these terracotta warriors and horses are not identical but have thousands of faces. Each terracotta warrior has different face shape, expression and body shape. Not only that, these terracotta warriors and horses are all colorful, but they will disappear due to oxidation in just ten seconds after being unearthed.

Both the scale of construction and the craftsmanship of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses demonstrate the very high level of craftsmanship during the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses are also rated as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". The famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses have a lot of fans both in China and abroad. Not long ago, a blogger used high technology to dynamically restore Qin Shihuang in real life, which immediately attracted the attention of many netizens.