What are the types of tiles used in the construction of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?

The large semicircular kui dragons found at the site of building base No. 2 on the north side of the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor are the largest dragons found in the Qin Dynasty, and are known as the "King of Kui Dragons".

Kui, also known as Kui Niu, is a legendary beast, the shape of a dragon, sound like thunder, only one foot. The ancients believed that kui could ward off evil spirits.

This building site is the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, four groups of houses distributed in a straight line from east to west. The building materials in the site are very elaborate, the quality of all the best, in addition to the kui pattern of large semicircular tiles, there are cloud pattern tiles, geometric pattern semicircular tiles.

This large semi-circular tiles decorated with coarse rope pattern, there are pockmarked pattern, kui pattern strong, concise knife, kui pattern body flexing and folding, extremely exaggerated, strong lines, highlighting the three-dimensional sense. Kui pattern repeatedly coiled, in addition to the formation of their own curves, while the gap between the pattern parts of the formation of beautiful and diverse space.

This pattern is completely inherited from the traditional style of Shang and Zhou bronze decoration. The whole pattern gives people the enjoyment of beauty, is China's ancient pottery sculpture outstanding works.