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1、TravelinginXi’an-Terracotta1103090410BackroundTheTerracottaArmy wasdiscoveredinthespringof1974totheeastof Xi‘an inShaanxiprovincebyagroupoffarmerswhentheywerediggingawaterwellaround1mile(1.6 km)eastoftheQinemperor’stombmoundat MountLi (骊山), aregionriddledwit
2、hundergroundspringsandwatercourses.Forcenturies,therehadbeenoccasionalreportsofpiecesofterracottafiguresandfragmentsoftheQin necropolis –roofingtiles,bricks,andchunksofmasonry–havingbeendugupinthearea.ThismostrecentdiscoverypromptedChinesearchaeologiststoinv
3、estigate,andtheyunearthedthelargestpotteryfigurinegroupeverfoundinChina.AbriefintroductionofthemuseumoftheTerracottaArmyTheMuseumoftheTerracottaArmywasopenedtothepublicin1979.itistheworld-famousmuseumthatisconstructedonthesiteofitsfindings.Themainexhibitsoft
4、heMuseumoftheTerracottaArmyarethreeexposedpitswithclaywarriorsandhorses,aswellasthehallofthetwobronzechariotsandhorses.Approximates8,000claywarriorsandhorses,morethan10,000weaponshavebeenfoundinthepits.ThemuseumislikeatreasurehouseofQinDynasty’smilitaryaffai
5、rs,scienceandtechnology,artandculture.IthasbeenlistedasanUNESCO“worldheritagesite”todaythe“eightwonderoftheworld”hasbecomeasynonymforthewell-knownterracottaarmy.PitsTherearefourmainpitsassociatedwiththeterracottaarmy.Thesepitsarelocatedabout1.5 kmeastofthebu
6、rialmoundandareabout7metersdeep.Thearmyisplacedasiftoprotectthetombfromtheeast,wherealltheQinEmperor'sconqueredstateslay.Pitone,whichis230meterslongand62meterswide, containsthemainarmyofmorethan6,000figuresBriefingofpit1Pit1isthelargestofthethreepits.Itmeasu
7、res230meterslongfromeasttowest,62meterswidefromnorthtosouth,coveringanareaof14,260squaremeters.UPtonow,about2,000potterywarriorsandhorses,20woodenchariotshavebeenunearthedwithinanareaof4,000squaremeters.It’sassumedthatmorethan6,000terra-cottawarriorsandhorse
8、s,50chariotswereburiedinPit1.230meters62metersPit15meters11corridors10walls14,260squaremetersthelargestexcavationpitoftheTerracottaArmy.Briefingofpit2Pittwohascavalryandinfantryunitsaswellaswarc
