Terracotta Warriors 兵马俑

He lived more than 2200 years ago, from 259 to 210 BCE. Born with the name Ying Zheng, he became king of the Qin state at the age of 13, but didn't really take power until he was 21. After conquering six other states, he united China in 221 BCE. He then adopted an entirely new title, Huangdi in Chinese, combining two words used to describe legendary kings. He is also called Qin Shi Huangdi, or First Emperor of the Qin dynasty.

The First Emperor established a centralised government to maintain his rule of China. He standardised writing characters, currency, and measurement units, began construction on a network of roads and waterways, and created an early version of Great Wall by connecting several older walls. The core elements of his unified state were retained by later dynasties and continue in some form today.

Discovered in 1974 (before I was born :)) in Xi'an (my hometown :)), the terracotta warriors are buried in 3 pits about 1.5km from the First Emperor's tomb mound. Almost 2000 warriors have been unearthed so far, but most are still buried, and the total number is probably close to 8000.

Asian Civilisation Museum borrowed 10 terracotta figures on display. This is probably the single most famous item from my home town. Here, I proudly present you, the Terracotta Warriors.

亚洲文明博物馆从西安借了10个兵马俑来展览。我是看过无数次，在西安的时候，每每有外地的朋友来，总会带去兵马俑，当时不是有太大的感觉。也许是因为离得太远，看得出壮观，却看不出仔细。

这次去看，有奇怪的老朋友的感觉，很近的很仔细地看到他脸上的表情，和关中男子的一点霸气，那个半跪着的俑。。。。。。他在玻璃里，我要仰着头看。。。。。。