Shadow warriors or warriors Clay collection of over 7,000 statues of soldiers and horses made of clay, found in the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. All the sculptures have a natural size. Collection of sculptures was in the grave and was buried along with the first Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang, who unified China 221 p. n. e. Shadow warriors were discovered in March 1974. The excavations began shortly after the discovery. Terra Cotta Army is located at 33 km from the city of shadows, in the province of Shaanxi abolished. Shadow warriors were found about 1.5 km east of the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, and on 3 levels. First they dug sculptures that were located at a depth of 4 to 8 meters, a museum called Museum of the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty set up on the ruins and open to 1979. The whole museum was completed in 1994.
Thanks for the background history of the clay soldiers. I first saw the huge clay soldiers on one of Jackie Chan’s movies.