The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses [Xi an]

Xi'an, was I yearned for already long beautiful and mystical ancient capital, particularly Lintong's burial figures of warriors and horses, have hearing early. Remembers in going to school time in the classroom, English teacher once vividly described: Some burial figures of warriors and horses are specially big, the military might, handsome, he is in majority feminine heart's white horse princes ......For these words, I was unable to restrain more heart movement.

　This time Spring Festival together returns to his hometown Xianyang with the husband, has witnessed finally fortunately Qin Yong the elegant demeanor. in first lunar month sixth day about 8:30 am, I and the husband ride 306 special lines to embark to the burial figures of warriors and horses direction, the probably 9.1 quarters arrived at the destination. “the copper carriages and horses exhibition” we visit the first exhibition hall is “the copper carriages and horses exhibition”. Enters the exhibition hall, inside sees only exhibits two is riding the copper vehicle, before a copper vehicle, harnesses is four copper horses, the double round, the single shaft structure. Right flank the vehicle sedan chair has the shield, Che Yuqian hangs has a copper crossbow and copper arrowhead. On the vehicle sets up a round umbrella, under the umbrella stands a copper imperial official burial puppet.

　The tour guide explained for us: “rectangle Che Yu, width 126 centimeters, depth 70 centimeters, this official burial puppet height 91 centimeters, this Che Jiaoli vehicle, also calls Rung Che, the high vehicle, therefore time riding is stands on the vehicle. It is said the first vehicle is the second vehicle clears the way with the protective function, its design is also very artistic practical. The round umbrella might along with sun's illumination free adjustment angle, stand like this under umbrella's person does not need the worry rain to drench the solarization.” the two copper carriages and horses are four saddle vehicles, namely may sit while vehicle. The carriages and horses span 317 centimeters, the height 106.2 centimeters, on the vehicle sedan chair have the ellipse cover, around the compartment minute two parts, inside and outside the vehicle sedan chair draw have the kui dragon, the kui phoenix grain, the class cloud pattern and each geometry shape design pattern. The tour guide introduced: “this vehicle's second half of is the similar small room place which the master rides, its design is equal to the now air conditioning, warm in winter and cool in summer, side opens has the small window, front opens has the small windows and doors, the human looks like present's living room in inside equally freely.”

Tour guide's explanation: The horse-drawn vehicle mainly casts by the bronze, the vehicle, Ma Heyong the size approximately quite Yu Zhenche, the real horse, the honorable person 1/2, after the individual part separates the casting, then uses to inlay casts, the riveted joint, the sub-box thread, the Niu snap ring to meet, the pin seal and so on many kinds of solderless joint crafts, the numerous part assemblies will be a body. Horse-drawn vehicle's each kind of chain link rotation is flexible, gate, window make and break freely, canopy thickness only 0.1~0.4 centimeter, but the area is actually 1.12 and 2.3 square meters, it is the muddy foundry process one time casts, even if in today, must cast is such big and thin, assumes the dome shape evenly the copper stock also non-easy matter. The copper carriages and horses are unearthed when stave serious, first vehicle broken 1338, fracture 1459, crack 61; The second vehicle broken 1555 pieces, fracture 1877, crack 92, all parts do not have one completely, the majority of components nearly have the distortion, and rusts away seriously. After near 6 year recovering, two Che Yu the first vehicle only then successively appears in front of the tourist. listens to the tour guide road to come on and on, I was unable to restrain to sigh with emotion the Qin artisan ingenious and craft exquisiteness, in the mind am also unable to restrain to reappear time the Chin Shihhuang travel sight scene, the Qinling copper carriages and horses really worthily for the Chinese ancient times “crown of the bronze

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