SHAANXI: An exhibition kicked off on Sunday at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi’an City, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery and excavation of China’s iconic Terracotta Warriors.
According to China Central Television (CCTV), the exhibition is a significant enhancement to the museum’s original display. It includes 230 carefully chosen cultural relics, highlighting major achievements from 50 years of excavation and research, with many of these items being shown to the public for the first time.
“The two terracotta figures of acrobats were just repaired by our cultural relic restoration experts, and are presented to visitors at the exhibition for the first time. The acrobat figures are very vivid, displaying different postures. They serve as valuable research materials for our research on the court entertainments, the dress culture, and the acrobatics of Qin Dynasty,” said Ye Ye, Deputy Head of the Exhibition Department of the
Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum.
In eight categories, the exhibition introduces the emperor’s life, the mausoleum, the royal garden, and more to the visitors, offering a glimpse into the era of Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC).
Added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987, Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site has seen around 2,000 life-size clay warriors and numerous weapons revealed from three pits surrounding Qinshihuang’s tomb, covering an area of over 20,000 square meters. After 50 years of excavation and research, over 10 above-ground building sites and more than 500 underground burial pits and tombs have been discovered in the mausoleum.
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