Time has not erased their brilliance, they were once majestic terracotta warriors, known as the "eighth wonder of the world". Now, after more than 2,200 years of underground guarding, the sun is once again shining on them, and those terracotta warriors and horses dressed in fresh clothes and holding Changge seem to have been reborn and shaken the mountains and rivers again.
In this large contingent, there is a face unlike any other, he is the only soldier in the underground legion who has a green face. His complexion has oxidized to an earthy yellow, but his green face stands out in such a group.
Scientists are also unable to explain this peculiar phenomenon, so in order to protect the terracotta warrior, he has been forbidden to exhibit abroad. To understand the Terracotta Warriors of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, we must first understand Qin Shi Huang"An emperor through the ages"of a lifetime.
The young First Emperor Yingzheng, after ascending the throne at the age of thirteen, began to change the world. Starting with the abolition of Lü Buwei's power, he regained royal power step by step, unified the six kingdoms, ended the era of constant war, established the powerful Great Qin Empire, and proclaimed himself emperor.
His great achievements surpassed everyone's imagination, established a centralized multi-ethnic state, abolished the uneven feudal system, unified the currency, enhanced the circulation of currency, resisted the invasion of the Northern Xiongnu and the Southern Baiyue, and realized the unification of the world.
More than 300 miles, isolated from the sky", shows the style of the first emperor, and the distance of "Lishan is constructed in the north and folded in the west, and goes straight to Xianyang" reflects his grand ambition.
The Afang Palace gathers the treasure of Yan Zhao, the wealth of Han Wei, and the treasure of Qi Chu. These treasures and treasures accumulated over the generations bear witness to the glory of the era of the First Emperor. However, the merits and demerits cannot be offset by each other.
With the concentration of power, the heart of ** is becoming more and more arrogant, and the obsession with power is intensifying. Late in his reign, the extravagance and brutality of the First Emperor reached its peak. The toiling masses worked hard to build the Great Wall, while the opposition of Confucianism was ruthlessly suppressed, and decisions such as "burning books and pit Confucianism" added a heavy stroke to the career of this emperor through the ages.
The First Emperor's desire for immortality stemmed from his attachment to power and his attachment to life. In order to find the secret of immortality, he sent Xu Fu and others to the sea to find immortals. The birth of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses stems from the ruler's obsession with power and nostalgia for life.
They believed that they could continue to hold supreme power even in the world of death, so the system of human martyrdom had prevailed since the Yin Shang period. Even after death, the buried living will continue to obey them.
With the progress of the times, those inhumane burial institutions have been severely criticized. "The initiator, there is no aftermath! "This sentence is a frank indictment of Confucius's system of human martyrdom.
By the Warring States period, this system was gradually phased out. It was not until Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms that this cruel act of martyrdom was completely abolished. Qin Shi Huang was also obsessed with superstition, believing that he would still hold power in another world after death.
As a result, craftsmen invented the use of terracotta figurines instead of real people as funerary offerings. Qin Shi Huang began to build the mausoleum in the second year after he ascended the throne, which lasted 39 years, and finally there was the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, which is now huge in front of the world.
The loess of Lishan North is the material of choice for the manufacture of terracotta warriors, in which a small amount of sand and gravel is mixed to enhance its strength. After the clay embryo is molded and kneaded, it is then carved in detail by scraping and drawing.
These terracotta warriors and horses are 1:1 reproduced and portrayed according to real people, and they are no different from real people in terms of height, posture and movement. During the Qin period, the color of the terracotta warriors and horses was no longer monotonous, but by refining and synthesizing dyes from minerals, so that they met the requirements of the image of the times of "fresh clothes and angry horses".
Through a series of tedious steps, we were able to appreciate the realistic and detailed terracotta warriors and horses of today. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are one of the Mausoleums of Qin Shi Huang, and their variety is breathtaking.
In Pit No. 1, there were 6,000 infantrymen, divided into death squads and the main force armed with swords, guns and halberds. The No. 2 pit is a joint unit, including crossbowmen, cavalry and combat convoys, realizing multi-arm joint operations.
Pit No. 3, also known as the headquarters, is mainly made up of figurines of various shapes, and combat strategies are being discussed.
The First Emperor personally copied an invincible warband, their name was the Underground Legion, and they were always guarding the First Emperor's side. The first emperor's pursuit was to "be a hero in life, and a ghost in death".
The Underground Legion is made up of talents from the Six Kingdoms, and each soldier's face is unique, even the war horse. The peculiar faces in the terracotta warriors and horses bear witness to the majesty of the underground legion.
However, with the passage of time, the color of the terracotta warriors and horses gradually receded and became earthy yellow, but their lifelike postures and bright colors seem to still tell the glory of that era.
Among the many unearthed terracotta warriors and horses, there is a unique kneeling figurine, whose face remains green throughout, even though its body has faded. This rare phenomenon attracted the attention of experts, who immediately sealed it and banned its display.
This inexplicable phenomenon has sparked many studies, but so far, scientists have not been able to give a scientific and authoritative explanation for why only the terracotta warrior's face remains green, and why this phenomenon occurs.
Although there are several possible theories, the answer has not yet been found.
New Copy 1: There is a speculation that the green-faced kneeling figurine may have been made by the craftsman who expressed his dissatisfaction with the actions of the First Emperor. However, why is this one the only one with a green face and not being discovered by Lees, who is in charge of the construction of the mausoleum?
Could it be that this craftsman has used some special process to keep the green from retreating? New Copy 2: There is also a possibility that the green-faced kneeling figurine may have been trying to scare off the enemy.
But can he do that alone? And his position in the middle does not have an intimidating effect.
The third speculation is that the kneeling figurine may have been tasked with exorcism and sacrifice. In an era of witchcraft culture, priests were required to complete rituals and drive away threats from the darkness.
However, its expression is not as hideous as that of a sorcerer's sacrifice. Although scientists had difficulty explaining the bizarre face in the terracotta warriors, they eventually sealed it and never showed it again.
The soldiers, horses, carriages, and horses are majestic, as if waiting for orders, ready to go to the battlefield. "Faces, weapons, and horses, with their heads held high, are ready to fight, showing the glory and majesty of the first emperor's period.
The First Emperor may have passed away, but his ambitions have not faded. His prestige may not have been enough during his lifetime, but his death did not stop his campaign. The world can still feel his spirit of "death is also a ghost".