The truth about the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang is revealed: burning alive? The cultural relics of the year were cracked and revealed.
As the first person in the history of our country to proclaim himself emperor, Qin Shi Huang's life is full of legends. Over the years, the cultural relics unearthed one after another have proved his great achievements.
In particular, the excavation of the Xi'an Terracotta Warriors and Horses has deepened people's sense of mystery about him, the huge terracotta warriors and horses pit is only a small part of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and the real mausoleum has not yet been developed, which has further stimulated people's curiosity about Qin Shi Huang and the hidden treasures in the mausoleum.
The excavated terracotta warriors and horses are regarded as miracles.
In that era of backward technology, it was amazing to be able to fire figurines with different postures and lifelike expressions. But these terracotta figurines are too real, and since the terracotta warriors were unearthed, some people have begun to question whether they were fired with real people.
Qin Shi Huang's tyranny is well known, so this skepticism is not unfounded. However, the cracking of a terracotta warrior finally reveals the truth and returns the innocence of Qin Shi Huang.
The legend of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang stems from the great ambition of Qin Shi Huang. He ascended to the throne of Qin in his 20s, and was controlled by others and could not fully control the government, but this laid the groundwork for his later ambitions.
He had never been a puppet emperor who looked up to his nose, and he was quick to devise to take back his authority. Since then, he has become an emperor who likes to take everything into his own hands.
When the Qin state was fully controlled, he began to conquer the six kingdoms, and at the same time, the rear was very stable. He has not forgotten the construction of the most important mausoleums of the emperors.
Qin Shi Huang unified the world in ten years, but his Mausoleum took 40 years to build. Everything about Qin Shi Huang is recorded in detail in the "Historical Records", from which we can see that he attached great importance to the mausoleum.
The magnificence of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is already stunning, but the expectations for the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor itself are even more endless. It is said that the interior of the mausoleum hides countless mechanisms and rare treasures that have never been seen before.
However, to this day, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been fully excavated due to its mysterious nature and potential danger. In addition, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is located in a mountain, and if forcibly mined, it may cause damage to the surrounding ecological environment, just like the environmental problems during the excavation of the terracotta warriors.
Therefore, as curious as we are about the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, we will not easily excavate it without adequate preparation and protection.
When the terracotta warriors and horses were first discovered, they were colorful and painted with patterns of various colors and patterns. However, upon exposure to oxygen, these vibrant colors quickly faded into the colors they are today, leaving a legacy in the archaeological community.
Therefore, until a way is found to protect the artifacts, experts will not easily mine the artifacts in them to avoid permanent losses. Although the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang cannot be mined at present, the unearthed terracotta warriors and horses have become the focus of research.
There are many different speculations about the terracotta warriors, and there are many controversies in academic circles. Among them, the most important point is whether the terracotta warriors and horses are made of real people. The tyrannical reputation of Qin Shi Huang has been passed down through the ages, and there are also records of him burning books and pit Confucianism in the history books.
It can be seen that Qin Shi Huang was not a real benevolent monarch during his reign. Therefore, it is not for nothing that a king like him made terracotta warriors and horses made from living people.
Although the terracotta warriors and horses are as realistic as if they were living people, there is no empirical evidence that they were made from living human templates. The level of technology at that time could not imagine how such a vivid figurines were produced, and the human bones in the tomb only prove the existence of living burials, but this is not the true face of Qin Shi Huang.
Qin Shi Huang was not an unusually tyrannical king, he was already a very qualified emperor compared to Emperor Yang of Sui and many other abnormal emperors in later generations. Before the Qin Dynasty, the system of living burial was popular among the aristocracy, believing that it would allow slaves to continue to serve themselves underground and maintain their status.
Although there were some small countries that abolished the burial of the living during the Warring States period, there were still many people who carried it out.
In ancient times, people often regarded slaves as private property, and they were willing to use slaves as burial objects because it was related to their posthumous treatment. However, after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang ordered the abolition of this cruel system, saving the lives of a large number of slaves.
How could he use real people to make terracotta warriors and horses, and make so many for his own burial? In 1974, a scholar discovered that the chest of a terracotta warrior had cracked and the stone had collapsed, revealing the true process of its production.
The interior of the figurines is empty, further proving that the terracotta warriors were not made with living people.
Through the lifelike terracotta figurines, we can see the superb technology of firing the figurines in the Qin Dynasty, and at that time there was already a mold process that could achieve a one-to-one production with a real person, so it looks very realistic.
The wisdom of the ancients was remarkable, and they produced large-scale terracotta warriors and horses, including a variety of different arms and postures, and decorated them with different colors before they were unearthed. This shows that the craftsmen put a lot of effort into the production process, and it also reflects the great importance that Qin Shi Huang attached to the mausoleum and the afterlife.
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