Terracotta Warriors+Game Introduction
2. Terracotta Warriors and Horses are a category of ancient tomb sculptures. In ancient times, human sacrifice was practiced, and slaves were accessories of slave owners before their death. When they die, the slaves will be buried with the slave owners as sacrifices. Terracotta warriors and horses were made into sacrifices in the shape of troops (chariots, horses and soldiers).
3. The burial pits of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang sit from west to east, and the three pits are arranged in zigzag. The earliest discovery was the Terracotta Warriors Pit No.1, which was rectangular. There are more than 8000 terracotta warriors and horses in the pit, and there are inclined doorways on all sides. There is a Terracotta Warriors pit around the No.1 Terracotta Warriors pit, which is called Pit No.2 and Pit No.3..
4. Terracotta Warriors Pit is an underground tunnel-type civil structure building, that is, a pit about 5 meters deep is dug from the ground, and a parallel earth partition wall is built in the middle of the pit. Wooden columns are arranged on both sides of the wall, and cross bars are placed on the columns. The crossbar and the earth partition wall are densely covered with shed wood, covered with a layer of reed mat, and then covered with loess, forming the pit top, which is about 2 meters higher than the surface at that time.
5. The bottom of the pit is paved with blue bricks. The space height from the top to the bottom of the pit is 3.2 meters. After the terracotta warriors and terracotta warriors and horses into the pit, the surrounding doorways were blocked with stumps and filled with rammed earth to form a closed underground building.
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Features of Terracotta Warriors:
1. The terracotta warriors and horses are basically modeled on real life, with delicate and vivid techniques. Every clay figurine has different clothes and manners. There are many kinds of hairstyles, different gestures and different facial expressions.
You can tell whether it is an official or a soldier, an infantry or a cavalry by clothes, expressions and gestures. Generally speaking, all the faces of the Qin figurines reveal the unique majesty and composure of the Qin people, with distinctive personality and strong characteristics of the times.
3. Terracotta Warriors and Horses sculpture is a combination of painting and plastic. Although it has a long history, the colors painted on people's faces and clothes are still faintly visible when they were first discovered. The technique is vivid, the composition is ingenious, and the technique is flexible, which is both authentic and decorative.
4. Because of this, Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses occupy an important position in the sculpture history of China. From the unearthed 1000 pieces of pottery figurines and pottery horses, almost none of them are the same.
5. After the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, Qin implemented the national conscription system, and soldiers came from all over the country, which is probably the main reason for their differences in face, expression and age. Craftsmen use realistic artistic techniques to express very realistically, and this huge group of Qin figurines contains many obviously different individuals, which makes the whole group more active, real and full of life.
6. Thousands of terracotta figures and horses have been carefully drawn. The face, hands and feet of the terracotta figures are all pink, showing the texture of muscles. Especially the face painting is particularly wonderful. White eyes, black eyes, and even the pupils of the eyes are vividly painted. The bun, beard and eyebrows of pottery figurines are all black. The overall color is gorgeous and harmonious.
7. At the same time, the painting of pottery figurines also pays attention to the contrast of colors, and there are individual differences on the whole, and the costumes of different colors form a sharp contrast, which enhances the artistic appeal. Ma Tao also has bright and harmonious paintings, which make the static image of Ma Tao more vivid.
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