Terracotta Army

**Terracotta Army**
Terracotta Army
Simplified Chinese	兵马俑
Traditional Chinese	兵馬俑
Literal meaning	Soldier and horse tomb-figurines
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bīngmǎ yǒng
Wade–Giles	Ping1-ma3 yung3
IPA	[píŋmà jʊ̀ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Bīng-máah yúng
Jyutping	Bing1-maa5 jung2
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Ping-bé ióng

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Criteria	Cultural: i, iii, iv, vi
Reference	441
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
Website	bmy.com.cn
Coordinates	34°23′06″N 109°16′23″E / 34.38500°N 109.27306°E
	Location of Terracotta Army in China

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.

The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE,^[1] were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remain in situ in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.^[2] Other, non-military terracotta figures have been found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.^[3]

^ Lu Yanchou; Zhang Jingzhao; Xie Jun; Wang Xueli (1988). "TL dating of pottery sherds and baked soil from the Xian Terracotta Army Site, Shaanxi Province, China". International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation, Part D. 14 (1–2): 283–286. doi:10.1016/1359-0189(88)90077-5.
^ Portal 2007, p. 167.
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[1] Lu Yanchou; Zhang Jingzhao; Xie Jun; Wang Xueli (1988). "TL dating of pottery sherds and baked soil from the Xian Terracotta Army Site, Shaanxi Province, China". International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation, Part D. 14 (1–2): 283–286. doi:10.1016/1359-0189(88)90077-5.

[FOOTNOTEPortal2007167-2] Portal 2007, p. 167.

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