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Since China and the U.S. established diplomatic ties 30 years ago, former U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have been for visits. Former U.S. president Richard Nixon has also visited the museum. The terracotta warriors and horses have also been shipped to the U.S. for exhibitions several times, seen as a move to enhance Sino-US relations. The terracotta warrior display is one of China’s most popular tourist attractions. It represents the army of Emperor Qin Shihuang in the afterlife.
U.S. president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton as well as his daughter visited Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xian, which was an important event that recorded the Sino-US cultural exchange
U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his wife visited Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xian, which was an important event that recorded the Sino-US cultural exchange
U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his wife visited Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xian, which was an important event that recorded the Sino-US cultural exchange
Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang
Located at Tongling Town, Lingtong District, Xian City, Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qinshihuang is a large-scale historical relic museum. The major collections consist of No.1, No.2, No.3 pits of terra-cotta warriors and horses relics and cultural and historical relics display hall of mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang.
In March, 1973, for relieving the drought, the local villagers dug the wells and unexpectedly discovered the large terra-cotta warriors and horses of Emperor Qinshihuang, which was just 1.5 kilometers far away from Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang. And after the successive digging and management, in total three pits of terra cotta warriors and horses were found and preserved.
The museum, a hangar-like building constructed over Pit 1, place of the original discovery in 1974, was opened to the public in 1979. The exhibition hall of Pit 3 was built in 1987 and opened to the public in 1989. Later in October 1994, Pit 2 was opened to the public. Three main buildings of the museum, which were named Pit 1, Pit 2 and Pit 3, were constructed on their original sites.
The museum covers an area of 190,000 square meters. Among all, Pit 1 has an area of 14,000 square meters for exhibition halls and Pit 3, 1,200 square meters, and the exhibition hall of copper vehicles and horses and the auxiliary exhibition hall cover over 600 square meters each.
Tony Blair visits Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang in China
Pit 1 contained chariots and ranks of six thousand soldiers. Pit 2 held fourteen hundred figures of cavalrymen, horses and infantrymen, along with ninety wooden chariots. Pit 3 contained about seventy figures. Excavating them has been a massive undertaking. To date, more than a thousand warriors have been reassembled.
The multiple exhibition halls lies to the east of Pit 2, covering a series of exhibits, such as two sets of bronze chariots and horses, the new findings from the Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum, the history of the museum and all kinds of temporary exhibits. These displays systematically depict the history of the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) and can help the viewers to have a better understanding on the terra-cotta warriors and horses. The south of Pit 1 is a circle vision hall. The movie inside lasts 20 minutes and provides vivid materials for telling the story of Emperor Qin and his Terra-cotta Army 2,200 years ago. The halls on the northwest of Pit 3, which covers 4,282 square meters, are the multiple service halls where the visitors can have meal, do shopping and take a rest.
The museum is not only a treasure house, but also a main scenic spot of Xi’an city. Today the eighth wonder of the world has almost become synonym of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses in 1987; the Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum was put on the list of the UNESCO as a world-class cultural heritage site. Now the museum is widely known as a huge modern site museum and it is going to be one of the best in the world.