Near Xi'an are the Terracotta Warriors.
Pit NO. 1 (3.5 acres) which contains 6,000 life-size terracotta warriors and horses. People often ask:
Why did Qin Shi Huang, the emperor who founded the Qin Dynasty in 221 B.C., use so many large terracotta
figurines as funerary objects? Prior to this time slaves were buried alive with the slave-owners and
aristocrats when they died. This practice aroused indignation among the people and was banned While
still regarding slaves as chattels, the slave-owners had to replace burying slaves alive with using
figurines as funerary objects.
Pit NO. 1 (3.5 acres) which contains 6,000 life-size terracotta warriors and horses. People often ask:
Why did Qin Shi Huang, the emperor who founded the Qin Dynasty in 221 B.C., use so many large terracotta
figurines as funerary objects? Prior to this time slaves were buried alive with the slave-owners and
aristocrats when they died. This practice aroused indignation among the people and was banned While
still regarding slaves as chattels, the slave-owners had to replace burying slaves alive with using
figurines as funerary objects.