Terracotta Army Essay Examples

Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

The Terracotta Army is a life-size terra-cotta figures found in the tomb of the first Qin emperor, Qin Shi Huang (also called Shihuangdi), near Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China.

The purpose of the Terracotta Army was to provide Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China, with guardian figures to serve the ruler in the next life and/or to protect his tomb.

The tomb containing the terra-cotta army was found in March 1974, when farmers drilling a well discovered a subterranean chamber. There archaeologists later found the army of some 8, 000 life-size terra-cotta soldiers (assembled from separately fired sections but given individually detailed faces) and horses.