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Introduction of Terra-cotta WarriorsHave you ever been to the Qin Terra-cotta Warriors Museum in Xi’an, China?The former French President Jacques Chirac was the first one to consider the terra-cotta warriors museum as the Eighth Wonder in the World. The former U.S. President Bill Clinton said he wished he could be the curator of the Terra-cotta Army Museum.So far, more than one hundred million tourists have visited the Qin Terra-cotta Army Museum. The museum has become the best business card for the city of Xi’an, once the capital of 13 Dynasties and Regimes. People coming to visit China regard the Great Wall and the Terra-cotta Army Museum as the highlights of tour in this mysterious country.The location of the Entombed Terra-cotta Army is 1,500 meters from the Qin tumulus and 1,225 meters from the outer wall of the Qin Mausoleum Cemetery Garden. Like the real army, it remained outside of the city, but defended the city. About 8,000 life-sized Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses fromed a strong battle formation. Though they were notionless and soundless, they told a glorious era to us and showed us the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty.The various warriors could be divided into three types: infantry, charioteers and cavalry. The infantry, including figures in lines of battle formation and figures in front and behind the chariots, can be subdivided into generals, officers and warriors. The generals and officers are of two types: those wearing robes (light armored figures) and others wearing armor (heavy armored figures). The warriors can also be subdivided into figures holding cross bows, those holding short-handled weapons and others holding long-handled weapons. The figures holding cross bows are standing archers and kneeling archers. The figures holding short-handled weapons have swords or hooks. The figures holding long-handled weapons have spears, halberds, lances, shu( a weapon without a blade used by guards of honor) or others weapons.On each ordinary chariot, there were two soldiers and a charioteer. On the commander’s chariot there is a general, a charioteer and one or two soldiers.The cavalry is divided into those in the battle formation and those in the rear.The terra-cotta horses are of two types: those for drawing chariots and those for riding.Art Value of the Terra-cotta ArmyAbout 8,000 life-sized Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses were unique in the history of sculptures in the world. With characteristics of realism, a simple style, but fine technique and the grand appearance of a battle fromation, they represent the art of the ancient Orient which can compare with the art of Greece and Rome.The terra-cotta figures are both realistic and representative in style. Individually, all the terra-cotta figures are alike, motionless and standing upright, but their makers individualized them through different racial expressions and face modeling. The faces of warriors are square jawed with narrow foreheads suggesting power and strength, while most faces of the vanguard have a square forehead and a narrow jaw indicating intelligence. Different configurations of facial features are combined with different face types to created varied facial expressions. So the warriors were made lively and vividly andtheir nations, positions and ranks can be told from their features, uniforms, weapons and postures. While the terra-cotta horses were made alike exactly and their dissect relations were very clear. Several kinds of traditional kills such as modeling, sculpturing, carving, relief, painting were used in the making of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, which showed the talent of the Qin People.The unearthed terra-cotta figures and horses you see now are greenish gray, but this is not their original color. The surviving colors on th fighures and horses when they were first unearthed included red, white, green, purple and orange-yellow on the robes, black on the armor and pink on the faces, hands and feet.The art of sculpture created a new field, demonstrating the great achievement of large-scale sculputure of ancient China, and it was a successful example in the Chinese history of sculpture art.Why do you need Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses replicas? If you want to know the future of a country, the best way is to look back and study its history. The way to know China, therefore, is to explore the past of this nation. Probably the Qin is one of the most powerful Dynasties in the history of China. As a matter of fact, it is the first time China was united and the common culture and values began to take shape though the Dynasty lasted 15 years only.The contempory European sculpture with the Qin Terra-cotta Warriors were the forms of sculture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and the Hellenized, and Romanized civiliztions under thire rule or influence from about 500 B.C. to fall of Rome in AD 476. Obviously the Chinese Qin Terra-cotta Warriors are different from the European Sculpture and the oriental faces of them would be most attractive for many collectors in the West.The terra-cotta warriors look nice when being put in offices and gardens. They also have become popular gifts for individuals and companies.Why choose our reproductions of the Terra-cotta Warriors?The terra-cotta-warrior reproductions manufactured byour factoryare made with the same kind of clay froma fish pond whichissupposed to be the place where theworkers got clay for making terra-cotta warriors 2,200 years ago.Thereplicas have been fired properly according to the same craftsmenship people might have taken in the Qin Dynasty.When the terra-cotta warriors wereunearthed in the 70's, 80's and 90's, they all looked quite colorful in the beginning. After years deteriation, the paint has gone and left the warriors black or gray.Among the reproduction products of the warriors, ours have always been the unique and the most popular gift chosen by many visitor home and abroad.Our Advantages:As one of the bestmanufacturers of the terra-cotta warriors, we make replicas of different sizes with superior quality. 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