As the saying goes, "The world is so big, everything is strange." There are so many places in this world that make people feel magical. For example, in our country, there is the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, which are listed as the eighth miracle of the world, and their spectacular and amazing levels are second to none. It is precisely because Terracotta Warriors and Horses is very magical that there are actually many mysteries about Terracotta Warriors and Horses that have not been revealed.
Because Qin Shihuang is known for his cruelty, there is a saying among the people, that is that Qin Shihuang used living people to burn Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Is this true? It was not until 1974 that a Terracotta Warrior and Horse in Xi'an cracked, that this puzzle was solved.
Why did Qin Shihuang burn the Terracotta Warriors and Horses?
Before answering this question, we should understand why Qin Shihuang had to burn so many Terracotta Warriors and Horses, so that he could know if it was possible for him to burn Terracotta Warriors and Horses with living people.
The main reason why Qin Shihuang wanted to burn the Terracotta Warriors was that as the emperor, he was used to living a life above ten thousand people, so he wanted to enjoy the days when he was admired, loved and served by thousands of people after his death. So many Terracotta Warriors are used to serve Qin Shihuang who "dead".
In ancient times, it was no longer a new thing to use pottery figurines to to bury them. Even in a longer period, some emperors and high-ranking officials and noble families would choose to use living people to be buried with them.
This rule that looks very cruel to modern people is very common in ancient times. According to the great thinker of our country, Mozi , he said that after an emperor died during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of living people would often be buried with him, and at least dozens of them.
In addition to the emperor, generals and ministers also have this right. This is because in that old era, the hierarchy was very strict, and the poor at the bottom were often without human rights, and they could only become vassals of slave owners.
This system of living people burying their lives continued until the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was gradually abolished by the emperor. In other words, during the Qin Shihuang period, the system of living people burying their lives also existed. This also led to what people said that Qin Shihuang used living people to burn the Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
According to historical records, among the ancient emperors in my country, Qin Shihuang was the emperor who buried the most living people. He asked hundreds of beauties to bury him for his life in order to maintain his life of luxury after his death. This is enough to show that Qin Shihuang attached great importance to this point. He cared about his glory and wealth after his death.
Just having beauty is far from enough. Qin Shihuang was also worried that his tomb filled with gold, silver, treasures and burial objects would be stolen, so naturally he also needed many Terracotta Warriors to protect his safety. So would Qin Shihuang use living people to burn the Terracotta Warriors and Horses? After all, these Terracotta Warriors are vivid and look lifelike, so they feel very real. The answer to the
puzzle revealed
The answer to this question was revealed in an accidental event. We know that the country attaches great importance to the protection of historical relics, so after , Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses was discovered, it was protected very properly as soon as possible. While protecting, experts also conducted detailed research.
First of all, these Terracotta Warriors all look the same size as real people, and the weapons they hold in their hands and the armor they wear are the same as those worn by real people. At first, experts thought this was just the same simulation model, so it was similar to a real person.
But this statement was soon overturned because the expression and appearance of each Terracotta Warrior is different. So some people think this is made by a living person. Although the statement
is sensational, no one can provide a basis for refuting it. After all, we must protect the Terracotta Warriors and cannot take it apart.
However, after time, in Xi'an in 1974, some cracks appeared in some terracotta warriors and horses after natural weathering. In order to protect cultural relics, experts carried out urgent repairs.
During the repair process, experts found that these Terracotta Warriors were all made of soil, so people's rumors were self-defeating. The mystery about Terracotta Warriors was revealed.
In fact, after reasoning, we can also find that in the era of Qin Shihuang, manpower, force and financial resources were quite lacking. Especially in war, there is even a lack of talents. So Qin Shihuang would not consume so much human resources for the development of the Great Qin dynasty.
How are Terracotta Warriors and Horses burned?
However, after uncovering this mystery, some people still expressed their doubts: how were so many lifelike Terracotta Warriors and Horses burned? Because the production technology of Qin Dynasty is still relatively backward, how is such advanced firing of pottery figurines done?
In fact, when Qin Shihuang wanted to burn the Terracotta Warriors and Horses to bury him, he had ordered officials to summon the best craftsmen in the country to serve him.
At the beginning, they just prepared the prototype of the clay figurines, and then pinched them out in a rough look according to the soldiers. will start to repair and repair according to the characteristics of the characters. After these preparations were completed, they spliced the limbs of these terracotta figurines together and assembled into a human form. After
is assembled, these terracotta figurines are carefully moved to a cool place and are waiting to be formed. You cannot see the sun during the process, otherwise the lines will be exposed, which will be detrimental to subsequent coloring.
After the craftsmen are fixed and burned, the craftsmen will paint the Terracotta Warriors with paint stroke by stroke. The process of requires a lot of patience and superb skills to do it very similar to a real person.
Through this series of complicated processes, the Terracotta Warriors are completed. We can see that the craftsmen of the Qin Dynasty still have very superb skills, and it is precisely because of this that some people think that this is done by real people.
Conclusion
In fact, through understanding history, we can also find that the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in ancient times were actually more beautiful and realistic than what we see now, because they were color-touched and could be closer to the appearance of a real person. But as time goes by, these pigments disappear. Now we can only look at the gray Terracotta Warriors and Horses to remember the history of the time.
Even so, the Terracotta Warriors are still very precious historical relics. They represent an era and a period of history, and are also proof of the craftsmanship of ancient my country's craftsmen. So we should better protect the Terracotta Warriors and visit more to better understand the history of the time.
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