#Terra-Cotta Warriors Handmade Experience Base Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
The Famous Terracotta Warriors 🇨🇳
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Xi’an was on my bucket list for a long time. I finally made it and had the chance to visit the Terracotta Warriors.
📍Location: Xi’an (Outside of the city center. You can take the subway and get a DiDi from there.)
Attractions: Famous Terracotta Warriors (Known as the 8th wonder of the world). The clay warriors were found in 1974 by local farmers.
When visiting the site, make sure you go meet one of the farmers that found the clay warriors. Ask around to find out where his shop is. I had the chance to meet him and he signed my book. It was a pretty cool experience!
Travel wish for the new year: I’ve never had the chance to visit Yangshuo. I hope I’ll be able to make it next year.
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terracotta warriors
Reputed as one of the greatest archaeological finds in the twentieth century and the eighth wonder of the world, buried at 1.5 km east of Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum, Terracotta Army or Terracotta Warriors and Horses (兵马俑) is the funerary object of Emperor Qinshihuang (259~210 BC), the first Emperor of China. In ancient China, people believed in after-world, thus, Emperor Qinshihuang built the Terracotta Warriors and Horses as his underground army to protect his soul in the after-world.
In 1979, Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum was open to the public on the excavation site. In 1987, the museum, together with the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (they were combined into Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in 2009, the museum was selected by Trip Advisor as the top 25 museum in the world, the only Asian museum on the list) were listed as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. After being buried in the ground for over 2,200 year, the Terracotta Army was finally accessible to public.