New myths of the Terracotta Warriors revealed

时间：2007-10-25 05:51:04

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Chinanews, Xi’an, October 24 – According to the calculations of archeologists, it took about 10 years to make such a huge legion of Terracotta Warriors2 in the Mausoleum of the Qinshihuang Emperor, as there have been no records of the making of Terracotta Warriors left in history.

 

There would have been 4 Terracotta Warrior1 pits instead of 3 in the mausoleum if the peasants had not started uprising against the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). Archeologists believe that the building of Terracotta Warrior pits should have come to an end by 209 BC, while the whole mausoleum project was launched in 221 BC. The weapons of the Terracotta Warriors are confirmed to have been forged before 228 BC.

 

Besides, it is impossible for Qin to start such a huge project before it had unified3 the whole country, as it consumed 8,000–odd cubic meters of good-quality pine wood from Sichuan and Hubei provinces. More than 126,900 cubic meters of earth had been dug out to form the main part of the mausoleum. It took thousands of workers ten years to complete the mausoleum.

 

Currently, 8,099 Terracotta Warriors have been unearthed4 from the 3 pits, including 3 Terracotta Generals, 600-plus Terracotta Horses, 100-odd chariots and hundreds of thousands of weapons. 7,030 of them were found in the No.1 pit, while there are only 68 Terracotta Warriors in the No.3 pit.

 

Averagely, a Terracotta Warrior is 180 cm tall and 150 kg in weight. Thus they should have been made somewhere near the mausoleum.

 

As the color of the Terracotta Warriors implies, soldiers at that time usually wore green, red violet or blue jackets and green trousers. Mostly the collars and cuffs5 of their jackets were decorated with colorful laces.

 
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1 warrior YgPww     
n.勇士，武士，斗士
参考例句：
  • The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
  • A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。
2 warriors 3116036b00d464eee673b3a18dfe1155     
武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
3 unified 40b03ccf3c2da88cc503272d1de3441c     
(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的
参考例句：
  • The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
  • The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
4 unearthed e4d49b43cc52eefcadbac6d2e94bb832     
出土的（考古）
参考例句：
  • Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
  • Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
5 cuffs 4f67c64175ca73d89c78d4bd6a85e3ed     
n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打，拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • a collar and cuffs of white lace 带白色蕾丝花边的衣领和袖口
  • The cuffs of his shirt were fraying. 他衬衣的袖口磨破了。

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