Martin Antonenko
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Dear Planeteers,
There once was a man who was called 秦始皇 帝 (Qin Shi Huang) ...:
He lived from 259 B.C. until 210 B.C. and was the first to take place on the Dragon throne, for he was the first emperor of China ...:
Mr. Emperor always thought and acted on a very large scale, no matter what he did!
After he had "united" China under his rule with partly indescribably cruel methods, he ordered to build the "great wall" against the Asian horsemen.
Of the estimated 30,000,000 inhabitants of the first Chinese Empire, more than 2,000,000 died under execution or forced labor during the reign of Qin Shi Huang.
Eventually, however, Mr. Emperor came to mind that he was also mortal, just like every human being.
And death was pretty much the only thing he was really scared of!
However, he came gradually to the view that even death was manageable and the sole right for him to obtain immortality.
So he gave the order to build a huge tomb for him ...
... in which he not only wanted to be buried himself, but - in the case of the Resurrection, to which he firmly believed - together with him a complete, fully-equipped army!
In three huge pits, the emperor was buried after his demise, together with 8,000 terracotta soldiers, their weapons, horses, chariots ...
...bows and swords...:
Here a cut model in the scale about 1:10 ...:
Of course, as the emperor did not resurrect or lived on after his death, the plant gradually fell into oblivion - until plowing farmers accidentally found it again in 1974.
Meanwhile, archaeologists have dug up most of the subterranean terracotta army and made it accessible to the public!
A really interesting exhibition about it was in the past months to be seen in my hometown Bremen ...:
My wife and I had planned to see this exhibition for a long time, but because of the nice weather the project was postponed again and again.
But today we MUST go - because today was the last day!
The 8,000 soldiers stand in three different pits, the largest of which is the so-called "pit 2" with about 4,000 men - including officers and commanders.
A full-scale model - in the scale 1: 9/1: 10 - gives a good overview ...:
In another room is a piece of "pit 2" in scale 1: 1 - so life size - modeled - really very impressive ...:
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There once was a man who was called 秦始皇 帝 (Qin Shi Huang) ...:
He lived from 259 B.C. until 210 B.C. and was the first to take place on the Dragon throne, for he was the first emperor of China ...:
Mr. Emperor always thought and acted on a very large scale, no matter what he did!
After he had "united" China under his rule with partly indescribably cruel methods, he ordered to build the "great wall" against the Asian horsemen.
Of the estimated 30,000,000 inhabitants of the first Chinese Empire, more than 2,000,000 died under execution or forced labor during the reign of Qin Shi Huang.
Eventually, however, Mr. Emperor came to mind that he was also mortal, just like every human being.
And death was pretty much the only thing he was really scared of!
However, he came gradually to the view that even death was manageable and the sole right for him to obtain immortality.
So he gave the order to build a huge tomb for him ...
... in which he not only wanted to be buried himself, but - in the case of the Resurrection, to which he firmly believed - together with him a complete, fully-equipped army!
In three huge pits, the emperor was buried after his demise, together with 8,000 terracotta soldiers, their weapons, horses, chariots ...
...bows and swords...:
Here a cut model in the scale about 1:10 ...:
Of course, as the emperor did not resurrect or lived on after his death, the plant gradually fell into oblivion - until plowing farmers accidentally found it again in 1974.
Meanwhile, archaeologists have dug up most of the subterranean terracotta army and made it accessible to the public!
A really interesting exhibition about it was in the past months to be seen in my hometown Bremen ...:
My wife and I had planned to see this exhibition for a long time, but because of the nice weather the project was postponed again and again.
But today we MUST go - because today was the last day!
The 8,000 soldiers stand in three different pits, the largest of which is the so-called "pit 2" with about 4,000 men - including officers and commanders.
A full-scale model - in the scale 1: 9/1: 10 - gives a good overview ...:
In another room is a piece of "pit 2" in scale 1: 1 - so life size - modeled - really very impressive ...:
**continued next post**
