Who says you can't take it with you? The first emperor to unite China made so many enemies during his life time that we wanted to make sure some one had his back in the afterlife, to the tune of more than 7,000 warriors, horses and weapons. All larger than life size, no two faces alike.
The first pit was found by two farmers in 1974, and over 1,000 warriors have been fully restored. The rest lie under a clay layer that formed over their 2,200 years of rest, waiting to be carved out. The tomb of the same Emperor also is nearby, supposedly huge and full of goodies. The Chinese have never opened the it. Go figure.
We also went to a workshop where they make replicas of the statues, using the same techinques that they used oh those eons ago.
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