eric
/
MaineEdu


			
							123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115
							<HTML>
	<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
		<META Name= "description" Content = "The digs at the Terracotta Warrior site uncovered much more than soldiers and horses.  The museum has a fine collection of bronze and pottery artifacts from the Qin Dynasty period.">
		<META NAME="distribution" content="Global">
		<META NAME="rating" content="Safe For Kids">
		<META NAME="copyright" content="Marilyn Shea">
		<meta name="Author" content="Marilyn Shea">
		<META NAME="classification" content="Education">
		<style type="text/css">
<!--
A { text-decoration:none; }
A:visited { text-decoration:none; }
.white {color:white;}
body {margin: 0 0 0 0;}
-->

</style>
		<META Name = "keywords" Content = "China, Chinese, Shaanxi, Xi'an, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Banpo village, terracotta warriors. Tang dynasty, Marilyn Shea">
		<TITLE>Bronze Chariot with Four Horses Terracotta Warrior Museum - 秦始皇兵马俑博物馆 - 秦俑 青铜车马</TITLE>
		

	</HEAD>

<BODY bgcolor=#000000 text=#FFFFFF link=#0000FF vlink=#800080 alink=#FF0000>


<CENTER>
<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="200">
<TR>
	<TD width="80" align="center"><A href="161_Xian_Terracotta_Museum.html"><IMG src="../images/previous.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0" alt="Previous 上一页" title="Previous 上一页"></A></TD>
	<TD width="80" align="center"><A href="../../xian2.html"><IMG src="../images/home.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0" alt="Home 主页" title="Home 主页"></A></TD>
	<TD width="80" align="center"><A href="163_Xian_Terracotta_Museum.html"><IMG src="../images/next.gif" height="30" width="30" border="0" alt="Next 下一页" title="Next 下一页"></A></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>


<CENTER>
			<table border="8" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="black">
				<tr>
					<td bgcolor="black"><A href="163_Xian_Terracotta_Museum.html"><IMG src="../images/Terracotta_Museum_Xian_6724w.jpg" height="650" width="1108" border=0 alt="Bronze Chariot with Four Horses"></a></td>

				</tr>
			</table>

		</CENTER>
		<div align="center">
			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Terracotta Warrior Museum<br></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">秦始皇兵马俑博物馆<br>
				</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bronze Chariot with Four Horses<br>
					青铜车马</font></h1>
			<div align="center">
				<div align="center">
					<table width="60%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" align="center">
						<tr>

							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di has not been opened in modern times. No one knows what they will find when they do decide that they can open it safely. In the meantime, archaeologists using high-tech devices explore the region around the mausoleum and the sites of the terracotta pits for other pieces of the puzzle. To be an archaeologist today, you need to know some physics, geology, mechanical engineering, chemistry, as well as the skills of a crime scene investigator. </font>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In 1980 two bronze chariots were discovered about 66 feet (20 meters) east of the mausoleum. The chariots were discovered buried 26.24 feet down in a trench that runs east and west. The chariots were encased in a wooden enclosure that measured 22.309 feet long, 6.889 feet high, and 6.56 feet wide (6.8 x 2.1 x 2 meters). The two chariots were found to be half size scale models of real chariots. The chariots are thought to have been placed so that the emperor could ride from his mausoleum to go and inspect his heavenly troops. </font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The chariots were in good condition and complete. No grave robbers had found them in the two thousand years they remained buried waiting to serve the emperor. There were 1,720 gold and silver pieces, weighing 7 kilograms that were used to decorate the harness and halters of the horses and chariots. The chariots received the most careful preservation, the chariot designated as Number 2 went on display in 1983 and Number 1 was ready for display in 1988. Chariot No. 1 is an open chariot with a single driver. It leads the second, enclosed chariot,, in which the emperor would ride. </font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Above, Chariot No. 1  is 7.38  feet long, 4.13  feet high, and 2.3 feet wide (225 x 126 x 70 cm).  It is covered by an umbrella and driven by a single driver.  Although the driver is armed with a sword, the real protection of the carriages would come from outriders and foot soldiers that would accompany any procession.  You can just make out the designs that were used to decorate the inside of the umbrella on the chariot.  </font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The driver and horses were terracotta but the harness was made of real leather and the decorations were specially cast to be half size along with the rest of the equipage. The harness itself is old-fashioned. Modern harness depends on a breast plate to allow the horse to pull the weight across the lower shoulder.   The harness shown above puts the stress on the upper shoulder and neck.</font></p>
							</td>
						</tr>
					</table>
					<br>
					<br>
					<br>


</DIV></DIV></DIV>			<br>
			<br>
			<br>
			<br>
		
			<br>
			<br>
			<br>
			<br>
<font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a class="white" href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/china.html">  China Index </a></font><font size+1 class="white"> >> </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a class="white" href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/xian2.html">  Xi'an in Pictures </a></font><font size+1 class="white"> >> </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a class="white" href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/Xian/pages/151_Xian_Terracotta_Museum.html">  Terracotta Warrior Museum </a></font>
<br><br><font size="-1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Click on a picture or use the arrows at the top to navigate through the site.</font><br>
			<hr>

		<P><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/xian2.html<BR>Last
update:  March 2010<BR>&copy; Marilyn Shea, 2010 </FONT></P><HR>
<br>

<br>
</BODY>

</HTML>