Witness to China's Qin Terracotta Warrior Army>> Pit No.1-the Largest Pit of Qin Terracotta Soldiers in Battle Formation

 

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Pit No.1-the Largest Pit of Qin Terracotta Soldiers Arraied in Battle Formation

 

Everyone will be awed by the magnificent and fantastic scene when walks in the Pit No.1. In fact it is the largest burial pits and is estimated to unearth over 6000 Qin terracotta soldiers and 40 woody chariots, most of which are infantrymen.

The China's ancient royal soldiers seem standing into the battle formation, poised to fight, an alertness in their faces and stance, each figure different in some detail; some have slight paunches, others are slender:

In the front, there are three rows of vanguards followed by infantry soldiers who are arranged in 11 corridors separated by 10 rammed partition walls across which huge and strong rafters were placed, then covered with mats and fine soil and filling earth. The floors are paved with bricks. There is one row of warriors in the south, north and west of the corridor respectively, facing outward. They are probably the flanks and the rear guard.

 

Qin Terracotta Soldiers Arraied in Battle Formation-Vanguards and the Followed Infantry

 

The other terracotta soldiers standing into 11 latitudinal passage ways are all armor clad and were originally equipped with genuine weapons. They are probably the main body of the formation and represent the principal force. Facing east, they seem in preparing fighting against the enemies from the east, the geographical location of the other six conquered kingdoms.

The section of pit No.1 was opened to the public on October 1, 1979. It is in an oblong shape, 230 meters long from east to west, 62 meters wide from north to south and 5 meters deep, covering an area of 14,260 square meters.

 

 

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