Terra-cotta warriors to be shown during Beijing Olympics
4/6/2008 17:46
Five authentic terra-cotta warriors from the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) will
be on display in the Olympic Green central zone during the sporting
event.
The free show will run from Aug. 8-24, said a spokesman of the
Xi'an-based Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum yesterday. The
exhibit could get up to 20,000 visitors a day, he said.
The items to be shown
include a damaged pottery figure being restored and four complete figures -- a
kneeling archer, a standing archer and two lieutenants -- unearthed from the
tomb of Qinshihuang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who effectively
created the state of China more than 2,000 years ago.
The Terra-cotta Army
was discovered by chance in 1974 and the tomb that it "guards" has since been
excavated, yielding many treasures.
Xinhua
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