Museum of terracotta statues of warriors and horses - the eighth wonder of the world. In China, near Mount Lishan, near the ancient capital city of Xian, is disposal. In it lies the great emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and at least 8,100 terracotta statues of warriors with horses full human growth.

Qin Shi Huang lived in the third century BC and was a prominent person in the history of China. During his lifetime he was able to unite the whole of China and completed construction of the Great Wall of China. This was a man endowed with great power and huge ambition, he decided to implement an extraordinary way. From the grave he took huge reserves of precious treasures and a whole army of man-made. In addition, together with Jine was buried up to 70 thousand. Workers and their families, 48 ​​concubines (buried alive).

The statues were discovered not so long ago, in 1974, farmers in the drilling of a well near Mount Lishan. The excavation took place in three stages, the last of which began June 13, 2009. Army man-made soldiers buried in tombs and a half kilometers from the burial of Qin.

Lishan Mountain - a place where Emperor Qin buried. The material for some of the statues was taken from the mountain. Construction of the mausoleum began in 247 BC and it lasted for 38 years. All the statues of warriors made by craftsmen in different parts of China. The horses were made near the burial itself, because of the very large weight to transport them would be too expensive and difficult.

Each figure is a warrior - a work of art. All are made by hand, using a variety of techniques and different masters of different materials. Each of the soldiers is unique, has its own features, certain weapons (spears, swords, crossbows, bows) horse. Given the number of soldiers, shaking out, and in fact has been found statues of musicians, actors, officials chariots.

UNESCO included the Terracotta Army in the World Heritage List.