The first emperor of Qin dynasty is the first emperor that unified China in Chinese history. Because of the first emperor of Qin dynasty implements the tyranny, the Qin Dynasty exist 15 years only, but leave over an enormous mysterious underground kingdom to descendant — The Mausoleum of First Emperor of Qin Dynasty.
The Mausoleum of First Emperor of Qin Dynasty was found in 1974, built a large-scale museum here subsequently, open in 1979. After museum of terra-cotta warrior and horse at the tomb of first emperor of Qin dynasty opened, it was sensational in the whole world, was regarded as the ancient miracle.
The summer of 210 B.C., the first emperor in China’s history — First Emperor of Qin Dynasty passed away. He was buried in an enormous mausoleum. The mausoleum began to build before him death, spent about 39 years, the workers who build mausoleum are more than 700,000 people, was 1/10 of national total population at that time!
The first Emperor of Qin Dynasty Mausoleum is a supernatural “The underground kingdom”. According to the record of the history book: There are the palace and pavilion in the first Emperor of Qin Dynasty Mausoleum and full of rare treasures. Enchase the gem and pearl on the roof of mausoleum, symbolize Universe the sun, the moon and the stars; the ground is the geographic forms of mountains and rivers, lakes and seas. Through mercury simulate flow of the rivers, lakes and seas in the territory which he rules; In the mausoleum “The lamp that is kept burning day and night” never go out.
The mausoleum of first emperor of Qin dynasty has adopted the advanced drainage system to prevent the groundwater from entering in the underground palace, this kind of way of draining off water is still adopted in some modern architectures so far.
There are huge pottery figures of warriors and horses around mausoleum. The clay figures of warriors and horses are worn the armor, take bronze weapon in the hand. The army full of power, reproduced again the military prestige that the first emperor of Qin dynasty unify China. Though the bronze weapon is buried in underground 2,000 years, but the daggers and swords are still very sharp, and glint, this is really astonishing.
The design of the mausoleum, has embodied this emperor’s supremacy dominance power and stateliness everywhere. In this one “The underground kingdom”, soul of the first emperor of Qin dynasty can “raise his head and watch the sky, bend his body and watch geography”, still ruling everything of here.
In order to prevent robbing the mausoleum, the first emperor of Qin dynasty has installed 3 stone doors in his mausoleum. There are a lot of mechanisms to prevent the Tomb robbers in the underground palace. In these mechanisms, the most typical one is a kind of Bow and Crossbow shooting automatically. This is a device that automatic guard against theft initially in ancient China. The Qin Dynasty had produced the bows that can continuous shoot three arrows. The bow and arrow is a set of bows and arrows shooting automatically in the underground palace. As the external object enters the mausoleum, the bows and arrows will shoot automatically. It is unexpectedly that such super technology in more than 2200 years ago. It is really marvelous.
The pottery figures of warriors and horses in Mausoleum of First Emperor of Qin Dynasty can compare with Pyramid of Egypt, is valuable wealth of Chinese nation and the world people. French president Jacques Chirac once said that it is “The eighth miracle of the world”.
The museum of terra-cotta warrior and horse at the tomb of first emperor of Qin dynasty that we see now is only satellite tombs. The main part of the first emperor of Qin dynasty mausoleum has not been excavated yet so far. According to investigating, the main part of the mausoleum has not been destroyed, the first emperor of Qin dynasty’s remains may still exist, and a large amount of mercury vapor play an antiseptic role to the remains. With the progress of science and technology now, when the whole mausoleum of first emperor of Qin dynasty is unearthed, the all mystery can be revealed. Till that time, we can see the true feature of the China first emperor.
