| Good news for British who have not seen terra-cotta warriors | |
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| Sep 3, 2007 04:52 |   |
 | On Sep 13, more than 20 terracotta warriors will be shown in Brithish Museum. They are now under serious safety package. British government affords the whole damage insurance. It is as much as $ 3.2 billion for a kneeling warrior. Escorts and policemen will guard the warriors. A good opportunity for those China fans in Britain, right? Will you go to see them? Terracotta warriors and horses are really the wonder of the world. But when I visit there last month, I heard some one say:'So boring! Just some mud statues!' I could not understand their words. How do you think?  |
| Sep 3, 2007 05:33 | #1 |
| Iceblue, I have been lucky enough to have traveld to Xian to see the warriors and have bought a copy of one that sits in my house. There are ignorant people every where. So please fogive them as they no not what they say. Dodger. |
| Sep 3, 2007 06:24 | #2 |
| I have seen them in Xian, but will want to see the exhibitionin London also... It is a fascinating story! |
| Sep 3, 2007 11:01 | #3 |
| I think people who say things like that are probably not very intelligent. They are not thinking about the the historical context of what they are seeing. If they could imagine how old the statues are and the lives of the people that made them, and what life in China was like back then, they might have a different opinion. What impressed me the most when I went there was the total size of the tomb that they had not even uncovered yet. There is much, much more under the ground that has not been explored yet. It's quite amazing. Truly, the 8th wonder of the world. |
| Sep 3, 2007 20:50 | #4 |
| Some archaeologists believe that the Terra Cotta Warriors don't belongs to Emperor Qinshihuang and the tomb of this first emperor are still covered safely. |
| Sep 3, 2007 21:03 | #5 |
| May, is that true? I have never heard of it. If the Terra Cotta Warriors do not belong to Emperor Qinshihuang, who made his people create them? I am curious to know it. |
| Sep 3, 2007 21:07 | #6 |
| I believe many many tombs are still buried beneath the ground of Xi'an's environs, I've also read that to excavate or not to excavate remain a debate among the chinese archaelogists and the state. |
| Sep 3, 2007 21:21 | #7 |
| Kevin, it is believed that the warriors belongs to Qinshihuang's grandmother. And yes Queene, there's hot discussions on whether to excavate it or not. |
| Sep 6, 2007 01:08 | #8 |
| I'm looking forward to going to see the exhibition, I knew some time ago it was happening and I was planning with my friend to go. |
| Sep 13, 2007 20:21 | #9 |
| GUEST14229 | To me, these terracotta warriors have no difference with these duplicates sold in the shops. I believe most people can't tell real from fake. True it has long history, but China has too many this kind of old things. Peking Man site, Banpo Relics are much much older. |
| Sep 14, 2007 10:39 | #10 |
| Yesterday it was in the paper that 125,000 people had bought tickets in advance and 500 tickets can be bought on the day, I think |
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