Xinhua News Agency, Xi'an, January 12 (Reporter Yang Yimiao) How did the Qin army, which swept the six countries and dominated the world, arrange its troops?

What is the production process of Qinling pottery figurines?

The answers to these age-old mysteries are beginning to emerge from the waters of history.

The Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics released the important archaeological discoveries in Shaanxi in 2022 on the 12th. Among them, the archaeological excavation of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang has made new achievements. During this archaeological excavation, more than 220 pottery figurines were newly discovered, and the arrangement of the army array was preliminarily clarified, as well as the production procedure of the Qin Mausoleum pottery figurines.

　　The third archaeological excavation of Pit No. 1 began in 2009, covering an area of ​​about 430 square meters. At present, more than 220 pottery figurines, 16 pottery horses, 4 chariots, chariots, weapons, production tools, etc. have been cleaned up. .

　　According to Shen Maosheng, a researcher at the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Museum, the architectural structure of Pit No. 1 is a frame type, which is relatively primitive in technology compared with the box-type burial pit. It can be inferred that it was built earlier in the cemetery.

At the same time, this archaeological excavation also made a number of breakthroughs: the types and accessories of weapons were clarified, the first shield in the pit of figurines was cleared, the functions of special figurines were confirmed, and the arrangement of the army array was preliminarily clarified.

Shen Maosheng said that this archaeological excavation also clarified the production process of the pottery figurines: after the large pottery figurines are molded, the detailed carvings are first made, and then the arms are glued together.

　　The burial pits of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are a group of large-scale burial pits outside the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin. Among them, Pit No. 1 has the largest area, with a rectangular plane and a total area of ​​14,260 square meters. According to the estimation of the arrangement density, about 6,000 pottery figurines and pottery horses can be unearthed after all excavations pieces.

(Xinhuanet)