A Famous Invention During The Qin Dynasty

A famous invention made during the Qin dynasty was the Terracotta Army. Qin made life size figures of every person in his army. It was an exact replica of what the person looked like when they were living. Qin buried his army in his tomb when he was buried, probably to have his army with him in the afterlife. It took years to build all of the figures, because they were modeled after actual army memebers and had a lot of detail in them. But it wasn’t just soldiers made. Other profession where also made. This magnificent creation was just found by a couple of farmers that were trying to dig a well in 1974.

The terracotta army was made throughout Qin Shi Huang Di’s life. It was probably started around 221 BCE because that’s when he started his reign of China’s first emperor. We don’t think it was intended to be used in this life, but in the afterlife. Historians believe that the models of people were supposed to be carried over into the afterlife so he can continue his conquest. Weapons such as swords, spears, axes, shields, crossbows, arrows were also found in the hands of warriors that fought for Qin.

Qin’s tomb changed people lives because it took years to build. It took his whole time as the emperor and alittle bit after to put the whole thing together. A lot of man power was used to dig, put everything together, and decorate everything perfectly. People even died building the tomb.

The terracotta army gave historians inside looks on the past. Qin made exact replicas of people, animals, and things used during everyday life. It is used in museums and is being studied by historians. Other parts of Qin’s tomb have yet to be discovered because we if we try to get into the parts, the air could destroy it or the sides could collapse in and then we wouldn’t know what was in there or what it was supposed to look like.