{"id":1064,"date":"2017-06-01T04:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T04:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2017-06-01T04:04:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T04:04:42","slug":"terracotta-warriors-exhibit-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/1064\/terracotta-warriors-exhibit-seattle","title":{"rendered":"Terracotta Warriors Exhibit in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I visited the Terracotta Warriors Exhibit in Seattle. \u00a0The show is the first such exhibit ever outside China and is\u00a0on display for only 5 months before traveling to Philadelphia. \u00a0It is an awesome show, particularly because of the way the life size clay sculptures are displayed and the dramatic\u00a0lighting that highlights each sculpture. \u00a0 If you live in or near Seattle or will be visiting the area before Labor Day, catch the\u00a0<em>World Premiere at Seattle&#8217;s Pacific Science Center, April 8-September 4, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Terracotta Warriors are a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. They are a form of funeral art that was buried with people of influence in ancient China. The first Emperor of China (210\u2013209 BC) was buried with the\u00a0Terracotta Warriors to protect him in the afterlife. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1065\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BACKGROUND: There\u00a0were about 8,000 life size statues of soldiers buried along with the emperor. \u00a0Most of the statues measure 5 feet 11 inches tall but some soldiers are as tall as 6 foot 7 inches. The Statues were made to represent all battalions in ancient Chinese Army. Some are dressed like the cavalry while others are dressed like archers and still others like foot soldiers. \u00a0The Statues were made by over 700,000 thousand workers who were involved in molding legs, arms, torsos, and heads etc. which were then assembled together. \u00a0Apart from the soldiers, the emperor\u00a0was also buried with 150 life-size cavalry horses and 130 chariots with 520 horses buried with the army. \u00a0Amazingly, the horses in the archaeological site are saddled. This indicates that the saddle was invented long\u00a0before the Qin Dynasty. The actual tomb of the emperor has yet to be found.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1072\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-8-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 8\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-8-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-8.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1073\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-9-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 9\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-9-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-9-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-9.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1074\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-10-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 10\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-10-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-10-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-10.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 4\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-4.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1069\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 5\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-5.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1066\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors 2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Warriors-2.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I visited the Terracotta Warriors Exhibit in Seattle. \u00a0The show is the first such exhibit ever outside China and is\u00a0on display for only 5 months before traveling to Philadelphia. \u00a0It is an awesome show, particularly because of the way the life size clay sculptures are displayed and the dramatic\u00a0lighting that highlights each sculpture. \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - 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