China is an ancient country of history and culture, and in the process of thousands of years of development, it has produced countless cultural treasures, not only cultural knowledge, but also cultural relics. For example, China's ten national treasure cultural relics, the Four Sheep Fang Zun, si mu peng da fang ding, Yue Wang Gou Jian sword and so on. These are the most dazzling pearls of an era. Today, I want to talk about the most special one among the terracotta warriors that Qin Shi Huang buried after the death of Qin Shi Huang during the Qin Dynasty.
We know that the system of human martyrdom was very popular in ancient times, and it first appeared at the end of primitive society. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were particularly severe. Later, people gradually realized the harm of this inhumane system, and gradually replaced real people with wooden stakes in the form of characters. The terracotta warriors martyred by Qin Shi Huang are typical of the burial of pottery figurines.
The overall scale of the Terracotta Warriors and the realism of the Terracotta Warriors are unique in the entire history. In 1974, when the Terracotta Warriors first appeared in people's field of vision, it was as if a huge dungeon had been unveiled. At a glance through the dark microscopy, all the warriors and horses seem to come to life, very realistic.
Each warrior has a different shape. Some were squatting, some were standing, and most were holding weapons in their hands. Although the forms are different, the overall production style is very similar. It even makes people feel like they are from one person. But among the thousands of terracotta warriors, a strange face appeared, which looked so different.
The face of this Qin Shi Huang mausoleum is actually green, although at first these terracotta warriors were all colored, but on the first day of unveiling the tomb, these colorful terracotta warriors were all oxidized to gray in just a few minutes, and only the mottled remnants remained on it. But why is the terracotta warrior's face green?
As we all know, there are only people in the world with three skin tones: yellow, black and white. For this green face, many people naturally cannot understand. This terracotta army was obviously not painted with color. Because as long as it is pigment paper, it will be oxidized for thousands of years. This green face can only be the raw material for making the warriors.
Archaeologists have also given inferences that it may be because of the chemical reaction that occurred after more than two thousand years. But why didn't the other terracotta warriors react this way? So it is more likely that the craftsmen who made this warrior more than two thousand years ago deliberately used different materials.
So why did the craftsman do this? According to this inference, it is also said that it is used to scare off the enemy. In ancient China, the idea of ghosts and gods was very popular. So such a green-faced warrior was made to scare off the ghosts. Do not disturb the tranquility of Qin Shi Huang. Because there is no definite evidence, it can only be an inference.
In short, there is no very definite answer to this strange terracotta warrior that has been debated endlessly, so that because of its uniqueness, it has been forbidden to exhibit abroad. If you want to see this terracotta warrior friend can go to the Qin Shi Huang Emperor Mausoleum Museum to watch, you may be able to have a different discovery.