At the mention of Terracotta Army, the amazing bronze chariots and horses are not to be missed while visiting the museum. So what is so awesome about the bronze chariot and horse that enchants millions of people?

What Made the Chariot and Horse So Special
As we all know the bronze chariots and horses unearthed are a great discovery, together with the amazing Terracotta Army. But what made them so special? The reason lies in the following: though buried underground for over two thousand years, the components of bronze chariots and horses are still flexible – what a shocker! Moreover the bronze chariots and horses are made with techniques beyond our imagination. The first feature that made the bronze chariots and horses so special would be the neck ring which was made of real gold and silver – making them priceless and valuable. The most important is, gold and silver have different melting point, under standard atmospheric pressure, the gold is 1337.43 ℃ and 960.8 ℃ for silver. Two thousand years ago the workman spliced them together, leaving almost no trace of joint mark. Some people later tried to reproduce, but the use of advanced equipment had failed to achieve the original glory.

More Features of the Chariot and Horse
The tassels of the bronze horse are very impressive and marvelous to the eyes. These hair-thin tassels are all made of copper wires. Some experts had used a magnifying glass to observe them, found no traces of forged mark on the surface. What made the tassels so special is because of the fact that they could still swing in the wind. The highlight of the bronze chariots and horses would be the bronze canopy. The bronze canopy is said to face east in the morning and west in the afternoon. In fact it is semiautomatic and multipurpose combined equipment, like a Transformer, hardly seen anywhere else in the world. While removing the bronze canopy from the chariot and opening the link, you can remove the bronze canopy by removing the end which is a movable louver, and when extending the bolt, the canopy can be inserted into the soil. The umbrella cover and the umbrella body used a movable shaft connection technology, the umbrella cover can be separately unscrewed and split into spear and shield.

All in all, the bronze chariot and horse are worth exploring while visiting the Museum of Terracotta Army.

It is no exaggeration to say that no trip to China is complete without a visit to Xian to see the Terracotta Warriors. Hailed as one of the world wonders, the Terracotta Warriors are quintessential essence of Chinese sculptural art. To get a deep understanding of the Terracotta Warriors, you better learn something about the Terracotta Warriors first before you see them up-close. The Terracotta Warriors are classified into different roles.

High-rank Commanders and Battling Soldiers

Senior military officer figurines, commonly known as the generals, are excavated in the pits, the amount is few, less than ten pieces, divided into uniform general and armor general two types, their common feature is wearing the crown, tall and burly, stern temperament all featuring typical general demeanor. Uniform General simple dress shirt, but with the chest flower decoration, and armor general chest, backs and shoulders are decorated with a total of eight colorful flowers, gorgeous and beautiful, elegant and extraordinary, to show the rank, identity, as well as the authority in the military. The ordinary battling soldiers, as the main body in the military, excavated in the pits, according to different dresses, are divided into two categories, namely the uniform soldiers and armor warriors. They all serve as the main force in the battle. The uniform soldiers are mostly distributed in the matrix form, flexible; armor warrior figurines are distributed in the matrix. These soldiers are all holding the weapons, showing high spirited temperament, ready to battle with the enemies

Soldiers on Chariots

The soldiers on the chariots are those who are arranged to stay on the chariots before engaging in war but they do not actually drive the chariots. There are two soldiers on the chariot, respectively, the left chariot figurine and right chariot figurine. The driver figurines for driving the chariot, there were only three ones unearthed, they wear long jacket, with armour, a long arm and wrist, hand on hand nail, tibia with leggings, round his neck, head with a towel and long crown, arms lifted as traction driving posture pulling bridle rope. As the chariot in ancient war is extremely rare and powerful, so the drivers in the ancient war especially the chariot warriors, the position is particularly important, can even influence the outcome of a war.

With these details about the Terracotta Warriors in mind, you will get a better insight into the value of them!

The Terracotta Army has long been hailed as one of world wonders as the classic example of Chinese sculpture art.

Essence of the No. 2 Pit

And the unearthed bronze chariots and horses shocked the world. The process of making is complex, delicate, superb excellence are astounding. The two copper car is a luxury car with a canopy, vehicles near the square, its width of 78 cm, 88 cm deep, its width is only one length 4 cm, can be one of the more depth, length 40 cm. No. two bus and covered with a similar to the turtle shaped canopy cover. Large canopy cover not only the vehicle all cover up, even the vehicle in front of the cab also covered up, form a closed carriage. No. two car interior equipment is equipped with more features. Vehicle inner exposed is beautifully painted. copper surface painted in bright geometric patterns, the following four angle and central 8 3 cm high copper nail support. Archaeological experts, after careful cleaning, found No. two bronze chariots and horses of a total of 3462 castings, copper casting 1742, gold 737, silver 983 casting. The total weight of 1241 kg, 3 kg of the castings, silver casting, 4 kg more.

How the Bronze Chariot Was Made

The copper horse bridle, which is composed of 82 sections of small gold tube and 78 small silver pipes connected, each flat silver length of only 0.8 cm, a gold tube with a silver tube is connected to the sockets, the fine and flexibility than the modern chain favorably. The surprise is that the horse neck hanging tassel, the tassel is using a root hair thin copper wire production. Experts were surprised to find no trace of copper forging surface which is likely to be used in wire drawing process. Especially in copper wires link, is made of copper wire ends of butt welding, butt joint very tight surface. Such a thin copper wire (0.5 mm) is made by what method? Take what kind of craft welding? It is still a mystery. In short, casting bronze chariots and horses is ancient bronze metallurgy has great miracle. Imagine there was no lathe, but there is no modern smelting and casting equipment, casting out of such exquisite gold, silver, and copper parts with different sizes is a great pioneering work.

Qin Shihuang Terracotta Army has a very important significance in the research of ancient military history.