Terracotta Army-Ancient China-Real Faces-Part 1 

not only army. Qin Shi Huang brought everything he enjoyed when he was alive to the afterworld. the reason why we can only see his army is because archaeologists don't have technologies that are advanced enough.

@@user-by1sm4mt1i *TAKE THIS KINGDOM TO CONQUER THE AFTERLIFE

@@crkcrk702 true

@@user-by1sm4mt1i It's in the video 0:41

What if nowadays people make terracotta aircraft carrier, tank, and missile to their afterworld to fight the terracotta army😂😂😂

Hello! I am wondering if you have any thoughts about the recent finds at Sanxingdui? :)

@@mothratemporalradio517 could you tell me What is it about? Historical years? Or is it related to Henan or India?

@@user-pr9vi4ze4j it's a find of some relics from an archaeological dig within mainland China that i believe is thought to predate the Shang dynasty but appears culturally inconsistent with the currently recognised concept of continuity within Han culture. I don't fully understand why, to be honest, but the articles i saw suggested the finds do not correlate with Han Chinese culture. That said, i was a bit confused by this because some of the finds do remind me of traditional Chinese artefacts. But others look quite unlike anything i've seen. (They actually almost remind me of props from old episodes of the BBC tv show "Doctor Who"! as there are some ritualistic looking masks.) So i think it's currently a little bit of an intriguing mystery and it's unclear whether it could be what we call "a spanner in the works" for previously established concepts of historical continuity in mainland China. We'll probably never know all the answers but it's very interesting and shortly after thinking about it i went on a Wikipedia rabbithole about Sima Qian. I am on a phone and it's not good for Mandarin on the Android app, but i think maybe if i can try and copy the characters from the web, that might help identify it for you. I might see if i can do that and come back. c:

@@user-pr9vi4ze4j sadly not sure if this link will stay up, but i will give it a try! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanxingdui

@@user-pr9vi4ze4j among other things, in the wider context it is Bronze age, it's in Sichuan province, and it is thought to possibly be from the Shu Kingdom which was mentioned briefly in Sima Qian's _Shiji_ (Records of the Grand Historian). I actually haven't read the Wikipedia article for Sanxingdui. Hopefully you can see it and may find it interesting! I love new archaeological finds and there have already been a few from around the world so far this year. 🗿🔬🌏 i have a particular interest in ancient China.

He's (Qin Shi Huang) probably the strongest and richest man at that time 😂

It's believed that at first all the statues were colored according to the real color of the warriors' skins, clothes and weapons. But after thousands of years the colors faded.

@@SetuwoKecik ... the qin clans are said to be the most frugal of all dynasties... maybe... for the accomplishment of the unification and many social infrastructure projects... qin shi huang spent wealth for the great wall... ming dynasty in its part of continuing the great wall, advocated frugality...

​@@semuapenuh The statue was colored when it was first unearthed, but it quickly faded because it was oxidized when placed in the air.

@@SetuwoKecik eisei

That will be very interesting. If you believed in Reincarnation ;-)

Even more so if your european

The human population is so large nowadays that each person has at least two exact lookalikes or pseudo twins in the world. Now if we include past and present populations then the amount of lookalikes a person could have throughout history will increase. :)

My face was staring back here - unfortunately

@@navajyotichetia3211 They were all very handsome tbh.

Sure!

THE CRAFTSMAN OF MAKING TERRACOTTA ARMY ARE SO POOR. AFTER THEIR JOBS FINISHED, ALL OF THEM WERE KILLED TO KEEP SECRET

@@hfdennycheng9010 谁告诉你的？

isnt 1:50 wrong? the top should be rags/cloth wrapping the hair... craftsmen/artisans/merchants etc

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

Those models are 3D generated computer graph, not actual human beings. 3D tech advanced fast these days.

Naa, he talk about the soldierds who inspire the creation of those statues, they're long dead, but the statues show 2000 years how they were.

@@magnusmaximus1415 OK I misunderstood.

I'm sure these long dead men would feel very grateful knowing that someone cared enough to reimage their stone faces back to real life form, even if they might be a little off.

@@liu3gz I saw a video once showing how they all have one of about 12 basic faces. It's like they made 12 models of clay, then stuck on stuff like lips, noses, eyebrows, facial hair, etc to make them look individual.

Yes! That day I spent hours to find a parking lot to go to the exhibit!!

@@Nighthawk799 For me it was really chill, they came to the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, and it's hardly ever busy there. In fact, for a decent amount of the time with the soldiers I was alone!

And one cavalryman's finger was chopped by an American while in the exhibition

@@lucisleesion8824 I have no idea what you are even talking about.

@@markp44288 You can search for the news. I do not want to create any conflicts, but as a person born and live in Xi'an, I am absolutely mad about it. Thank you for your appreciations, and I prey to my ancestors that our government will never send them to North America

They likely used real solders as models

@marie sandal No, there's a reason why I order the people involved to be killed.

@@biggusballuz5405 talk to me about your feelings on Jing Ke. I have set up the therapist couch for you to lie down on. Tell Frau Doktor Cat everything. You are feeling sleepy... Very sleepy... 🍥

LOL... you reborned..

You guys, hahahah

@marie sandal What, no one escaped, I had a check list. I don't know where I got the mercury, I just thought it was rad and then it was done.

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

well put sir

The Qin terracotta statues' faces were all different

Northern chinese are taller than southern chinese, just like the mongol

@@gadgetgasspoll2923 only because the strongest soldiers could be the emperor's guards

oh man, really welcome to China to see them all in person! When I was there last year, I was shocked by the whole troops of army and I can’t say a word. It just simply blowed my mind.

By old remains, what was found during mediaval times, showed what in old times Chinese was more taller than nowdays. Also there was documents when Japan attacked, Chinese provines. And Japanese was amazed how Chinese soldiers was on the head taller. It was strongly related to Budhism movements (Vegetarian food became more common for about 400 years, and it changed appearance ).

@@gadgetgasspoll2923 How tall are you?

998

Only some.

@@kholmsk20 At that time, Northern Chinese face is considered the most beautiful face in Sino sphere, nowadays aesthetic of East Asia has change to western, which is horrible for our own racial confidence. That’s why we see your kind of people nowadays, puppie of the west

The video brought Our ancestors alive!! 40 generations!! 2100 years ago. Our China!!

@Xiaodong Li Same thing for the Brits. During WW2, The Brits doubted the fighting capabilities of the Japanese, mocking the Japanese for their slanted eyes and claiming that the Japanese would not be able to see anything. 第二次世界大戦中、英国人は日本人の戦鬬能力を疑って、日本人を斜めの目で嘲笑し、日本人は何も見ることができないと主張しました。

@@jjc4232 If the people had children at the average age 25 years old, so the number of generation should be around 2100/25 = 84.

Hahaha🤣

Kinda racist, wait? You're chinese so not?

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

The terracotta army was found in 1974, year of the wood tiger; not just any old year!

Thx 😊

This is way before Confucianism got popular, so it had nothing to do with Confucius.

​@@weirdofromhalo Although Confucianism was not widely popular back then, a significant amount of Confucian scholars were present at the court of early Qin and they hold substantial influence concerning rites and rituals of the court. But my point is that Confucius teaching may reflect traditional values that were commonly practised during or even before his time because the point of Confucianism is to return to the 'good old days' of Zhou.

Eunuchs couldn't shave because they can't grow beards

@@Tang_Plng Most of the eunuchs in imperial China were castrated when they were adult. They had to shave off their beard. It was a double humiliation for a Chinese adult man to lose both beard and genital.

@@chaiyasitdhi Your country may not have a eunuch culture, but you should understand that men do not secrete male hormones after their genitals are cut off, and their beards fall off naturally, so there is no such thing as shaving.

I. Total agreement with you!!

No way people 2000 years ago looked like us.

It is viking music

surprise surprise, they look like chinese

@@Zuconja Go back far enough in your family tree and you’ll find an ancestor who looked EXACTLY like you.

The body had a generic template depending on rank but each head was individually crafted with different features.

@@peterlee9691 A fantastic work...

And the great thing is they were the soldiers who won the war in the Warring States period.

Can you tell me more about your experience? Xi Jinping's administration has had a dreadfully chilling effect on my longstanding appreciation for Chinese culture. I started studying Chinese art history, history and language from about 1998. I never visited the mainland and sadly in the current climate have lost all interest in visiting. However the PRC seems to undergo radical change every 20 years or so :S throughout its young history. Anyway, while at this point in history, i am not a fan of the Party to say the least, I just love ancient Chinese culture amd Qin Shihuang is a fascinating figure, even without the Terracotta Warriors. I am very curious about what your visit was like in 1992, Pat, if you wouldn't mind sharing further details. Further, i wonder if you have noticed the intriguing finds emerging from the recent archaeological dig at what i think may be called Sanduixing?

Apologies, Pat - Sanxingdui is the site of the archaeological dig to which i refer :)

There are people who look exactly like these people. You only need to do casting call. It is not a coincidence. Life is full of coincidences. If the life of Qin shi huang ti were to be made into a film I am sure there will be people who would look like these people.

​@@mothratemporalradio517 I think you should go and just take a look, the party's presence isn't really felt in more remote places and going to some of these places really help local family businesses. If you really just dislike the current administration and want to wait, that's fine too, personnel change is estimated to occur in the 2030s so it's not that far away... assuming you're young. Not to mention the generation stepping up in the 2030s and beyond seem to be a very environmentally conscious cohort of scholars and politicians.

@@BZY-bu9wr interesting comment, thanks. I wrote a longer reply but should probably edit it, will try and post later.

Just a high tec cgi computer genarate image

overused palimpsest atheism tier for the middling IQ, average man.

Do they look like Asian people today?

@@panagiotisconstantinou lol

@@panagiotisconstantinou Nai.

@@panagiotisconstantinou They are all familiar faces to me, I feel very comfortable, these kinds of face would mostly appear in North-West China, and you can find them everywhere in China

@@panagiotisconstantinou no...There are such faces in the relatively closed villages of northern China. But not considered handsome. I personally think that modern Chinese man are much better-looking than them. The Southern Han Chinese, Korean, Japanese are looked totally different from them

The last looks a bit off, but perhaps the original sculpture has some elements of exaggeration.

Thanks for your input 🙂! I actually wanted to somehow get some backup from Chinese people if they look like their people today.

Those faces are truly ancient Chinese. Modern Chinese faces are a bit more refined.

Great work, thanks!

​@@panagiotisconstantinou The last two faces actually look a lot like men who are of Mongolian/Kazakh descent in North and North-West China today. Which would be unsurprising as they (or rather, their ancestors) have been active in that area long before Qin Shi Huang's unification and very very probably some of the Qin people (of the Kingdom that defeated all others) had features that were less typical of the Chinese in the "middle plains". It'd be logical for the Emperor to want his guardians' sculptures shaped in the likeness of his most loyal soldiers irl - that is to say, those originally serving the Kingdom of Qin that followed him to victory.

It was the other way around, Qin Shi Huang himself doesn't want to bury his real army with him after his death, and thus he ordered the works of these sculptures soon after his ascend to the throne.

The work of sculptures was a very elaborate, highly complex art that required a mass production line in pottery studios specializing in terracotta soldiers. The uniqueness is by design, and the names of studios that made each terracotta is written on the terracottas themselves.

Ναι, ευχαριστώ φίλε!

We Chinese and Greek definitely held our own in the ancient space.

Ancient Greece is fascinating!

But Westerners always think that Chinese people have slanted eyes

Thank you so much!

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

Thank you too!

@@panagiotisconstantinou my pleasure. You are very talented😊