I am an Indonesian Chinese, we are proud as a nation where we have survived throughout the world, the culture and principles of life were taught by our ancestors. Enjoy your adventure in this extraordinary world of civilization, friends.😊
I still remember the first time I saw Pit One, I opened my mouth and got up, shocked, absolutely shocked. You can understand how the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people was. Every Terra Cotta Warriors here is different. So, you are welcome to see it for yourself. It is a great miracle.
I brought my best friend from college in the US to visit China and we toured Beijing (my hometown), Xi’an, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Your videos bring back so many fun memories for me!
I am Chinese, and I want to tell you that Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Suzhou are three places worth visiting. The economy is very developed, and the cities are very beautiful!❤❤❤
The Qin army was described by other states as "troops of tigers and wolves" (虎狼之师). The state of Qin resembles the Sparta of ancient Greece in many ways, in both of which ppl led a rigidly militant way of life.
The First Emperor's necropolis over 20sq kilometers big, they still only managed to scratch he surface of it only. Archeologists say there is a minimum another 200 years of work to be done to uncover everything ! That hill or mountain is actually the tomb of the First Emperor beneath it.
@@dearpope I am not talking about restoration that in itself is a whole other chapter, but just discoveries that are yet to be uncovered. According to ancient texts the First Emperor's tomb lays beneath a mausoleum pyramid in the center of a map of China surrounded by a sea of mercury covered up by over hundreds of feet of earth like the hills and mountains they commented on. Scientists and archeologists have already located the location his tomb, but the current state of technology are not allowed to excavate it until they are sure the can preserve the artifacts from air and oxidation. It would require a force field or some sort to protect a dig site of that magnitude.
Do you believe that there're still active traps in the tomb to defend itself? I really hope that archeologists can uncover these traps someday, if they exist.
@@wenyichen5515 The Qin army was already using mass produced brass triggers in their crossbows as far back as 250BCE, those metal trigger parts and arrow heads were found on the Terracotta warriors crossbows intact, but the bow and strings all rotted away. Inside an air tight and non UV sunlight mausoleum they still can be intact and deadly !
@@wenyichen5515 There is evidence that some ancient tombs in China were filled with quicksand or gravel. When grave robbers tried to enter the tombs, quicksand and gravel would fill the tombs and bury the grave robbers alive at the same time. This may be the preventive measures you mentioned. According to historical records and contemporary scientific remote sensing research, Qin Shihuang's tomb is full of mercury. After a long time, the tomb is full of mercury vapor. If a grave robber opens the tomb, he will be poisoned by mercury vapor, which is also a preventive measure.
This vlog was absolutely amazing. I remember seeing the announcement of the find back in the day. Superb historical wonder. Thanks for a brilliant, informative video 👍🙏🏴
8:19 Thanks for sharing. I didn't know that. I thought all of them were broken and the archaeologist had to reassemble them. Good to know one had survived. I just thought of it. It would be nice decoration in my backyard. 😁
The Chinese Odyssey continues, great recording of the warriors. Did get to walk in ahead of the massive queues because of your visitor status? Most enjoyable, thank you guys😀
Love your videos, China looks great. How about a "Tips for China travel" video? Like what APP to use, things you learn would make China travel easier! It be popular & help lots of people! ❤
I'll start with a comment section travel tips 1. First of all, since our country's network cannot use foreign software, you may need a VPN. It is a VPN that can be used to pass through the national firewall. 2. It is recommended to use Alipay for payment. 3. Navigation software can use Autonavi maps or Baidu maps. Although they are navigation software, they can also be used to take a taxi. Well, these software are enough to support any corner of China.
Although the cherry blossom is native to China, the Chinese flower aesthetic has never valued the cherry blossom and prefers the peach blossom to the plum blossom. Only in recent years the Japanese culture is strong, by the Japanese cherry blossom viewing culture, many places to plum blossom tree peach tree dug up instead of planting cherry blossom trees, too bad.
Hello from Glasgow. I just want to say that you are my favourite vloggers although I've seen many other wonderful ones. Love your vibe! Thank you so much for the hard work on this. Your videos must go viral soon!!! love you guys! take care ❤❤❤
you two are such an energetic, enthusiastic, open-minded and lovely couple! i've followed almost every single episode of your China vlogs and i must say they're so refreshing and inspiring to watch! welcome and enjoy the rest of your adventure in China! way to go!
18:12 it took about 38 years to build the whole Qin Shi Huang’s tomb, including terracotta warriors, underground palaces…. How long it took to build the terracotta warriors is not found exactly documented so far.
You see, the Qin ruled whole China only for 15 years. This work must have started some time when the emperor was young and stopped before the empire went down.
In fact, the Terracotta Warriors were coloured when they were first unearthed, but only grey because of oxidation, so you can imagine how real and spectacular they were when they were first built!
You guys may have entered the wrong side of the site. I remember the entrance is pretty close, and you're supposed to enter from Pit #1 with the grand display of hundreds of terra cottas.
Those were brutal times period, I believe someone or his cabinet must had convinced him making these soldiers, avoided the traditional human sacrifice which saved many lives. An eternal army that don't die guarding his tomb must sounds more intriguing to him. The soldiers still being alive can continue protect their country while he is at rest.
This tradition was almost abandoned outside barbaric Qin, and Qin Shi Huang adopted it again to the worst extent. Do you know what happended to his consorts and craftsmen? Friend you should find someone else to admire.
@@sola4393 He killed all this craftsmen and workers who constructed the tomb, and his consorts were sacrificed too after his death. He's and his empire are the example of brutalness for all generations before and after him! Recently several tombs of tens of thousand killed captives were found in Hebei province, where the campaign of Changping happened. 400,000 Heibei soldiers were buried alive!🤮
In Chinese history, the evaluation of First Emperor of Qin is mixed. He killed many intellectuals at that time, but most of them were those who were good at deceiving and inciting the people with rhetoric. He burned a lot of books, but most of them were about witchcraft. He kept the really important books in the palace. (Some customs at that time were different from today's and cannot be judged directly by today's values. This is just like the Egyptian Pharaoh also killed a large number of workers who built the Pharaoh's tomb, but today's Western historians will not use this incident to evaluate an Egyptian Pharaoh. Not a tyrant) He built the Great Wall, which blocked foreign attacks for many subsequent dynasties. More importantly, First Emperor of Qin unified writing and weights and measures, which laid the foundation for China's long-term unification. Of course, China has a long history and has had many civil wars, but this unified pattern has always existed and been maintained. First Emperor of Qin made great contributions to the long-lasting spread of Chinese civilization, because the unified pattern helped preserve the uninterrupted Chinese civilization. Whether some people like it or not, this is the truth! If Europe had the opportunity to have a person similar to First Emperor of Qin, I believe the current world situation would be very different, Europe would be stronger! This is also one of the reasons why Alexander the Great is remembered in history. First Emperor of Qin's achievements do not need to be liked to become real. There is no point in discussing "facts" in terms of "like it or not".
I'd recommend an old film A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990), an early time-traveler story in which a terra-cotta warrior revives to find himself in modern society. A must-see for fans of Chinese history and time-traveler romance. The warrior Meng Tianfang was played by Zhang Yimou, indisputably the most revered film director of China who also directed the opening and closing ceremonies of 2008 Beijing Olympics.
You guys always going to Mixue just reminded me that I recently learnt it originated from Zhengzhou, the city I was born in. If you guys have a chance, should check out the Shaolin Monastery in Henan province, which is the province Zhengzhou is in. Was also recently told by my relatives that Zhengzhou is the newest city to be classified as 1st tier. Not sure how up to date the info is but just seeing if this might tickle your fancy in checking it out.
I'm glad you visited the Terracotta Warriors and had the recently popular cultural creation ice-cream😊😊 But it's a bit of pity that you didn't get to see the Bronze Chariots and Horses, which are really quite impressive. This museum park even built a special exhibition hall for it. By the way, hot=热（pronounce d as 'the'）cold=冷（leng）ice=冰（bing）I hope this will help you😎😎
@@cosmoobserver3416 He'd make sure there was a unified standard, (just like what he did with written language, weights, carts & carriages etc.) and that no corporation could monopolize it and pillage monopoly rent from the people. Such was the vision of the first emperor.
There is a story about the Terra Cotta Warriors. A staff member in charge of photographing the Terra Cotta Warriors found a fingerprint on the lips of the Terra Cotta Warriors when he was photographing one of the Terra Cotta Warriors. At that time, he felt a sudden touch, that is, the craftsman who made the Terra Cotta Warriors more than 2000 years ago had some connection with modern people in this way.
It's simply jaw dropping if you are fortunate to be able to visit. Scale is something that cannot be judged well on RU-vid. I suggest visitors climb the unopened tree covered mausoleum hill itself to stretch the legs and get a view of the surrounding historic landscape.
The Qin Dynasty was a short but powerful dynasty. Qin Shihuang (The First Emperor of Qin) not only left the Terra Cotta Warriors, but also built an unimaginable palace. It is said that all the trees in a mountain were cut down to build the palace.🤯Unfortunately, this palace was completely destroyed by the rebels afterwards.😢In addition, he also used soil to pile up a large mountain on the flat ground as his tomb.
they should make movie where the emperor somehow in the past he successfully mastering the art of immortality and suddenly came back to live and get out from his tomb in today China and with his magic suddenly all the statue came back to live and start conquering the world
At the same time, Qin Shihuang built a large number of national engineering projects, such as the emperor's mausoleum in Mount Li, the unparalleled terracotta warriors and horses, the Epang Palace in Xianyang, the ancient highway running through the capital to the border-Qinzhi Road, and the Great Wall to defend the Huns in the north. Due to the construction project, a large number of civilian workers were requisitioned, which made the people miserable and the world in chaos, and soon the revolution broke out. Although Qin Shihuang founded the first unified empire in China, the empire was very short-lived. After Qin Shihuang's death, the empire he founded soon perished in revolutions everywhere.
Emperor Qin is a wonderful and mysterious person in history. It is guessed that he might be someone travelled from morden to ancient time, since his grand vision is something far beyond time.
Yassss, Terracota Warriors history is captivating and amazing. And everywhere you go around China or any other country, you two gives us the perfect explanation with lots of enthusiasm. It's so nice to follow you and enjoy your adventures, Libby & Taz. Thank you. Let's gooooo!!!
The great wall actually was started building before Qin Shi Wang. Sections were built by the warlords up north before he unified China. I think Qin Shi Wang credited for linking those sections together and extended it. And then the emperors of the later dynasties also kept extending it to today's scale.
At the same time, Qin Shihuang built a large number of national engineering projects, such as the Emperor's Mausoleum in Mount Li, the Epang Palace in Xianyang, the ancient expressway from the capital to the border-Qinzhi Road, and the Great Wall to defend the Huns in the north. Due to the construction project, a large number of civilian workers were requisitioned, which made the people miserable and the world in chaos, and soon the revolution broke out. Although Qin Shihuang founded the first unified empire in China, the empire was very short-lived. After Qin Shihuang's death, the empire he founded soon perished in revolutions everywhere.
It was used to be a big thing to build a tomb for a king. The king usually started to building a tomb for himself/herself very very early of his/her reign, and usually was lasting many many years. And it is still considered there are a quite bit of fortune having been buried in a royal tomb.
Back in 2006 a German student disguised himself as a Terracotta Warrior (full on armor) and jumped into one of the pit and stood for a couple of hrs before someone spotted him , the photos are friggin hilarious!
@@alsetalokin88 bro Im born'n raised Shanghainese and me and friends thought it was genius lol At the end of the day, he didn't cause any damages to the artefacts, just some harmless fun 😄
@@alsetalokin88 It's hilarious in the first place. It's of course against the law, and we certainly don't encourage ppl to follow suit. But we are still amused
Very glad to see that you were able to visit my hometown, but it is really a pity that you didn't see the bronze chariots and horses that have move to other places. Your videos are also very popular at bilibili, maybe you can create a bilibili account.
One of my favourite travel RU-vidrs. You guys rock. Love all your videos, always with a positive vibes, smiling and having a great time. Honestly I am addicted to your channel. Well thanks for sharing your trip to the Terracotta warriors. The area is very huge. Lots of history to discover and lots of great food. Will be planning to go to Xi’an soon. Well I hope you are having a great time in China. Keep enjoying. Take care! Cheers! ❤
I also like Mixue’s orange juice!And Mixue’s lemon tea is also worth a try. Lemon tea is the most popular drink in Mixue. It’s only 4yuan, never raise the price.
There is a Chinese TV series called "The Qin Empire" with more than 80 episodes, which basically restores this magnificent history more than 2,000 years ago. If you are interested in the history of Qin Shihuang's unification of China more than 2,000 years ago, you can watch this TV series.
