Located at the foot of Lion Mountains in Xuzhou City of Jiangsu Province, the Xuzhou Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Han Dynasty was built and opened to the public in 1985.
There are altogether three lines of footmen pits, each line of which is 28 meters long and 5 meters in-between; one line of guards pits with 26 meters in length and 1 meter in width; and two lines of cavalrymen and chariots pits, one line of which was destroyed in 1981 and the other is about 12.5 meters long and 3.5 meters wide.
Up to now, two lines of footmen pits and one line of guards pits have been excavated. The eastern ends of the two lines of footmen pits both suffered certain destruction, and there are altogether 2,393 terracotta warriors in them, with 1,016 in the No.1 Pit and 1,377 in the No.2 Pit. All these clay figures are blue grayish. Besides, there are four horses and one official terracotta warrior.
The unearthed terracotta warriors and horses are basically in good conditions. Vermeil pigments can still be found on heads, collar bands, shoulders and lower hems of the clothes of some terracotta warriors. The color is straightforward with typical style of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). Pottery terracotta warriors either stand but clenched their fists or stand still but hang down their hands. Clothes of terracotta warriors are similar -- they are all dressed in long skirts and protectors on legs.
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