\n\nQinshihuang\u2019s Mausoleum is located in Lintong District, 35 kilometers east of Xi\u2019an, capital of Shaanxi Province. Construction of the mausoleum lasted 38 years and involved over 700,000 workers. Over the years, a total of 50,000 important cultural relics have been unearthed. In 1980, two bronze painted horse-drawn chariots were unearthed. They are the largest and most complete bronze chariots and horses discovered so far. In 1974, farmers who were digging a well about 1.5 kilometers east of Qinshihuang\u2019s Mausoleum discovered three vaults containing Qinshihuang\u2019s Buried Legion. The largest of the three vaults contains 6,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors and horses. The collection of warriors is often dubbed the\u201ceighthwonder of the world\u201d.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Qinshihuang\u2019s Mausoleum is located in Lintong District, 35 kilometers east of Xi\u2019an, capital of Shaanxi Province. Construction of the mausoleum lasted 38 years and involved over 700,000 workers. Over the years, a total of 50,000 important cultural relics have been unearthed. In 1980, two bronze painted horse-drawn chariots were unearthed. They are the largest and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"offerexpiration":[],"yoast_head":"\n