Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is the first large-scale and well-designed imperial mausoleum in Chinese history. It is also the largest underground imperial mausoleum in the world and one of the first batch of world cultural heritage in China. It is the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history, Ying Zheng (259-210 BC). There are a large number of burial pits and tombs of different shapes and contents around the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. More than 400 of them have been discovered, including the world-famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, the "Eighth Wonder of the World".
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is located at the foot of Mount Li, east of Lintong County. It took 38 years to build. The huge scale and grandeur of the project set a precedent for the extravagant burials of feudal rulers in all dynasties. The tomb was discovered in 1974 surrounded by those famous pottery figurines, thus unveiling the mystery of this world-shocking wonder. The mausoleum is roughly in the shape of a Chinese character "回", with two inner and outer walls. The inner wall of the mausoleum has a circumference of 3,870 meters and the outer wall has a circumference of 6,210 meters. The large-scale ground buildings that have been discovered so far are the remains of the sleeping hall, the convenience hall, and the garden temple official residence.
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi broke the tradition that people did not offer sacrifices to the ancestors in the tombs before the Qin Dynasty. For the first time, the sleeping hall for sacrifices was built in the tombs. The "sleeping room" was separated from the original ancestral temple and built on the side of the mausoleum. That is, there was a "court" (also known as a temple) when alive, and there should be a "court" after death. There was a "sleeping room" when alive, and there should be a "sleeping room" after death. This new system effectively influenced the imperial mausoleum system for the next two thousand years. The discovery of the mausoleum has also become an important factual basis for the study of history, art and culture, and is absolutely a priceless treasure.

Attractions distribution:

The Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Scenic Area covers an area of ​​nearly 8 square kilometers, with the underground palace city (underground palace) as the core, and the others are the inner city, the outer city and outside the outer city. The main attractions include sealed earth mounds, drainage pipes, original sealed earth boundary ruins, and dormitory ruins and other buildings, and the unearthed cultural relics include the Shijia Pit, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, the Bronze Chariot and Horse Pit, etc.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot, world cultural heritage

Scenic spot features:

Photography, Hiking, Sightseeing, Tombs, Museums

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