Human martyrdom is a cruel and barbaric burial system which sprouting with the collapse of primitive public ownership and prevailing with the establishment of slavery. Social changes during the Spring and Autumn led to changes in burial customs, and the burial of tomb figures appeared, that is, terracotta warriors and wooden figurines were used to replace human martyrdom. The Terracotta Warriors of Qin Dynasty is the typical and the peak of burial by tomb figures.

The Terracotta Warriors are the largest underground military museum in the world, with a reasonable layout and unique structure. Within this large group of terracotta warriors are many apparently different individuals, and the artisans use realistic artistic techniques to render them lifelike. Whether it is the image of thousands of officers and soldiers with both physical and mental abilities, or the lifelike war horses are not mechanical imitation, but to show their inner vitality, power, emotional soul and spirit.

The excavation of the Terracotta Warriors has great changed people’s understanding of the level of science and technology in the Qin Dynasty, and vividly demonstrated the development level of productivity in the Qin Dynasty with a large number of empirical materials. The exquisiteness and richness of those relics are direct testimony to the material achievements of the era they presented. It also raises many historical topics worth exploring, such as the re-understanding of imperial power, the characteristics of Qin culture, the position of Qin in the development of Chinese history and so on.

• Choose the types of terracotta warriorsaccording to your interests, such as bronze figurines, wooden figurines, painted warrior figure, painted pottery cavalry and painted female terracotta.
• Production of the terracotta figures.The first step is to make a mold on the clay block, and then shape the clay block. The second step is to carve the image, and the last step is painting.
• Paste the terracotta figures.First, air-dried or blown dry naturally after the embryo is removed, followed by white latex applied to the face, then painted with white plaster powder decoration and finally painted with color.