Like characters in a play, the terracotta figures were created to enact a part of the world of the First Emperor in the afterlife.
Qin dynasty
Qin Shi Huangdi, the first unifier of China, is buried at the center of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianya.
The Tomb of the First Emperor
The state of Qin was China’s first unified state whose power was centralized instead of spread among different kingdoms in the north and south.
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