Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Warriors
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- One of the wonders of the ancient world, the Terrocotta Warriors guard the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang
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Years ago an exhibit came to a local university talking about the terracotta army and the history of China. It was amazing to me and probably where I first fell in love with Chinese history. I think I still have the workbook they gave us somewhere
Awesome!
The actual tomb is deep in a mercury riddled cave. This emperor believed that Mercury would make him immortal. Glad they made a separate thing so that people can learn about him.
It’s so fantastic, that the Emperor Immortalized his Troop in statues 🤗💕😬
My father could tell you every detail of Megus Alexandros' life, but he never mentioned to me the contact Ancient Greeks had with Ancient China.
I've watched about 10 travel videos of foreign visiting the Terracotta Warriors, and it's a pity they all missed the Qin bronze chariot.
In my opinion, the Mausoleum Museum of Bronze Chariots and Horses is the highlight here, showcasing the pinnacle of bronze craftsmanship. It seems that only a Sinology enthusiast like you, with enough background knowledge, would be willing to explore it. Their losses.
I think it was actually a replica if I remember correctly
"Schools of thought" is right, and the "Taoism from Sichuan" video should have said that.
China is a monotheistic religious civilisation at its core, at least within the royal palace, main temple, and aristocratic houses of the main dynasties. But there also have existed factions of polytheism, syncretism, and witchcraft or sorcerers practicing at the darkest end of the spectrum. Kingdoms and families were divided over religious disagreements.
Proof of this is within the imperial examination syllabus is founded on commandments in 禮記 Lǐjì the Book of Rites. The imperial sacrificial system detailed in chapters such as Law of sacrifices 祭法 contains rituals that identical to and exclusive to that practiced by Ancient Israel (not the modern zionist State of Israel) as commanded in the Mosaic religion, particularly in Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Our round earthen altars match those in the Northern Israel dating from the time of Judges, to the early Davidic monarchy.
The "Emperor" is an office, of high king, high priest, and a pre-figuration or placeholder for the prophesied "Lord" and King. 帝 di is commonly added to emperors names but this was once exclusively reserved for referring to the one deity, God Almighty, or Heaven above. Qin Shi Huang never referred to himself as 帝 but this title and the concept of the "First Emperor" were added by his loyalists post-humously, later becoming precedent for future high kings to take this title. 周武王 King Wu of Zhou or "Martial King of Zhou" in the 11th century BC united much of China also but never claimed to be 帝. QSH's legacy is that he established a 'United Kingdoms of China'.
Indeed there was a 'connection' to Ancient Greece since Asia Minor had a huge Hebrew settlement that intermarried with locals and became "Greeks". Alexander in Josephus and Herodotus's histories very likely had half-Hebrew parents or grandparents. The same for hundreds of aristocratic clans in China.
Our religious texts contain titles for the God of Israel (more than current Judeo-Christian texts have retained), such as 養生主, 萬歲爺, 天君, 天尊, 君世主, 天德王. There are so many amazing titles, that it could no possibly be describing the emperor himself who often fell short catastrophically.
Chinese religious "schools of thought" are like denominations in the West with nuanced debates on "Old" vs "New" Testament e.g. Burning of Books is case in point, or like arguing Mosaic Law vs Christ's Law vs Apostolic teachings, which is how Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, etc are perceived and titled as mere "teachers" or "masters" i.e. Masters of Theology or 'Divines'. They're not deities, nor did they ever claim to be deities. Chinese do not even see this as "religion", the way that Westerners in Ancient Rome ADOPTED a "Christian" identity, but most Chinese understand it simply as part and parcel of Chinese "culture" or "tradition" that is widely understood, accepted, and practiced since time immemorial. To call it "folk" would be diminutive of that. The reason I think it's conveyed as "folk stories" or "mythology" is simply down to the explainer, translator, or historian, because the theology and history is so overwhelming that we ourselves do not fully understand it and for most of our lives remain skeptical until God opens our eyes and heart and the cryptic walls of text and poems we had to recite when young begin to piece together and comes to life.
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Did they discover the tomb itself too or not?
Yea the tomb is what Im stood in front of at the end. They haven’t opened it up though
@@MonkeyStealsPeach hmm, I heard of the mercury rivers and basically that the whole tomb was supposed to be made as sort of 3D map of the empire so he can rule after death, not sure how much of it is the truth tho
I wonder when they're going to open it and get inside
And also, like, we have all those new tech, they really can't see underground/through the walls to see if it's safe or not?