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TERRACOTTA ARMY
-a form of funerary art buried with the emperor Qin Shi Huang Di and whose
purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
Funerary art - is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the
remains
of the dead.
2. SYMBOL OF VICTORY
The army was also built to remember the army he led to victory over
the other Warring States and to serves as a reminder of how he united
China.
REFERENCES
Lubow, Arthur. "Terra Cotta Soldiers On The March". Smithsonian. N.p., 2009. Web.
24 Oct. 2016.
Roach, John. "Emperor Qin's Terra Cotta Army - National Geographic". National
Geographic. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.
Tang, Cindy. "The Terracotta Army/Warriors In Xian, Secret Of Why And How They
Were Made". ChinaHighlights. N.p., 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.
"Terracotta Army, Terra Cotta Warriors And Horses, Xian". Travelchinaguide.com.
N.p., 2014. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.
LINKS
http://www.chinahighlights.com/xian/terracotta-army/
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/emperor-qin/
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/terra-cotta-soldiers-on-the-march30942673/?no-ist