The incredible history of China's terracotta warriors - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen
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Published 2015-06-30
In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history – vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor’s tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size clay soldiers ready for battle. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen shares the fascinating history of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
Lesson by Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen, animation by Zedem Media.
All Comments (21)
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Great Chinese pronouncing
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I'm so pleased that the Chinese words are pronounced in the correct tone lol
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The narrator has got both perfect and native English and Chinese speaking.
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Just imagine, you're in the afterlife and suddenly this Chinese dude shows up with a bunch of stone people and horses trying to build an empire.
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It would have been nice if the video said how he died. Basically because of his pursuit of immortality, he drank a lot of a magical alchemical elixir, also known as mercury :)
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I'm pretty sure a RIVER OF MERCURY is enough reason not to open that tomb.
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When I die I wanna be buried with a Terracotta version of the Avengers so that if I see Qin Shi Huangdi in the afterlife I can challenge him to a battle. "I have a Terracotta Army." "I have a Terracotta Hulk."
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I appreciate the accurate pronunciations
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Thank god they asked a person who knows Chinese to narrate this video... Or else the western pronunciations of Chinese words would be disastrous.
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"contains palaces of precious stones..." woah. "...and artifacts." WOAH.. "...and even rivers of mercury flowing through mountains of bronze." *BRAIN STARTS PLAYING INDIANA JONES THEME
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In the end, the emperor who unite China is immortal after all. With his terracotta armies that amazes the world and his last act to fortify himself with rivers of mercury, his legacy will carry on through centuries. After thousands of years, we can't even open the tomb.
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For once, a video about Chinese with good Chinese. Cool.
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Imagine being so powerful that you named a massive country with a huge population after yourself and the name still stands over 2000 years later. You achieved immortality in my opinion.
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Fun fact: all the soldiers had monolids, known as "Phoenix eyes" as it was considered the most desirable and beautiful eye shape/type
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When Gilgamesh understood that he couldn't reach for immortality he realized that the immortality comes with the name. Your name, your actions, your works are as timeless as far as people keep talking about them. Today we sill talk about Emperor Qin Shi Huang. He is, indeed, immortal.
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I saw the statues as a kid when they brought an exhibit of the terra cotta warriors (as they called it) to the US. There was only a rope barrier and being that close to something so old and yet very human I think was the first time I got some perspective on how long we’ve existed. They’re pretty awe-inspiring so I can only imagine how amazing the burial sites are.
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I really love how researchers decided to keep the actual tomb sealed. So many ancient relics destroyed by modern researchers in the pursuit of knowledge
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People: Wow Chinese accent, Wow chinese pronunciation WWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!11!!!one Me: lol he have 6 fingers ( 2:22 )
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the aside's accent when speaking the Chinese word like "秦始皇“is very standard, I guess she is ethnic Chinese
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He literally brought an army to conquer the afterlife. What a legend
