A bronze swan on display at the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. CHINA DAILY Apart from the life-size Terracotta Warriors buried in the mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite China more than 2,000 years ago, bronze aquatic birds also accompanied him into the afterlife. A show now on at the Qinshihuang Mausoleum Site Museum in …
Kneeling pottery figures were said to be keepers of those waterfowl, who trained the birds to dance to the music. CHINA DAILY Emperor Ying Zheng took the throne of the Qin state at the age of 13 in 246 BC during the Warring States Period. Many of the pits and chambers in the tomb complex remain unexcavated but excavations around …
