How Did Emperor Shi Hg Prepared For The After Life
Emperor Qin prepared for the after life by treating death like birth. Qin Shi Huang, born as Ying Zheng in 259 BC, was the son of the king of the Qin State. At the age of thirteen, he succeeded his father's regality. Ying Zheng was very aggressive and ambitious at an early age. He assumed full power at 22. He wanted to unify and subjugate all of the seven warring states by the powerful political, economic and military strength of the Qin State. Qin realized his ambition and built the first feudal and centralized empire in Chinese history in 221 BC. This was what we called - the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC). Qin was the first Emperor of a united China, so he proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huang.
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death like birth. According to Emperors Qin ghost army and Ancient Army article. He built a 21 square mile complex. His main tomb in which he was buried covers 10,000 football fields and is covered by a giant man made hill. The hill at it highest point was measured 350 feet. His tomb was started building when he was throned in 246 BC till he died in 210 BC his tomb was never finished. His tomb was located a mile away from the terracotta soldiers. The soldiers laid between him and the land people he conquered. His tomb was built under a giant hill over his tomb to keep robbers and people from the states he conquered. He also buried 7,000 workers with him so he could remain safe from tomb robbers. Finally he made a machine that made a rumbling sound and had machiel crossbows so people would not harm him. We know this worked because hundreds of later when there was a first mention of Qin and the warring states but there was no mention of the terracotta soldiers or his tomb in any literal sources.
Emperor Qin prepared for the after life by treating death like birth. According to Emperors Qin ghost army and Ancient Army article. He buried himself with 8,000 2,000 years old terracotta soldiers. The soldiers had many weapons such as spears, lances, long swords, crossbows, and arrows. The weapons were made sharp and lethal especially for this occasion. The soldiers designed to have differents ranks or jobs. For example there were archers, cavalry, infantry, chariots, horses, and generals. He did it so when they moved on to the afterlife the weapons would be harmful against anyone who would wish to fight his army. There was 40,000 arrowheads. It is mausoleum surrounded by the Terracotta Army to show his greatness and to inspire his followers to strengthen their position in China and make China the leading power in the region. He ascended to the throne of the Qin state at age of 13 and immediately began to plan his burial, and more importantly, his underground palace, a mausoleum attended by an army including over 8,000 terracotta warriors horses, chariots and weaponry intended to protect him in the afterlife. He was deathly afraid of death and tried three times to find a potion of immortality.
Emperor Qin prepared for the after life by treating death like birth.
According to Emperors Qin ghost army and Ancient Army article.The soldiers were not just bronze they had some great outside features too. The soldiers were painted to bright pigments such as red, blue,green, orange, and purple. Also no two soldiers were alike. They did a test where they took 30 ears and compared them and none of them were the same. They were like human ears. This proves that the soldiers were portraits of his real army. They also had amour. The higher ranks had caps with feathers, tassels, fancy shoes, and armor made out of iro fish scales. The lowest rank had no armour, knee length heavy tunics and their shins wrapped in cloth for protection. The soldiers are 6 feet tall and weigh 400-300 pounds.He created his army portraits of his real army so they would come to life as the same people in the afterlife. He wanted this because his army had been trained and they had the knowledge of battle strategy. If they had been the same then they would not only fight the same they would not have knowledge Finally because when people saw and heard the Qin arm coming they were afraid for hey had never lost a battle. They had complete trust of their leader Emperor Qin. They also were arranged in the tombs in battle formation facing the way of the states Emer Qin conquered showing that he didn't want revenge of the angry neighbors to seek him and kill him
again.
This shows that Emperor Qin treated death like birth. By helping himself with 8,000 terracotta soldiers. He also did one more thing for himself. In his tomb there is a model of the empire surrounding his bronze coffin. There is manicure rivers of mercury. It is pulled by four bronze horses with gold harnesses embedded with precious jewels. Proving that Emperor Qin wanted his afterlife to be as luxurious as his mortal life. He treated death like birth.
Emperor Qin prepared for the after life by treating …show more content…
death like birth. According to Emperors Qin ghost army and Ancient Army article. He built a 21 square mile complex. His main tomb in which he was buried covers 10,000 football fields and is covered by a giant man made hill. The hill at it highest point was measured 350 feet. His tomb was started building when he was throned in 246 BC till he died in 210 BC his tomb was never finished. His tomb was located a mile away from the terracotta soldiers. The soldiers laid between him and the land people he conquered. His tomb was built under a giant hill over his tomb to keep robbers and people from the states he conquered. He also buried 7,000 workers with him so he could remain safe from tomb robbers. Finally he made a machine that made a rumbling sound and had machiel crossbows so people would not harm him. We know this worked because hundreds of later when there was a first mention of Qin and the warring states but there was no mention of the terracotta soldiers or his tomb in any literal sources.
Emperor Qin prepared for the after life by treating death like birth. According to Emperors Qin ghost army and Ancient Army article. He buried himself with 8,000 2,000 years old terracotta soldiers. The soldiers had many weapons such as spears, lances, long swords, crossbows, and arrows. The weapons were made sharp and lethal especially for this occasion. The soldiers designed to have differents ranks or jobs. For example there were archers, cavalry, infantry, chariots, horses, and generals. He did it so when they moved on to the afterlife the weapons would be harmful against anyone who would wish to fight his army. There was 40,000 arrowheads. It is mausoleum surrounded by the Terracotta Army to show his greatness and to inspire his followers to strengthen their position in China and make China the leading power in the region. He ascended to the throne of the Qin state at age of 13 and immediately began to plan his burial, and more importantly, his underground palace, a mausoleum attended by an army including over 8,000 terracotta warriors horses, chariots and weaponry intended to protect him in the afterlife. He was deathly afraid of death and tried three times to find a potion of immortality.
Emperor Qin prepared for the after life by treating death like birth.
According to Emperors Qin ghost army and Ancient Army article.The soldiers were not just bronze they had some great outside features too. The soldiers were painted to bright pigments such as red, blue,green, orange, and purple. Also no two soldiers were alike. They did a test where they took 30 ears and compared them and none of them were the same. They were like human ears. This proves that the soldiers were portraits of his real army. They also had amour. The higher ranks had caps with feathers, tassels, fancy shoes, and armor made out of iro fish scales. The lowest rank had no armour, knee length heavy tunics and their shins wrapped in cloth for protection. The soldiers are 6 feet tall and weigh 400-300 pounds.He created his army portraits of his real army so they would come to life as the same people in the afterlife. He wanted this because his army had been trained and they had the knowledge of battle strategy. If they had been the same then they would not only fight the same they would not have knowledge Finally because when people saw and heard the Qin arm coming they were afraid for hey had never lost a battle. They had complete trust of their leader Emperor Qin. They also were arranged in the tombs in battle formation facing the way of the states Emer Qin conquered showing that he didn't want revenge of the angry neighbors to seek him and kill him
again.
This shows that Emperor Qin treated death like birth. By helping himself with 8,000 terracotta soldiers. He also did one more thing for himself. In his tomb there is a model of the empire surrounding his bronze coffin. There is manicure rivers of mercury. It is pulled by four bronze horses with gold harnesses embedded with precious jewels. Proving that Emperor Qin wanted his afterlife to be as luxurious as his mortal life. He treated death like birth.