Why do terracotta warriors and horses have single eyelids?

The Han people were originally single-eyelid people, and the Qin Dynasty was no exception. When the terracotta warriors and horses were fired, they were based on real soldiers.

In 384 B.C., Qin Xiangong "stop from death", the martyrdom system of Qin was officially abolished, the funeral goods were replaced by "figurines", Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, and thought that his own merit was greater than the three emperors and five emperors, so he was called "the first emperor", in order to highlight its status, "terracotta warriors" became one of the funeral goods of its mausoleum, its large scale, the essence of workmanship, can be called the pinnacle of Chinese figurines funeral goods, to this day, the terracotta warriors and horses are called "the eighth wonder of the world", has been recognized by the world.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses have become a business card of our country's history, visitors from all over the world are endless, in the era of such a developed network information, the existence of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is no longer mysterious and strange to everyone, we can learn about their appearance and the story behind them through this way.

But I don't know if you have noticed, all terracotta warriors and horses have a characteristic, that is, they are all single eyelids! This question has been raised for a long time, and many reasons have been summarized, and some experts have also made reasonable explanations for it. Some scholars have long confirmed that terracotta warriors and horses are actually colored, but they are buried in the ground for a long time, and when they are dug up, they fade due to air oxidation.

Because every detail of the terracotta warriors and horses is very realistic, including some details of facial expressions and appearance, but in the process of firing, some details are difficult to grasp, such as double eyelids, so some people speculate that the terracotta warriors and horses are not without double eyelids, but the double eyelids of some figurines are painted when they are painted after the firing is completed, and they naturally become single eyelids after fading, which does make some sense. However, some experts have given another answer, in fact, it can be summed up in two words: "realistic".

Some experts believe that the terracotta warriors and horses are not only works of art, but also in realism, that is to say, all the appearance of the terracotta warriors and horses are made according to the human face at that time, the reason why they are all single eyelids shows that the "models" at that time are single eyelids, which can reflect the appearance characteristics of people at that time.

From the geographical location of the Qin Dynasty, the area they ruled was in the northwest region, where a relatively single "East Asian race" lived, and the single eyelid was one of their physiological characteristics, that is, the pure-blooded Han people. (The race is only an international division, in fact, it is the yellow race, it is just a title, and there is no scientific basis.) ）

It is worth mentioning that the Han people in the Qin and Han dynasties were relatively single, after the Jin Dynasty crossed eastward, the northern nomads invaded the south, and were assimilated by the Han people, and the Han people went south to avoid the limelight, and assimilated the indigenous peoples in the south, so the Han blood is no longer pure, but the Danfeng eye is indeed the mainstream aesthetic view of the Han people in ancient times, if you see some portraits or ladies handed down in the Tang Dynasty, you will find that almost all of them are Danfeng eyes.

Some experts believe that the terracotta warriors and horses are both works of art and realism. The reason why they are all single eyelids shows that the character prototype or model at that time was a single eyelid, which involves the problem of human physiological structure. More than 2,200 years ago, the ethnic group in the northwest region ruled by the Qin people and the Qin state was the race of East Asia, which was relatively homogeneous.

In ancient times, the Han people basically had single eyelids, and the double eyelids were passed from the Hu people in the north, and the population had not yet been integrated with the nomads during the Qin Dynasty, so they were all single eyelids, and the terracotta warriors and horses were naturally single eyelids.

Most Han people have single eyelids, and there is also a possibility that the double eyelids are covered when the color is applied.

Perhaps the reference model at that time was a single eyelid, followed by the complexity of the workmanship of the double eyelid, and the simple single eyelid.

First, the Han people were originally single-eyelid people, and the Qin Dynasty was no exception. When firing the terracotta warriors and horses, they were based on real soldiers, and because there were many soldiers with single eyelids, most of the final products were single eyelids.

Second, the single eyelid is more in line with the influence of the soldier's bravery and might. We can see that the eyes of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang are like torches, blazing with spirits, and they look cold, giving people a sense of majesty and unapproachability. This is in line with the image of the soldier, and also in line with the purpose of Qin Shi Huang's choice of burial terracotta figurines, that is, the soldier will scare away the enemy with his eyes.

Third, there were originally a few double eyelids, but after thousands of years, the pigment on the surface of the terracotta warriors fell off. Combined with the oxidation caused by the excavation, the double eyelids became blurred, and we ended up seeing a single eyelid.

As a mold person, it's almost the same kind of person, right?

How can you be so sure, have you seen every terracotta warrior???

Legend has it that Qin Shi Huang himself had a single eyelid, and men were handsome with single eyelids, so when the terracotta warriors and horses were built, the terracotta warriors and horses were also single eyelids. Of course, these are just legends, and there are different opinions and there is no way to verify them.

The terracotta with double eyelids is simpler and more convenient to make than the single eyelid one, saving materials.

The terracotta warriors and horses unearthed from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are all single eyelids, which may be the technical requirements of the craft production of the year, or it may be because the Han people at that time were all single eyelids.

In our daily life, we can also find that people with double eyelids have eyes with spirit and aura, especially women, while people with single eyelids, especially men, look like slender eyes, and have a sharp and calm temperament when they squint slightly, if they are a burly man, it will be more oppressive. In the same way, when we carefully gaze at the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses with single eyelids, it seems that there will also be a kind of spiritual tremor, feeling that their eyes are hidden as sharp and indifferent, and there is a majestic and domineering momentum, which makes people unconsciously daunting.

This is just a speculation by archaeologists, because the early Han people basically belonged to single eyelids, and the terracotta warriors and horses were built after the appearance of Qin Dynasty soldiers, so they are all single eyelids.

However, the eyelids of the terracotta warriors and horses are painted with paint, and after so many years of wind and frost, the color of the surface has long since fallen off, so it is impossible to really determine whether the terracotta warriors and horses have single eyelids or double eyelids. So there is also a speculation that the terracotta warriors may have double eyelids, which are indistinguishable because the color is falling off.

Although there are two speculations, the speculation that the terracotta warriors and horses are single eyelids is more in line with people's hearts. Because since ancient times, China has had the habit of being beautiful with Danfeng eyes, and Danfeng eyes are only possessed by people with single eyelids. And these single eyelids look very energetic, so people are more willing to believe that the Qin Dynasty at that time was the existence of single eyelids.

Introduce. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses, also referred to as the Terracotta Warriors or Qin Warriors, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the first batch of China's world heritage sites, is located in the terracotta warriors and horses pit thousands of kilometers east of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Terracotta warriors and horses are a category of ancient tomb sculpture, figurines appear as a kind of funerary objects in ancient tombs, terracotta warriors and horses are made into terracotta horses (chariots, war horses, soldiers) in the shape of funerary goods.

Don't know this?

Qin swept the Liuhe and swept the Eight Desolations, and Qi, Chuyan, Han, Zhao, and Wei were all destroyed by Qiang Qin.

Among them, South Korea has made people destroy the country, and they still have the heart to come and pull your double eyelids?

Then they're heartless enough.