When were the Qin Shi Huang Ping Pong Warriors discovered?

Excavation of the No. 1 figurine pit.

The discovery of the No. 1 pit originated in March 1974, when the Qin Terracotta Warriors were unveiled, when farmers in Xiyang Village were digging a well in the south of the village, and the wellhead happened to be opened in the southeast corner of the No. 1 pit. In mid-July 1974, an archaeological excavation team jointly composed of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, the Cultural Management Committee and the Lintong County Cultural Center was stationed at the Qin Warriors Pit construction site. With the continuous expansion of the scope of work, in 1976 and 1978, the archaeological team added personnel in archaeology, protection, photography, restoration, etc., and the strengthening of the new force and the development of various tasks made the archaeological team extremely lively for a while.

The excavation of the No. 1 pit was carried out in an all-round way, and more than 10 restoration teams carried out large-scale restoration of the terracotta warriors.

Excavation of the No. 2 figurine pit.

If the discovery of the No. 1 pit was discovered by farmers digging a well, the No. 2 terracotta pit was a scientific discovery by archaeologists through drilling. There aren't so many twists and turns in the story. Between April and May 1976, the archaeological team discovered another terracotta pit on April 23 during purposeful drilling on the north side of the eastern end of Pit No. 1.

After the completion of the No. 2 pit protection hall, the official scientific archaeological excavation will begin. On March 1, 1994, a grand groundbreaking ceremony was held in the No. 2 pit protection hall, and Zhang Deqin, then director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, came to the scene and announced the official start of the excavation of No. 2 pit. In order to ensure the scientific and standardized nature of this key archaeological project, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has set up a No. 2 pit expert group to guide the archaeological excavation work.

Excavation of the No. 3 figurine pit.

The discovery of Pit 3, like Pit 2, was the result of drilling by the archaeological team. Continue.

After the No. 1 and No. 2 Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pits, on May 11, 1976, drilling discovered a burial pit 25 meters north of the west end of the No. 1 pit, which was numbered No. 3 pit according to the order of discovery.

The Terracotta Warriors were discovered in March 1974 when local farmers in Yangzhi were digging wells and discovered them by chance.

In March 1974, a villager in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, was digging a well east of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang when he accidentally discovered a rectangular terracotta pit of the Qin Dynasty, and in 1976, two more terracotta pits appeared in front of the world, with a total area of 22,780 square meters.

In 1974, an old farmer in Shaanxi Province found that he was sitting in front of the No. 1 pit two years ago!

In 1932, the villagers of Yuegou in Lintong, Xi'an, dug the tomb between the inner and outer cities on the west side of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and found a sitting figurine one meter deep underground, but unfortunately it didn't take long for the sitting figurine to disappear. Later, I heard that he was sold to Shanghai by an antique dealer and his whereabouts are unknown. In 1948, the villagers of Shangjiao took soil in the eastern outer city of Qinling and found two kneeling figurines one after another.

Some good deeds said that it was a god, and put it in a nearby temple to worship it, and gave it the elegant name "Wapen Ye".

Although this "tile pot" did not appear in the elegant hall of the museum, it survived from the pit buried in the ground for more than 2,000 years and became a god in the temple on the ground. In the early 50s, it was collected by the Lintong County Cultural Center.

In 1957, Zheng Zhenduo, the former Minister of Culture, came to Shaanxi to inspect and saw these two seated figurines and said: "In front of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang at the foot of Lishan Mountain, a pair of large terracotta figurines unearthed in 1956 (should be 1948) are the only credible Qin Dynasty figures known today. ”

Later, the terracotta warriors and horses appeared amazingly.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang were discovered by a local peasant uncle when he was digging the ground, and this uncle's major discovery became a historical celebrity.

It was discovered by several farmers while digging a well.

In March 1974, farmers in Xiyang Village, Lintong District, Shaanxi Province accidentally found some fragments of terracotta figurines when digging wells, and after more than a year of exploration and test excavation by archaeologists, it was confirmed that it was a large figurine pit, which is the world-famous No. 1 terracotta warrior pit.

In April and May 1976, on both sides of the No. 1 Warrior Pit, the No. 2 and No. 3 Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit were discovered, and the size, shape, and unearthed utensils of each pit were different.

The headquarters of the No. 1 and No. 2 Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pits were called "military curtains" in ancient times.

Extended information: In the spring of 1974, when the local farmers were digging a well, they found a round-mouthed pottery, and then dug it down, in fact, it was a "tile pot master", standing on the body of the terracotta figurines, and the farmers thought that they could not dig up the water, and this tile pot master was making a mistake, so they wanted to hang it up again.

The water protection staff rushed to the Lintong Museum and invited them to come to the appraisal and matching. The people in the museum didn't understand it very well, so they transported it to the museum for temporary storage, and also glued the fragments to repair, and spent more than two months repairing three terracotta figurines, and the matter was not reported to the superiors at that time.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Anwen learned of this situation, and immediately rushed to the county cultural center, he saw that these "clay dolls" were life-size, wearing armor, holding spears, majestic, and high-spirited, and they were completely the image of soldiers of the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, and immediately asserted: "This is probably a rare treasure."

Lin Anwen returned to Beijing and wrote the article "A Batch of Qin Dynasty Samurai Terracotta Figurines Unearthed from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang" overnight.

On June 30, 1974, *** instructed: "It is recommended that the Cultural Relics Bureau discuss with the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and quickly take measures to properly protect this key cultural relic."

The relevant personnel of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage immediately flew to Xi'an, arrived in Lintong, and after on-site investigation, decided to set up an archaeological team of Qin Warriors to carry out excavation and cleaning work.

On July 15th, a team composed of experienced archaeological experts drove into the cemetery of Qin Shi Huang at the foot of Lishan Mountain, opening a magnificent page in the history of international archaeology.

On October 1, 1979, the world-famous "Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum" was completed and opened.