Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Army, what is the mound between the two rows of figurines for, why not exca

The mound is equivalent to the wall of a house; This mound cannot be excavated, and the space separated by the mound is equivalent to the barracks of the terracotta warriors, and digging this mound is equivalent to digging someone else's foundation or grave, which is very unlucky.

The soil accumulation is to divide the terracotta warriors and horses in an orderly manner, better statistical management, and there is nothing valuable underneath, so it is not excavated.

The mound between the two rows of figurines is the supporting wall. The terracotta warriors and horses for the burial of Qin Shi Huang were buried in the ground, so they also needed to be supported by supports, and there were vertical logs on both sides of the mound, and horizontal logs on top of the vertical wood, which played a good supporting role. In other words, these mounds are actually part of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and belong to cultural relics, so they cannot be excavated.

It is used for division, and it is also used to protect the terracotta warriors, so it will not be easily excavated.

Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors and Horses is known as the eighth wonder of the world, since the beginning of the excavation to the present, there are more than 100,000 pieces of cultural relics unearthed, the most famous is the terracotta warriors and horses of different proportions and shapes of life, of course, there are weapons, chariots and horses and the like, the number is huge, the shape is exquisite.

So, what we can see at present is that in the arrangement matrix of many terracotta warriors and horses, there are long mounds among them, and they cover a large area, why is this? For the sake of protection, could it be that there are still important treasures in it that have not been excavated?

Actually, this is not the case, it involves the problem of building structure. The rammed earth wall in the middle is one to play the role of separation, the other is to play the role of load-bearing, the terracotta pit used to have buildings above, the same as the basement, there is a roof, in order to support the roof, there are pillars and rammed earth walls in the pit to bear the weight, to ensure that the roof will not collapse.

The terracotta warriors and horses are funerary goods, not burial goods, and it took a lot of time and energy to use clay firing, so when they were first placed, they were placed in a huge underground space, like a large basement, and these mounds were actually walls, which were originally dug up. Each terracotta warrior is carefully put in, in strict accordance with the real army formation arrangement, rammed earth walls are spaced within 3 meters apart, and between the walls are placed terracotta warriors and chariots and horses. Fill all the items with loose soil until they reach the head of the terracotta warriors, then place multiple layers of wood on the rammed earth wall, lay straw mats, fill them with dust, tamp them layer by layer, ram them to level with the surface, and plant vegetation on them, so that the burial pit of the terracotta warriors is completed.

In the event of a ** disaster, the terracotta warriors and horses will fall crookedly, causing breaking. At this time, the earthen wall on the side will cover the terracotta warriors and horses, which can play a protective role. In addition, there is an earthen wall separation, which can also reduce the flow of air and reduce the weathering of terracotta figurines.

At that time, it was impossible to make such a material as concrete, and after thousands of years, the wood corroded, the roof collapsed, and the terracotta warriors were buried in the earth.

In fact, there is something at the top of that mound of dirt, and that is the "building covering". A straight and continuous mound of earth is a wall! Rammed earth walls!

It is the role of load-bearing. Because the mausoleum had to be located beneath the surface, the burial pit was repaired before the first emperor's troops were transported.

According to the actual arrangement of the troops, the burial pits were also orderly. The rammed earth walls are arranged neatly, and the spacing is controlled within 3 meters. Arranged between the walls were well-equipped chariots and other items.

After the rammed earth wall is completed, wooden piles will be arranged on both sides of the wall in turn for reinforcement. The crossbars were then built on rammed earth walls and wooden piles. Dense canopy timber is built on crossbars, and the canopy timber is covered with a layer of green paste to prevent water from entering.

Finally, cover the top with reed mats and loess to form the roof. After the Terracotta Warriors Pit is completed, the top will be about 2 meters above the ground, and the remaining space inside will be about one meter. When the terracotta warriors are lowered into the pit, the passage is blocked by standing trees, which are then tamped with earth to achieve the effect of sealing.

The lifelike terracotta warriors and horses that we see in the terracotta warriors are covered with vertical and horizontal mounds on both sides. Of course, there is no gold or silver treasure here. These were heavily pressed rammed earth walls, very hard and comparable to today's bricks.

Every other meter, they form a series of east-west load-bearing walls. Numerous terracotta warriors and horses are displayed in the middle of these load-bearing walls. Finally, hardwood is covered between the load-bearing walls, a layer of mats is covered over the wood, and finally filled with rammed earth.

These load-bearing walls have become the protectors of the terracotta warriors, which can guarantee the stability of the terracotta warriors and horses under violent geological shaking. The rammed earth walls throughout the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang played an important role in the stability of the entire mausoleum.

Two thousand years later, the wood in the shed rotted and the roof collapsed. The wooden chariot also rotted. Terracotta figurines and rammed earth walls have been preserved.

Therefore, this rammed earth wall, as part of the terracotta architecture, is an inseparable part of the Qin terracotta army, just like the foundation of the ancient city ruins, it is also a cultural relic, so it has not been excavated and is exhibited together with the terracotta toilet.

When these terracotta warriors and horses were built during the Qin Shi Huang period, the load-bearing role in the field of construction was taken into account! So of course, these mounds are load-bearing and cannot be dug. When building, if these horizontal and vertical mounds are used as load-bearing walls, they can not only serve as the pillars of the entire imperial tomb, but also display countless terracotta warriors and horses in the middle of these load-bearing walls, but also maintain the stability of the terracotta warriors!

In this way, even when the outside world has experienced violent address shaking and historical changes, despite the fact that more than 2,000 years have passed, the terracotta warriors and horses that appeared in front of our eyes are still very well protected when they are discovered!

The entire terracotta warriors and horses stood in a neat line, lifelike, which shows how much of a role these load-bearing mounds played at that time! In the past, the terracotta warriors and horses were colored, and they still held weapons in their hands, so you can imagine how spectacular they were at that time! Although there is no need for these earthen partition walls to bear the load, if the excavation process cannot avoid damage to the terracotta warriors, and the excavation will cause too much space without any obstructions, it may cause more falling off or weathering of the terracotta warriors.

In order to avoid damage to the artifacts, archaeologists will properly preserve the walls when excavating. Terracotta warriors and horses are lined up in the pit, like an army on battle, flanked by mounds of earth, and archaeologists have used probes to find out what is inside, and found that there is no gold or silver treasure inside.

These earthen walls are all processed, unlike other earthen walls. These walls are very dense and very hard, compared with the bricks of today, the terracotta warriors and horses are neatly arranged in the middle of the earthen walls, and finally the earth walls are covered with hard wood, and then a layer of mats is covered on the wood, and then covered with earth, and after crushing, hammered into the ground, there is no visible above, but there is a terrifying, huge army underground.

It mainly plays the role of filling and supporting, if you don't use sand to fill it, the underground palace is easy to collapse, and the figurine soil will not be preserved so well.

Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors, the mound between the two rows of figurines can play a protective role in the terracotta warriors, when we study the terracotta warriors, we need something as support, otherwise it may collapse and hurt the terracotta warriors. It also truly restores the difference between generals and soldiers in history.

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. [1]

Terracotta warriors and horses are a category of ancient tomb sculpture. In ancient times, human martyrdom was practiced, and slaves were accessories of slave owners during their lifetimes, and slaves should be used as burial objects for slave owners after the death of slave owners. Terracotta warriors and horses are funerary objects made in the shape of terracotta horses (chariots, war horses, soldiers).

These mounds are a load-bearing part of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, through which the terracotta warriors and horses in the mausoleum can not be pressed, so as to better protect these terracotta warriors.

The mound in the middle is mainly for isolation, and the Qin terracotta warriors and horses are arranged more neatly, because in ancient times, marches and battles paid attention to marching formations, and these can be said to be the rules and regulations of marching formations.

These mounds are not ordinary mounds, they are load-bearing walls, and they are what keep the terracotta pit building stable, used to maintain balance.

These mounds in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang are the remains of the buildings that existed when they were excavated, leaving them to allow the audience to see the real scene of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and to protect the distance between the Terracotta Warriors and Horses from collapsing and damaging the Terracotta Warriors.