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Terracotta Warriors Exhibited in Netherlands
The exhibition, engaged to run through Aug. 31, is a joint effort of the Drents Museum, and the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center in Xi'an, China.
The objects, all discovered near Xi'an of the Shaanxi Province, provided a glance of the magnificent Qin and Han civilization, Wu Yongqi, director of the Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Museum said, adding that the exhibition would hopefully help Dutch people to get acquainted with traditional
Chinese culture and promote mutual understanding between the two peoples.
At the exhibition, many Dutch visitors were visibly struck by the images of the clay artifacts.
The exhibition gave visitors an insight into the extraordinary lengths craftsmen went to in order to delight the emperors, in both life and death.
"I'm surprised at the immense power of the ancient Chinese emperors and the way they try to maintain their kingdom in the afterworld," said M. Bakker, who had just watched a 3-D film about the genesis of the terracotta army at the museum.
He was also fascinated by the statues. "They are so beautiful, even more beautiful than I thought," Bakker said.
"Even nowadays, artists seldom make horses as beautiful as this," he said pointing to a life-sized horse from the Qin Dynasty.
Others were also impressed. "The height and the posture of the terracotta statues are very impressive," a 60-old Dutch woman said.
"Look at their faces, the expressions are so lifelike and each one is distinct from another," said the woman, who drove two hours from the southern part of the country to see the exhibition.
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