--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Film in China
War on Poverty
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar
Telephone and
Postal Codes


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies
Info
FedEx
China Post
China Air Express
Hospitals in China
Chinese Embassies
Foreign Embassies
Golfing China
China
Construction Bank
People's
Bank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Travel Agencies
China Travel Service
China International Travel Service
Beijing Youth Travel Service
Beijing Xinhua Tours
Links
China Tibet Tour
China Tours
China National Tourism Administration

Experts Say Terracotta Warriors Perfect Safe from Weathering

Claims that the priceless 2,000-year-old terracotta army in the ancient city of Xi'an, northwestern China, is in danger of disintegrating due to weathering have been denied by experts and management of the site.

  

In an interview with Xinhua Thursday, Wu Yongqi, director of the Qin Dynasty Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, denied recent media reports which allege that these warriors would vanish within a century because of air pollution.

  

"The terracotta warriors and horses are perfectly safe and so they will remain in 100 years," said Wu, based in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

 

In fact, the museum has carried out a 240,000-US-dollar research project on air pollution and its damage to the relics.

  

"We're carrying out the research project for precautionary protection, not for measures to deal with existing problems," said Zhao Kun, director of the museum's protection department.

  

He said the preservation work in the museum is done "in a proper way" and its preservation hall, where humidity and temperature can be adjusted, protects the heritage pieces from wind, rain and the scorching sun.

  

The museum set up in 2001 China's first anti-mould laboratory for heritage protection and has worked out state-of-the-art anti-mould technologies, acknowledged Zhao.

  

In 2002, the museum's technological research results for preserving the colors on the army passed the approval by experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, solving the most knotty problem.

  

The Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) warriors, popularly known as the world's Eighth Wonder, were discovered in 1974 in Lintong, an eastern district of Xi'an. They were created to guard the tomb of Qin Emperor Shihuang.

  

Located one kilometer east of the emperor's tomb, more than 7,000 clay warriors and 500 clay horses were found in three burial pits, which are now all enclosed and protected in steel-framed, concrete halls.

 

(Xinhua News Agency July 8, 2005)

 

Museum Denies Qin Army Corrosion
Terracotta Warriors Battle Against the Elements
Exploring the Mysteries of Xi'an's Imperial Tombs
Key Problem in Protecting Terra-cotta Warriors Resolved
Villagers Demand Recognition as Terra-cotta Warriors' Discoverers
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688