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Terracota Army comes to Mallorca this summer
Chinese warriors on display in Palma from 5th May
An exhibition showing what has been described by former French President Jacques Chirac as "the eighth wonder of the world" is coming to Mallorca on May 5th until October. 150 replicas of the Terracotta Warriors of ancient China will be on display in the capital as part of an exhibition that has been touring Europe.
The original warriors were built two hundred years before the birth of Christ for the first Emperor of China; Qin Shi Huang. The army consisted of over eight thousand life size statues of soldiers, cavalry, horses and chariots that were built to guard the Emperor after his death and give him subjects over whom he could rule.
The statues were found in 1974 by farmers in the Lintong District, Xi'an who were searching for a water well. In what has been described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century the farmers unearthed the necropolis built for the Emperor housing the soldiers.
The Palma exhibition will sit in a 2000 square metre marquee located on Calle de Puerto Rico near the fishing village of Portixol.
Split into five sections the exhibition will also include a model of the original mausoleum, a fifteen minute documentary about the original site, fifteen costumes detailing fashion in China 2260 years ago and the 150 replicas of the warriors which have been made using the traditional ancient methods used in funerary art during the period 210–209 BC.
