Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army, Xi'an, China

Don’t leave Xi’an without visiting the famous Terracotta Army. The sculptures were discovered on 29 March 1974 by a group of farmers digging for a water well. The collection consists of over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. It’s really overwhelming when you stand in front of the ‚Army’!