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Largest terracotta exhibition to be held in USThe exhibition will be held first in the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art from May 18 to October 12, then moved to the High Museum of Arts in Georgia from November 2008 to April 2009, and arrive at its final stop in the Houston Museum of Natural Science for a display that will last from May 18 to September 25, 2009. The exhibition was promoted jointly by the Houston Museum of Natural Science in the United States and the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Exchange Center. Among all the 120 items displayed, 51 pieces were classified as first-class, state-level terracotta treasures made in the Qin Dynasty (221B.C.-206B.C.). This is the first time that China allows more than 20 pieces of state-level terracotta treasures to be displayed overseas, which makes the event an unprecedented one. The most outstanding exhibits are some 20 terracotta pieces made in the Qin Dynasty, including warriors, archers, foot soldiers, military officers, and civilian officials. Other artworks that will also be displayed include the burial objects unearthed from the mausoleum of Qinshihuang (First Emperor of Qin, 259 B.C.-210 B.C.), weapons, musical instruments and animals made of bronze, bronze war chariots, and bronze instruments of torture made in the Spring and Autumn Period (770B.C.-476B.C.). Qinshihuang was an important figure in Chinese history. In 221 B.C., he unified China and later built the Great Wall that extended for 3,000 kilometers long and measured 30 feet high. Before he died, he managed to build a huge underground world, which copied all the things when he was alive, including the Sleeping Chamber, the Palace Hall for the emperor to rest or feast, a copper graveyard, and the “ceiling of his graveyard” made by 500 tons of mercury representing rivers in “his heaven” and lots of treasure stones standing for the sky of the heaven. All the terracotta warriors are regarded as the guards of his mausoleum, which has never been robbed so far. “This is going to be one of the most exciting days of the entire year at The Bowers,” says Peter Keller, curator of the museum The 51 pieces on display are classified as state-level treasures in China, which is the first time that China allows more than 20 first-class terracotta treasures to be displayed overseas, he added.
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