Pit No.1: the largest pit among the three
Covering an area of 14,260 square meters, Pit No.1 is the largest with a depth of 5 miles. More than 6000 ceramic warriors and horses are standing aligned in a ring. There are 3 lines of horizontal clay warriors. With arrows and other long-distance shooting weapons in hands, they seem like taking up the job of defending the whole army. Behind the clay warriors, the main forces composed by 6000 clay warriors in armour are holding long weapons like spears and halberds. Together with 35 horse-drawn chariots, there are 38 columns in the 11 latitudinal corridors in total, which are the guarding army in the north and south. The excavated relics include more than 1000 terracotta warriors, 8 war chariots, 32 terracotta horses and about a thousand of bronze vessels.
In the east, 3 rows of infantries with 68 of them in each group are the forward of the whole army in Pit No.1; behind them, there stand 38 columns composed by war chariots and infantries, which is the main part of the army; in the north, south and west, there is respectively one row of troops, which are the wing-back and guarding soldiers. They seem to have been well-prepared gallant array for the battle. Suddenly, you may have the illusion that you are in the ancient battlefield of ancient China!
People are attracted by the third excavation of Pit No.1, which started from Jun. 13, 2009. By Oct.11, 2009, some relics had been excavated. The newly-excavated relics include 2 war chariots, more than 20 terracotta warriors and lots of vehicle components and bronze weapons.
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