【正文】 round engraving, basrelief and linear engraving, and utilized the six traditional folk crafts of sculpturing, such as handmoulding, sticking, cutting, painting and so clay models were then put in kilns, baked and the terracotta figures have been burnt and have gone through the natural process of decay, we can39。t see their original gorgeous , most of the terracotta figures bear the trace of the original colours, and few of them are still as bright as are found to be painted by mineral dyestuffs of vermilion, bright red, pink dark green, powder green, purple, blue, orange, black and white of real weapons were unearthed from these terracotta army pits, including broad knives, swords, spears, daggeraxes, halberds, bows, crossbows and weapons were exquisitely of themes are still very sharp。analyses show that they are made of alloys of copper and tin, containing more than ten kinds of other their surfaces were treated with chromium, they are as bright as new, though buried underground for more than 2,000 indicates that Qin dynasty39。s metallurgical technology and weaponmanufacturing technique already reached quite a high December 1980, two teams of large painted bronze chariots and horses were unearthed 20 metres west of the mound of Emperor Qin Shihuang39。s single shaft fourhorse chariots each prises 3,462 spare parts, and has a body with two partments, one behind the other, and an elliptical umbrella like four horses harnessed to the chariot are 6567 centimeters restored bronze chariots and horses are exact imitations of true chariot, horse and driver in half chariots and horses are decorated with coloured drawings against white have been fitted with more than 1,500 pieces of gold and silvers and decorations, looking luxurious, splendid and they were meant for the use of Emperor Qin Shihuang39。s soul to go on bronze chariots and horses were made by lost wax casting, which shows a high level of instance, the tortoiseshelllike canopy is about 4mm thick, and the window is only 1mm thick on which are many small holes for to a preliminary study, the technology of manufacturing the bronze chariots and horses has involved casting, welding, reveting, inlaying embedding and excavation of the bronze chariots and horses provides extremely valuable material and data for the textual research of the metallurgical technique, the mechanism of the chariot and technological modeling of the Qin bronze chariot and horses now on display were found broken into 1,555 pieces when twoandhalf years39。 careful and painstaking restoration by archaeologists and various specialists, they were formally exhibited in the museum on October 1, bronze chariot hand horses are on display from As the symbol of the oldline Xian, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a wellpreserved ancient building and a holy place for is located in the southern suburb of Xian City, about 4 kilometers( miles)from the downtown of the in the Da Ci39。en Temple plex, it attracts numerous visitors for its fame in the Buddhist religion, its simple but appealing style of construction, and its new square in front of the is rated as a National Key Cultural Relic Preserve as well as an AAAA Tourist attraction can be divided into three parts: the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Da Ci39。en Temple, and the North Square of Big Wild Goose Wild Goose PagodaOriginally built in 652 during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty(618907), it functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch started off from Chang39。an(the ancient Xian), along the Silk Road and through deserts, finally arriving in India, the cradle of 17 years and traversing 100 countries, he obtained Buddha figures, 657 kinds of sutras, and several Buddha gotten the permission of Emperor Gaozong(628683), Xuanzang, as the first abbot of Da Ci39。en Temple, supervised the building of a pagoda inside the support of royalty, he asked 50 hierarchs into the temple to translate Sanskrit in sutras into Chinese, totaling 1,335 volumes, which heralded a new era in the history of on the journey to India, he also wrote a book entitled 39。Pilgrimage to the West39。 in the Tang Dynasty, to which scholars attached great built to a height of 60 meters(197 feet)with five stories, it is now meters( feet)high with an additional two was said that after that addition came the saying39。Saving a life exceeds building a sevenstoried pagoda39。.Externally it looks like a square cone, simple but grand and it is a masterpiece of Buddhist of brick, its structure is very the pagoda, stairs twist up so that visitors can climb and overlook the panorama of Xian City from the archshaped doors on four sides of each the walls are engraved fine statues of Buddha by the renowned artist Yan Liben of the Tang by noted calligraphers also grace the for the reason why it is called Big Wild Goose Pagoda, there is a to ancient stories of Buddhists, there were two branches, for one of which eating meat was not a day, they couldn39。t find meat to seeing a group of big wild geese flying by, a monk said to himself: 39。Today we have no hope the merciful Bodhisattva will give us some.39。 At that very moment, the leading wild goose broke its wings and fell to the the monks were startled and believed that Bodhisattva showed his spirit to order them to be more established a pagoda where the wild goose fell and stopped eating it got the name 39。Big Wild Goose Pagoda39。.Da Ci39。en TempleDa Ci39。en Temple is the home of Big Wild Goose 648, to memorate the dead virtuous queen, royalty ordered the building of a temple named 39。Ci39。en39。(Mercy and Kindness), for which the status and scale far exceeded all , with an area of 32,314 square meters(38, square yards), one seventh of the original area, it still retains its the temple, there stands a statue of hierarch Xuanzang, the meritorious on and across a small bridge, visitors will see the gates of the guarding lions, the temple seems stately for