兵马俑英文介绍Terra-cotta Warriors.pdf

Introduction China, officially known as peoples republic of china. It is a great nation in the world in terms of longest history, vivid human civilization and prosperous culture. China has become a major tourist destination, especially since its opening to the world in the late 1970s. In 1978, China received about 230,000 international foreign tourists, mostly because of the severe limitations that the government placed on who was allowed to visit the country and who was not. In 2006, according to the World Tourism Organization, China received 49.6 million international visitors, making it the fourth most visited countries in the world. Chinas long history has left many cultural relics and the title of China Top Tourist City has gone to the first group of 54 cities. These valuable source of history and culture provide a good platform to china to promote Historical and cultural Tourism. And nowadays more and more foreign tourists come to China for these wonderful history miracles. The Great Wall, a symbol of the Chinese nation, is also a prime example of historical sites that have become major tourist attractions. Besides The Great Wall China still have a lot of history destinations such as Laolongtou in Hebei and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu Province, The Shaolin Temple in Henan Province. Here I will introduce The Terra-Cotta Warriors in Xian, Shaanxi province that a famous heritage site in China. Discover of the Terra-cotta Warriors Xian, once the capital of eleven Chinese dynasties, is famous throughout the world for life-sized terra-cotta warriors and horses. They have won fame as one of the greatest archaeological finds of this century. The Terracotta Army (Chinese pronounce: Bīng Mǎ Yǒng; literally military servants) or Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life-size terra cotta figures of warriors and horses located in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Qín Shǐ Huáng Líng). The figures were discovered in 19