During the National Day holiday, I went to Xi'an, Shaanxi, to visit the world-famous Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑). I was1to see so many pottery (陶) figures in2poses(姿势),including standing, sitting and lying.
They are true-to-life, as tall as humans. The most3part of them is that each one has a unique face, which interested me a lot. Depending on their clothes, hat and hair, they have different jobs in the4. Some hold weapons (武器) while others lead the horses.
These soldiers were built for the5of Qin Shihuang. He believed that after his
6,he would go to another world. So he asked7to build an army of warriors to protect him in the afterlife. It is believed that over 700,000 workers8the tomb for 39 years.
9I visited the Terracotta Warriors and knew the history behind them, I10to make my own little warrior when I got back home. First with gypsum (石膏) powder, I11a stone model warrior, and then with a little stick, drew an expression on his face. When the12was dry, my work was done.
The process sounds easy, but it proved to be13. The powder went everywhere, sometimes making my eyes fail to see14. So I watered it, which helped. It took me more than three hours to15the figure. It's so nice to hold this soldier that I made myself.
