they were created over 2000 years ago and it was discovered almost half a century ago. However, Xian’s warriors will travel to the 21st century. “unique” exhibition Opening at MARQ on 28 March is a “new experience” because “an exhibition of this caliber has never been held in Spain before”.
This is how you defined the example Legacy of the Qin and Han dynasties curator, Professor and Head of Archaeological Science at Cambridge University, Marcos Martinon-Torres During the presentation of this landmark exhibition for Alicante at the Casa de China in Madrid.
are 120 pieces, In addition nine terracotta warriors and a horse from XianIt will be on display at MARQ until January 28, after more than four years of waiting.” What makes this exhibition special is our reliance on an extraordinary collection of 120 carefully selected objects from nine museums. Anywhere in the world.”
Accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to Spain at the event, Martinón-Torres, Wu Haitao; President of the Provincial Assembly, Carlos Mazon; cultural representative, Julia ParraAs well as the directors of MARQ and the MARQ Foundation, Manuel Olcina and José Alberto Cortésrespectively, stated that what to see in Alicante is “not a static and passive presentation, but an immersive experience between history and science with the latest developments in archeology”.
The wars and luxury of the imperial court
In this way, “we will be involved. wars with thousands of dead and we will live too the luxury of an imperial court; we can meet them face to face Warriors and the people who built them; Moreover, we will enter the archeology science laboratory for the first time because in addition to continuing to make discoveries in the field, the project pioneer world in the application of technologies”.
“Dotted” with the exhibition zoom effects It will give information about the parts. “we will know how to make a container 100 kilos of hollow bronze, why so many swords of warriors lethalwhat aspects did the numbers make terracotta before the pigments fade… beyond the objects, The immersive environment is truly magnificent.”
“Other terracotta figures, such as the stable and servant elements, will also be seen”, but “the chronological space 500 year old pieces before and 500 years after the first emperor so we can see Another terracotta army from the Hang era one of those imitating that of the previous emperor, smaller but very ostentatious”.
Another highlight of the exhibition is “It conveys the history of science, information and technology in China”. For example, you will hear these sounds: bells and a Chinese lithophone, “and we will wonder how this differs from European bells”. Respect is also paid to the “workers who created these objects, and to the archaeologists, historians, and researchers of today who explain to us why we know what we know.”