Chinese culture has a long history and is broad and profound, and the ancients have also left us many cultural relics. Architectural categories have the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, calligraphy and painting have the Qingming River Map, Roselle Futu, and the mention of cultural relics have to say that the Qin Terracotta Warriors, although the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been opened so far, but the Terracotta Warriors and Horses are enough to represent the importance of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum. The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a golden business card of China's ancient glorious civilization, and it is known as the eighth wonder of the world. Among all the terracotta warriors unearthed, there is a special existence, it is the only one that is different, and there is no way to explain it until now, since its excavation it has been carefully protected, and it has only been shown to the world four times.
In the feudal dynasties of ancient China, there was an appalling system, that is, human martyrdom. After a person dies, the living are used to accompany the burial, this cruel and barbaric behavior existed in the prehistoric Civilization of China, and there are martyrs in the Dawenkou culture today. Not only this place, but other Qi family cultures and Longshan cultures have found the existence of martyrdom, that is to say, there is a system of martyrdom in the matrilineal clan.
After there is culture and a state, this system has not stopped here, but has become more serious. The most prosperous period was the Shang zhou period, and according to the current archaeological findings, most of the tombs of the nobles of the Shang Dynasty would be martyred. In some cases, there are even 5,000 people in the tombs, and there may be children among the martyrs. The reason for its prevalence is actually very simple, that is, in ancient times, it was a society of imperial despotism, and the princes and nobles had the right to kill slaves at will.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this system began to change. Figurines were produced. The Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang is a typical representative of this, and the reason why the Qin Terracotta Army is so realistic is inseparable from the society of Qin Shi Huang at that time. Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, the whole world is his, among which there are more capable people and skillful craftsmen, and the craftsmen have to use their own wisdom to do this well, and they also satisfied Qin Shi Huang.
Basically, the Qin Terracotta Warriors are all flesh red or pink-white faces, but there is also one that is different from all the terracotta warriors. A green-faced figurine, in addition to the hair, beard, pupils are black, the face is green, which was painted by the ancients with stone green pigment. This terracotta army is also very confusing to experts, because it is the only one. What is its use?
It has received much attention from the moment it was unearthed, and countless scholars and experts have put forward their opinions. One of the guesses is that it is a prank by craftsmen, craftsmen who are doing the same thing every day, and it is inevitable that there will be boring times. But this possibility is still unlikely, they have overseers, and this terracotta army is so special that it can be seen at a glance. If it is discovered, the craftsman's life will be over.
There is also speculation that the Wu people in the army, the Wu culture is one of the ancestor cultures of the Chinese Wen, the origin is very distant. Ancient rituals had two tasks, one was to drive them away regularly. The other is to send a funeral to the deceased emperor, which is related to the military ceremony and the fierce ceremony, which refers to the funeral catastrophic ceremony, the most important of which is the funeral. The ceremony itself is a kind of military nature, and there will be many sacrifices in the army to drive away the evil spirits, so some people speculate that this is a servant in the army.
There is also speculation that it will be like the modern field troops, there will definitely be such a war in ancient times, painted green can better camouflage themselves, other color changes will not be because they have not yet reached the battlefield? Some experts have also asked whether it is too long and the color has changed. After this possibility was proposed, experts studied it, and found that green is only on clothes, and if the face is pink and white, it can only fade and will not turn green.
This terracotta warrior is strictly controlled because of its particularity, and has been exhibited four times so far. The rest of the time was placed in wooden boxes, tightly wrapped in cotton. The reason for its green face is also more speculation, but it has not been fully confirmed, the real reason is not known to anyone until now, perhaps in the future to unearth more Qin Dynasty cultural relics we can know the reason for its green face.
References: World Heritage List, Human Martyrdom and Its Legal And Cultural Analysis