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Have you seen the clay soldiers in the Terracotta Warriors Museum? Do you know the true colours of them? More than 2, 000 years ago, Qinshihuang, the first emperor of China, ordered people to build the Terracotta Army. He hoped that the army would guard him after he died.
In 1974, some farmers found several clay soldiers by accident in Xi'an. After that, thousands of clay soldiers were found by archaeologists(考古学家). Today, the clay soldiers in the museum are light brown. But they weren't always this colour. When they were made, they had the colours of white, green, blue, red, purple and yellow. Sadly, most of the colours disappeared today.
An area with more than one hundred clay soldiers was discovered by some archaeologists a few years ago. Many of them still had black hair, pink faces and black or brown eyes when they were discovered. After a clay soldier was found, archaeologists used two steps to keep its colour. First, they sprayed a special kind of “water” on it. Then, they covered it with plastic.
Archaeologists are facing a new challenge now. They are going to find a way to put the colours onto the clay soldiers again. If they succeed in doing it, people will be able to see what the clay soldiers originally(最初) looked like. It must be very amazing.
1. Why did Qinshihuang build the Terracotta Army?
Because he hoped that the army would guard him after he died.
2. Who found the clay soldiers by accident first?
Some farmers.
3. What colours were the clay soldiers when they were made?
They were white, green, blue, red, purple and yellow.
4. How many steps did the archaeologists use to keep colours of the clay soldiers?
Two.
5. What's the new challenge for archaeologists now?
Finding a way to put the colours onto the clay soldiers again.
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The clay soldiers' true colours
