The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang are the eighth wonder of the world, so who discovered this miracle? When viewing the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Exhibition Hall or reading relevant information, if you are not paying attention, you will miss this line: "In March 1974, several local farmers discovered the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang while digging wells." Who are these farmers? Who else discovered the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang? Lao Qiu spent some time to find some evidence, not just following what others say.
On March 29, 1974, at the foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province (now Lintong District), the Xiyang Production Team of the Xiahe Brigade of Yanzhai Commune, captains of the well drilling team Yang Peiyan and Yang Xinman led Yang Yanxin, Yang Zhifa, Yang Quanyi, Yang Wenhai, Yang Wenxue, Yang Yizhou, Wang Puzhi and others followed the example of digging wells in Dazhai to fight the drought. They dug wells to a depth of two to three meters and successively dug out a large number of fragments of tiles, copper arrowheads and other objects. At that time, they thought they had found bricks and tiles. kiln, but the more these things were dug the more. These farmers were the first to discover the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang.
Yang Zhifa, a photo of Clinton meeting him is hung on the wall
Yang Quanyi, sitting in the museum to sign autographs
Yang Peiyan, the terracotta warriors and horses were discovered here
Yang Xinman, Lao Qiu also bought a set of postcards here, and the old man took the initiative to sign them for me
Zhao Kangmin, former deputy director of Lintong Cultural Center, the first person to restore Qin Terracotta Warriors
Lin Anwen, a Xinhua News Agency reporter at the time, and the author of the first internal reference for the Terracotta Warriors
Yuan Zhongyi, a famous scholar and the father of the Qin Terracotta Warriors
Part of Yuan Zhongyi’s letter and postcard
Yuan Zhongyi confirmed that Lee Kuan Yew was the first foreign head of state to visit the Terracotta Warriors
Chirac was visiting the Terracotta Warriors
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang were discovered here, and this is where several farmers dug wells
The terracotta warriors and horses are still being excavated and rescued
These are the newly unearthed colorful warriors
A magnificent museum
The four old people Yang finally went to the police station with their real names Exhibition board
Yang Zhifa and his signature
Yang Peiyan’s signature