Thursday, December 8, 2016

Terracotta Warrior Factory

Some friends invited me on an excursion to a Terracotta Warrior Factory. The factory is located about a half hour outside of Xi'an, just up the street from the Terracotta Warrior museum.

The shop owner said it takes three days to complete a terracotta warrior.
These are horse molds. Each type of warrior
has a mold. They are built piece by
piece and glued together.

Waterproofing material is put on
the outside of statues to help prevent
weathering.

The archer, which is the kneeling statue is the 
factory's best seller.

The head of this statue is an orangey
color because it was only baked 60%.
A statue that is the color of the body was
cooked 90%. So if you see an orange 
colored statue bargain because it is
defective!

A four foot statue weighs about 350
pounds and cost $75 USD

They said the man is making copper 
bricks to be melted down to make
carriages. It looked like red 
dirt to me.


This little house was inhabited until
2 years ago.