Today I'm writing to you all from Xi An... home of the famous terra cotta soldiers!

今天，我在西安给大家写信…西安是闻名遐迩秦俑的家！

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On the figurines, people found small round holes of varied sizes. Why? This is because of the special production technique of the terra cotta soldiers and horses.

在秦俑身上，人们发现都有大小不同的小圆孔，这是为什么呢？这个问题涉及到了兵马俑的烧制工艺。

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Whenever one mentions "Xi'an" to an American, he immediately thinks of the terra-cotta soldiers buried there by Emperor Chin Shihuang, and unearthed not too many years ago.

一说“西安”二字，美国人就会想到全世界有名的兵马俑和秦始皇。

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"Here is the first person to discover the terra-cotta soldiers, " barks a tour guide to a group of Hong Kong visitors.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Visions of China: Xi'an

Excavations showed the clay torsos were part of a legion of life-size terra-cotta soldiers and horses, deployed 22 centuries ago by the eccentric Emperor Qin Shihuang.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Visions of China: Xi'an