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Statue! Modi checks out Terracotta Warriors
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Terracotta Warriors museum in Xi'an, China. (PTI Photo)
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Modi spent an hour at the Terracotta Warriors Museum which has a large collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. (PTI Photo)
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The museum complex, a UN World Heritage site, houses Qin's mausoleum and was built in the 2nd century BC. (PTI Photo)
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In the visitors' book, Narendra Modi wrote that he was 'deeply impressed' by the extraordinary care with which the museum has been preserved. (PTI Photo)
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PM Modi visited Qin's museum after arriving in Xi'an to a grand welcome on a three-day trip to China. (PTI Photo)
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The terracotta sculptures are a form of funerary art buried with the emperor, the purpose of which was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. (PTI Photo)
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Other terracotta non-military figures are also found in pits and they include officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians. (PTI Photo)
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