The Quin Empire has been the first unified, centralized, multiethnic feudal state in Chinese history. Quin Shihuang has risen to the throne in 259 B.C., at the age of thirteen.

Construction began immediately to raise his tomb, the grave of the first Chinese emperor. It was built by 720000 slaves in the city of Xi’an for 38 years. A section of Quin Shihuang’s tomb was uncovered in 1974 while drilling a well.

The hole hid thousands of terracotta soldiers, along with their horses. Th is valuable treasure of human culture was declared to be part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

Now the Chinese army of clay is marching in Budapest. Th e 200 terracotta soldiers and four war chariots with horses exhibited in the VAM Center are high quality copies of the archeological findings.

The objects displayed at the exhibit prove just how advanced Chinese art has been nearly two thousand years ago.