Chinapedia | Walking into Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Located in Xi'an, Shannxi province, Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum was built based on the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the founder of the first unified empire in Chinese history during the 3rd century BCE. It is the largest imperial tomb in China with the richest buried objects.
In ancient China, people believed in the after-world. Emperor Qinshihuang built the Terracotta Warriors and Horses as his underground army to protect his soul in the after-world. At present, there are already 149 burial pits, containing thousands of life-size terra cotta soldiers, terra cotta horses, bronze chariots, and weapons, and 196 burial tombs have been discovered.
How was it found?
In March 1974, people in a small village decided to dig a well to fight the drought. During the digging, they found several wrecked terracotta figures and some bronze weapons. The villagers stopped the digging and informed the local authority immediately. Thus, the magnificent Terracotta Warriors and Horses started revealing their true faces to the public.
How to buy tickets?
In 2023, The Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum recorded more than 11.2 million visits. To ensure visitors' safety, the museum will stop selling tickets once the maximum daily capacity of 65,000 visits is reached. Thus, it is better to reserve tickets and plan the visit.
Official Website
Visitors can reserve tickets on the Museum's official website. Before reserving tickets, visitors need to sign up for an account using a Chinese phone number (foreign phone numbers are not available).
Children below 140cm (approximately 4ft 7.1in) do not need to purchase tickets. Visitors can add the number of kids in their group to enter the museum for free.
WeChat Official Account
Visitors can also purchase tickets through the museum's WeChat Official Account. The process of purchasing through the WeChat Official Account is similar to that of purchasing through the official website.
Besides purchasing tickets online, visitors who do not have a Chinese phone number or WeChat account can also purchase tickets at the ticket booth at the museum gate. However, there's the possibility that tickets will be sold out, especially during the high season. So it is recommended that visitors reserve tickets in advance.
(English editor: Ella Qu)
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