Imagine walking along the streets of China, walking below a sea of skyscrapers and a river of stalls full of food. The breathtaking view of the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. The hustling of people from left to right. The blinking lights that illuminate from the Bird’s Nest and the Shanghai Tower. An extraordinary sight to behold. China prides itself as the world’s most populated country and the largest producer and exporter of manufactured goods. China is the fastest growing country in the world. China houses the world’s second tallest building and the world’s longest, man-made structure. Who and what influenced this country? The reign under the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, and what he left behind today, his mausoleum containing the terracotta warriors. The Terracotta Warriors demonstrate the relationship between the ancient world and the modern world by connecting the past to the present.
The Terracotta Warriors were created in an assembly-line style production by large groups of people, similar to the production style in China today. The Terracotta …show more content…
It depicts the combination of both the history of China under the Qin Dynasty and modern-day China. Ai Weiwei’s Kui Hua Zi is extremely similar to The Terracotta Warriors as it connects China under Mao’s regime and China after his regime. Kui Hua Zi and The Terracotta Warriors symbolizes the followers of Mao Zedong and Qin Shi Huang. It was thought that Mao Zedong was the sun and that the seed represented his followers. Similarly, Qin Shi Huang commanded the entire army of the Qin state. In addition, both display the mass production of that specific work, yet retain their individuality. The sense of individuality which is portrayed amongst The Terracotta Warriors and Kui Hua Zi is deeply ingrained in China’s most prominent philosophies and religions. Individualism is a concept that is inscribed in both Taoism and
The Terracotta Warriors were created in an assembly-line style production by large groups of people, similar to the production style in China today. The Terracotta …show more content…
It depicts the combination of both the history of China under the Qin Dynasty and modern-day China. Ai Weiwei’s Kui Hua Zi is extremely similar to The Terracotta Warriors as it connects China under Mao’s regime and China after his regime. Kui Hua Zi and The Terracotta Warriors symbolizes the followers of Mao Zedong and Qin Shi Huang. It was thought that Mao Zedong was the sun and that the seed represented his followers. Similarly, Qin Shi Huang commanded the entire army of the Qin state. In addition, both display the mass production of that specific work, yet retain their individuality. The sense of individuality which is portrayed amongst The Terracotta Warriors and Kui Hua Zi is deeply ingrained in China’s most prominent philosophies and religions. Individualism is a concept that is inscribed in both Taoism and