People visit China’s famous Terracotta Warriors exhibition on March 28, 2023 in Alicante, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
The exhibition, titled “Legends of China’s Qin and Han Dynasties,” featured 120 original works, including seven warriors and a horse, carefully selected from nine museums and institutions in China.
MADRID, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — The Alicante Archaeological Museum (MARQ) this weekend said goodbye to a 10-month multi-sensory exhibition of the world-famous Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, China.
The exhibition, titled “Legends of China’s Qin and Han Dynasties,” opened on March 28, 2023. The exhibit will feature 120 original works from nine museums and institutions in China, including seven warriors and a horse.
“The terracotta warriors and archaeological heritage are ambassadors of cultures around the world,” Spanish archaeologist and researcher Marcos Martinon-Torres told Xinhua.
People visit China’s famous Terracotta Warriors exhibition on March 28, 2023 in Alicante, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Martinon Torres, professor at Cambridge University and curator of the exhibition, explained the complexity of the logistics framework.
“This is not only an exhibition of archeology and history, but also technology and science,” said the researcher, who has been collaborating with archaeologists and researchers in Xi’an since 2006.
According to MARQ, approximately 280,000 people visited the exhibition. “It’s not just the quantity that matters, but also the impression people have after the exhibition,” Martinon-Torres said. He added that the response to the exhibition had been “very enthusiastic and very positive”, “especially considering the diversity of the public, which ranges from sun-and-beach-seeking tourists to academics and children”. Ta.
The exhibition’s curators said they hope that knowledge exchange with China will continue to be promoted.
People visit China’s famous Terracotta Warriors exhibition on March 28, 2023 in Alicante, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
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