Terracotta Army-Ancient China-Real Faces-Part 1

A first look into the world of ancient China, examining, recreating the soldier's faces in the Terracotta army, that was buried 2221 years ago to protect the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife. Done with digital painting and the help of several animation software.
I was very intrigued by their very interesting Asian face features as I have never done something like it before. Surely, it was a very exciting experience!
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[@crkcrk702]

Egyptians : "take these goods to survive in the afterlife" Chinese : "TAKE THIS ARMY TO PROTECT YOU IN THE AFTERLIFE"

[@user-by1sm4mt1i]

not only army. Qin Shi Huang brought everything he enjoyed when he was alive to the afterworld. the reason why we can only see his army is because archaeologists don't have technologies that are advanced enough.

[@crkcrk702]

@@user-by1sm4mt1i *TAKE THIS KINGDOM TO CONQUER THE AFTERLIFE

[@royzhang8885]

@@crkcrk702 true

[@vangraff3478]

@@user-by1sm4mt1i It's in the video 0:41

[@xlking6302]

What if nowadays people make terracotta aircraft carrier, tank, and missile to their afterworld to fight the terracotta army😂😂😂

[@user-pr9vi4ze4j]

I am Chinese, great job! There were only one or two generals unearthed in Xi'an, and the other thousands were soldiers, pikemen, archers, and chariots soldiers. But in recent years, new generals have been unearthed. They are very beautiful. Welcome to visit Xi'an~

[@mothratemporalradio517]

Hello! I am wondering if you have any thoughts about the recent finds at Sanxingdui? :)

[@user-pr9vi4ze4j]

@@mothratemporalradio517 could you tell me What is it about? Historical years? Or is it related to Henan or India?

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@user-pr9vi4ze4j it's a find of some relics from an archaeological dig within mainland China that i believe is thought to predate the Shang dynasty but appears culturally inconsistent with the currently recognised concept of continuity within Han culture. I don't fully understand why, to be honest, but the articles i saw suggested the finds do not correlate with Han Chinese culture. That said, i was a bit confused by this because some of the finds do remind me of traditional Chinese artefacts. But others look quite unlike anything i've seen. (They actually almost remind me of props from old episodes of the BBC tv show "Doctor Who"! as there are some ritualistic looking masks.) So i think it's currently a little bit of an intriguing mystery and it's unclear whether it could be what we call "a spanner in the works" for previously established concepts of historical continuity in mainland China. We'll probably never know all the answers but it's very interesting and shortly after thinking about it i went on a Wikipedia rabbithole about Sima Qian. I am on a phone and it's not good for Mandarin on the Android app, but i think maybe if i can try and copy the characters from the web, that might help identify it for you. I might see if i can do that and come back. c:

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@user-pr9vi4ze4j sadly not sure if this link will stay up, but i will give it a try! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanxingdui

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@user-pr9vi4ze4j among other things, in the wider context it is Bronze age, it's in Sichuan province, and it is thought to possibly be from the Shu Kingdom which was mentioned briefly in Sima Qian's _Shiji_ (Records of the Grand Historian). I actually haven't read the Wikipedia article for Sanxingdui. Hopefully you can see it and may find it interesting! I love new archaeological finds and there have already been a few from around the world so far this year. 🗿🔬🌏 i have a particular interest in ancient China.

[@WaysideArtist]

That was such a treat to have you bring these warriors to life.

[@SetuwoKecik]

He's (Qin Shi Huang) probably the strongest and richest man at that time 😂

[@semuapenuh]

It's believed that at first all the statues were colored according to the real color of the warriors' skins, clothes and weapons. But after thousands of years the colors faded.

[@gofar5185]

@@SetuwoKecik ... the qin clans are said to be the most frugal of all dynasties... maybe... for the accomplishment of the unification and many social infrastructure projects... qin shi huang spent wealth for the great wall... ming dynasty in its part of continuing the great wall, advocated frugality...

[@haoyangcheng5492]

​@@semuapenuh The statue was colored when it was first unearthed, but it quickly faded because it was oxidized when placed in the air.

[@winjiro]

@@SetuwoKecik eisei

[@Henrodful]

Really amazing hairstyles and fashion sense the Imperial Chinese had. If you would ever consider doing real-face reconstruction of Chinese Emperors from portrait paintings, that would be absolutely fantastic.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Sure!

[@hfdennycheng9010]

THE CRAFTSMAN OF MAKING TERRACOTTA ARMY ARE SO POOR. AFTER THEIR JOBS FINISHED, ALL OF THEM WERE KILLED TO KEEP SECRET

[@user-ps3gg8bk5r]

@@hfdennycheng9010 谁告诉你的？

[@liulo823]

I was born in shaanxi xian yang where Capital of the Qin Empire located, and both my parents working on protection of cultural relics, but I had never been to terracotta, I think This is something you only appreciate when you grow up. I will probably visit there next time when I go home again.

[@stoicforall]

Handsome men full of dignity

[@markp44288]

I saw some of these in person when they went on tour in the USA. It was one of the greatest days of my life.

[@Nighthawk799]

Yes! That day I spent hours to find a parking lot to go to the exhibit!!

[@markp44288]

@@Nighthawk799 For me it was really chill, they came to the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, and it's hardly ever busy there. In fact, for a decent amount of the time with the soldiers I was alone!

[@lucisleesion8824]

And one cavalryman's finger was chopped by an American while in the exhibition

[@markp44288]

@@lucisleesion8824 I have no idea what you are even talking about.

[@lucisleesion8824]

@@markp44288 You can search for the news. I do not want to create any conflicts, but as a person born and live in Xi'an, I am absolutely mad about it. Thank you for your appreciations, and I prey to my ancestors that our government will never send them to North America

[@shastasilverchairsg]

Imagine you go to some exhibition featuring the reconstructed faces of all the terracotta soldiers, only to see your own face staring back at you...

[@christinaaugustine27]

That will be very interesting. If you believed in Reincarnation ;-)

[@azzking9305]

Even more so if your european

[@strangeperson700]

The human population is so large nowadays that each person has at least two exact lookalikes or pseudo twins in the world. Now if we include past and present populations then the amount of lookalikes a person could have throughout history will increase. :)

[@navajyotichetia3211]

My face was staring back here - unfortunately

[@strangeperson700]

@@navajyotichetia3211 They were all very handsome tbh.

[@birdbrain9625]

"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it" 🙌 Michelangelo

[@SMERSH_BERSH]

The models for these statues are definitely very fortunate. Over 2,000 years after they lived and breathed on this earth, their likeness still remains to remind the world they existed.

[@liu3gz]

Those models are 3D generated computer graph, not actual human beings. 3D tech advanced fast these days.

[@magnusmaximus1415]

Naa, he talk about the soldierds who inspire the creation of those statues, they're long dead, but the statues show 2000 years how they were.

[@liu3gz]

@@magnusmaximus1415 OK I misunderstood.

[@rsuriyop]

I'm sure these long dead men would feel very grateful knowing that someone cared enough to reimage their stone faces back to real life form, even if they might be a little off.

[@justinmileman7863]

@@liu3gz I saw a video once showing how they all have one of about 12 basic faces. It's like they made 12 models of clay, then stuck on stuff like lips, noses, eyebrows, facial hair, etc to make them look individual.

[@biggusballuz5405]

Ah finally, a glance of some of my most loyal warriors after all these years. Brings a tear to my eye, remembering how we conquered all our enemies and reunite China.

[@biggusballuz5405]

@marie sandal No, there's a reason why I order the people involved to be killed.

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@biggusballuz5405 talk to me about your feelings on Jing Ke. I have set up the therapist couch for you to lie down on. Tell Frau Doktor Cat everything. You are feeling sleepy... Very sleepy... 🍥

[@simpernchong]

LOL... you reborned..

[@user-gy2oh8eb2t]

You guys, hahahah

[@biggusballuz5405]

@marie sandal What, no one escaped, I had a check list. I don't know where I got the mercury, I just thought it was rad and then it was done.

[@robertpayne2752]

As a Chinese I can tell you the first to the third faces you can find similar counterpart in Shaanxi Province, in which the Terracotta Army lies.

[@siekensou77]

isnt 1:50 wrong? the top should be rags/cloth wrapping the hair... craftsmen/artisans/merchants etc

[@andia968]

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

[@kathyhall668]

I've been fascinated whenever I look at the terracotta statues, It's obvious they were sculpted from real faces. They are all so different. I appreciate your talent for bringing them to life.

[@kellyliu1210]

They likely used real solders as models

[@yiowyang6820]

As a chinese, thanks lot for your work. We really like it and its viral in Weibo now.

[@andia968]

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

[@whosaidthat84]

The music makes it feel like we're meeting the Terracotta generals before going off to war!

[@edimitris]

well put sir

[@Nighthawk799]

Today watching your amazing video I have learnt new things I didn't know , that hats,scarves and hairstiles were detailing different ranks in the old Chinese army. I read somewhere that the statues were mass produced, but each face is a portrait of a man with his own traits and character. You changed for ever the way I look at statues, no longer inanimate pieces of art, but portraits of people with souls and lives. Great job! Mesmerizing.

[@Tempest-Proteus]

The Qin terracotta statues' faces were all different

[@bc7138]

I was lucky enough to be able to see some of Qin Shi Huangdi's Terracotta warriors in a museum. There were only four to five of them as part of a travelling exhibit. They were far taller than I expected. It's fascinating to see them brought to life like this. Thank you.

[@gadgetgasspoll2923]

Northern chinese are taller than southern chinese, just like the mongol

[@Supernaltooth]

@@gadgetgasspoll2923 only because the strongest soldiers could be the emperor's guards

[@westryan4553]

oh man, really welcome to China to see them all in person! When I was there last year, I was shocked by the whole troops of army and I can’t say a word. It just simply blowed my mind.

[@iljagaimovic9166]

By old remains, what was found during mediaval times, showed what in old times Chinese was more taller than nowdays. Also there was documents when Japan attacked, Chinese provines. And Japanese was amazed how Chinese soldiers was on the head taller. It was strongly related to Budhism movements (Vegetarian food became more common for about 400 years, and it changed appearance ).

[@Jake-dh9qk]

@@gadgetgasspoll2923 How tall are you?

[@r6775j]

Chinese Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the 8th wonder of the world, China is really an amazing country！

[@user-xn4nx7ii5o]

So damn cool---LOL-----The first one is my classmate, he is from Quwo County, Shanxi Province，I should inform him to come and see what he looked like two thousand years ago, especially his eyes, very similar, thank you for your work.--LOL

[@simpernchong]

Hahaha🤣

[@emiogawa86]

Kinda racist, wait? You're chinese so not?

[@andia968]

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

[@yanliew4027]

The terracotta army was found in 1974, year of the wood tiger; not just any old year!

[@wong625]

As a Chinese, I must say the graphic shows a very Chinese faces, u really did it well.

[@ytn00b3]

Only some.

[@user-onionkhan]

@@kholmsk20 At that time, Northern Chinese face is considered the most beautiful face in Sino sphere, nowadays aesthetic of East Asia has change to western, which is horrible for our own racial confidence. That’s why we see your kind of people nowadays, puppie of the west

[@jjc4232]

The video brought Our ancestors alive!! 40 generations!! 2100 years ago. Our China!!

[@stoggafllik]

@Xiaodong Li Same thing for the Brits. During WW2, The Brits doubted the fighting capabilities of the Japanese, mocking the Japanese for their slanted eyes and claiming that the Japanese would not be able to see anything. 第二次世界大戦中、英国人は日本人の戦鬬能力を疑って、日本人を斜めの目で嘲笑し、日本人は何も見ることができないと主張しました。

[@sutthikhun]

@@jjc4232 If the people had children at the average age 25 years old, so the number of generation should be around 2100/25 = 84.

[@miaomiaochan]

Thanks for taking the time to give us a glimpse into ancient China, the land of my ancestors. What amazes me about this find is that no two faces are the same. It's incredible, the amount of care and attention to detail that went into creating these warriors; when it came to constructing the emperor's tomb, no expense was spared.

[@martinp3166]

Perhaps this was how some contemporary Chinese people thought the Qin soldiers would come alive to protect the Emperor's tomb. It is certainly magical to see what great skills with animation software can do!

[@handsomejack4590]

998

[@reginachan5973]

Wow wow wow ! 好犀利 ! I got really emotional looking at their real faces！ （Especially I'm a Chinese ）I'm sure the terracotta warriors would be very grateful to you for bringing their faces back to life ! Imagine they're real people living in flesh and blood some 2000+years ago ! I'm told no terracotta soldiers look alike, they must be made to resemble the real person. If you guys did their real faces, all of them, I can surely find my brothers, my father, uncles, or grandpa…… in it ! Thank you so much ! Wonderful work of art ! Simply amazing！ And great music too !

[@patrickjohnson1808]

Wow! Brilliant , good job sir, this serves to remind us that historical people really looked like us. I love the music too

[@thecuriousstylist8531]

I. Total agreement with you!!

[@Zuconja]

No way people 2000 years ago looked like us.

[@Hellothere-bm2fo]

It is viking music

[@asdfghjkl92213]

surprise surprise, they look like chinese

[@genghiskhan6809]

@@Zuconja Go back far enough in your family tree and you’ll find an ancestor who looked EXACTLY like you.

[@nos8141]

Wow. They actually looks like what the statue appeared like in real life. Amazing

[@maniatissa]

Very impressive job! I remember a (very) small part of the Terracotta Army was exhibited in Greece in the '80s and I had the opportunity to visit that exhibition- they were all magnificent, very life-like, and, as far as I could tell, every single warrior was unique in appearance. Just imagine the number of sculptors who worked for this massive statue army 2000+years ago.

[@adrianokury]

I have always thought that the faces of those statues were generic, made in series from a basic template, not based on individual people's faces. It is fantastic to be able to see those vivid faces of men, all of them with a positive expression.

[@peterlee9691]

The body had a generic template depending on rank but each head was individually crafted with different features.

[@adrianokury]

@@peterlee9691 A fantastic work...

[@semuapenuh]

And the great thing is they were the soldiers who won the war in the Warring States period.

[@pcstar123]

I was in the tunnel at the excavation site on a tour by the Shangxi Historical Museum in 1992 in Xian to see all the terracota figures being recovered, It was a stunning exhibition with all these very tall life like soldiers of Qin, very humbling experience!

[@mothratemporalradio517]

Can you tell me more about your experience? Xi Jinping's administration has had a dreadfully chilling effect on my longstanding appreciation for Chinese culture. I started studying Chinese art history, history and language from about 1998. I never visited the mainland and sadly in the current climate have lost all interest in visiting. However the PRC seems to undergo radical change every 20 years or so :S throughout its young history. Anyway, while at this point in history, i am not a fan of the Party to say the least, I just love ancient Chinese culture amd Qin Shihuang is a fascinating figure, even without the Terracotta Warriors. I am very curious about what your visit was like in 1992, Pat, if you wouldn't mind sharing further details. Further, i wonder if you have noticed the intriguing finds emerging from the recent archaeological dig at what i think may be called Sanduixing?

[@mothratemporalradio517]

Apologies, Pat - Sanxingdui is the site of the archaeological dig to which i refer :)

[@linusgoh3365]

There are people who look exactly like these people. You only need to do casting call. It is not a coincidence. Life is full of coincidences. If the life of Qin shi huang ti were to be made into a film I am sure there will be people who would look like these people.

[@BZY-bu9wr]

​@@mothratemporalradio517 I think you should go and just take a look, the party's presence isn't really felt in more remote places and going to some of these places really help local family businesses. If you really just dislike the current administration and want to wait, that's fine too, personnel change is estimated to occur in the 2030s so it's not that far away... assuming you're young. Not to mention the generation stepping up in the 2030s and beyond seem to be a very environmentally conscious cohort of scholars and politicians.

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@BZY-bu9wr interesting comment, thanks. I wrote a longer reply but should probably edit it, will try and post later.

[@lindafromcalifornia1155]

I had the privilege of seeing some of these soldiers when they were touring the US. You did them justice.

[@LIT70]

Fantastic!! You really bring history to life.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thx 😊

[@hollyliu1011]

These are Qin (秦）warriors. In historical record in extreme situation they would took off their shirts on the battlefield to be able to move faster, they tie all the heads they chopped off from the enemies together and hold them in their hands, because they were rewarded according to the number of heads they collected.

[@chaiyasitdhi]

1:29 In ancient China, mustache was a sign of musculinity and adulthood. Only eunuchs shaved their mustaches. Confucius also taught that bodily hair is from parents, ones should not harm it.

[@weirdofromhalo]

This is way before Confucianism got popular, so it had nothing to do with Confucius.

[@chaiyasitdhi]

​@@weirdofromhalo Although Confucianism was not widely popular back then, a significant amount of Confucian scholars were present at the court of early Qin and they hold substantial influence concerning rites and rituals of the court. But my point is that Confucius teaching may reflect traditional values that were commonly practised during or even before his time because the point of Confucianism is to return to the 'good old days' of Zhou.

[@Tang_Plng]

Eunuchs couldn't shave because they can't grow beards

[@chaiyasitdhi]

@@Tang_Plng Most of the eunuchs in imperial China were castrated when they were adult. They had to shave off their beard. It was a double humiliation for a Chinese adult man to lose both beard and genital.

[@Tang_Plng]

@@chaiyasitdhi Your country may not have a eunuch culture, but you should understand that men do not secrete male hormones after their genitals are cut off, and their beards fall off naturally, so there is no such thing as shaving.

[@johnburns3583]

Three things are necessary for a great kingdom: 1great military 2great buildings 3great art

[@mariacargille1396]

I got to see an in-depth exhibit on the Terracotta Army a few years ago, and I spent a lot of it looking at the faces, trying to do exactly what you did here. Thank you- this is spectacular! :D

[@ErokLobotomist]

This is really powerful. So many people see the statues and assume they're all the same. Great work.

[@aliencat11]

The faces on the terracotta army has akways fascinated me. Thanks for making them flesh and blood.

[@lauramamaciwen1019]

I'm Asian and I love seeing how this works!!! ❤️

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Do they look like Asian people today?

[@Jaimealonsoreyes]

@@panagiotisconstantinou lol

[@theveryproudmoroccan2834]

@@panagiotisconstantinou Nai.

[@Dou_Y]

@@panagiotisconstantinou They are all familiar faces to me, I feel very comfortable, these kinds of face would mostly appear in North-West China, and you can find them everywhere in China

[@slavish_superiority]

@@panagiotisconstantinou no...There are such faces in the relatively closed villages of northern China. But not considered handsome. I personally think that modern Chinese man are much better-looking than them. The Southern Han Chinese, Korean, Japanese are looked totally different from them

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

You're a magician.

[@appleman3851]

Just a high tec cgi computer genarate image

[@jacklaurentius6130]

overused palimpsest atheism tier for the middling IQ, average man.

[@ericconnor8251]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing. You chose some awesome music too. I've seen some them personally on a traveling exhibit to the USA, a true privilege and pleasure. Great to see them come to life. As for the Hellenistic Greek influence hypothesis, I would say maybe, but technically previous Warring States Chinese did have sculptures of people to replace real humans interred with their dead lords. They just weren't as impressive, lifelike or large as Qin's Terracotta Army and later Han versions.

[@vorawanc5015]

When I was a kid, I was told that Qin Shi Huang actually wanted to bury his real army with him after his death. But, after he died, his officials didn't want to kill all the soldiers, so they told the soldiers to bring their own terracotta doubles to bury in the tomb instead. That's why there are many unique terracotta statue.

[@Vincentsls2]

It was the other way around, Qin Shi Huang himself doesn't want to bury his real army with him after his death, and thus he ordered the works of these sculptures soon after his ascend to the throne.

[@chochootrain]

The work of sculptures was a very elaborate, highly complex art that required a mass production line in pottery studios specializing in terracotta soldiers. The uniqueness is by design, and the names of studios that made each terracotta is written on the terracottas themselves.

[@FinarfinNoldorin]

Wow!! I have been waiting for this, Sir!! Thank you SO much!! :)

[@Mskaytee]

As a history buff..I enjoy your channel. Every video is a gift 🎁 Tyfs your hard work with us 🙏🏽❤️

[@varudboonjoong5594]

How great this video is! Thank you so much. I have been waiting for a long time for a KZbin video like this.

[@49rockon27]

Amazing work. You brought the terracotta statures to life. Please continue with your fantastic work. Wishing you the very best.

[@easonli4058]

做得太好了，love from China

[@shuhewa]

Amazing ！As a Chinese , feel very touching on it ,thank you, and cait wait seeing more about Chinese history face！

[@kilitocaska117]

Amazing restoration Seeing these faces is like seeing friends around

[@toniearling2953]

I love the music you pick for your hauntingly beautiful videos ❤️

[@marianlouwrens7435]

Wow. I've always wondered what these soldiers looked like in life. Thank you for bringing them to life! Really great job on this video👌

[@lensman67]

Hussars in the Napoleonic armies wore "love locks" at their temples because it was the fashion, derived from their eastern European predecessors. They started going out of fashion around 1807. That quibble aside this site does a wonderful job of bringing history to life. Keep up the good work!

[@user-kw4vs6om6m]

Superb work! This channel is highly underrated. Cannot wait to watch part 2.

[@thecuriousstylist8531]

So impressive!! You blow me away every time!! Keep up the good work!!

[@tlingitmicmumbam2065]

Εξαιρετικό!Και περιμένουμε και ακόμη καλύτερες συνέχειες!

[@imskint1]

Bravissimo!!!! Grazie per aver condiviso la Sua arte! Saluti dall'Italia 🇮🇹 Πολύ καλά!!!! Σας ευχαριστούμε που μοιραστήκατε την τέχνη σας! Χαιρετισμούς από την Ιταλία (ελπίζω να είναι σωστό)

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Ναι, ευχαριστώ φίλε!

[@batootcat]

This is really great. Looking forward to part 2.

[@mrmosk2011]

This is best rendering I have seen of the faces. I visited Xian a few years back and they are amazing, consider how realistic and numerous they are.

[@jhoang861]

this was AMAZING!!! Wow you did a great job

[@137khawmihausen5]

Out of all humans, all Asians, all East Asians, Chinese have some of the most distinct and unique features.

[@he-yi-jie-you-wei-you-bao-fu]

But Westerners always think that Chinese people have slanted eyes

[@NUSORCA]

Everyone is gangster until one of them yell “殺!!!!!!”

[@Damndrrtyapes]

I saw the thumbnail yesterday and forgot this was a video. You did a great job, very lifelike faces. Will be sharing this with any future articles on the Xian terra-cotta army. -from a Chinese-American

[@yuanruichen2564]

The recovery looks faithful. These faces are so common among Northern Han Chinese lol

[@yuanruichen2564]

The last looks a bit off, but perhaps the original sculpture has some elements of exaggeration.

[@panagiotisconstantinou]

Thanks for your input 🙂! I actually wanted to somehow get some backup from Chinese people if they look like their people today.

[@aleedriftwood]

Those faces are truly ancient Chinese. Modern Chinese faces are a bit more refined.

[@ixoraroxi]

Great work, thanks!

[@edukid1984]

​@@panagiotisconstantinou The last two faces actually look a lot like men who are of Mongolian/Kazakh descent in North and North-West China today. Which would be unsurprising as they (or rather, their ancestors) have been active in that area long before Qin Shi Huang's unification and very very probably some of the Qin people (of the Kingdom that defeated all others) had features that were less typical of the Chinese in the "middle plains". It'd be logical for the Emperor to want his guardians' sculptures shaped in the likeness of his most loyal soldiers irl - that is to say, those originally serving the Kingdom of Qin that followed him to victory.

[@robinsydney140]

Hi, you've done such an excellent job bringing to life these officers. Thank you so much for showing us how they looked with such fidelity! A+++++ for your video.

[@tlipovsek]

Excellent. Really realistic faces. Can't wait for you to do Cyrus from the achaemenid empire or even some scythian nomad faces. Love all your stuff. Thankyou.

[@idoc-2]

Amazing work! Thank you. I saw some of the actual terra cotta statues in a museum and it is believed they were originally painted to look life-like. On some of the broken statues, you can see the actual fingerprints of the sculptors on the inside of the hollow statues. They were first sculpted of soft clay, then were fired in a kiln to harden them. It is debated whether each statue was made to look like an actual live soldier, or if the sculptors just made "generic" figures, each slightly different.

[@linusgoh3365]

There are people in the present day who looks exactly like these people.

[@MrGod47]

Yes, here are some examples, all modern Chinese. i.imgur.com/ uKGmrvi.jpg

[@user-np3li4pl3i]

@@MrGod47 great examples. Loved it!

[@sagisdoodleverse9696]

@yitzhak rafaeli shekkelsteingoldmanberg what?

[@Vysair]

@@sagisdoodleverse9696 A lot was probably lost in the translation I think the person meant that there's a lot of Chinese to the point where their face can be identical to each other so how can you do it with your own face. Tbh, that sounds hot to me

[@sagisdoodleverse9696]

@@Vysair “we are entering fetish levels that shouldn’t even be possible .”

[@erikchengmo]

Thank you for making this. I have always been curious what the Terracotta Warrior look like IRL, because years ago, someone make a photo comparison between real-life actors and the statues. There is a Terracotta Warrior looks exactly like the actor Chen, Daoming （陈道明), and it made me wondering what Ancient Chinese from 2000 years ago might look like. You made my dream come true.

[@franssotardugasihombing3358]

1:28 My best guess is their mustache was there not in order to show that they were soldiers. Instead, keeping the mustache is a form of Confucius religious norm: It is prohibited to cut hair, mustache, beard etc in order to show respect to parents and ancestors as they are inherited.

[@user-ru1ki]

It is absolutely awesome and surprising. Was really expecting it. Excellent work 👍😁💜 Enjoying combination of art and history. Thank for sharing 🙏 Keep on surprising us 😉🌷😁

[@rockrocky2271]

Your work is amazing. Congrats from Brazil

[@clusterguard]

The EMPEROR and His Soldiers will LIVE FOREVER!!

[@saibliss7976]

Beautifully done... music, colours and additional information. Brilliantly interesting 👌 Loved it💕💖

[@masoomahassan6303]

I like that you made them smile!

[@susieq2806]

Amazing !. Love your work !!! 😄👍

[@camarov8power319]

4:14 Dude straight up looks like my high school maths teacher.

[@ottovalar5974]

May be his ancestor

[@christinepatriciawong1102]

WOW...this is brilliant. Thank you so much for making this video.

[@vaggos013]

Μπράβο Παναγιώτη, εξαιρετική δουλειά.

[@susanhenry4073]

This is fascinating! Excellent work.

[@Silverfox8668]

Simply awesome, thank you for bringing the terra cotta army to life 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@pinkpaprika8410]

Impressive work, particularly the natural face movements!

[@handsomejack4590]

Really great work! Btw you could still find similar faces in a random street in Xi'an city XD Thank you for producting such an interesting video!

[@allomyself]

this is cool, great job!

[@christineingram55]

Incredible and each one of these statues are unique too ..You did an amazing job of course 🥰

[@polo-kf6yh]

I wish the museum would employ you, this brings it to life.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

As someone who had gone to the terracotta warrior museum in Xi’an back in 2014, this was surreal. Great job and continue the good work. 👍

[@mrsmucha]

Fascinating and so well done!

[@alessiodecarolis]

Incredible work, they're so lifelike I think the artisans used real people as models! Plus, if you look closely it seems that are depicted different Chinese's ethnicities, as surely were in the real army.

[@chuankityap6160]

This video is like time travelling for me. Amazing!

[@madmanjshum]

Fascinating and simply majestic how you did that. Speechless

[@book775533]

I can’t believe that my ancient ancestors went through a war with this army 2000 years ago. After 2000, my ancestors left China and came to live in Taiwan again. Now Taiwan is democratic, and it is also the first democratic place in Chinese society.

[@andia968]

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

[@prechabahnglai103]

Fantastic work! Ancient China is very fascinating!

[@dannywei1062]

Great work! That looks so real, love from CN.

[@kbeldobbellodob2896]

It s fabulous. It looks like they come back alive. I was curious how they look like and now you answer my curiosity. Thank you

[@athan2274]

Epic work !

[@topyoyo6666]

I'm Chinese, it is very touching to see this, thank you for the great job.

[@andia968]

Can the rendered imagss represent todays people face in xiaan? Isnt typical Face of northern chinese is narrow with high bridge noses? Cuz some of rendered images doesnt reflect that .thx

[@guangyang873]

Extraordinary work! Thank you!

[@chrisg.k487]

I am Greek and i think that china has the greatest civilization. So old. From the 2.200 BC (Xia Dynasty) until now. And before that Dynasty we have the Longshan and Erlitoy cultures.

[@tomlam1205]

We Chinese and Greek definitely held our own in the ancient space.

[@jasonhuang4333]

Ancient Greece is fascinating!

[@SpellCaster17]

This is absolutely amazing!!!! I have been fortunate enough to have seen the Terracotta Army and the craftsmanship of them is absolutely amazing! When they say that no two are the same, well it’s true. They vary in height and stature just as any human would, facial expressions are different on each one as well. The horses are, let’s just say from a distance the look real! This is something I’ll never forget and I’m so honored that I was able to see them.

[@franciscouderq1100]

Once again an outstanding work.

[@blackrose_111]

Beautiful Introduction song.....good choice of picturing ancient Chinese history...... made me Goose Bump. EXCELLANCE. Thumbs Up.

[@donnariley2831]

This gave me chills and moved me to tears.😥😮😊❤