what was the purpose of the terracotta warrior?

The emperor Qinshihuang lived a luxury life before his death, so he wanted to live a similar life after his death, so he made so many terracotta warriors to accompany him and protect & guard him from hurting by other people.

i agree he just wanted to die and something accompany him even though he had a great life

and to keep him company

thy were made to protect the king in his afterlife

to protect the leader for his after life

he wanted to have great strength and ability for the rest of is life so he made them for comfort, power, strength and wisdom

I agree. It was a show of his earthly power and to protect him in the afterlife.

i agree

I agree because I studied them and the emperor wanted to have protection in the afterlife

thank you righting the request because i am doing an assesment on the terracotta warriors. thanks and if you want to email me u can.

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I agree with you martin because the emperor did have a great life but what about the acrobats and the civilian officers

The Terracotta Warriors were a form of funerary art buried with the emperor; there purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.

The terracotta warriors was there to protect the emperor and the tomb.

the purpose is to help emperor qin in the afterlife

it was to help the first emporer of china qin shi huang di to survive in the after life from people who would hurt or even kill him

They are awesome

Consensus is they were to protect the emperor after his death. So, what happened? No springing to life when the tomb was opened? No cutting off of heads with clay weapons?

Amazing, though. Each in individual detail, not all the same, makes me wonder if actual people were copied. If so, we know what actual people looked like thousands of years ago.

The Terracotta Warriors were built so that they would protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang supposedly in the afterlife

the terracotta warriors are so cool and they history is amazing

yeah I'm doing a report on the Terracotta army so I came here and got pretty great answers.

to remember the great soldiers that triumphed over the other warring states

The Terracotta Warrior's purpose is to serve Emperor Qin in the afterlife (protect etc.) I also agree with Martin from Singapore, he did live a life of luxury, and wanted to keep it that way in the afterlife. They were also a symbol of accomplishment, since he was the first emperor and msde them. Hope this helps!

not so much help but thank you

Emperor Qin Shi Huang had a luxurious life and wanted to have the same type of life in the AfterLife

I think that your right and I what you put there helped me with my assesment

Good Answers and very helpful

Hello Jamie, my name is Joe.
What I believe u have said about Qin Shi Huang is very true but also not. The Terracotta Warriors were a successful group of sculptures made to protect Qin Shi Huang and his afterlife, not trying to be mean or anything but your statement was wrong u said that the figures were made to protect him when he was alive and supposedly in his afterlife too... Well they were meant to protect him in his afterlife as well as when he was alive

Kind Regards
Joe :)

what if they were dead on the battle filed do you leave them there or move them

im doing an assessment on these guys and this website had very good answers. thanks