Emperor Qin’s tomb is in progress!

By:Billy MacDonald

Qin Times

218 B.C.

East of Xianyang: It is now 218 B.C. but Emperor Qin Shi Huang doesn’t want to take any chances so he is not stopping until the tomb is finished. The workers are building his tomb east of our capital Xianyang. Once Emperor Qin united China into one big empire people started to notice his belief in immortality. Emperor Qin thinks that whatever was in your tomb would be carried along with you to the afterlife.

Emperor Qin wants his tomb to be huge so that he can take many things with him. The tomb is two million one hundred and eighty thousand square meters. Emperor Qin wants an army to go with him to the afterlife because he wants to conquer many lands in the afterlife just like he did when he unified China. He has ordered many workers to build the Terra-Cotta Warriors. All together their are more than seven thousand warriors, horses and chariots all made out of clay. Emperor Qin doesn’t only want an army to go with him to the afterlife he wants all types of things. Inside his tomb their are models of palaces, pavilions and offices, fine vessels, and precious stones and rarities. Their are also replicas of the area’s rivers and streams made out of mercury flowing through hills and bronze mountains.

One witness, an Artisan who is a friend of Li Si(Emperor Qin’s chancellor), De Huang said that he loves Emperor Qin’s tomb because it is a huge piece of art. “I find it very interesting that Emperor Qin believes in immortality but I love the design of the tomb and the creativity of the Terra-Cotta warriors.”

Another witness, a worker on Qin’s tomb, Li Chang said that he hates working on the tomb, and that Emperor Qin is stupid for believing in immortality. “There is no point in building this tomb. I mean he actually thinks that all off these warriors will go with him to the afterlife. Yeah right!”