秦始皇陵英文介绍.pptx

Geographical location
Situated at the northern foot of the Lishan Mountain 30 kilometers east of Xi'an in Shaanxi province, the Mausoleum is the tomb of the first emperor of China’s Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang..
Covering an area of square km, the mausoleum was originally topped with a mound of 115 m and at present the height of the covering mound is 76 meters. There are two city walls inside the cemetery - the inner city wall with a circumference of 3840 meters and the outer city wall 6210 meters. The height of the walls of both inner and outer cities ranges from 8 to 10 meters. Today there are still relic sites of walls. In the south is the burial place and in the north are structures of resting hall and convenience halls.
Mausoleum scale
According to historical records, the mausoleum project had been initiated the next year after Emperor Qin Shi Huang ascending his throne. Completed in 208 BC, the construction lasted 39 years. It was designed by the Prime Minister Li Si and under the supervision of the Grand General Zhang Han. A total of 720,000 laborers had been enlisted for its construction. At its peak period of construction, as many as 800,000 men had been recruited. The number of men involved was almost eight times as large as that mobilized for the construction of the Pyramid of Khufu.
Mausoleum build
Mausoleum design
As is recorded in the Book of Hist