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XI'AN, China, Mar. 21, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

To mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic

ties, a well-planned exhibition of cultural relics titled "Terracotta Warriors

and Ancient China - Legacy of Qin and Han Civilizations" will open in Kyoto,

Japan on March 25, according to the Shaanxi History Museum (Shaanxi Cultural

Relics Exchange Center) in Xi'an, China. More than 120 pieces (groups) of

cultural relics, including the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin

Dynasty, have arrived in Japan by sea and will be exhibited in Japan soon,

marking a new chapter in cultural exchanges between China and Japan.

The exhibits gathered from 17 cultural and museum institutions including the

Shaanxi History Museum and the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum of

China, more than 120 pieces (groups) of cultural relics, including stone

artifacts, bronzes, gold vessels, jade articles, Qin bamboo slips and other

precious cultural relics from the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn

Period and the Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties, with a time span

of more than 1,000 years from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the late Eastern Han

Dynasty.

The exhibition Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China - Legacy of Qin and Han

Civilizations will open in Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum on March 25, and will

then tour Shizuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo. The entire exhibition will last nearly a

year. As the first stop of the exhibition, Kyoto has deep roots with Chinese

culture and the ancient capital Xi'an. Local citizens and tourists are looking

forward to this feast of cultural relics from Shaanxi, a province with rich

cultural resources in China.

"As one of the most prestigious cultural IPs in China, the Terracotta Warriors

and Horses of the Qin Dynasty were first exhibited in Japan in 1976 and have

since been exhibited overseas many times." Hou Ningbin, Curator of the Shaanxi

History Museum and Director of the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Exchange Center,

said that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of

China-Japan diplomatic ties, and it is of great significance for the Terracotta

Warriors to visit Japan again despite unfavorable factors such as the epidemic,

which will greatly promote cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Xi'an, the hometown of the Terracotta Warriors and known as Chang'an in ancient

times, is one of the four ancient capitals of civilization in the world. As a

capital with the longest time and the most dynasties in China, Xi'an has

retained its splendid ancient civilization. Today, as the most resounding

cultural card of Xi'an, the "Friendship Ambassador" Terracotta Warriors will be

unveiled in Japan soon, sending a message of friendly exchanges between China

and Japan. This is also the first overseas exhibition of the Terracotta

Warriors and Horses of the Qin Dynasty after 2018.

Source: Shaanxi History Museum (Shaanxi Cultural Relics Exchange Center)

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