Cavalry Warrior

The costumes of the cavalry warrior in Pit 2 of the Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin are obviously different from those of the infantry. They wear round hats, tight-sleeved tops with right overlapping collars, short, light and simple armor, crotch-length pants and boots. This special attire is entirely from the need for the cavalry to move quickly in combat. They are more than 1.8 meters tall, slender, holding the reins with the right hand, carrying a bow with the left hand, alert and realistic.

It is known through the excavation that there are 116 horsemen (groups) in Pit No. 2, and each horseman (group) consists of a cavalry figurine and a ceramic saddle horse, which is the earliest cavalry figurine group of its era found in the archaeological history of China.

The cavalry figurine in front of you has a flat bun behind the head and wears a leather bun. On the top, he wears a knee-length jacket with a folded skirt and waist-length armor without shoulders. The face, arms, and armor are red in many places. He wears long pants and leather boots. The left hand is half-gripped, as if holding a weapon, and the right hand is holding a horse. It is a lean and heroic image of an early Chinese cavalryman. The cavalry figurines reflect a new type of soldier that had begun to appear in the Qin Dynasty, an important stage in ancient Chinese military history.