Saturday 9 July 2016

Hotel Downing, statues

This squad of statues has been installed outside Hotel Downing, located along Castlereagh Street. They are replicas of the Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang the first Emperor of China, whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.

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    1. These ones are miniature but the owners have another hotel nearby with life size statues.

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  2. Replicas of the Terracata Army...beautiful...and what a wonderful idea to place them there. Can't you picture that whole huge army of these replicas. genie

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  3. Nice replica collection of some of the terracotta sculptures.

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  4. Looks like the same thing they sell at the Asian Art Museum here.

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    1. Maybe that's where they bought these from. The internet makes the world a small place. :)

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  5. This is nice! I have seen exhibitions featuring the Terracotta Warriors here in California (with real warriors, chariots and horses) but I would prefer to travel to Xian to see the actual site where they are located.

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  6. I thought they looked familiar...we saw the army of them in Xian when we visited China a few years ago. Amazing, aren't they? These replicas do indeed look like the originals.
    —Kay
    Alberta, Canada

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