{"id":73037,"date":"2025-05-23T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73037"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:14:59","slug":"terracotta-warriors-return-to-orange-county-more-than-the-qin-army-exhibition-ignites-southern-californias-passion-for-chinese-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73037","title":{"rendered":"Terracotta Warriors Return to Orange County: \u201cMore Than the Qin Army\u201d Exhibition Ignites Southern California\u2019s Passion for Chinese Archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Richard Ren | LAPost | Santa Ana | May 23, 2025<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\uff08Photo by: Richard Ren\/LAPost\uff09<\/p><\/div>\n

Fourteen years after their last appearance in the U.S., the world-renowned Terracotta Warriors\u2014hailed as the \u201cEighth Wonder of the World\u201d\u2014have returned to Southern California. The exhibition, World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century<\/em>, opens to the public on May 24 at the Bowers Museum in Orange County. It is jointly organized by the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration, Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center, the Emperor Qin Shi Huang\u2019s Mausoleum Site Museum of China, and the Bowers Museum. After its run in California, the exhibition will travel to Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tianlong Jiao (L) and Gang Li\uff08Photo by: Richard Ren\/LAPost\uff09<\/p><\/div>\n

At the media preview held on May 23, major outlets from Los Angeles and Orange County gathered for an early look at the remarkable collection. Li Gang, Director of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang\u2019s Mausoleum Site Museum, and Dr. Tianlong Jiao, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Bowers Museum, introduced the exhibition\u2019s highlights and curatorial concept.<\/span><\/p>\n

2,200 Years of History Unearthed<\/h3>\n

Featuring 108 artifacts spanning from the late Neolithic period to the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the exhibition presents a sweeping narrative of China\u2019s ancient civilization\u2014from its diverse origins to unification under the First Emperor. Twenty-one of the objects are Class I National Treasures of China, many making their overseas debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Highlights include:<\/span><\/p>\n