view of terracotta warriors and horses. Each of these figures were handmade, lifelike and having different 2 (face) expressions and postures. As we walked down the side, we realized that the entire pit is still not 3. (complete) excavated (发掘). Many broken pieces of the terracotta warriors and horses still lay within the pits, waiting to be 4. (expose) in the future. All the 5.__

(explain) here have proper English translation, so it isn't difficult for international tourists 6. (understand) different parts of the pit.

　　7. touring round Pit 1, we went on to those in Pit 2. Apart from warriors and horses, we can find war carriage and bronze weapons here. There's 8. exhibition showing some of the special discoveries. We could see the excavation work is still on-going.

　　Pit 3 is a lot smaller, but the terracotta figures here 9. (preserve) much better 10. (compare) to those in Pit 1 and Pit 2, as the pit was not burned.

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Nigugu in Xunxian

Xunxian is located in northern Henan Province and was a garrison county for the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty ( 581-618). Some of the soldiers were good at ①_____________( make) clay sculptures and created many figures in memory of those who ②_____________ ( fortunate) had been killed in battle. When the revolution succeeded, many ③_____________ ( soldier) who had been dismissed settled in the area and handed ④_____________ the craft of creating clay figurines.

Nigugu ⑤_____________ (make) into a variety of animal and bird figures and range in size from 4 cm to 20 cm. But their modest size is in contrast to their ⑥_____________ ( wonder) appearance. The background color is usually black but sharp contrasts are formed with bright motifs ⑦_____________ (paint) in red, yellow, green and other ⑧_____________ (live) colors.