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Tracing Chinese Men's Earliest Faces among Qin's Terracotta Warriors
The Eighth Wonder of the world, the Terracotta
warriors and horses in the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first
emperor of a unified China in the country's history and founder of the Qin
Dynasty (221-206BC), might give you another wonder by the warriors having
faces surprisingly similar to the faces of modern Chinese males, reflecting the
standards of a modern good-looking Chinese male.
When standing in front of Qin's terracotta
warriors , you may find some of them resemble certain Chinese stars such as
Yao Ming, Chen Daoming, and Liu Yajin. Looking more carefully at these
terracotta warriors, a Chinese man may find that many look like one of his
friends, colleagues, or his father or son, or even a passer-by. So how can
people from more than 2,200 years ago look the same as people nowadays? And
where do modern people's standards of "beauty" derive from? You may find the
answers by tracing Chinese men's earliest faces among these terracotta
warriors.
 
Yao Ming, the famous Chinese NBA basketball star, seems to have the
verve of a terracotta warrior.)
A terracotta officer resembles Chen Daoming, a famous Chinese TV
star.
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