1/24/2009

PhotoHunt#16 Chipped

Terracotta Warriors in Shanghai


I saw this imitation of terracotta warriors guarding outside a restaurant-bar in Shanghai. The statues have chips on them making them look very old.

The world-famous terracotta warriors have been imitated everywhere but to see the real ones is just way different and astounding. See the pictures of the real terracotta warriors here.

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22 comments:

yanix said...

now that's what you call sooo cOOl!!!! hope you can drop by in my site though. thanks!

Anonymous said...

Cool indeed! Chipped in purpose to look old, those teracotta pieces are great photo subjects! Enjoy Tes!

YTSL said...

Even fake Terracotta Warriors look impressive to me! ;b

jams o donnell said...

THey are a wonderful sight. I saw an exhibition of real warriors at the British Museum last year.

Mamapippa ... said...

Even the imitations of the terracotta warriors are great to see !

CRIZ LAI said...

They looked brand new to me.. hehe. Well, lots of places are using the terracotta warriors as some sort of decorations. They are beautiful. :)

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ancient one said...

Those are great. Believe it or not there are imitation (I'm sure) warriors in a little town called Grimesland just a few miles from me. They sure do make you look twice, don't they. Great Post!

Rebecca Mecomber said...

Great photo!

I did Photo Hunters today, too. I hope you get a chance to visit.
http://newyorktraveler.net/photo-hunters-chipped/

bonggamom said...

What a beautiful restaurant foyer!

Thanks for visiting my site today and showing your support for the Quaker/SOS cause.

Daisy said...

Those are neat-o! I wonder how the real ones were made? Very interesting.

Anonymous said...

Those are pretty neat. Great photo.

Leslie said...

I saw some of the terracotta warriors when they came to Canberra many, many years ago. Fascinating! :)

http://lesliesmyers.blogspot.com/2009/01/photohunt-chips-in-italy.html

Anonymous said...

I remember visiting the museum when I was young to view these teracotta warriors and I overheard this man telling his son there were real bodies inside them. It scared the hell outta me!! :P

Anonymous said...

Those Terracotta Warriors have no distinction with the original. They are amazing, nice shot

escape said...

beautiful shanghai! their culture never fail to amaze me.

stan said...

for a moment I thougth that was your backyard or some part of the house!! awesome design and v inviting.

Bengbeng said...

awesome pic this week indeed. have a great week ahead

Biker Betty said...

Those are very neat. I went to the link you provided and, wow, that's a lot of terracotta warriors. Very impressive. I have never heard of them. Thanks so much for the background on them. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend :)

jmb said...

What a great photo for this theme. A wonderful photo.

Thanks for visiting and happy weekend.

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Anonymous said...

Very nice look at "chipped." I'm going to check out the real warriors too.

Thanks for visitng mine and have a great week.

Anonymous said...

Cool photo! Very nice entry :)