Summary: A visitor views a Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) colored terracotta warrior posed in a kneeling position, as if he is about to fire his weapon, at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. The exhibition Terracotta -The Rise and Legacy of Qin Culture, th

A visitor views a Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) colored terracotta warrior posed in a kneeling position, as if he is about to fire his weapon, at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

The exhibition Terracotta -The Rise and Legacy of Qin Culture, the largest Qin culture display in the museum, features 189 sets of relics from museums and archeological institutions in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The first-class cultural relics account for over 70% of all the exhibits on display and many relics are in Taiwan for the first time.

Organized by the Taipei Palace Museum, Science and Technology Museum in Taipei, Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center and others, the exhibition will run through Aug 31.

A suit of stone armor from the Qin Dynasty is among the artifacts on display at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

A visitor views an iron sword with a gold hilt from the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

 

A visitor views a copper incense burner from the Warring States Period (239 BC) at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

 

Visitors view reproductions of bronze chariots and horses at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

 

A museum staff member displays a copper grain receptacle from the Warring States Period at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, April 28, 2016. The staff unpacked 180 sets of relics that day before the treasures were unveiled to the public. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

 

Feng Mingzhu, curator of the Taipei Palace Museum, views a "Gold Monster" figurine from the Warring States Period at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, April 28, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]