Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum site in Xi’an

AbstractIn recent years, systematic detections have been conducted to the remains of the roads, gates and gate towers and walls within the Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum precinct and larger scope, by which the comprehensive layout of the mausoleum precinct is more deeply understood; the discoveries of the outer storage pits, attendant burials, sacrificial architectures and other remains are significantly meaningful for the understanding to the imperial burial system; especially, the discovery of the large amount of architectural remains are very important for the research on the evolution of the mausoleum precinct system. The excavations of the pit K9901, the architectural remains within the inner mausoleum yard, the attendant burials within the inner mausoleum yard and the Terracotta Army Pit No. 1 provided new materials for recovering the process of the funeral ceremony of Emperor Qin Shihuang and understanding the structural system of the mausoleum architectures.