Terracotta Army

秦始皇帝陵博物院（兵马俑馆）

A hangar-sized pit of clay soldiers standing in ranks

⚠ Online booking only; passport

Hours

Daily from 8:30am. Last entry 5pm (16 Mar–15 Nov) / 4:30pm (16 Nov–15 Mar); halls close about 90 minutes later

Tickets

¥120 (students ¥60), covering the pits and Lishan Park. Advance real-name online booking only; bring the passport you booked with. Daily cap 65,000

Address

Qinling North Road, Lintong. One ticket covers the pit halls and Lishan Park (the mausoleum side), about 2 km apart

Walk into Pit 1 and the roof is the size of an aircraft hangar, with earth-coloured soldiers lined up row after row below you. Lean on the rail and the claim that no two faces match stops sounding like a brochure line: beards, topknots and mouths all differ. At the far end is the restoration zone, where armless figures wait their turn to be pieced back together. Pit 2 is where you see a kneeling archer behind glass at arm's length, and the bronze chariots have been in the Lishan Park hall since 2021.