Pipas and Soldiers

Kelly McCusker-Brown          Literature/Art/Music                2-5-12

Pipas and Soldiers

                                                                                                   

                                          

           The Terra Cotta Army  jingdaily.com                                The Pipa  paulnoll.com

The Qin dynasty had a very good artistic style. Qin forced artisans to work on an underground tomb full of statues of Qin’s army which is called the Terra Cotta Army. The Terra Cotta Army is one of the most admired products of China. Another artistic style was Qin’s writing style, and its new style of calligraphy.

There was not much literature during the Qin dynasty because Qin was against Confucianism. Qin burned most books about medicine, herbs, divining, and agriculture. There were many instruments introduced to China during the Qin dynasty. A native instrument of the Qin dynasty was the zheng. A zheng is a plucked string instrument made from bamboo. Another instrument from the Qin dynasty is called the pipa which is a four stringed lute.