There is so much history in China, its kind of silly to think that a post like this can, in any way represent Chinese culture. So, it doesn’t. In a way the sims of Chinese culture in Second Life are a testament to how much the Chinese value the ability of someone to imitate something. I took an afternoon one day last week to continue my ongoing study to see virtual world simulations of real life art exhibitions and archaeological sites in Second Life, and I couldn’t resist teleporting in to see The Terra Cotta Warriors:
In the spring of 1974, farmers digging a well in the eastern suburbs of Xian, Shaanxi province China, were startled to discover an intact terracotta head. From there acheologists began to unearth an astonishing scene — a cavernous vault containing an entire army of warriors meant to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang as he made his journey into the afterlife. — From the site description in Second Life
Below you’ll find me taking a break to watch the sun set on The Great Wall of China. Because I have never been, I don’t know how accurate it is, and it definitely isnt over 3,000 miles long. I did walk the entire sim, which instead of going in a sort of straight line across the landscape, ended up going in a circle, so that the entrance and exit were at the same point.
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC; these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty. — From The Great Wall Wikipedia page
Find these sims in Second Life:
The Terra Cotta Warriors
The Great Wall in Second Life
Find Real Life information on these sites Wikipedia Pages:
The Terra Cotta Warriors
The Great Wall in Second Life