It has been a mankind history that we believe there is are gods in the sky and an afterlife after our death or some sort of spiritual world beyond the world we live in. In ancient time, these belief were taken to a very extreme degree. Two good example is the Tomb of Emperor Qin, in China with its famous Terracotta Army and the Temple of the Great Jaguar located in Tikal, Guatemala. There two architecture were built by two civilization which is the Ancient Chinese and the Maya Civilization. Although these two civilization did not have any sort of connection back in the ancient time, it is surprise we can see many similarities in their sacred architecture. The Chinese believed that death of a man is beginning of another life cycle, the tombs …show more content…
Emperor Qin also standardized coins, weights and other measurements unit, build canals and road that linked between states and ordered to build the very first version of the Great Wall of China. To remark his achievement and to continue the greatness of his power in his afterlife, Emperor Qin build himself a mausoleum in an extremely large scale that have never been construct before his time or after till present day. The construction of the mausoleum began in 246 B.C. Not long after Emperor Qin took the throne at his age 13. The construction was believed involved 700,000 labor force and 11 years time to complete. It is located Lintong, Xian, Shaanxi Province in China today. The mausoleum buried the Emperor Qin with architecture like palaces and towers, valuables like artifacts and jewelry and the Terracotta Army to continue his power to rule even after his death. The life size terracotta figure of warriors, horses arrange in their battle formation with weapon to replicate the scene imperial guard guarding the tomb of the emperor. There are 4 main pits of the Terracotta with a 23 ft depth excavated. Pit one is 750 feet by 203 feet and hold more than 6,000 figures, Pit two has infantry and cavalry units and war chariots. Pit three is the army command post with higher rank officer of Terracotta …show more content…
The Tike Temple I is a pyramid structure build with limestone at around 732 A.D. It was built by Jasaw Chan K'awiil I, a ruler based at Tikal from 682 – 734 A.D. The temple structure have a total of nine levels, it was believed represented the nine levels of the underworld in the Mayan culture. The temple highest point reached 154 feet and with a funerary shrine on the very top. His tomb is located deep within the structure which suggesting the temple was built after his death on top of his tomb by his son and heir Yik’in Chan K’awiil. Beside the the nine level of steps, the steep staircase that take you all the way to the shrine on the top. These sacred temple that build on stepped stone platforms, that Mayan perceived the temples as the sacred mountains, the entryway to the netherworld of