Terracotta Army Terracotta Army The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife. The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, People's Republic of China, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were
Xi (business) substantial business activities other than acting merely as financial vehicles for one another. Spin-offs, shell-structures, holding companies are created at rapid rate..." Comparison can be made to another, more formal kind of network based group structure in corporate China, the "qiyejituan" () in which the group of companies is registered as affiliated firms of a parent firm. Xi (business) Xi () is a form of business organization in China where a group of companies are controlled by a private equity fund forming an investment group. The term can be translated as business group or conglomerate. However there is a connotation