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Pit 1

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The largest pit uncovered in the burial ground is pit 1. Pit 1 is over 210 meters wide by 60 meters long. The layout of this pit was relatively simple. The pit consisted of nine parallel inner corridors each approxiamtley 3 meters wide, along with a narrower perimiter corridor on each side. [2] At the ends of each corridor and along the sides ramps were constructed to allow workers to enter and leave the pits. Each corridor  contained four parallel lines of troops totalling over 6,000 clay figurines. One very interesting feauture of this pit is that all of the soldiers, besides the last row, are all facing the same direction. Every soldier in this pit is facing east. Historians believe that Qin Shi Huang faced them this way because he believed that evil was coming from the East. [1] A counter argument however is the great wall of China. 

This pit contained many important answers to military historical data on how Qin dynasty's troops operated. In the front of the large mass of soldiers was a vanguard. These 204 soldiers were neither armed nor heavily armored. These soldiers were believed to be the best and bravest soldiers who would attack  at high speeds and lead the charge in battle. 
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