外国首脑与秦兵马俑

FOREIGN STATE LEADERS AND THE QIN WARRIORS

被称为世界第八大奇迹的秦兵马俑,在陕西省临潼县秦始皇陵东侧。自70年代发掘、建馆、对外开放展览以来,已接待许多国家的首脑和无数国内外游客,观者无不唏嘘赞叹,击节称奇,其间还发生了许多有趣的故事。新加坡总理李光耀说:"秦兵马俑的发现是中华民族的骄傲!"秦俑千年梦醒,第一次抖擞精神列队欢迎的是新加坡总理李光耀。当时正值建馆工程紧张时期(1976年),中方接待人员说,陶俑正在试掘之中,四周都是土堆泥坑,连落脚处都难找,无法接待。李光耀回答:"要什么接待呢?让我亲眼看一看兵俑,就是最好的接待了。"为了满足他的愿望,考古人员将已回填的一号坑前端试掘出来的陶俑重新清理出来。李光耀在小小的试掘坑中观看了30分钟,非常激动地说:"秦兵马俑的发现是世界的奇迹,中华民族的骄傲。我也是中国人,也有我的一份。"

The Qin earthen warriors and horses,in the east of the Qin Shihuang's Tomb in Lingtong County,Shannxi Province,is often referred to as the world's eighth wonder.Ever since its opening to visitors in the 1970s,quite a lot of foreign state heads and government leaders have,among numerous other visitors domestic and foreign,paid their tribute to the Qin warriors.With no exception,they became devoted,interesting admirers. The Danish Queen Margaret dived into the warrior pit 1.5 meters deep with childish joys.The Marseilles Regional Chairman Warshell was dumbfounded and suspected that he was in a dream.The awed Pakistan President Qiga Hak believed that he had found a wonder so huge that he must pray to report the discovery to the lord.The U.S.President Reagan asked if he could possibly touch the horses.Once granted the permission,the President cautiously stretched out his hand, then suddenly with draning his hand he asked in a very earnest way,if the horse would kick him.