The man who made China

The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China follows the rise and fall of Chin Shi Huang, China�s legendary first emperor. The Discovery Channel was allowed unprecedented access to Emperor Chin�s underground burial complex that spans over seven square miles. The team employs cutting edge technology such as ground-penetrating radar combined with CGI to illustrate the design and layout of the largest unopened tomb in the world. Filmed on location in China, The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China marks unprecedented access for a western film crew to Emperor Chin's legendary seven square mile underground burial complex. Filled with more than 8,000 figures, including the terracotta army of soldiers, the Emperor designed it to celebrate his political and military power, and to achieve continued glory in the afterlife. Two thousand years after his death, ground-penetrating radar combined with CGI illustrate the shape, layout and design of the largest unopened tomb in the world, revealed on-screen for the first time. The special also proves true the legend that Emperor Chin was buried amid a map of his empire flowing with rivers of liquid mercury, which at the time was believed to prolong life.