As the Chinese Lunar New Year comes to an end this week, Scotland capital Edinburgh, U.K, has been immersed in f the festive atmosphere with the display of Lanterns of Terracotta Army at the Old College Qaud, South Bridge from Jan. 31-Feb. 7, 2014.

Lanterns of Terracotta Army displayed at Old College Qaud, South Bridge. (Photo Courtesy of David Cheskin/PA Wire)

The ‘Lanterns of Terracotta Army’ designed by Chinese artist Xia Nan has been presented in Beijing, Shanghai and other major Chinese cities and was exhibited with great success as part of the Stockton International Festival (SIRF) to commemorate the festival twinning of Beijing Chaoyang Spring Carnival on the occasion of SIRF’s 25th anniversary and most recently as part of Birmingham’s Illuminate Festival!! Event International are carrying out Tour Management in the UK and Europe for the exhibition.

Groups of Lanterns of Terracotta Army displayed at Old College Qaud, South Bridge. (LEDinside/ Event International)

The Lanterns of Terracotta Warriors exhibition was commissioned in 2008 for the Beijing Olympic Games. The lanterns are inspired by the famous ‘terracotta army’ discovered when the tomb of the 3rd Century BC Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang was found in Xi’an province in 1974. This army, housed in an underground vault of 12,000 square meters, comprised 8,000 warriors arranged in battle formation, ready to defend the emperor’s immortal soul.

Up close an individual Terocatta soldier. (LEDinside/ Event International)

The artist of the lantern exhibition chose to humanize the terracotta army, in keeping with the traditions of Chinese lantern design. These brightly colored, greater than life size figures are accurate representations of the terracotta soldiers, but this ‘army’ includes women and children arranged in family groups.

Above: Groups of Terocatta lanterns. Below: A small girl wanders through the lanterns. (LEDinside/Event International)