在新闻报道中看到把西安附近出土的秦始皇兵马俑称作“世界第八奇迹”。这种说法可能是摘自外国参观者赞叹之词,但很不正确,不宜出现在我国自己的报纸上。所谓“世界七大奇迹”是源于古希腊罗马时代的观点,把公元前500年至公元前250年的六个巨大的和精美的建筑物或雕象和公元前两千多年 In the news reports, I saw the Terracotta Army of the Qin Dynasty unearthed near Xi’an as the “eighth miracle in the world.” This statement may be taken from the praise of foreign visitors, but it is not correct, should not appear in our own newspapers. The so-called “Seven Wonders of the World” stems from the ancient Greek-Roman era. It takes six huge and exquisite buildings or statues dating from 500 BC to 250 BC and two thousand years BC