There are hundreds of ancient Chinese imperial tombs, with different sizes, and the number and value of funerary items are also different, but the most famous mausoleum is the mausoleum of the first emperor of Qin. As the first emperor of feudal society, Qin Shi Huang led the Great Qin Iron Horse to sweep through the Six Kingdoms with the momentum of destruction and decay, ending the warring states era of war and chaos, and establishing a unified empire, which produced significance and influence that no one could match, and Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang were slightly inferior.
In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang's fifth eastern tour, unexpectedly, he actually died in the sand dunes, the history books record: "In July, the first emperor collapsed on the sand dune platform." The following year, Chen Sheng Wu Guang rose up, Liu Bang Xiangyu then joined in, the short and powerful Qin Dynasty encountered the greatest test, but these are the last words, Qin Shi Huang has been buried underground, if he is alive, perhaps no one dares to mess around, including Xiang Yu, who can carry the ding.
The ambitious Qin Shi Huang, the pattern is naturally very comparable. Although he hoped to live forever, he kept trying to do so, sending people to find immortals more than once, and also asking Xu Fudongdu to find the legendary immortals, but he was also prepared to face death. From the first year of his reign, Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of a mausoleum, when he was only thirteen years old. As we all know, the construction of mausoleums is not an overnight thing, it consumes a lot of manpower, financial resources and material resources, and it takes years, even decades.
Sure enough, when Qin Shi Huang died, the mausoleum was not completely completed until 208 BC, two years after his death. The mausoleum is south of Lishan Mountain, north of the Weishui River, the design and construction level is very high, in order to ensure safety, not to be disturbed by tomb robbers, the tomb has more than fifty meters of rammed earth, the layout is modeled on the capital city of Xianyang, can be called a miniature version of the Xianyang Palace, the overall zigzag.
According to historical records, from the beginning to the completion, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Shi Huang took nearly 40 years, and the mausoleum covers an area of more than 50 square kilometers, the scale is large, and the length of time is unimaginable. In addition, the tomb is set up with a number of organs, "History": "Wear three springs, go down to the copper and give the rafters, and the palace looks at the hundred officials and strange artifacts and migrates to Zang Manzhi." Let the craftsman make a crossbow arrow, and shoot it at those who are close. Mercury is used as a hundred rivers and seas, and the organic phase is instilled, with astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom. ”
This means that if you let the craftsmen build crossbows, once someone dares to break into the mausoleum, it will basically be shot through, and it is difficult to successfully steal the tomb no matter how high the martial arts. In addition, the tomb is also poured with a large amount of mercury, symbolizing the rivers, lakes and seas on the ground. Some have questioned whether, with the limited productivity and production conditions at the time, could really provide so much mercury. In the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, is there any mercury? Archaeologists say: Looking at the surrounding grass and trees, everything is self-evident.
As the saying goes, it is better to believe in a book than to have no book, although the "History" believes that there is mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and there is more than one point, but no one dares to guarantee its authenticity, after all, Sima Qian lived in the period of Emperor Wu of Han, he did not personally see the construction process of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but only heard about it from other people. To figure out whether mercury exists, archaeologists worked with geologists to conduct in-depth research on the soil and plants surrounding the mausoleum.
Using advanced scientific evidence, after a period of analysis and comparison, it was found that the mercury content in the soil around the mausoleum was extremely high. What's even more amazing is that the distribution of mercury is also thought by bandits: the southeast and southwest are strong, and the northeast and northwest are weak. It coincides with the geographical distribution of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. From this, it can be inferred that Sima Qian did not lie, and it is correct that there is a large amount of mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang recorded in the "Records of History".
Not only that, but through reading the history books, it was found that a widow named "Qing" in Berkshire at that time was the most important provider of mercury. After the death of Qing's husband, she continued to run the family business, mining dan sand, and getting bigger and bigger: "First get the Dan Cave, and the profit is good for several generations, and the family is not guilty." There are not many people who can make Qin Shi Huang respected, and the widow Qing is one of them, Shi Shuyun: "The Qin Emperor thought that the virgin woman was a guest, and he was pregnant with qingtai for the sake of the daughter." ”
Why did the widow Qing get such courtesy from Qin Shi Huang? Did she just provide mercury for the construction of the mausoleum? Posterity does not know, nor dare to speculate, perhaps only the two of them understand the truth. But one thing is certain, there is indeed mercury in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, which is one of the reasons why the tomb robbers have not succeeded and the mausoleum has been preserved to this day.