Chinese culture is broad and profound, of which tomb culture is a very special branch. Since the slave system of the Xia Shang Zhou Dynasty, until the end of the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, it has experienced the change of many dynasties, and the tomb culture has been passed on. During the period of Chinese feudal society, the emperor was honored alone, and the scale of his mausoleum was naturally incomparably large, and among these ancient imperial tombs, the most legendary was the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Qin Shi Huang had a special position in ancient Chinese history, and it was he who unified the world and created the imperial system, ending the situation of many years of feudal division during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne, he monopolized power, and during his reign, he used the strength of the whole country to build many magnificent projects, such as the Afang Palace, the Great Wall, and his mausoleum. Qin Shi Huang had always believed in the art of immortality, so he hoped that his mausoleum would be as magnificent as the palace where he lived, and even after his death, he would be able to enjoy the glory underground.
However, there is no immortal medicine in this world that can make people immortal, as powerful as Qin Shi Huang, who only lived for 50 years, and in his underground palace, there were Qin terracotta warriors and horses and a large number of rare treasures as his own funeral, and the Afang Palace built before his death was also invaded by Xiang Yu in Xianyang and burned to ashes.
Perhaps because the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was built relatively secretively, Xiang Yu who attacked Xianyang did not excavate the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. In later generations, the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been artificially damaged.
Fast forward to the modern era, with the discovery of the Qin Terracotta Warriors, the exact location of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum has been roughly determined, but for so many years, no excavation has been carried out, and the most important point is that China has stipulated since the founding of the Country that it is not possible to take the initiative to excavate the tombs of ancient emperors. Secondly, there is another reason, that is, experts have found some extraordinary things around the tomb of the Qin Emperor, is it true that the mercury river recorded in the history books really exists?
Folk have been rumored that there are rivers made of mercury inside the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, and experts have found that the mercury content inside the Tomb of the Qin Emperor is indeed high according to the instrument, and it shows the characteristics of more southeast and less northwest. Therefore, some people infer that this mercury river is based on the Yellow River of the Yangtze River on the map of China, and the surrounding forests have been tested and found that the mercury exceeds the standard.
There are certainly countless valuable cultural relics and precious historical materials inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but after thousands of years, the environment inside the tomb is extremely special, if there is no perfect preparation, it is not suitable for active excavation, I look forward to you and I one day, can have the privilege of seeing the secrets inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.