During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "lilly collapsed", the centralized power declined, the power of the princes became more powerful, and the government decrees were not issued by the son of heaven, but out of the princes, such a phenomenon was called "trespassing" in legislation, and an important manifestation of "trespassing" was the prevalence of the wind of thick burial. Whether ancient or modern, funerals are very important, but ancient funerals are different from modern ones, ancient funerals are hierarchical, the lower the rank, the smaller the scale of the funeral. After the collapse of Li le, the funerals of the princes were no longer limited by the Son of Heaven, and became luxurious and grand, and some tombs even had eye-catching icons, which was especially common in the Han Dynasty. However, this has also given birth to another phenomenon, the wind of thick burial prevails, resulting in the wind of tomb robbery also prevailing.
Grave robbers also have something to fear
Tomb robbers, also known as lieutenants who touched the gold, were known as Tufuzi in the Changsha area, referring to those whose profession was to steal treasures from the tombs of the ancients. Throughout the ages, such people have existed in every dynasty, and there are also in modern times, although people have a negative idea of tomb robbers, believing that this is a kind of harmful behavior, and modern legislation punishes tomb robbers quite severely, but there are still people who desperately take risks in order to get rich overnight. In the process of excavation, tomb robbers also have their own set of methods and rules, giving up the big to take the small, giving up the low and taking the expensive, such rules have caused great harm to the ancient tomb. In our cognition, tomb robbers do not steal tombs, as long as the previous things, will take away, but what we do not know is that they are extremely jealous of a cultural relic in the tomb, even if they are greedy, they dare not take it.
Take everything, just don't take jade
Tomb robbery is explicitly prohibited in modern times, and the most severe punishment for tomb robbers caught in the last century is shooting. But in ancient times, tomb robbery was also divided into official thieves and private thieves. The so-called official robbery is the official support of the tomb robbery, the most famous is Cao Cao, in order to supplement the military salary, but also specially set up the official position of tomb robbery; private theft is the personal tomb robbery. But in the "industry" of tomb robbery, they still have their own rules, that is, when they rob tombs, they usually take away valuable things in ancient tombs, such as gold and silver, but they do not take jade. It is reasonable to say that jade is worth more than gold, and with their disposition, they will take the jade first, but the tomb robbers are the only ones who do not steal the jade.
Tomb robbery is not the rule of the industry
Ancient tomb robbers belong to the practitioners of the partial door, many of which are not passed on, are being passed on by word of mouth in the industry, but "tomb robbery does not steal jade", which can be said to be a well-known rule in the industry. In fact, it is not because they don't want to, it's that they really don't dare, and even if they steal, they can't sell it. This is because in ancient times, mining technology and identification technology are very backward, people who can have beautiful jade are generally princes and nobles, ordinary people can not, do not dare to easily hold jade. Ancient decrees also had serious penalties for grave robbers, and at some point possession of jade was a felony. Even if the tomb robber steals the jade and takes it to the market, no one dares to collect it, and if he receives it, he can't sell it.
If you steal it, you can't sell it
There is another reason, if there is a mark on the iron, gold and silver products, it can also be melted off, but the jade as a whole, it is impossible to wear or remove it, which destroys the integrity of the jade, and the value is not high. In such a situation, the risk and reward of stealing jade are not proportional, and naturally no one will steal jade and turn to something that is better and more valuable. The name of the golden jade coat, presumably everyone is very familiar, there are many people in the museum to see its true appearance, but it is said that when this jade coat was discovered, all the gold and silver jewelry in the ancient tomb has been stolen, and even the gold thread on the jade coat has been stolen, leaving only jade pieces.
Even before, the jade in the ancient tomb would not take the jade in the ancient tomb, and from this point of view, the tomb robber still left us some things. But now the times are different, and modern tomb robbers can really do anything for their own benefit. Jade is not a kind of item owned by the nobility in modern times, and most of the modern tomb robbers rob the tomb, which hurts the ancient tomb even more, and the things in the ancient tomb are often looted. As long as they can exchange money for something, they do not let go, think about it, while we are trying to protect the things left by the ancients, while the tomb robbers are destroying, it is really hateful.