As the first emperor in Chinese history, Qin Shi Huang is naturally an extraordinary industry, he spent 710,000 people to build a mausoleum for him, it took more than 30 years to complete, it can be said that such a project is unprecedented. The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is huge in scale, and even the Terracotta Army, which is known as the eighth wonder of the world, is only a small branch of it, such a behemoth. If you do not plan well, digging is rash, and it is obvious that you will suffer heavy losses. In order to truly excavate the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, large-scale excavation activities must be carried out, which will make all the sealed soil on the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum disappear. In this way, not only will the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum on the ground disappear, but also the various cultural relics in the mausoleum will also be in danger of loss.
The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has always been a mystery, and once excavated, it will require huge funds and capabilities. Qin Shi Huang's life is a puzzle, not only his life is a mystery, but even the mausoleum of his time is a mystery. Why didn't Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum go down? Not just a question of technology, but also of ethics,
The first point from the technical point of view, the current excavation method must not be dug, we all know that the ancient burial chambers are sealed, according to the current excavation method from the front of the excavation must not be able to dig in, people who have been to the Qing Tombs or the Thirteen Tombs know that the main entrance of the tomb is a huge bluestone block, and the emperor's mausoleum generally has several huge bluestone blocks, when the emperor's tomb is buried, the stone will be blocked, even if there is a natural divine power of the people can not open the tomb from the outside, and with the help of mechanical excavation, Inevitably the mausoleum will be destroyed.
To excavate the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, it is necessary to excavate by means of blasting, which destroys the original appearance of the cultural relics. Although human science and technology have now advanced, even the pyramids of the Egyptian pharaohs are vulnerable to modern gunpowder, but that is a destructive way of excavation, not the purpose of our protection of cultural relics. Today, the fundamental reason why we do not excavate the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is that the technical strength is not enough, and the economic strength is difficult to support. The more immediate reason is that it is difficult to excavate unscathed by existing technical methods.
Second, the mechanisms in the mausoleum are heavy.
According to historical records, the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was built from the beginning of Qin Shi Huang's succession, and only stopped construction during the Qin II period, during which it took more than 30 years and invested more than 700,000 manpower, gardens, and the internal organs of the mausoleum. Wear three springs, go down to the copper and give the rafters, and the palace looks at the hundred officials and strange instruments and moves 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. Take mermaid paste as a candle, and the degree of immortality will last a long time. There are various straight organs in different locations in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and the risk of excavation is very high.
According to historical records, qin shi huang's mausoleum was full of organs, at least three springs. If the excavation is not careful, it will lead to the entire mausoleum being flooded, so the loss will be large, the gain is not worth the loss, so do not excavate before cracking this barrier, secondly, qin shi huang's mausoleum has a mechanism, as long as someone closes will be shot and killed, the qin state's strong bow and crossbow is famous in the world, do not take this risk before the investigation is clear.
Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum is filled with a large number of crystals, and a large amount of mercury is poisonous after gasification, and once inhaled, it will die. Therefore, the risk of excavation is extremely high, and do not make unnecessary sacrifices until these organs are discovered.
The third point is that the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang also carries ethical risks. In history, no dynasty will take the initiative to excavate the tombs of the previous dynasty, although Cao Cao once did such a thing, but also was crowned with the notoriety of touching the gold lieutenant, in addition to Cao Cao, the great thief of Tanglin Sun Jianying, is even more notorious, in the folk tradition of tomb robbery and grave excavation is also a very immoral behavior, in ancient times will basically be punished by death. Digging graves is now also a grave crime against ethics. And china's generations will protect ancient tombs. And the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has a major cultural relics and monumental value, unless the tomb is stolen tomb thieves are the first to climb, archaeologists will carry out protective excavations, otherwise archaeologists will not generally take the initiative to excavate intact mausoleums.
For example, the Qing Dongling Tombs were stolen because Sun Dianying dug up the tomb, and he used an extremely violent way to steal the Qing Dongling Tombs, and later I and my cultural relics workers adopted a protective restoration method to restore the Qing Dongling Tombs and open them to the public as cultural monuments.
The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been excavated or stolen, there is no large-scale destruction, and it is well preserved. Therefore, there is no need to dig, as long as the protection work is already quite good.
Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum also did part of the archaeological excavation, mainly concentrated in the surrounding funerary pits, for the mainstream destination country's current technology is not mature enough, can not do perfect excavation, can not reach the standard of perfect protection, for example, Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors before excavation is colored, but after excavation because of immature technology, there is a phenomenon of color shedding, although China has carried out 10 years of research, but still did not find a well-preserved, terracotta warriors. Color technology Therefore, excavating the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is an unimaginable problem.
Qin Shi Huang's underground palace is likely to appear murals, silk, silk, etc., now there is no perfect protection plan, the protection of such cultural relics are organic, but also one of the biggest problems in the archaeological community, at the same time, Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum has long become the cultural heritage of all mankind, once excavated, then the world will inevitably pay attention.
Therefore, there are too many problems faced by excavating the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. Until you find a better way to excavate, you should maintain a good status quo.