It seems that every time the imperial tomb is discovered, the mausoleum of the first emperor of Qin will be mentioned again, and the recent great popularity of the Han Wen Emperor's mausoleum, so the question of whether to excavate the mausoleum of the first emperor of Qin has been mentioned again. Of course, due to the lack of pre-Qin historical materials, it is extremely difficult for future generations to study the history of pre-Qin, so the archaeological value of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is self-evident. So, why can't the archaeological excavation of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin still be carried out? In fact, the reasons are nothing more than the following two.
One reason: there is no need to excavate
It is not difficult to find from modern archaeological excavations that modern archaeology is mainly based on protective and preventive excavations, such as ancient tombs that have been patronized by tomb robbers, ancient tombs that have been accidentally destroyed due to construction, ancient tombs exposed due to geological disasters, and ancient tombs that may be destroyed for various reasons, while there are very few ancient tombs that need to be actively excavated due to archaeology.
For example, the determination of the address of The Baling and the subsequent archaeological excavation work are actually protective and preventive excavations. The reason is that as early as 2001, the tomb of Empress Dou of the Western Han Dynasty was stolen, and a large number of pottery figurines were stolen and sold, and since 2010, there have been many incidents of Theft of Han Tombs, and the tomb of Emperor Wen of Han has also been stolen by tomb thieves.
Another example is the sanxingdui archaeological excavation in the first half of the year. In fact, the first discovery and excavation of Sanxingdui can be traced back to the late 1930s, and then in 1943, the state formed an archaeological team to excavate the area for ten days. Since then, archaeological excavations of Sanxingdui have been carried out intermittently since the examination of the 1950s, and this excavation is only a continuation of the previous archaeological work.
There is also the excavation of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit of Qin Shi Huang, which was originally discovered unintentionally because the villagers dug a well, and then excavated the area by archaeologists, and then gradually expanded the scale of archaeological excavations, until now.
As for the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin, given its importance, no one dared to run to the vicinity of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin to carry out development, so the possibility of being artificially destroyed was extremely small. The state's protection of the Tomb of the First Emperor is also relatively in place, and no tomb robbers dare to run to patronize it, so there is no need for protective and preventive excavation.
Reason two: it's too difficult to discover
In addition to the lack of active excavation, another important factor that the state has not excavated the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang so far is that the difficulty of excavation is too great, which is mainly reflected in two aspects: one is the difficulty of technology, and the other is the difficulty of engineering quantity.
In terms of technology, it is precisely because the influence of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is too great, if there is not enough technical support, it is likely to lead to damage to the cultural relics in it, especially the cultural relics of extremely high value such as bamboo and shushu, but also extremely easy to be destroyed, even if there is a slight damage, it will be an irreparable loss.
In terms of engineering volume, from the current exploration results, the area of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum alone is extremely exaggerated, not to mention that there are many other funerary pits around the imperial tomb, and it should be known that only the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit is 1.5 kilometers away from the main mausoleum. It is conceivable that this amount of engineering is huge, even if the modern has a lot of advanced equipment, but the archaeological work is extremely meticulous work, large machinery can not operate at all, and the amount of manpower engineering alone is too huge.
Even the excavation of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit is gradually slowing down at present, and under the premise of not having sufficient technical support and manpower and material support, the current excavation of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is obviously unrealistic.
In summary, even if it is known that the archaeological value of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is extremely high, the state will not agree to the excavation in the short term. What's more, the current state policy for the imperial tomb is "not active", even if the future conditions are mature, manpower and material resources are sufficient, under the premise that the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum has not been destroyed, it is unlikely to be excavated.