Grave robbers are also known as tomb robbers, tomb robbers and so on. Those who engage in the grave robbery industry steal all kinds of treasures from the tombs of ancient or modern people, and then sell these treasures for money. Tomb robbers generally catch rabbits during the day and steal cultural relics at night. The ancients believed that people would go to another world after death and continue to enjoy before they died, so they attached great importance to the specifications of their tombs and the grade of funerary products. Dignitaries and nobles with status are generally very rich in funerary goods after death.
Speaking of tomb robbers, it is estimated that we are also more familiar. Like some famous novels such as "Ghost Blowing Lights", "Notes from the Tomb Robber", etc., they have been shown in film and television works. However, there are really famous tomb robbers in history, including Cao Cao, who was called a generation of tyrants at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Sun Dianying, a great warlord of the Republic of China, who only stole treasures regardless of the size of the tomb. Therefore, these tomb robbers can also be described as light and familiar. Where there are burial chambers, it will be confirmed very quickly. Therefore, whether it is a wilderness ridge or a people's home, you can dig one accurately.
It is precisely because there is such a wealth of funerary products that a "profession" has been derived, that is, tomb robbers. Rich people in ancient times were very superstitious, so after they died, they often had to do a lot of work, and the funerary goods were also full of tricks, valuable and valuable, and how to greet the cemetery how powerful they were. It was a sight for the rich and the upper nobility to do so, but it also attracted the attention of tomb robbers.
No matter how miserable a person's life is, when he dies, future generations will find various ways to prepare a decent funeral for their ancestors, which is not only a conventional rule, but also out of filial piety to parents, and filial piety has been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation since ancient times. This can be seen from the ancient emperors, who began to build mausoleums for themselves when they were alive, and after death, they would put a large number of funerary items in their tombs, and some emperors even used living people to be buried.
It is precisely because there are more treasures in the tomb that a special group has emerged in Chinese history, and this group is the tomb robbers. The industry of tomb robbery has existed since the pre-Qin period in China, and this industry has been very rampant until modern times. The reason why they steal other people's tombs regardless of danger and conscience is mainly for money, whether it is a person stealing a tomb or a gang robbing a tomb, the most important thing is to value the treasures in the tomb.
In fact, although the tomb robbery is so annoying, some of the tomb robbers are still supported by the government. Tomb robbers are divided into two categories, one is official robbery and the other is private robbery. The famous official thief in history is Cao Cao. In order to fund the march, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to rob the tomb, and the famous "Lieutenant Touching Gold" in the movie was the official position specially set up by Cao Cao in order to steal the tomb.
It is said that relying on the funerary goods obtained from the tomb robbers everywhere, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao's army did not have to worry about insufficient military salaries for many years. Tomb robbery is so rampant, but in fact, tomb robbery is also a rule. The first is dispatch! What Luoyang faction, Guanzhong gang, regional division can be ruled, this point is good, it can only be tinkered with on their respective territories, other people's boundaries must not cross the past, once they cross the boundary, it is the guy waiting.
Not only that, there is also an unwritten rule in the tomb robbery world, that is, not to take jade. Although the tomb robbers are rampant, this thing in the tomb is the most feared by them! A lot of people didn't expect this to be. You must know that jade can be more than gold and the like before, but tomb robbers will not take jade. During the Western Han Dynasty, the tomb of Liu Peng, the cousin of the Han Jing Emperor, was excavated many times, but when the descendants entered, they found that the jade and other jade products inside were intact, and even the gold wire on the coffin was sucked away, but the valuable mutton fat jade inside the coffin was left.
Why not take the jade? This grave robbery industry is for money, but does not want to sell his life. Since the Ming Dynasty, there has been a ban on tomb robbers. In general, if the tomb robber is caught, the beheading cannot escape. Therefore, in order not to be discovered, the burial goods obtained by the tomb robbers can only be secretly sold.
Gold and silver, even if engraved with official seals, aristocratic seals, but only melted away are easy to do, but jade is not ok, smashing is not, grinding is not. So even if you take the jade products, you can't sell them, no one dares to buy them, if you are found at home, you have to be beheaded, weigh it, even if it is worth more, no one dares to take it. After that, everyone complied with this rule.
Although the tomb robbers are rampant, there is one thing in the tomb that makes them most jealous! Didn't expect this to be. Grave robbers come into contact with dead people, they are all dark things, and in that environment, many incomprehensible supernatural phenomena can occur. For tomb robbers, they are more superstitious, afraid of offending the gods, such as some conventional rules, touching the gold lieutenant to light a candle, the candle is extinguished to show that the tomb cannot be robbed, in fact, it is a truth. And the ancient tomb robbers believed in a sentence, there is an uncle (rescue), can give birth (nephew) back, is very auspicious, but also a kind of conventional tacit understanding.