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The excavation of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin will have extremely strong economic benefits for the local area, comparable to the benefits obtained after several demolitions. But it is never possible to dig randomly until the mining mechanism is triggered! What does the mining mechanism include? One is that it may be destroyed, and the other is that it has extremely advanced cultural relics protection technology!
There are too many temptations in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin
As the first emperor in Chinese history, he himself has a lot of puzzles, and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is the first batch of world cultural heritage in China, the first batch of national 4a-level tourist attractions, it is no exaggeration to say that in the past few 10 years, countless archaeologists have shown great interest in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
It also includes some historical researchers, so why are even historical researchers involved?
The reason is simple, because some historical records and historical biographies of Chinese civilization, especially the Qin Dynasty, are relatively not as sound as those of later generations.
If the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang can be excavated and the useful information in it can be integrated, it is a big unknown whether the history of China will be expanded in an absolute sense under the existing stage. Because of this, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has great attraction.
In addition, the internal structure of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor also has a very large attraction. According to some historical records, the height of the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin is 51 meters, and the circumference of the inner part reaches more than 1700 meters. All kinds of palaces, all kinds of rare treasures, as well as a large number of funerary pits and tombs, are all inside the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin.
If we can excavate the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, it will have epoch-making significance, which will mean that we can directly touch the first feudal dynasty of Chinese civilization at close range, and at the same time, we can make a correction for some historical books and historical records before, especially the Qin Dynasty.
It can give us a closer understanding of history and a glimpse into history.
Vague historical records
In the early years, I also had a series of studies on the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but I can only say that the historical records at this stage can only be used as an auxiliary reference. Even if we take out some of the information recorded by the ancient times, even if it is the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty or Sima Qian, this part of the information is only a data.
The reason is very simple, because during the Qin Dynasty, there was no historical record of a series of rules and regulations in the absolute sense.
Therefore, we can only use it as a vague reference, but even if it is a vague reference, the things in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are enough to shock the world.
Point 1 is time.
At present, there are two kinds of data, one of which says that the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang lasted 39 years from the second year of Qin Shi Huang's reign to 208 BC. There is also a data that says that the construction time of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin reached 36 years, of course, there is another one, and this one is not so highly referential.
It is about the construction that Qin Shi Huang began when he first became emperor, and it took 38 years before and after. But in any case, this is a great project,
The real designer of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum was Li Si, and the overseer was the great general Zhang Handan, and the number of people used before and after reached 720,000, and the maximum number of tomb repairers was nearly 800,000.
If we look at the Pyramid of Khufu across the entire history, it is not difficult to find that the total number of people who built the so-called Pyramid of Khufu that shocked the world is less than 1/8 of the number of people who built the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Blur Point 2: The Three Major Construction Phases of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin.
Some historians will divide the construction of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang into three stages, the first stage is the 26 years before Qin Shi Huang unified the country, this time node has actually occupied more than 2/3 of the construction time of the entire Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum. So what was built during this time? The main project of the cemetery and the main project at that time laid the scale and pattern of the cemetery.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, a large amount of manpower and material resources were used to further expand the main project of qin shi huang mausoleum, and this 9 years was a period of large-scale construction.
The last was a three-year-long repair work, which was mainly a finishing work and a soil covering task. But everyone also knows that at this stage, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had already revolted. At that time, when the war was at its most intense, it hit the vicinity of the water, and this place was already very close to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, and it was only possible to finish the work hastily in desperation, and the entire Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin was also considered to be over.
Excavate the economic benefits of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin
Okay, let's make another economic benefit estimate, in the previous time there was a series of economists said, once the excavation of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum will bring what kind of economic benefits, about this part of the remarks I have never found a specific source, so we do not make too much judgment.
But we can't imagine, or even estimate, that once the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin is really excavated, what kind of sky-high price will be pushed up for the rare treasures inside? Of course, all of these things are priceless, but if we properly develop the Mausoleum of the First Qin Shi Huang as a tourist attraction, the economic benefits it brings far exceed the income of other local industries.
The reason is very simple, the simple Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum these 4 words can attract countless visitors, and the previous Terracotta Warriors and Horses are only the tip of the iceberg of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, and the ornamentation is not as big as we think. But even so, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses have become one of the eight wonders of the world, and it is impossible to ignore the tomb of Qin Shi Huang as the true subject of Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum.
Once excavated, the economic benefits and social impacts are terrible.
Why is it not allowed to excavate the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang at this stage?
Then some people said: The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin has so many attraction points and so many interests, why not develop it? In fact, we need to make a clear tone, not everything that is good needs to be done, and not everything needs to be aligned with the interests.
At present, if the archaeological community is used as a specimen, then not every tomb needs to be actively excavated.
The vast majority of tombs have not been damaged, including but not limited to natural and man-made disasters or traces of stolen excavations, and the cultural relics inside may be further destroyed without protective excavation.
After excluding this part of the situation, the vast majority of imperial tombs are not allowed to be excavated.
Why is excavation not allowed? The reason is very simple, because a cultural relic can be buried in the ground for thousands of years, the problem is not big, and once it is planed out, it will undergo a series of weathering in the short term to receive air oxygen and so on, and it may be a treasure that was good at the end of the previous second, and it will directly turn into ashes in the second second.
This is a great loss, in short, that is, the technology of cultural relics protection is not up to par.
It is precisely because the items in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are too precious, so the excavation of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang must be excavated at a time when it is necessary to excavate, and it must also ensure that the technology in the absolute sense is passed.
It would be a shame if the technology was not up to par and dug it out just for a short-lived moment.
Treasures that have been unearthed so far
At present, there are countless treasures unearthed from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, including but not limited to copper carts, horse pits and a series of rare and exotic beasts, and the scope of these things has reached 56.25 square kilometers. After several years of excavation, more than 50,000 very important historical artifacts have been unearthed.
Among them, a group of two-by-two large painted bronze carriages and horses excavated in 1980 is the most classic, and the terracotta warriors and painted pottery figurines are innumerable. However, we will find that these things excavated so far have not touched the very center of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum at all, that is to say, this is only the treasure dug out of the periphery of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum.
Then what else is inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is even more unknown, and at the same time it is more attractive, after all, there are so many treasures outside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, so what is inside? All of this has to draw a big question mark.
Apocalypse of History
As the mausoleum of the first feudal emperor, the historical significance, cultural relics and multi-faceted significance of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is very huge, and because of this, it has been hotly discussed by some archaeologists and some historical researchers in recent years.
But the hot discussion is hot, so far, especially from the perspective of short-term development, it will not be excavated.
Because the significance of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is too great, first, the risk of random excavation is impossible for any one person to deal with; second, the immaturity of related professional technology will inevitably lead to the day when the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is excavated, that is, the time of the loss of treasures; the third and most important point is that the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is far from the point where it is urgent to excavate.
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