introduction
Unify the six kingdoms, unify the world, build the Great Wall to the dragon vein of the town of Kyushu, defend our Great Qin, and protect our society. Hereby swears in the name of the First Emperor! - Qin Shi Huang
The ancients who worshiped nature believed that people would go to another world after death, so they also paid special attention to the tomb where they were buried after death. To this end, they will always prepare something like gold and silver jewelry as their funerary offering, so that they can continue to enjoy that wealth in another world after death. Even if the poor have nothing to bury, they will prepare an object that they like before they die, or an object of some significance.
The ancients attached so much importance to the "world after death" that they also sought a "peace of mind" after death. Especially those kings, if conditions permit, ordered the craftsmen to build a good mausoleum for themselves, hoping to continue the glorious and rich life in another world after death. Among them, the most magnificent and magnificent is the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, he truly sat on the world, and at the same time he hoped that he could live forever, so as to enjoy supreme power and unlimited glory and wealth. After that, he went all the way to the elixir, but unfortunately there was no result, and he could only hope for the world after death.
Another glorious world
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is one of the largest imperial tombs in the world, and the splendor of it is beyond people's imagination. In addition to grandeur and luxury, it is also very mysterious, such as the famous Terracotta Warriors, which makes people feel shocked and magical. This imperial tomb is like a magnificent underground city, it is built on the Lishan Mountain, and the north is also bordered by Weishui, which is indeed magnificent like an empire of another world. The mausoleum "hides" countless treasures, and also has a heavy design of the organs, which seems to be no less than the palace on earth before Qin Shi Huang's death. One strange phenomenon is that his mausoleum was found to contain a large amount of mercury.
Why is such a luxurious mausoleum filled with so much mercury? Is it to prevent theft or to play some anti-corrosion role? In order to build a magnificent and luxurious mausoleum, Qin Shi Huang was already ordered to build it more than 2,000 years ago when Qin Shi Huang was alive. After all, he finally swept through the six kingdoms with his own ability under the accumulation of his ancestors and established a unified empire, and naturally hoped to get a longer-term rule, and enjoy the glory, wealth and supreme power for eternity.
In order to be able to enjoy eternal power and wealth, he has been sending people to find the elixir of immortality, and ordered those professionals with "Taoist behavior" to refine the elixir for himself. But even in the 21st century, there is no such thing as immortal medicine in the world, and this emperor who is bent on immortality can only build another brilliant world for himself.
He wanted to continue to be the overlord in another world, so everything he had before he died, he hated that he couldn't let people move it all for him, an imperial tomb was built, saying that it was a mausoleum, in fact, it was more like a city, and this mausoleum was not referred to anything else, it was Xianyang. Inside the mausoleum, he was another empire, still with the sun and moon rivers, lakes and stars, treasure armies, and imperial palaces. And those precious treasures that accompanied him to sleep. Among them, the "sun and moon" were replaced by large gemstones; the "palaces" of the "rivers and lakes" were cast instead of mercury.
Second, the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and a large amount of mercury
The magnificent Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been excavated since its discovery, because of fears that the ancient tomb will be destroyed. However, even if it cannot be excavated, it is still very mysterious, but relevant personnel have confirmed that the mausoleum is filled with a large amount of mercury. The exact number of experts cannot be calculated specifically. After all, the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has been well protected so far, especially his central underground palace, and no one has yet stepped forward. And the tomb robbers did not dare to enter, because it was rumored that there were hidden mechanisms in the mausoleum, like the mercury pool inside, which seemed to have a great destructive effect on people.
Mercury is said to evaporate easily, and once it evaporates, it releases a large amount of poisonous gas. If anyone dared to take such a risk, they would pay the price of risk: after inhaling this poisonous gas, they would die quickly without being able to breathe. Although the purpose of the tomb robber is to "dig up the treasure", it is still fatal, so some scholars believe that mercury can not only prevent thieves, but also keep the body from decaying. According to this statement, the body of the emperor in this mausoleum may still be intact. Of course, this speculation has not yet been confirmed, and it has been greatly disputed.
So, how did people get so much mercury at that time? And successfully poured it into the dungeon. According to the relevant history books, the way the ancients obtained it was to heat Zhu Dan, and it can also be obtained in nature, such as the mercury mine cave is pure natural, but the number is not much. According to the "Chronicle of History and Cargo Breeding", dansha, a substance that can make mercury after heating, is mostly derived from the Bashu area. In the red box in southern Shaanxi, the ancient mining caves of the Qin Dynasty were discovered by many scholars, and according to the traffic speculation at that time, they were likely to be obtained somewhere, so that it was more convenient to make.
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin was found to contain a large amount of mercury in the 1980s, when relevant scholars discovered the high mercury-containing areas of mercury volatilized by mercury when they were exploring the "sealing area" of the mausoleum. How much mercury is there in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang? It is impossible to calculate, but at least 100 tons is an incredible figure. How mercury was poured into the mausoleum is still unable to get a 100% answer, which also confirms the wisdom of the ancients.
Third, what is the purpose of infusing mercury?
Experts have made many explorations of "mercury" on the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, confirming that it does contain no less than 100 tons of mercury, and there are relevant descriptions in the "History", and experts have said that they have said that they understand when they look at the pomegranate tree on the top of the mountain. Those pomegranate trees, because they grow nearby, also "inhale" a lot of mercury, the height and shape of the normal pomegranate tree is very different, the pomegranate also contains mercury, inedible.
Fearing that this ancient tomb, which has experienced more than 2,000 years of wind and rain, has not been excavated, and experts have only detected and calculated according to the thickness of the nearby soil layer and the thickness of the mausoleum. Through the speculative portrayal of the structure of the tomb, it can be seen that it is very magnificent and brilliant, but why should such a glorious imperial tomb be filled with mercury? According to experts, there are two possible reasons. The first reason may be to protect the mausoleum, so that after death, in order to not be disturbed after death, to protect their other world from destruction, so as to use this way to protect.
Another reason is that after Qin Shi Huang had the greatest power in the world, he wanted to live forever. And mercury is a thing of high value in ancient times, and is a necessary material in alchemy, Qin Shi Huang, who is bent on immortality, is naturally fond of the mercury component in the "elixir". In addition, mercury symbolizes wealth and status, and Qin Shi Huang is obsessed with immortality, is not he trying to enjoy wealth and status alive? It is not surprising that his imperial tomb is filled with a large amount of mercury.
According to relevant historical sources, in this splendid and luxurious mausoleum, the emperor also built a large "mercury pool" in his underground palace, and his own golden coffin was placed on top of the mercury pool. This mercury pool is undoubtedly a river in his other world, floating the golden coffin on it in order to tour his "Nine Continents" day and night. For this imperial tomb, he could be said to have worked hard, and as soon as he ascended the throne of Great Qin, he began to prepare for it and ordered someone to build it for him. It is a symbol of his infinite honor and the manifestation of his inflated desires.
epilogue
Unfortunately, there has never been any elixir or elixir in the world, after all, it is not in line with the laws of nature. However, whether future technology can achieve the effect of immortality is uncertain. But when human beings' current desires are satisfied, they will always gradually "numb" in their habits, and they want to find greater stimulation, and human desires are ultimately dissatisfied. While marveling at the grandeur and magnificence of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, you can't help but sigh! How much money he spent to build such an imperial tomb, how many laborers he oppressed. I have to say that this mausoleum records his brilliant life, but also records his extravagant and cruel side.