After understanding the ancient Chinese cultural customs, it can be found that in the feudal society period, people attached great importance to tombs, and because of this, from the high-ranking officials and nobles to the common people, they would generally build a most suitable mausoleum for themselves within the scope of their capabilities. In the process of archaeology in modern society, the excavation of some tombs can also help relevant experts to further explore history.
Generally speaking, in archaeological activities, the most precious tombs are the tombs of emperors, and as rulers in ancient societies, their social status is also supreme. However, there is such a special imperial tomb in our country, not only can the cannon not open, but even the 400,000 troops cannot dig it. So, who is the owner of this imperial tomb? Why is this mausoleum so strong?
This imperial tomb is Qianling, and the owner of its tomb is the only female emperor in China's history, Wu Zetian. As the joint tomb of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian, the historical status of Qianling is naturally self-evident, and there are two walls inside and outside the Qianling Cemetery, covering a total area of about 2.4 million square meters. From this scale of construction, we can feel what a noble position Qianling occupies in the entire development process of the imperial tomb.
Qianling was built in the first year of Tang Guangzhai and rebuilt again in the second year of shenlong. Because Qianling adopts the construction method of the mountain as a mausoleum, the integrity of the Qianling tomb is also very high compared to other imperial tombs.
At the same time, Qianling is a very strong mausoleum, and it has also become the only tomb in the Tang Tombs that has not been stolen, in the 1960s, Qianling was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, from this policy can be seen that China's relevant departments attach great importance to Qianling is also relatively high.
After understanding the history of Qianling, it can be found that after the outbreak of the Huangchao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huangchao once thought of using 400,000 troops to steal Qianling, but even if 400,000 troops were dispatched, they could not find the real tomb entrance of Qianling, and later, Huangchao and his troops could only stop the plan of stealing Qianling. During the Five Dynasties period, Wen Tao organized an army to excavate all the imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty, including the special tomb of Qianling, but what Wen Tao and others did not expect was that because the building of Qianlong Qianling was very reliable, they did not and did not cause any damage to Qianling.
In the early years of the Republic of China, China's internal warlords were in a scuffle, and many warlords hoped to further enhance their economic strength by stealing ancient tombs, but under the efforts of the Kuomintang general Sun Lianzhong and his army, they also failed to steal the treasures inside Qianling. At that time, Sun Lianzhong led the troops to steal Qianling with real guns and cannons, but even if the shells were used to bomb Qianling, the burial chamber inside Qianling was not successfully excavated. From the above content, we can feel that the solidity of Qianling is very high, and even if you make more effort, if the method is not correct, it is difficult to open it easily.
In the late 1950s, some local farmers in Qianling inadvertently blew up the tomb opening of Qianling by firing cannons and blowing stones, and under such circumstances, the relevant departments in Shaanxi Province set up the Qianling Excavation Committee to carry out protective exploration and excavation of Qianling. At that time, although the experts had already determined where the qianling tomb crossing was located, at the request of the premier, the State Council finally decided to issue a notice requiring that the imperial tombs of the whole country could not be excavated, and in this way, the excavation of Qianling was stopped, and after that, the protection of Qianling was also carried out.
After understanding the construction history of Qianling, it can be found that the reason why Qianling will be so strong is also based on the efforts of craftsmen during the Tang Dynasty, because the period of Construction of Qianling is in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, therefore, the level of construction technology of the craftsmen is very high, not only that, the Tang Dynasty at that time was strong, and the craftsmen also had sufficient economic support, in this case, it is also understandable to be able to build such a strong and unhurried mausoleum.
epilogue
Through the exploration of Qianling, we can feel that it is precisely because of the very strong national strength during the Tang Dynasty that Wu Zetian was able to successfully build such a magnificent mausoleum. From the degree of solidity of Qianling, we can also feel that in terms of construction technology, the ancients also had a certain special wisdom.
It is precisely because no one has successfully opened the Qianling Tomb for thousands of years, so this mausoleum will become more and more mysterious. Perhaps with the continuous maturity of archaeological technology, one day, the secrets of Qianling will eventually be revealed to the world.