introduction
Chinese dynasties have produced many emperors of great talent, and to rank among these emperors, Qin Shi Huang must have a seat. Qin swept away the Liuhe and unified the Central Plains. For the first time, the national map ended its division and formed a union.
Of course, at the end of Qin Shi Huang's reign, many wrong decisions were made, which complicated the emperor's evaluation. Until now, people have mixed opinions about him, and of course, they have a strong curiosity about this emperor of the ages. Famous historical sites from the qin shi huang era include his mausoleum in addition to the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Wall. The Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin is not only huge in scale, but also has many unsolved mysteries, so that many scholars want to explore it.
Bizarre things in the mausoleum
It is no exaggeration to call the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin one of the Eight Wonders of the World. Its sheer size, fine details, and high cost have stunned those who have seen it.
The most shocking thing is that there were no excavators, bulldozers and other machinery to operate and manufacture in that era, all of which were polished by hand. It is unimaginable that such a large and exquisite mausoleum can be built with only human resources.
However, this point has also been questioned by later generations. As the unified emperor Qin Shi Huang is admirable, but his greed and oppression of the people after he unified the world and sat on the throne are really not a benevolent king. It also really fulfilled Du Mu's "A Fang Gong Fu".
In addition to the scale of the mausoleum, the treasures inside are also innumerable. Many emperors in history have been like this, and they believe that it is not enough to be emperors in this lifetime. They want to be emperors in the next life or even in another world.
Therefore, after they die, they must bury their own people, bury concubines, bury soldiers, bury gold and silver jewelry, and even people they loved before they died. As the first overlord to unify the Central Plains, Qin Shi Huang was naturally even more crazy, and he simply used the mausoleum to buy another set of rivers and mountains for himself. Not only that, there are many strange things in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which makes the archaeologists who enter have a large number of research topics.
One of them is very bizarre that the oil lamp in the mausoleum has been on, so isn't it burning for a thousand years?
Does the fact that the oil lamp will not burn out indicate that the emperor is really still alive in his underground kingdom?
Suddenly, all kinds of speculation sprang up, and experts were also divided. And the strangest thing is that the oxygen in the closed mausoleum will quickly run out. As we all know, oil lamps can not be lit at all without oxygen. What is going on with this contrary to scientific common sense? Relevant scholars immediately launched an investigation and wanted to explore the mystery of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Why has the oil lamp not been extinguished for thousands of years?
This confusion must be solved, and through the efforts of domestic experts, they seem to have found some clues. They found in the history that the oil of the fish body was extracted to make wax, and it could never be extinguished when it was burned enough.
Moreover, historical records also record that Qin Shi Huang did order a large number of people to hunt down and kill people to make ointment. On the surface, this seems to correspond, and it is reasonable to explain. But do fish people really exist? If the FishMen exist, wouldn't they have ushered in new secrets after solving the mystery of the eternal oil lamp?
Experts are not all 'brick houses''. They still don't believe in this evil legend. I also consulted a large number of biological and historical records, and there was never a detailed record of the fish people.
The fish people themselves have only appeared in legends and myths, and it is absurd when experts deduce this conclusion. They quickly overturned their suspicions, but they were once again confused.
Will this really become an unsolved mystery? Fortunately, scholars from all walks of life in different generations are unremittingly exploring the mystery, and they believe that they can solve the mystery with the power of science.
With the progress of science and technology, the composition of oil lamps can finally be tested. Don't know, a test is a shock. There are whale extract ingredients in the oil lamp, but whales are not the same as fish people.
And can whale extract make the oil lamp bright? Can it burn without oxygen? It seems that this secret has not been solved, and it has once again entered the stage of no availability.
American scholars have revealed the mystery
If there were oil lamps that could burn for millennia without oxygen, the technology would be amazing. And it is difficult not to be surprised that such a peculiar technology was available in the Qin Dynasty thousands of years ago.
As soon as it spread abroad, it immediately aroused the interest of scholars in many countries, especially those in the United States. Their curiosity about the mysterious East grew deeper, and they traveled thousands of miles to China to find out. After the joint research and discussion of many scholars, the mystery that has plagued many years has finally been solved, which has convinced Chinese and foreign scholars of this result. American scholars believe that there are two main reasons why the oil lamp can be permanent for thousands of years.
The first reason is that the oil lamp contains the component of yellow phosphorus. It has been said in the middle school textbook that yellow phosphorus can prevent the combustion of objects and it can also slow down the combustion process, which makes it reduce the consumption rate of raw materials by oil lamps.
Moreover, the extract of the oil lamp is the oil secreted by the whale, and scientific research has proved that the whale secreted oil burns longer than ordinary lamp oil. Therefore, the combination of grease and yellow phosphorus can slow down the consumption rate of raw materials that can achieve ultra-long combustion, which makes the oil lamp hundreds of times longer than the normal lamp oil.
And the root knot of the second reason is also due to the difference in the chemical composition of the oil lamp. The wick of the oil lamp contains white phosphorus. Another well-known chemical knowledge is that the flash point of white phosphorus is extremely low, it was ignited before, and it is likely to burn again when it has the opportunity to be exposed to the air again. Therefore, the oil lamp is not burned when it is in the perennial closed mausoleum. It can be seen burning because outsiders opened the door of the mausoleum, so that oxygen came in.
epilogue
After a series of verifications, domestic scholars have also verified the research results of American scholars, and Chinese and foreign scholars are very convinced of this result. There is no oil lamp in this world that has not been extinguished for thousands of years, so those myths and legends of speculation are not self-defeating. However, it was surprising that in the Qin Dynasty, such a logical and close chemical principle could be used to produce an inextinguishable oil lamp.
To know that oxygen, white phosphorus, yellow phosphorus and other components are only in modern science, how did people in the Qin Shi Huang era master it? And how to make perfect use of it? From this point of view, people still know very little about the ancients. The wisdom of the ancients is too powerful for modern people to explore.