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How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

Tomb robbers exist in ancient and modern times, and in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao set up the official positions of "General of FaQiu Zhonglang" and "Lieutenant of Touching Gold" to raise military salaries, and once coated this "craftsmanship in the soil" with an official color. Literary works such as "Finding the Dragon's Point" and "Qimen Dunjia" have cast a layer of romance and heroism on them.

In fact, there is nothing mysterious and romantic, but it is a matter of seeking wealth, some people get rich, some people die, more dangerous and exciting is true.

This time, I will tell you the story of an ancient tomb robber.

How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

Tushan Han Tomb, part of xuzhou museum

Where did Xiang Yu's sub-father Fan Zeng's soul return? The Yuan Dynasty tomb robber "Jia Hu" knew

At the end of qin, when Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and other rebel armies were chasing deer, Liu Bang's camp was full of talents, while in contrast to the "overlord" Xiang Yu camp, the famous strategist was his sub-father Fan Zeng.

"Historiography of Takazu Honki": "... These three are all masters, I can use them, so I take the world. Xiang Yu has a fan increase and cannot be used, which is thought to be my capture. ”

Fan Zeng was seventy anti-Qin, and almost "reimbursed" Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet, Liu Bang was very jealous, and finally used Chen Ping's divisive strategy, so that Fan Zeng was suspected by Xiang Yu and ended up resigning from the government and returning to Li, and died of illness on the way.

How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

The location of Fan Zeng's tombs varies, one of which is in Pengcheng (xuzhou ancient name).

The WeiShu Topographical Chronicle, the Notes on the Water Classics, and local chronicles record that Xuzhou Tushan is the tomb of Ya Father and Fan Zeng, and there are also folk tales of "Tu tu cheng shan" (Fan Zeng was deeply loved by the people, and after his death, the people spontaneously detained the soil and buried him behind the soil, so that it became a hill).

How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

Related ancient texts introduce fan zeng's tomb and the association of Tushan

Jia Hu, a senior tomb robber in the Yuan Dynasty, also thought so.

Based on records, legends, and years of personal experience, he judged that there must be treasure under the tushan mountain, so he began to act.

This guy first built a house on the dirt hill for cover, and then started...

dig!

At that time, there were no machines or explosives for tomb robbery, only manpower, tools were limited to shovels and dustpans, and Tushan was the sealing soil on high-grade tombs, and the texture was very hard...

After digging through the sealed soil, he chiseled through the stone slab...

This digging is exactly twenty years!!!

Finally found the coffin, Jahu cried with joy!

Think about the hardships you have suffered, don't worry about it, work during the day to make money, at night you have to work overtime to dig the soil, stay up late and lose a lot of hair.

How can you vent the anger and anger in your heart by opening the coffin with an awl, of course, it is directly on the axe, the body of the tomb owner, come out of you! Be pulled out and discarded in the wilderness.

Jia Hu became rich overnight, according to historical records: there are swords in the coffin and the swords carried by Han Dynasty men, and the gold and jade in the tomb are mixed.

How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

The silver jade robe excavated from Tomb No. 1 of Tushan is now in the Nanjing Museum

Unexpectedly, the good days did not pass a few days, proudly, it is estimated that the mouth did not open the door, but let the government know, hard work for twenty years, enjoy a few days of being arrested and imprisoned, it is really happy and sad!

Fan Zeng's tomb is actually the tomb of King Pengcheng of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is still excavated today

In 1969, the local people rediscovered the Tushan Han Tomb when they took the soil from Tushan Mountain, and half a century has passed, and the Tushan Han Tomb is still being excavated...

At present, thousands of cover stones have all been transported and repaired, and the main burial chamber has been excavated as planned.

How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

Here to say the reason: the main archaeological excavation is carried out in stages, a large number of other cultural relics have been found in the sealed soil, the yellow intestine of the stone (cypress wood is not enough, the stone to make up, also known as the yellow intestine stone) is very heavy and needs to be studied its regulations, the scale of the tomb is very large, and most importantly, the Tushan Han Tomb is part of the Xuzhou Museum, do not worry about any accidents.

How did ancient people rob tombs? Take a look at the demonstration of Jiahu in the Yuan Dynasty

A large amount of sealing mud was unearthed

Judging from the excavated cultural relics (jade clothes, at least two buried people) and the structure of the tomb, it is certain that the owner of the tomb is the identity of the princes, and it is speculated that it is Liu Ying, the king of Chu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, or Liu Dao, the second generation of Pengcheng Kao king of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the final conclusion may have to wait until the end of the excavation.

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