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An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

After the death of ancient emperors, they all had to implement a thick burial system, and their tombs would also be guarded by special personnel. For example, the mausoleum of Genghis Khan and so on will be responsible for special people. In contrast, Qin Shi Huang's tomb guard population is the largest, rotating every 20 years, the most well-known of which is that the Meng clan guards the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

And other imperial tombs, some of the tomb keepers are lonely and alone, some of the tomb keepers are a family, generations have been guarding the emperor's tomb, of course, there are the whole village to guard this tomb.

In this place in Quzhou, Zhejiang, there is a village called TanCun, and near this village there is an ancient tomb from the Yuan Dynasty, and the owner of the tomb is the tomb of Zheng Jun, the wife of the Scattered Horseman, the Marquis of Xingyang. Marquis Zheng Yonghe of Xingyang served as an official of the Scattered Guards.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

Emperor Yuanshun made him the capital of Yuan, Caoyun Zhengwanhu, his mother Zigui, Zheng Yong, and his mother Fang Shi were given the title of Marquis of Xingyang. After the death of Lady Fang of Xingyang, Emperor Yuanshun gave five to ten Tianguan stone people, stone horses, and stone dogs, and were buried here.

Legend has it that it was in this tomb at the same time

There are also 36 pure gold heads buried

This is a great thing. Many people think that don't say steal 36, even if you steal one, it is a fortune.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

Since this news was disseminated, many tomb robbers have become thieves against the tomb of Lady Xingyang. However, what is unexpected is that there is a loyal tomb keeper in the tomb of Lady Xingyang Marquis, and this person is named Qian Guangrong.

The old man was already here

Guarded the tomb for more than 40 years,

He is not a full-time tomb keeper arranged by our country, on the contrary, he is willing to guard the tomb, and there is no salary at all. So why did this old man do this? It is understood that qian Guangrong said that it was for a promise of that year, and what kind of promise the old man did not have an outgoing.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

The tomb robbers are very cunning, and every time they come here in the middle of the night, they will be beaten and scolded by the old man of Qian Guangrong. There were once 11 gangs of grave robbers who were willing to pay a lot of money to buy the glorious old man, but they were all rejected by his words, and he took up a stick to drive him away. The old man Qian Guangrong said: "I can't sell my conscience for money, since I chose to guard the tomb all my life, I must stick to my duty."

The matter of the old man guarding the tomb was known to the local cultural relics department, and after the archaeologists and the old man made a request for excavation, the vast excavation work began.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

According to the excavation of the archaeological team, it was found that the ancient tomb covers an area of 300 square meters, and during the Yuan Dynasty, this ancient tomb of comparative scale can be said to be the only relatively complete Yuan Dynasty tomb found in Zhejiang Province so far.

In front of this ancient tomb, there is a very simple incense table, and this incense is continuous all year round. On the tombstone, there is also an inscription "The Tomb of Mrs. Fang, the Head of the Taiping Road Of the Taifu Taiping Road", it seems that even if this ancient tomb has suffered from wind and rain in the past hundred years, the handwriting on the tombstone is still legible.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

However, it is worth noting that above this tombstone, there are two small holes, and the old man who guarded the tomb said that it was the mark left by the Japanese devils when they invaded China, and the bullet hole left by a pistol.

Nowadays, the tomb of Lady Fang of Xingyang marquis is listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. In 2008, it was renovated and a guarding system was installed to monitor it, and for hundreds of years, the tourists here have been endless, and the local people have also come to worship.

An old man in Quzhou guarded the tomb for 40 years, and once drove away 11 gangs of tomb robbers, and the archaeological team arrived: requesting excavation

It seems that the tomb of Lady Xingyang Marquis provides archaeologists with extremely important historical materials for studying the history of the Yuan Dynasty.

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