The industry of tomb robbery has existed since ancient times. After the social changes of the Spring and Autumn Period, the wind of thick burials rose, and tomb robbery became more and more prevalent.
Whenever there is war or natural disaster, the people of the world do not have a good life, and many people turn their attention to ancient tombs and steal the property of their ancestors in order to make a living.
Historically, the theft of imperial tombs has not stopped. When many emperors reigned, the scenery was infinite, but after death their tombs were very pitiful, and it can be said that most of the emperors' tombs were excavated and destroyed. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Chimei army entered Chang'an, and except for Emperor Wen's mausoleum, all other imperial tombs were stolen and excavated. The Jingling tomb of the Kangxi Emperor, a generation of Ming Lords, was also stolen during the Republic of China.
Of course, these tombs are not something that ordinary people can steal, and only people like Cao Cao and Sun Dianying, who hold armies, dare to touch them. For these people, as long as it is a tomb, there is almost no one who dares not steal it. But the tomb I want to talk about today, they really don't dare to steal it.
Which tomb?
Tomb of the Yellow Emperor. As early as the Spring and Autumn Warring States, the location of the Yellow Emperor's tomb was clearly recorded in the history books, and it was also recorded in the "Historical Records": "The Yellow Emperor collapsed, buried on Qiaoshan Mountain." ”
The tomb of the Yellow Emperor, known as the "Bridge Tomb" in ancient times, is the place where emperors and celebrities of all generations worship the Yellow Emperor. It is located on Qiaoshan Mountain, located about one kilometer north of the county seat of Huangling County in Shaanxi Province, and is the eastward extension of Meridian Ridge.
So far, this ancient tomb has existed for thousands of years, the geographical location is very clear, and with the technology of the time, it should not be possible to build a tomb as heavily organized as the mausoleum of the first emperor of Qin. So, what is the reason why the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum has never been stolen for thousands of years?
The reason is very simple, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan clan is the ancestor of the Chinese nation, is the root of the Chinese nation, who dares to steal their own ancestral roots? China's five-thousand-year civilization is rooted in the Yellow Emperor, and it was only when the Yellow Emperor defeated Xuan You and surrendered to the Yan Emperor that the Chinese nation was born. The Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum is the dragon vein of the Chinese nation, so no one will think of stealing the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.
At the time of the "Tongzhi Rebellion", Bai Yanhu threatened to destroy the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum, but zuo Zongtang knew about it, and he pursued him all the way to abroad, almost dying. In history, none of the people who dared to move the mind of the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum had a good ending.
After liberation, the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and was compiled as "Ancient Tomb No. 1", calling it "the first tomb in China".