Among the many cultural relics unearthed in the mainland, few cultural relics can surpass the terracotta warriors unearthed in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Since the villagers dug wells in the 1970s, these terracotta warriors have become a major cultural relics symbol of the mainland, which represents not only the wisdom crystallization of the ancients, but also the best embodiment of ancient craftsmanship. The sense of shock he brought to people is still no cultural relics that can be compared with it, and his reputation is even more famous at home and abroad. However, the process of unearthing such precious cultural relics was not smooth, and even the villagers cut off the "general's head" and sold for 50,000 yuan in another hand, but they also lost their lives.
Villagers dug wells to dig out world-class cultural relics, and the Qin Terracotta Warriors were unearthed
In 1974, the people of Shaanxi Province were suffering from drought, and people's lives were very difficult. At that time, a remote mountain village called Xiyang Village planned to dig a well in the open space at the mouth of the village in order to be able to drink water. But what was unexpected was that in the process of digging the well, the villagers dug up a pottery figurine that had been broken and made of clay pottery. The size of the figurine was exactly the same as that of a real person, and the discovery attracted the attention of the villagers and was reported to the local cultural relics bureau. After research, archaeologists discovered the existence of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin at a distance of 1.5 kilometers from the village, and dug up the famous Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
As we all know, ancient people like to bury thickly, and most like to bring the wealth they had before their deaths to the ancient tombs. The burial of the living is also a way of thick burial, and these terracotta warriors are a category of ancient tomb sculptures, which are appendages of slave owners before they died. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses were the best specifications of the funerary products at that time, and they were known as "the eighth wonder of the world" just after they were unearthed. "Become a golden business card of China's ancient glorious civilization."
The villagers were seduced by money and stole the terracotta warriors and sold 50,000 yuan
When these terracotta warriors were first unearthed, they attracted the attention of many people in China, and even the villagers who excavated them were also eyeing it. One snowy night in 1987, a villager named Wang Gengdi in Xiyang Village carried a screwdriver he had just bought. Taking advantage of the silence in the middle of the night, he climbed over the wall and entered the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum. He used a screwdriver to pry open the gate of the courtyard, and after entering the site of the cultural relics, he directly cut down a tall terracotta army by means of the faint starlight. In order not to be discovered for his criminal behavior, he hid the head of the general in the Terracotta Army on a large poplar tree, and on the 2nd day, he took advantage of the fact that no one found it.
It is reasonable to say that An ordinary villager in Wang Gengdi did not dare to steal cultural relics at all, but why did he dare to steal cultural relics? In fact, the thief of this theft case is not only Wang Gengdi alone. The reason why he committed the theft was entirely instigated by Quan Xueli. Quan Xueli knows the value of cultural relics to the people and how high the price can be sold in the market. At that time, he was bent on getting rich, but he did not dare to take risks, so he instigated the king to steal more. Wang Gengdi, who was fascinated by the interests, began to steal for money, and after stealing cultural relics, he found a buyer to directly sell the head of the Terracotta Army general for 50,000 yuan, and instantly became rich overnight. But this also cost him his life.
I thought it was the beginning of my life, but I didn't expect it to be a boundless hell
On the night after the cultural relics were sold, the police had already grasped the evidence of Wang Gengdi's crimes and directly arrested him and took him to a cell. Later, after the verdict of the police, Wang Gengdi was sentenced to death for stealing national first-class first-class cultural relics and selling them privately, and for committing bad behavior. Before he was caught, Wang Gengdi did not know that the value of the cultural relics he stole was so precious, and thought that he was just a valuable figurine, and the sentence was at most a few years. After learning the result of his sentence, he repented of the beginning, but it was already too late. If he had not been blinded by money, he would not have lost his life, and what awaited him would be an endless hell.