The long river of history runs endlessly
In this long river
There have been many characters, stories and myths
They seem to be real
Well, there's not much to say
Let's get to know them
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Xiang Yu burned the Afang Palace
This statement comes from Du Mu's "Afang Palace Endowment", which describes the Afang Palace as extremely luxurious, with pavilions and pavilions in sight, but finally buried in a fire by Xiang Yu. However, according to the true records, until the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Afang Palace was not completed, and there were no traces of fire in the existing Afang Palace ruins, and the actual Xiang Yu burned the Xianyang Palace.
Xiang Yu said that I don't carry this cauldron
Ruins of Afang Palace
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Li Shen was extremely poor and extravagant, and he harmed one side
Later generations rumored that Li Shen would eat three hundred chicken tongues a day, whip his fellow villagers, and ask his colleagues to call him Grandpa...
These are all from the two books "Yunxi Youyi" and "Jianjiao Collection", the former is a novel, at best, it is a wild history, which cannot be taken seriously; the latter is a Song Dynasty story written by a Qing Dynasty, and later a modern editor replaced the protagonist with Li Sheng, so Li Sheng inexplicably had a "black history".
The real Li Gentry is for the sake of the people, just not a, but too harsh, can be used to evaluate him in two words - "Wei Lie", that is, a grumpy old brother.
Mercy nong two songs
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Wang Mang is a crosser
The founding emperor of the new dynasty, this statement is based on various behaviors during Wang Mang's reign, such as dyeing hair, making his wife wear short skirts, inventing "vernier calipers", etc., which seem to be things that modern intellectual youth will do after crossing, but in fact, these things cannot be used as evidence of Wang Mang's crossing, and Wang Mang is an extremely conservative person who will have these actions.
Here's how to break the rumors one by one:
1. Wang Mang was the first person to dye his hair
In ancient Egypt, it was already possible to extract pigments from plants for hair coloring.
2. Ask your wife to wear a miniskirt
What do you think ~ The length of the ancient short skirt is the length of the calf below the ankle, not the short skirt in the modern sense.
3. Vernier caliper
This is the vernier caliper of the new dynasty, only the caliper has no vernier, the production is not precise, can not be accurately measured, can only be said to resemble a vernier caliper. Now that a lot of ancient "black" technology has been unearthed, we have to acknowledge the wisdom of the ancients.
Vernier calipers from the New Dynasty period
Ruins
Pyramids and Valley of the Kings
Not all mummies are in the pyramids. Ancient Egypt experienced 21 dynasties, and in the 18th-20th dynasty, the pharaohs built their tombs in a valley, hence the name "Valley of the Kings", which also has the Valley of Queens. Previously, Pharaohs built pyramids to store mummies and offerings.
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Pyramids (left) and Valley of the Kings (right)
Sanxingdui is an alien civilization
The Sanxingdui civilization belongs to the civilization of the ancient Shu State, which is a country with extremely high bronze smelting technology and gold forging technology. The silkworm bush in "Shu Dao Difficulty" in "Silkworm Bush and Fish, Founding He Dazed" is the founding monarch of the ancient Shu State, and Sanxingdui belongs to the civilization of the Fish Kai Period.
Artifacts unearthed from Sanxingdui
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has a water galaxy
Qin Shi Huang's underground palace does have a large amount of mercury, used to simulate the rivers and lakes of the underground palace, mercury volatilizes very slowly in confined space, so a large amount of mercury can be preserved for thousands of years. Modern archaeologists have found through soil sampling analysis that the mercury content of the mausoleum and even the surrounding soil is 280 times that of other soils, which is why no one has dared to rob the tomb for thousands of years.
In the future, we can expect the development of 3D remote sensing technology to simulate a dungeon in all directions, so that there is no need to destroy the imperial tomb.
Exterior view of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin
Mythology
The prehistoric Flood was a figment of the imagination
The prehistoric Flood occurred between 13,000 and 12,000 years ago, a catastrophe that led to global sea level rise and mass extinctions. There have been records of prehistoric floods in ancient texts around the world, and modern biologists and geologists have proved the existence of prehistoric floods through biological evolution and glacier sampling.
Map of the world before the Prehistoric Flood (speculative)
The Fuso Tree of the Mountains and Seas
The Classic of Mountains and Seas, whose author is unknown, records a sacred tree called the Fuso Tree, on which there are ten birds holding ten suns. Coincidentally, among the artifacts unearthed at Sanxingdui are two similar bronze trees with nine bronze birds on them, and one that is speculated to be in other sacrificial pits. If the two are really related, perhaps the study of Sanxingdui and the Shan Hai Jing can be further advanced.
This bronze tree is really beautiful!
Bronze trees in Sanxingdui
The mysterious city of Atlantis
The city of Atlantis first appeared in Plato's Dialogues as an ancient state or city-state with a high civilization, independent of a continent, and legendary destruction from the prehistoric Flood. For nearly a hundred years people have been searching for the legendary city of Atlantis. In 2013, the sea pyramids of the southern part of Portugal were discovered, suspected to be the ruins of Atlantis, and later various stone buildings, pillars, spirit stones, human head statues, arches and geometric turtles were found, and finally "hieroglyphs" carved into the stone walls were found.
Undersea pyramids
The wheels of history roll forward
The age of time, the processing of art
Let the dusty story be overshadowed with mystery and charm
Then read them
Have you ever felt that this world has been from ancient times to the present？
It has always carried the stories and secrets of mankind
Always understand, rationally see
The world is full of endless mysteries
Editor| Zhang Fenxiang
Proofreading | Su Mengshi
Audit | Duan Chaohua