Foreword: Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, is indeed a very old area, and because of this, there will also be many historical sites in the area, and the most famous in the area should be the Western Zhou Tombs and the Warring States Tombs. Because of this, many local people's awareness of cultural relics protection is very high.
In the 1990s, it was also the time area where more Warring States tombs were unearthed in the Baoji area. During this time, because tombs are often found, the people of the area will actively report to the relevant departments when they find some relics and tombs. During this period, a tomb of a war king and nobleman was also found, but this tomb had already found 15 robbery holes before excavation. This has also led archaeologists to think that the tomb may be empty when it is opened, but the truth is quite opposite.
In a more remote village in Baoji, because of the cold weather, an old farmer began to repair his own residence. The living conditions in the old farmer's home are not very good, and he can only maintain it alone, and the tools used are relatively simple, that is, hoes.
In the process of digging the ground, he also found an old brick, because some ancient tombs often appear in the area, which also made farmers more alert. Because he felt that the brick might be a cultural relic, he also reported it directly to the relevant local authorities.
Experts have analyzed and tested the old bricks found by the old farmers, and found that the bricks should be buried in the ground for a long time, so they will show the current dilapidated appearance, so they also directly carried out cultural relics excavation work on the area excavated by the old farmers.
Because there are more ancient tombs in the local area, tomb robbers are also very rampant. When many cultural relics experts excavate other tombs, there is often a phenomenon of tombs in which the burial items are stolen and hollowed out by tomb thieves. So when digging this tomb, the experts were also prepared for the emptiness inside.
Especially during the clean-up phase, experts also found 15 robbery holes in various areas around the tomb, and the experts were very cold to see these robbery holes. After all, these robbery caves show that this tomb is coveted by many tomb robbers, so after the tomb is opened, it is likely that the cultural relics and burial items inside will be looted.
In fact, the ancient people still have a lot of wisdom, especially the ancient tomb robbery is relatively common, there will be different tomb robbery sects. Therefore, some princes and nobles and royal tombs will design some mechanisms in the tomb, so as to avoid the tomb from being stolen after their death.
One of the more classic traps of tomb mechanisms is the quicksand mechanism. This kind of organ is also a kind of wisdom of the ancient craftsmen, and it can be said that most of these organs can play a good defensive role. Not only can the tomb be preserved, but it can also make the tomb robber pay a terrible price. There are quicksand mechanisms in this tomb, and because of this, experts have found the bodies of many tomb robbers of different ages during the excavation process.
After being trapped in a quicksand mechanism, people will be unable to break free, and the more this mechanism breaks free, the faster it will fall. In the early 1990s, the mainland archaeology technology has been improved, at this time there are also relevant methods for this kind of tomb, after the quicksand is completely removed, experts are also stunned by the scene in the tomb.
Thousands of cultural relics in the tomb have basically not moved the position and are well preserved, while the number of excavated tomb robbers has reached 30. It is enough to see that the quicksand mechanism of this tomb is very powerful.
To sum up: protecting cultural relics is something that everyone should do, because only by knowing enough about history can the future of mankind avoid some mistakes. The value of cultural relics is not only in the monetary level, but also in the value of historical research.