In the 79th year of the mainland, there was a wave of construction boom in Shanxi, and the scope of construction at that time was very large, and it was precisely because of this. Therefore, many civil buildings at that time would be demolished, including tombs. Therefore, at that time, many families also began to move their tombs, but it was this ordinary folk activity that found an ancient tomb group.
At that time, when the archaeological team got the news, they began a simple exploration of the tomb group, and the news they got surprised everyone, and the age of the tomb looked very old, and it may even be a mausoleum before the Han and Tang Dynasties. As a result, the importance of this archaeological activity also rose several notches, but later found a thing that discouraged everyone.
During the excavation of the tomb complex, the archaeological team found more than one trace of the robbery caves, and these robbery holes were buried. You should know that the really experienced tomb robbers will backfill the robbery holes after the excavation. One is to hide one's eyes, and the other is to create some difficulties for peers.
Therefore, in general, this kind of backfilled robbery hole is found in archaeology, which almost means that the mausoleum has been almost emptied by the tomb thieves, after all, only the tomb abandoned by the stolen tomb thief will be backfilled. When the archaeological team entered the mausoleum, they found that the mausoleum was dilapidated, and most of the cultural relics left behind had been destroyed and had no research value at all.
Even the traces of fire can be seen in the mausoleum, which is actually a common method used by tomb robbers. After all, burning the mausoleum will not only cover up some clues left by themselves, but also make the archaeological team unable to determine the age of the mausoleum, thus eliminating the possibility of being discovered because of cultural relics.
Just when the archaeological team was really discouraged, one of the things that happened was that the archaeologists found that although the largest tomb in this tomb group, the ancient tomb, had been stolen, the other tombs had not been destroyed. Therefore, although these mausoleums also have traces of theft and excavation, there are still a large number of cultural relics with research value.
After that, the archaeological team slowly determined the owner of the main tomb along this clue, and the owner of the tomb is most likely the monarch of the ancient Li state in the Western Zhou Dynasty, that is to say, it is very likely that this is the ancestor of all the people with the surname Li. It is very coincidental that there is a local village with the surname of Li, so this village spontaneously began to protect the mausoleum.
Nowadays, it has also become a tourist attraction, after all, people are very curious about the origin of their surnames today, and the surname Li is rare in the mainland. Therefore, many people with the surname Li began to come here to trace their roots, and naturally became a tourist attraction.