Speaking of tomb robbery is a very old industry, several dynasties and generations have existed, from the perspective of many ancient tombs excavated now, there are inevitably many cases that have long been stolen by tomb thieves, which shows that ancient tomb robbery is really a very common phenomenon, although tomb robbery is to take ill-gotten gains, and people spit on and hate.
But I don't know that there are also some unwritten rules in the tomb robbery world, these rules are observed by many tomb robbers, one of which is said to be that if you see a willow tree next to the tomb when robbing a tomb, don't continue to dig, quickly turn around and leave, so what is the reason for such a rule?
The ancient tradition of placing funerary items
From ancient times to the present, the Chinese people are very important is the funerary interests and related regulations, and when burying the deceased, there is always a common phenomenon or inherent regulations, that is, when buried, there must always be more or less funerary products in the coffin of the deceased, these funerary products may be the deceased's favorite things, or some commemorative or more valuable items in the home, through this way can also be regarded as a kind of remembrance of the deceased.
As everyone knows, the placement of funerary products has always been an ancient tradition in China, which first originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but the purpose of forming this atmosphere at that time was not good.
We all know that the ancients attached great importance to the inheritance of filial piety and the expression of personal filial piety, but in some specific periods, some rulers regarded this virtue of filial piety to the elders as a criterion for selecting officials and employing people, which led many people to make some false face projects to express their personal filial piety to the world, hoping to win widespread attention and the attention of rulers.
This phenomenon was particularly prominent during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when some people with other intentions always tried to express their filial piety, but the usual methods were done by everyone and did not attract people's attention at all.
So later, when their relatives died, some extremely precious funerary items were put in place to express their personal thoughts, or to convey to the outside world an impression of their own filial piety, and over time, people at that time followed suit.
In some later dynasties, although this atmosphere was curbed, the tradition of accompanying the burial of the deceased was not abolished, and it was still widely spread in the folk and followed by civilization, especially in the tombs of some princes and nobles that have been excavated now, we can see a large number of funerary products, such as the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty and the tombs of other emperors of the dynasties and dynasties, which have placed a lot of rare treasures, even some ordinary people, but all those who have a certain family wealth will do so.
And such a huge amount of gold and silver jewelry naturally caused those grave robbers to covet, casually take out one or two pieces can be auctioned off at a sky-high price, in the future with these treasures will certainly be able to live a worry-free life, which is undoubtedly a very good way out for some desperate or very poor people to seek survival.
The grave robbery industry is not so easy to do
Don't look at tomb robbing is a very profitable industry, but this high return must also be accompanied by high risk, more importantly, engaging in this industry is facing life danger, then some people may be curious, why is tomb robbery still facing life danger? I believe that many friends who have watched film and television dramas and novels on the theme of tomb robbery can understand that when some tomb robbers dig into ancient tombs, they will face various mechanisms and traps.
Of course, this is only some fictional plot made up by the novel, which is relatively rare in reality, and there are no supernatural events of those gods and ghosts.
But from a scientific point of view, the tomb does have a certain danger, first of all, the tomb is a closed space, after a long period of time, the corpse in the tomb and some of the tributes buried at that time will be constantly corrupted in this enclosed space, and finally form some poisonous gas and viral bacteria, if you accidentally inhale these poisonous gases or touch these bacteria, it will definitely have a huge impact on human health, light treatment, heavy may cause death.
Then there are some tomb robbers in the process of tomb robbery will use a more violent method to rob the tomb, either with some special tomb robbery tools to pry open the gap in the tomb, or with explosives to directly explode the tomb, no matter which method will be used to cause damage to the tomb to varying degrees.
If the tomb robber goes deep into it, if he does not notice the change in the safety of the tomb, he is likely to face the danger of collapse, then once this happens, the final outcome can only be death, so the tomb robbers are generally prepared in advance, and strive to ensure both safety and wealth in the tomb.
Why is there a willow tree next to the tomb no longer stolen?
It is for their own safety and prudence considerations, there are also some unwritten rules in the tomb robbery world, these regulations are combined with some of the traditional funerary customs at that time and the experience of the tomb robbery industry, so let's talk about why the willow tree tomb robbers mentioned earlier no longer steal, but choose to turn away?
The reason behind this is mainly because different trees will be planted next to different tombs, and from the current funerary tradition, everyone likes to plant some trees such as pines next to the graves of relatives in the past, which means eternal green.
As everyone knows, in ancient times, only princes and nobles were eligible to plant pines next to the grave, first, this kind of tree is not easy to obtain, and second, the planting and cultivation of these pines requires a certain amount of money, and ordinary people naturally do not have such economic strength to support this.
However, they also want to uphold such a custom, so they will plant willow trees next to the graves of their ancestors, willow trees are very common, and the probability of survival is relatively high, and the meaning of expression is similar, so in this way, the general tombs planted next to the willow trees are the tombs of some poor people's ancestors.
Such a tomb is bound to not have too much gold and silver treasure, and may not even have any funerary goods at all, then these tomb robbers naturally do not have to steal the graves of these poor people, if they insist on doing so, it is not self-pleading, it is better to find the next target, so in ancient times, tomb robbers will choose to leave when they encounter ancient tombs with willow trees.
epilogue
However, we should realize that the tomb robbery industry is not a formal industry, but a profession that violates morality and lacks humanity, those tomb robbers have destroyed a large number of ancient tombs for their own selfish interests, and from the current archaeological excavations, there have been countless cultural relics that have been stolen by some tomb robbers, and the loss in the folk can not be difficult to find back, some are lost overseas, the opportunity to find back is very slim, which requires us to consciously resist the occurrence of this phenomenon, but also to establish a correct view of wealth Consciously protect cultural relics to avoid more cultural relics being destroyed and lost.
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