As the first emperor to dominate the world, it is rumored that Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum is full of rare treasures, and the night pearl used for illumination is worth a lot. Time flies, through millennia. So has the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor been stolen? What are the treasures in the dungeon? Why did archaeologists refuse to develop the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin?
Historically, Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor to establish a unified dynasty. Although "the second died", this did not prevent Qin Shi Huang from pursuing "glory and wealth" after his death. According to the ancient idea of "reincarnation", Qin Shi Huang had already planned to build a mausoleum since he ascended the throne in 247.
Legend has it that in order to build the mausoleum, Qin Shi Huang requisitioned a large number of feng shui masters to come and investigate. Finally, the location of the mausoleum was set in Lishan, Shaanxi, which is also said to be the "dragon vein" of China.
According to Sima Qian's "Records of History", the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was piled with all kinds of rare treasures, which was convenient for Qin Shi Huang to enjoy gold clothes and jade food in the "underground". In order to prevent the tomb from being stolen, Qin Shi Huang also requisitioned a large number of skilled craftsmen, hiding a large number of bows and crossbows in the corners, and once they entered the mausoleum range, they would automatically trigger the mechanism.
In the innermost part of the mausoleum is a huge map section of the Qin Dynasty, which was also drawn by skilled craftsmen. Unlike the "flat map" that people think of, the oceans and rivers on this map are filled with mercury and shine in the sun.
A total of 700,000 people were used to build the mausoleum, and Qin Shi Huang originally planned to use Weishui to carry stones, but because of the excessive amount of work, Weishui could not even flow.
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However, all of the above is Sima Qian's description, no matter how magnificent the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is, we can only rely on our imagination to guess whether Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum is like this. To unravel the mystery of the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin, we still have to wait for the action of archaeologists.
But to everyone's surprise, countless archaeologists have refused to develop the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. So why did archaeologists refuse to develop the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin? What kind of treasures are inside the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?
In the "863" plan in 2003, the mystery of the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin was finally unveiled. Even if we have not personally experienced the scene, we can still have a general understanding of the structure of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor from the TV news.
Shockingly, Qin Shi Huang had numerous funerary pits. Taking the well-known "Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit" as an example, Qin Shi Huang not only wanted to go underground to continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, but as an emperor who relied on force to unify the world, he also needed a team of soldiers.
Therefore, under the order of Qin Shi Huang, the Terracotta Warrior Pit came into being. As early as 1974, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum had a "chance to see the sky again".
It turned out that several farmers in Lishan had dug wells to dig the Terracotta Warriors, and at that time they thought that they had dug up the mountain temple and "collided" with the gods.
In people's traditional impression, the color of the terracotta army is the color of ordinary clay, but it is not. Each terracotta warrior was colored before it was unearthed, but after more than two thousand years of deep burial, these pigments were rapidly oxidized and dehydrated and peeled off after excavation, and finally disappeared completely.
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It is worth mentioning that there is a large amount of mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. If you rush to the archaeological tomb of Qin Shi Huang without security measures, you may face the risk of "mercury poisoning".
Li Daoyuan once recorded the reasons why Qin Shi Huang used mercury in his mausoleum in large quantities, Li Daoyuan recorded in the "Notes on the Water Classic": "With mercury as the rivers and seas, in the same as the mercury as the four dudu, baichuan, and five mountains and nine states, there is a geographical potential." In other words, the reason for the use of mercury is to depict the geographical map of ancient China.
In ancient history, Qin Shi Huang won the government to dominate the world, heroic and heroic, but people have two sides, Qin Shi Huang after the realization of the great unification of extravagant and lavish, in order to achieve the "glory" after death, but also requisitioned a large number of migrant workers, countless people because of Qin Shi Huang's selfish desires to die alive on the job, which also led to Qin Shi Huang's evaluation of "polarization" in history.
Some people say that he is majestic and ambitious, while the opposition believes that Qin Shi Huang is "tyrannical and ruthless". However, no matter how history evaluates, Qin Shi Huang has left a strong mark in history.
Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty once sighed: "Since ancient times, the burial has not been like the first emperor. If compared with the specifications of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi, which has always been known for its "luxury", is estimated to be only a piece of cake.
It is foreseeable that once the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Underground Palace is excavated, then these rare treasures will play a vital role in the understanding and learning of the crafts of the Qin Dynasty on the mainland, and they will also become the pearls of the world's cultural treasure house. But up to now, the excavation of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Underground Palace has still not been carried out.
Zhang Tianzhu, a researcher at the Qin Shi Huang Underground Palace Museum, has a very firm attitude toward this, that is, "it cannot be excavated." Zhang Tianzhu said that any kind of excavation and mining of underground cultural relics will inevitably cause damage to cultural relics. Taking the paintings on the terracotta warriors as an example, after excavation, the paintings immediately "oxidized and fell off", which is a huge loss for the study of the painting process of the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, not mining the Mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin is also the greatest respect and protection for these cultural relics that have been stored in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin for thousands of years.