For example, there are many rare treasures in Qin Shihuang's tomb. So far, more than 50,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed. Among them, there are eight cultural relics, such as Terracotta Warriors, Bronze Sword and Bronze Ding, which are rare treasures of national treasure, and their value is limitless and cannot be overestimated.
For example, Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang built a mausoleum in Chang 'an, then the capital of Seoul. The scale is huge, and the funerary objects are extremely luxurious. Even in the burial pit, there are many national treasures such as "golden jade clothes";
For example, Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, used one third of the national tax revenue to build Mausoleum for him, which made the underground palace of Mausoleum full of treasures. In terms of quantity alone, these funerary objects exceed the tombs of emperors in previous dynasties, including Qin Shihuang;
For example, the well-known Empress Dowager Cixi has many priceless funerary objects in her mausoleum. Later, after the warlord Sun Dianying opened the underground palace of Empress Dowager Cixi, he obtained countless precious cultural relics such as pearls, jade articles, jade articles, ivory, sculptures, calligraphy and painting, bookmarks and swords, and loaded 30 carts. This is only a part of the funerary objects in the mausoleum of Cixi.
Of course, from the moment when emperors and generals advocated heavy burial, a new profession came into being: grave robbery. Grave robbers often dare to covet priceless funerary objects in the mausoleum. They are all "digging around", whether it is an emperor or a prince or a rich man. This has caused the tombs of emperors and generals in past dynasties to be "visited" by grave robbers almost without exception and suffered serious damage.
Grave robbers always choose the most valuable and portable funerary objects after digging the mausoleum. However, there is a kind of funerary object that is not only of high value, but also easy to carry, but grave robbers never take it away.
What is this? It is the jade that "gold is valuable and jade is priceless".
From 65438 to 0994, archaeologists in China excavated the tomb of Liu Wu, the king of Chu in the Western Han Dynasty, at the southern foot of the eastern suburb of Xuzhou. The tomb of the king of Chu was carved into a tomb with stones, and the tomb was embedded in the mountainside for hiding. The scale of the tomb is very large, which has caused a sensation in the archaeological circles at home and abroad. However, before the archaeologists excavated, the tomb of the King of Chu had been ransacked by grave robbers, almost ransacked, and a large number of funerary objects were stolen.
However, in the mausoleum, there are still a lot of jade articles. Among them, there is a priceless jade dress in the mausoleum, and the grave robbers just stole the gold thread from the dress and left the jade piece.
We know that jade is a precious gem, far more than gold, and its weight is relatively light, so it should be the first choice for grave robbers. Why don't grave robbers steal jade?
This has to start with the ancient hierarchy. In ancient times, from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, jade was not an ordinary thing, but a symbol of status, conveying information such as the rank of the monarch and the minister, the level of respect and status. Doesn't mean you can wear it at will if you have money, power and leisure.
Take the Zhou Dynasty as an example. Only the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty can use real jade, but it is impossible for all aristocratic groups below the emperor to use real jade. Take the Tang Dynasty as an example. Only officials with more than three qualities have the right to wear jade belts.
If a grave robber steals jade, he will face two major problems: one is that he can't sell it, and the other is that it is inconvenient to use it himself, but it is easy to be killed. Based on this, grave robbers would rather take away gold with a lower value than jade.