After more than two thousand years of wind and rain baptism, the splendid buildings on the mausoleum have disappeared. After a long historical change, the height of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum has been reduced from the original 1 15 meters to 46 meters, and the circumference has also been reduced from the original 2087 meters to the present 1390 meters. However, according to archaeologists:
The bottom of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum is rectangular in shape, with an area of 1.92 million square meters, which is equivalent to 48 international standard basketball courts.
There is an inclined pyramid-shaped mound in the underground palace, with a stone as the tomb base and a coffin in the middle, which symbolizes Xianyang Palace. Around it, there are some circular tunnels, other rooms and ear rooms, which symbolize the separation hall around Xianyang Palace. The top of the tomb is painted with astronomical star charts, and the bottom of the tomb is carved with rivers, lakes and seas, and mercury is injected. All kinds of gold and jade jewelry are hidden in every room.
Reasons for not daring to dig the tomb of Qin Shihuang;
In fact, there is a river made of mercury between the palace and the mountains. According to Historical Records, when Qin Shihuang was building a mausoleum, he made rivers, lakes and seas with mercury in the underground palace in order to preserve his coffin.
As we all know, mercury is a toxic substance, and people will die if they touch it, and even bones can't be found. Although our times are progressing and various technologies are developing by leaps and bounds, there is no guarantee that there will be no casualties in the excavation of the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. At present, China advocates people-oriented, and safety is the first. We will not act rashly without 100% assurance to achieve safe excavation.
In addition, even if it is excavated, how to preserve the bones of Qin Shihuang and various cultural relics in the tomb is also a big problem. Considering various factors, we dare not excavate the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang for the time being.
Extended data:
It is not impossible to open the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. With the present equipment, it is very simple to open the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. But after opening, how to protect the cultural relics inside is a big problem.
After all, everything in it was isolated more than two thousand years ago. There is no air in the tomb, and once the cultural relics inside come into contact with air, most of them may go up in smoke.
The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses excavated before are living examples. When the terracotta warriors and horses were first unearthed, they were all colorful, depicting various colors.
However, when these terracotta warriors and horses saw the air, all the colors disappeared in a few seconds.
Because the current equipment is not enough to protect the cultural relics to be unearthed.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang