The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, known as one of eight wonders of the world, is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in China. Since the luxurious Qin Mausoleum was discovered by the world, countless people want to see its true face. But as people know more about the Qin tombs, there are more and more doubts in their hearts. Qin Shihuang was moody, arrogant, violent and mysterious before his death, which became one of the most difficult mysteries in the archaeological history of China.

Is it true or not that Qin Shihuang slept in the mercury river after his death? What evidence can you produce? Don't worry, everyone, let's look down slowly!

Sima Qian's Records of the Historian prove that there are a lot of mercury in Qin tombs. Take mercury as a hundred rivers and seas, instill machines, there is astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom.

According to Sima Qian's Historical Records, Qin Shihuang used mercury instead of rivers, seas and lakes, and the ceiling of the mausoleum used gems to compare the sun, the moon and the stars, which can be described as astronomical geography.

We can see that Qin Shihuang's pursuit of kingship and wealth has reached the limit from his fantasy that he can live forever, and that Daqin strives for hegemony and can live forever. Therefore, it is not impossible for historical records to record Mercury as a river, sea and lake.

Mercury symbolizes wealth in Qin dynasty, which provides theoretical support for the existence of a large number of mercury in Qinling mountains. Since ancient times, gold and silver are undoubtedly symbols of people's wealth. In ancient times, gold and silver products could only be used by people with prominent backgrounds.

But for the current metallurgical technology in Qin Dynasty, it is far from enough to produce pure gold and pure silver products, so only gold-plated and silver-plated products can be used in the palace, and the important material of gold-plated and silver-plated is mercury. From this point of view, mercury also became a symbol of wealth in the Qin Dynasty, so it also provided strong theoretical support for the existence of mercury in the Qinling area.

Baqing, a Dansha family in Bashu area, once provided a lot of mercury for the construction of the Qin Mausoleum. Historical records? The biography of Huo Zhi records:

The widow of Pakistan is clear-cut, and she gets the Dan point first, but she is good for generations, and her family is not ashamed.

There is a widow named Qing in Bashu. Because her family got the cinnabar mine, she monopolized the mercury smelting industry and accumulated tens of thousands of property. Therefore, Baqing was the undertaker of water banking in Qin Dynasty. However, Baqing enjoyed the courtesy of being a guest of honor in the Qin Dynasty and was taken to Xianyang, the capital of Qin Shihuang. After his death, Qin Shihuang also established? Huaiqingtai? Mourn it and pursue it? A virgin? .

Throughout Qin Shihuang's life, he was never a descendant, and he was not interested in women, but he had deep feelings for Pakistani widows, which was unique in his life. Then why did Qin Shihuang pay so much attention to Baqing, who was engaged in cinnabar industry, under the great environment of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce in Daqin?

The reason is that Baqing once provided a lot of mercury for Qin Shihuang to build the Qin Mausoleum.

Archaeologist Yan also confirmed the existence of water galaxies in the Qin tombs! In the 1980s, researchers conducted a large-scale mercury content test in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, and found that the mercury content in the area around the Qinling Mountains was seriously exceeded.

Professor Duan of Northwest University once said that the mercury in the Qinling Mountains comes from the underground palace of the Qinling Mountains, not from the surface. All these signs also show that Sima Qian's statement in Historical Records that Mercury is a hundred rivers and seas is true.

Then, according to experts' investigation and study, the total amount of mercury in Qinling Mountain should be no less than100t. So there is indeed a lot of mercury in Qin tombs.

To sum up, from the records in Historical Records, Qin Shihuang's pursuit of wealth, a lot of mercury provided by Ba widow Qing for the construction of the Qin Mausoleum and the speculation of archaeological experts, there is indeed a lot of mercury in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum. But we can't jump to conclusions. After Qin Shihuang died, he slept in the Mercury River.

According to the research of archaeologists, the mercury depth in 1200m area is at most 10cm according to its density, and the mercury content has reached 100t. If this 100 ton of mercury is put into the Qinling Mountains with an area of 56.25 square kilometers, it will be even more insignificant.

Therefore, we can draw a conclusion that there is indeed a lot of mercury in the Qin Mausoleum, and the current research shows that it is at least not less than 100 tons, but it is obviously inappropriate for the folklore that Qin Shihuang was buried in the water galaxy after his death.