He panicked and looked around. Just when he was at a loss, he heard some sheep barking in the distance. He followed the sound, pushed aside the weeds in front of him, and suddenly a bottomless cave appeared in front of him, from which the sheep barked.
Looking at the dark mountain pass in front of him, Mu Tong Jr. bravely made her way forward. When he lit the torch, the scene before him surprised him-I saw the cave rising from the ground, full of dazzling jewels and jade, shining under the flame.
The little shepherd boy was completely stunned. When he reacted to get the treasure, he accidentally dropped the torch on the ground. In an instant, the ointment on the cave floor burned and the whole cave was on fire.
The little shepherd boy was so scared that he ignored everything and turned around and fled. It is said that the cave that the little shepherd boy strayed into was the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.
As an ordinary farmer, Yang Zhifa may never have thought that one day, he could get in touch with Qin Shihuang, but fate is sometimes so wonderful.
On March 29th, 1974, Yang Zhifa, a farmer from Lintong, Shaanxi Province, went to work in the fields as usual. That year, there was a severe meteorological drought and there was no rain in the village. Seeing that there was no water to live in the village and the crops were dying because of drought, the villagers decided to dig wells to get water.
Yang Zhifa teamed up with several farmers to dig wells. When the farmers heard that they were going to mass graves, they repeatedly shook their heads and refused.
It is said that strange things often happen in that place, and people in the village are jealous of that place. But the drought came so fast that everyone had to bite the bullet.
Suddenly, just as Yang Zhifa hammered his head down, he dug up a ceramic head, which surprised everyone.
Later, people continued to dig down and found that there was actually a tunnel below, in which ceramic protozoa were neatly displayed, all of which were strong and sharp.
Perhaps Yang Zhifa didn't realize that his shovel actually shoveled out the "eighth wonder of the world"-Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Seeing this spectacular scene, Yang Zhifa reported it immediately after returning, and soon an archaeological team came to explore.
Later, the majestic Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor met with the world.
The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is surrounded by mountains and waters, sitting west to east, facing Mount Li in the south, and facing the waterfront in the north. The orientation of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is obviously quite special, and there are different opinions on this point.
Some people say that it is useless to send Xu Fudong to Japan to seek immortality medicine because Qin Shihuang sought immortality all his life. Therefore, in order to pursue immortality, he did not want to build the mausoleum in the east.
It is also said that Qin Shihuang once unified the six eastern countries in order to commemorate his feat of embracing the four seas and annexing the Eight Wastes. Show the world that even after death, I will keep an eye on the East, so as not to shake the world, and show my perseverance and perseverance.
There is also a more well-founded argument that the early Qin Dynasty was the direction in which popular tombs were placed eastward. According to the survey, nearly a thousand Qin tombs unearthed in Shaanxi are basically east-west.
Also, in the etiquette content of Qin and Han dynasties, it is not difficult to find out from the relevant literature that the venerable person sits in the west facing the east.
For example, in the scene of the Hongmen Banquet recorded in Historical Records, "Wang Xiang and Xiang Bo sit in the east." It can be seen that it was the etiquette at that time that the master sat facing east, and it was natural for a noble mausoleum like Qin Shihuang to sit west facing east.
The area around Qin Shihuang Mausoleum not only has a beautiful natural environment, but also has an ideal geographical location. Only Mount Li, where the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located, is relatively high in altitude, symmetrical from left to right and lush in trees.
The mausoleum is located among the peaks of Mount Li, which is integrated with the whole Mount Li. There are tinkling hot springs flowing around the mausoleum, which is really a treasure.
The entire mausoleum was built by nearly 800,000 people, and its scale, number of people and construction time are unprecedented.
Apart from unifying the six countries as his life ambition, Qin Shihuang also built a mausoleum. The whole cemetery project was built for 39 years, and it was not completed until his death, and it was not repaired until his son Hu Hai was in office.
The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is called one of the largest imperial tombs in the world by the archaeological community. It is 76 meters high, 345 meters long from east to west and 350 meters wide from north to south. It covers an area of 6,543.8+2,000 square meters and is divided into two areas: cemetery and tomb.
The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor imitates the structure of Xianyang Palace and the capital, with double walls inside and outside, surrounded by tall gates.
Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is all copied according to the size of his palace before his death, and its internal structure is also covered with corridors and high eaves.
The entire Qin Shihuang Mausoleum is as big as 78 Forbidden City, and the scale of the whole mausoleum is amazing. The number of tombs and palaces is also amazing, with more than 600 buried tombs around.
Since the discovery of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, some scholars have speculated whether the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was built according to the structure and scale of Epang Palace. Of course, we don't know the answer to this question.
However, it is undeniable that the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang also has a huge scale of "covering an area of more than 300 miles" like Epang Palace. It embodies the concept of "death is like life" at that time, and it is huge and magnificent.
After Qin Shihuang fought for many years and unified the whole country, he collected treasures from all over the country and displayed them in the palace.
Qin Shihuang enjoyed all the treasures before his death and brought them into the mausoleum after his death. Even priceless gold is just one of the many treasures in the mausoleum.
How can Qin Shihuang, who has the ambition to control the universe, allow his mausoleum to fall into endless darkness?
In order to make the mausoleum bright forever, he sent troops to the East China Sea to capture "Jiao Ren" and extracted paste from these Jiao Ren, which is the raw material of the ever-burning lamp. It is said that mermaid cream can be preserved for thousands of years after being ignited.
It stands to reason that such a magnificent mausoleum should be frequented by grave robbers. But why didn't anyone dare to rob a tomb on a large scale until modern times? This is also related to some legends.
According to legend, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Shi Hu, the leader of the minority scorpion family, wanted to enter the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor to find out. However, he led the army to stay near Lishan for more than two months, but he did not find the entrance to the underground palace.
When the sergeant dug up some copper pillars from the stone wall near the tomb, Shi Hu, who had never seen the world, thought he had dug up the treasures in the tomb and went home contentedly.
There is also a legend that after Xiang Yu, the former overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, led an army to attack Xianyang, a counselor hinted to him that he heard that the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was nearby and there were countless treasures waiting for Xiang Yu to collect.
At that time, Xiang Yu was originally under the banner of "punishing Qin". After a long war, Xiang Yu's army was overstaffed and lacked food and grass.
Xiang Yu was deeply impressed by this proposal, so he sent 100,000 troops into the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor to prepare for a "bumper harvest". Unexpectedly, however, 100 thousand troops dug around the imperial tomb for a whole month and found nothing.
Later, Xiang Yu found the clue of the imperial tomb with the help of a Feng Shui gentleman. Just as everyone was preparing for a big fight, something unexpected happened.
The soldiers who participated in the excavation of the underground palace were attacked by an unknown disease and fell ill one after another. At that time, no one could figure out what the cause was, and no one could prescribe an antidote.
Later, this unknown disease raged in the army, spreading at an alarming rate, and the deaths of these people were terrible.
Facing this scene, Xiang Yu hesitated, but he was moved by the thought of the undiscovered gems and stones in the underground palace. So he continued to send troops to dig the underground palace.
Just as everyone struggled to find the gate of the underground palace, when the gate opened, endless arrows rained from the inside, and all the soldiers in front were shot into a sieve, which caused heavy losses.
They got scared and turned and ran. Just when they thought it was safe, thousands of poisonous insects, mice and ants suddenly crawled out from behind the tomb door, crawling around on the ground, scaring everyone out of their wits and running around.
After successive setbacks, Xiang Yu could only give up digging tombs and return angrily.
Such a huge mausoleum is full of treasures from all over the world.
The description and imagination of the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang has always attracted people's hearts. Naturally, many people want to witness the true face of the interior of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum with their own eyes, and many people are interested in the treasures inside.
Of course, Qin Shihuang naturally thought of this at that time. In order to prevent future generations from entering the mausoleum easily, it is said that Qin Shihuang used many "occult techniques" that have long been lost.
Not only that, Qin Shihuang also set up many hidden weapons and organs in the dark of the mausoleum. If you are not careful, it will trigger organs.
At that time, people who meet intruders will not know whether it is a drug Lord or a crossbow.
Also, the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is full of mercury, which is a highly toxic volatile substance and poses a great threat to intruders.
Even if the intruder survives, he may get lost without knowing the terrain. If he gets lost in the complicated tomb, he may starve to death.
Many people may ask, now that technology is so developed, can we open the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor with current technology?
In fact, in 198 1 year, archaeologists tested the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, and they found that the mercury content in the sealed soil seriously exceeded the standard.
Moreover, according to historical records, Qin Shihuang built mountains, rivers and tombs. The rivers and seas in his mausoleum are full of underground palaces with mercury as water.
Mercury is a volatile and highly toxic substance. Moreover, people who have been exposed to mercury for a long time will have symptoms such as dizziness, forgetfulness, weakness of limbs and loss of appetite. In severe cases, symptoms such as mental weakness, palpitations and hallucinations may also occur.
It is said that Qin Shihuang, who pursued immortality, died of liver failure and brain injury because he took too many "elixirs" with excessive mercury content. It is precisely for these reasons that archaeologists have been afraid to carry out large-scale archaeological activities.
Another reason is that improper preservation will cause irreversible damage to cultural relics.
Archaeologists from China led by Guo Moruo excavated Dingling Mausoleum in Ming Shenzong in 1957. Despite the blessing of current technical means, the preservation of these unearthed cultural relics still became a big problem at that time.
A large number of cultural relics have been unearthed in Dingling, including colored silk, sculptures and paintings.
But also because of improper preservation, many cultural relics have been oxidized. The oxidized cultural relics no longer have bright colors, but dark colors, which makes many archaeologists feel sad.
Let's go back to the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses, which caused a sensation in the world, are part of the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
Later, in order to protect cultural relics, the state also banned the continued excavation of terracotta warriors and horses. From this point of view, if cultural relics can't be preserved after being unearthed, is it also a way to protect cultural relics if they are not easily excavated?
Moreover, the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum has a complex terrain and a very special structure. Through years of exploration by archaeologists, it is found that the palace wall is so strong that even bows and arrows can't be inserted, not to mention the three-story wall outside the underground palace.
Some experts predict that it will take nearly 70 years to dig with the current level and the strength of the whole country.
Moreover, the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is bucket-shaped and easy to collapse. In addition, the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum has experienced thousands of years of wind, rain and war, and the safety of its exploration is even more worrying.
Not only that, even if the thick palace wall is blasted with explosives, it is estimated that it will be a devastating blow to other parts of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, or even more than the gain.
Due to various practical factors, the excavation of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum has not been carried out as expected.
Of course, the state also explicitly prohibits the active excavation of imperial tombs. Today, when the means of cultural relics preservation are far from enough, this is also the best protection measure for cultural relics.
However, we are also willing to believe that when the technical means of future generations are perfect enough, when the excavation work is really completed, we will certainly be able to completely show the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, which has been dusty for more than 2,000 years, to the eyes of the world.