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In the chaotic years at the end of Qin Dynasty, Chu and Han fought for hegemony, and Xiang Yu led the army into Xianyang. Shortly after Xianyang, he moved the idea of opening the imperial tomb and wanted to keep the gold and silver treasures inside for himself. So he ordered people to go to Lishan Mountain and smash everything on the tomb surface, trying to dig a passage in. At this time, a team of 800 people rushed over and fought with Xiang Yu's army. However, these 800 people still lost to the brave Xiang army, and after some fierce battles, they gradually lost. Suddenly, the evil wind suddenly rises in the mausoleum and the loess is all over the sky. You can vaguely see a huge team coming towards them. Tall and fierce figure with a sharp murderous look, mixed with rustling wind, like a neigh. The soldiers were frightened at this moment, and speculated that digging graves angered the first emperor, which led to the appearance of Yin soldiers guarding the mausoleum, so they fled in haste.
The 800 soldiers in the above article are said to be the personal guards of Qin Shihuang before his death, who have always protected him. This general is Meng Changshan, a famous Montessori family in Qin Dynasty. After the death of Qin Shihuang, they have also been doing their duty and guarding the mausoleum. However, the legend is only a legend, but for thousands of years, there has been an enduring oil lamp waiting for the first imperial tomb.
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This oil lamp was discovered during the excavation of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum in China in modern times. Incredibly, it was still on when archaeologists found it. Did it grow up alone in this dark underground palace for two thousand years? This discovery has attracted the attention of many archaeologists. After heated discussion, they finally failed to come up with an answer. However, an American scholar put forward his own point of view from different angles. Of course, he learned from the views of many China scholars and found the answer through their clues.
As we all know, oil lamps need oil and lamp wires to keep bright. If this lamp really shines on the underground palace for two thousand years, what special material should it be made of? So experts consulted a large number of ancient historical books and found that there is an oil recorded in the historical books, which can exist forever when it is used as fuel. This oil is called Jiao Ren oil, which is extracted from Jiao Ren. When Qin Shihuang learned about this oil, he sent people out to sea to kill Jiao Ren and extracted their oil to light a lamp. Experts believe that the lamps in the underground palace use this oil as fuel, so they take out a little oil to check and find that the so-called Jiao Ren oil is the oil in whales. Although it burns longer than ordinary oil, it still can't last so long. Is there anything strange about the light wire? So the expert analyzed the composition of the filament, and sure enough, it is different from ordinary filament. The filament on the lamp contains white phosphorus. The ignition point of white phosphorus is very low, and it will spontaneously ignite when it comes into contact with air.
Now everyone knows that what American scholars say is true. When archaeologists enter the underground palace, air will also enter, and the light contains white phosphorus, and the air circulation is much faster than that of people. When archaeologists approach, they will naturally see the burning lights. So it's not what's so special about the lamp, but the intrusion of people makes it burn.
Later, it was speculated that this might be because Qin Shihuang was afraid that his enemies or grave robbers would deliberately dig his grave, so people were afraid. You know, such a big underground palace, with countless treasures, is likely to be excavated by others, so the late emperor naturally had to add a lot of protective measures. Historical Records of the First Qin Shihuang also mentioned the anti-theft organ of the first imperial tomb, including a crossbow, which said that people would be shot to death by a dark arrow as long as they were close to this organ. Also mentioned the water galaxy, mercury is mercury, people will die of acute poisoning after smoking, and according to research, it is indeed found that there are obvious mercury anomalies in the underground palace.
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Because of the fear of mercury and other organs and the oxidation and deterioration of cultural relics, archaeologists have never really excavated the underground palace of the first emperor. Maybe the underground palace was dug as early as Xiang Yu's time, or maybe all the grave robbers died in the underground palace, which is unclear. But we are still looking forward to the moment when the underground palace will see the light of day again. Just seeing the terracotta warriors and horses around the underground palace, we can feel that there must be something more magical and shocking waiting for us to discover. And that ever-burning lamp will not only witness the glorious history two thousand years ago, but also witness the legend of the future.