"Fifty-nine Ancient Style Poems": "Inscribed on the Kuaiji Mountains, galloping to look at Langyatai. Seven hundred thousand prisoners, raised from Tuli Mountain. Still collecting elixirs, and the confusion makes my heart sad. Repeated crossbow shooting The fish in the sea and the long whale are Cui Wei."
Qin Wang Yingzheng has always been a figure with mixed reviews in history, but almost everyone agrees with Qin Shihuang's characteristic of "enjoyment and luxury". The existence of Afang Palace is a reflection of this. The best proof is that there are many records in historical materials about how miserable the people of the Qin Dynasty were. In fact, Qin Shihuang not only loved money and luxury during his lifetime, but in order to still live a rich and enjoyable life after his death, he also built himself underground It is an extremely luxurious mausoleum. However, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, which was discovered 46 years ago, is why we still dare not dig it? German experts gave the answer after using MRI scans.
Qin Shihuang plundered a lot of private property during his reign, and some of it was naturally stored in Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum. This has a strong reference value for us to study the history of the Qin Dynasty. But until 2020, China Many archaeologists are still at a loss about the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. Historical records have recorded that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, once led more than 30,000 people to plan to excavate the tomb of Qin Shihuang, but for unknown reasons the excavation ended without success.
In the spring of 1974, local farmers accidentally dug out a broken pottery figurine head while digging a well near the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. They thought the pottery figurine was very strange, so they quickly reported the matter to the Contact the relevant local authorities. The country attached great importance to this discovery and quickly organized manpower to dig out it. The eighth wonder of the world was revealed. But the real terracotta warriors and horses are actually not the earthy yellow we see today, but colorful. Just a few minutes after people dug them out, these terracotta warriors and horses quickly oxidized when exposed to the air, and they became what we see today. of earthy color.
After further research by Chinese archaeologists, it was found that the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is still intact under the soil and has not been stolen for thousands of years. What makes the world most curious is that it was discovered in 1974 The existence of Qin Shihuang’s underground palace has been discovered, so why has it not been opened yet?
First of all, the first reason is that China currently does not have perfect cultural relic protection technology. In the 1950s, our country opened the ancient tomb of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. However, the moment the tomb was opened, the funerary objects inside were dimmed when they came into contact with the air. In the 1970s, this situation occurred again. When the Mawangdui Tomb in Changsha was discovered that shocked the world, people found a large number of textiles and bamboo slips and silk books in the tomb. However, due to the lack of perfect Due to the protective measures, all the cultural relics were oxidized and deformed the moment they came into contact with the air.
Obviously, according to modern technology, scientists still cannot guarantee that they can protect the cultural relics unearthed after excavating Qin Shihuang’s underground palace. Therefore, once they choose to excavate the underground palace of Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum, the cultural relics inside are likely to be lost in an instant. Due to oxidation and deformation, even if we are lucky enough to rescue some cultural relics, they may lose their original research value. Therefore, for us, it is better to dig out the destroyed cultural relics than to keep them intact underground.
The second reason is that no one can bear the pollution problem caused by mercury leakage in the underground palace. According to Sima Qian's description in "Historical Records", Qin Shihuang once injected mercury into the underground palace, using mercury to represent hundreds of rivers. In addition to Sima Qian's records, there are records in many ancient books that there may be a large amount of mercury in the underground palace. Because Qin Shihuang tried every means to seek immortality before his death, but failed, so he injected a large amount of mercury into the underground palace. Make sure your body does not rot so that you can be reborn.
This rumor was also confirmed by German experts. Facing the ancient tomb of Qin Shihuang, even people from other countries wanted to find out. A German expert used superb technology to An MRI scan was carried out on the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang to get a full picture of it. The scanned pictures show that in addition to uneven buildings, there is also liquid suspected of mercury flowing in the imperial tomb.
If mercury leaks after excavation, the damage caused will be no less than a nuclear explosion. Over the years, scientists have also conducted detection near the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, and they have found that the mercury content in the area near the underground palace exceeds the standard. Obviously, it is impossible to excavate in the mercury area perfectly with current technology.
In addition to the above reasons, there is another crucial reason, and that is the issue of time. According to calculations by relevant scientists, if you want to fully develop the underground palace of Qin Shihuang, it will take a very long time. Long. A series of issues such as the protection of cultural relics, sampling, and photography and archiving must also be taken into consideration. After all, archeology is a highly professional job, and archaeological excavation is also a complex and rigorous project.
Although we are still unable to excavate Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum, we believe that according to the development speed of China’s science and technology, we are not far away from the date of excavation. We hope that the cultural relics in Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum can give us a more accurate understanding of the Qin Dynasty. toward history.