We know that China has given generous burials since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Han Dynasty sent one-third of the national wealth to the imperial mausoleum. With so many treasures buried underground, it is natural that people will miss them. So many people went to rob the tomb. Not only did they rob the landowners, but even the emperor's tomb did not escape the fate of being stolen.
Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum was once stolen. Xiang Yu sent troops to move the treasures to Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum. It is said that they moved for a month without finishing the move. When they finally left, they still left the treasures behind. A fire broke out.
The imperial tombs of the Han Dynasty were also stolen.
First, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Red Eyebrow Army entered Chang'an. This group of extremely vicious people ran into the city, burned, killed, and looted. They also stole the Western Han Dynasty's imperial mausoleum. The treasures inside were stolen. They looted everything, and later novelists also gave the Red Eyebrow Army a tomb robbing genre: Xiling.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Dong Zhuo kidnapped Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and ran to Chang'an, he sent Lu Bu to wash the emperor's mausoleum as well. However, when it comes to who has the best gold-finding skills, Cao Cao is better. He found many tombs of princes. It is said that he dug the tomb of Liang Wang Liu Wu. The gold and silver treasures inside were found by Cao Cao with more than 70 ships. After pulling it out, there was no exact number of treasures, but some people said it was enough for Cao Cao to raise soldiers and horses for three years.
Cao Cao himself was a gold-touching captain, so he was naturally worried about others digging his grave, so he built a enchantment formation and seventy-two suspicious tombs. But it is said that his grave has been dug now.
There is also the Sima family who took over Cao Cao’s family. Their tombs were also robbed.
The tombs of the Tang Dynasty later became even more tragic. Wen Tao, the Jiedushi of the late Tang Dynasty, was a tomb robber and robbed all the imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty. Wen Tao was a native of Liang during the Five Dynasties. His ancestral home was Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province. When he was a military governor, the imperial mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty were within his jurisdiction. He took advantage of his position to visit all the imperial mausoleums. When the Qianling Mausoleum of Wu Zetian was excavated, it was said that there was a strange phenomenon in the sky. The weather was originally good, but suddenly there was lightning, thunder, and thunderstorms. Wen Tao was afraid of being punished by God and suffered retribution, so he did not do anything.
Wen Tao was a rough man who only recognized gold, silver and jewelry. He brought out many valuable calligraphy and paintings from the Tang Mausoleum. He ordered people to tear down the calligraphy and paintings and throw them away. It turns out that he drew the calligraphy because he was attracted by the gorgeous silk and satin framed on the outside. Therefore, everyone infers that the authentic copy of Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface" was destroyed in this way.
The imperial mausoleums of the Song Dynasty were also not spared. The imperial mausoleums of the Northern Song Dynasty were stolen by Liu Yu, the pseudo-Qi emperor supported by the Jin Kingdom. The imperial mausoleum of the Southern Song Dynasty was stolen by Yang Lian Zhenjia, a lama of the Yuan Dynasty.
The imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were slightly better. After the Qing soldiers entered the pass, in order to stabilize everyone and win over people's hearts, they not only did not dig up the Ming Tombs, but also sent special personnel to guard them. Of course, there are also some small tomb robbers who have visited, but they are all in a small way.
Of course, Qianlong had the idea of ????Mingling Tomb later, because there were many fine golden nanmu in Minling Tomb. This kind of wood can be said to be hard to find. Qianlong was greedy, so in the name of protecting the Minling Tomb, he demolished a lot of golden nanmu from the Minngling Mausoleum and used it to build the palace. It wouldn't be too much to get some wood to help guard the tomb.
Later, the tomb of Emperor Wanli was excavated for archaeological purposes.
The Qing Dynasty was unlucky. Everyone knew that Sun Dianying stole Dongling and equipped it with cannons and so on. The body of Empress Dowager Cixi was pulled out.
It can be said that the imperial tombs of the past dynasties have basically been dug up. There is no way to stop them. The temptation of treasures is too great.
However, there is an imperial mausoleum of one dynasty that has never been dug up. Not to mention that it has been dug up, no one knows where it is. This is the imperial mausoleum of the Yuan Dynasty.
The imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty have not been discovered yet, let alone excavations and excavations. Not to mention that the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty have not been excavated, even the tombs of nobles of the Yuan Dynasty are rarely discovered.
Why is this?
This is related to the funeral habits of the Yuan Dynasty people.
We know that the tombs of the Central Plains people are basically built on the mountains, and at least a tomb head is sealed, and the tomb is below. The combination of these two can be called a tomb.
The way people in the Yuan Dynasty buried their dead was like this:
"Use two pieces of Luo wood to hollow out the inside of the coffin, and combine it into a coffin of human-like size. Place the body in it... and add paint. After the lacquer is finished, make a circle of gold and set it in three circles (at both ends and in the middle)."
"Ten thousand horses will trample it to make it flat. Kill the camels on it and guard it with thousands of horses.
When the grass grows next year, move the tents and scatter them, and hope for the growth, no one knows."
The people of the Yuan Dynasty were very simple. They didn't need to make a coffin, they just used two pieces of wood to hold the person up. Just bury them in the ground and that's it. There are valuable things, just wrap the gold around three times.
But what they did next was very difficult for the tomb robbers. They put the person behind the tomb. , there is no grave mound, but it is made flat by horses, and they will keep it here until it is completely covered with grass, and it is no different from other places, then they will put down the tent. Evacuate.
Where can the tomb robbers go to find it?
Someone may ask, if he can’t find it himself, of course he doesn’t need to sweep the tomb? , they made a move: kill the camel on it.
To be precise, kill the baby camel on it, so that the mother camel can come here the next year. p>
This is how Genghis Khan's tomb was treated. Some people speculate that Genghis Khan's tomb may be the tomb with the most treasures in the world. It contains countless treasures from the European continent. It is also a big tomb that modern people dream of finding. However, , because of this way of handling, there are many legends and clues, but to find it, the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard.
In fact, it was an ancient custom in the Yuan Dynasty to not plant trees or seal trees. Before the Zhou Dynasty, the Chinese did not build trees or cover their graves. Later, they began to build graves. It was Teacher Confucius who did this in the beginning.
In addition to the fact that there were no graves and it was difficult to find them, those in the Yuan Dynasty were also difficult to find. One characteristic is that their nobles do not believe in Feng Shui.
Central Plains people pay great attention to Feng Shui. The gold-touching captains used the method of dividing gold to determine the location of the cemetery.
Therefore, when a general tomb robber goes to a place, he only needs to look at the terrain to know where the geomantic treasures are and where there may be ancient tombs.
But the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not believe this at all. They believe that after death, the soul will be attached to the camel hair closest to them, so they find the cemetery based on their mood. They bury the person wherever they think it is good, which makes Colonel Jin feel uncomfortable. The technique of dividing gold and fixing acupuncture points is completely useless.
It seems that sometimes it is beneficial to not follow the routine. Many emperors' tombs are scattered in the wilderness, but only Emperor Yuan's tomb is still lying quietly underground. .