Legend 1: unofficial history said that after Qin unified the six countries, Ying Zheng claimed to be the first emperor. However, the former autocratic regime in Lv Buwei still had a great influence on Qin Shihuang, causing a certain shadow. It is not easy to know that you have gone through a lot of hardships to ascend to the throne. In order to make this inheritance pass from generation to generation. He must find a way to stop it, or? Prevent your country from falling into the hands of others. People who rebel are armed, right? Well, I'll find an excuse to collect all the weapons in the world. Let those who want to rebel have no weapons. He believes that only in this way can others be prevented from using force to seize power.
Everything is always so quiet and peaceful. Every day, no spies come to report. A mountain man in Lintao saw the Twelve Giants in the local area and sang a nursery rhyme: The canal goes to one, the gold shows, all evil comes out, and a hundred flowers blossom. After listening to this, our Qin Shihuang was very happy. So according to the miracle, he told the people that it was in accordance with God's will and ordered to collect folk weapons and concentrate them in Xianyang, the capital, to cast twelve gold men. However, it is actually to ensure that our country can be passed down from generation to generation.
Legend 2: Another legend goes like this. It is said that one day Qin Shihuang fell asleep in Epang Palace and had a strange dream. In the dream, the sky is changing endlessly, dark and dark, accompanied by ghosts casting spells and doing strange things, and the heart is fear. Just when Qin Shihuang had nowhere to turn for help, a white-haired old man suddenly appeared. The old man was full of energy and waved the dust in his hand and said to him, "If you want to stand firm in the world, you need twelve golden men." "Say that finish, the golden light flashed and the old man disappeared. After he woke up from his dream, he immediately ordered the weapons of the whole country to be received from Xianyang and cast into twelve gold men in the belief that he would rather believe in it than believe in it.
All this is legend and unofficial history after all. As for why Qin Shihuang built the Twelve Golden Men and what his real intention was, we can't guess. Perhaps with the development of science and technology, the interpretation and excavation of cultural relics will one day know the answer.