Where is the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang?

The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located 5 kilometers east of Lintong, with its back against Mount Li and facing the Weihe River. Built after Xianyang Palace, there are various sleeping halls, toilet halls, inner cities and outer cities. Zhang, an expert from Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, told the reporter that the first imperial tomb was built from the succession of Qin Shihuang, which lasted for 37 or 8 years. Just as the project was about to be completed, another "accident" happened. In the second year of Qin Ershi, Chen Sheng and the Rebel Army fought in the water (now near Xingfeng, Lintong County) just a few kilometers away from the first imperial tomb. Faced with the siege of soldiers, Qin Ershi could only hastily order migrant workers to form an army to meet the insurgents, and the unfinished first imperial mausoleum project was terminated. Burying Mount Li is just a folklore saying that the underground palace is under the enclosure. The underground palace of the first imperial mausoleum was in Lishan Mountain, and the mausoleum and the mountain were connected by an underground passage. In historical materials, the first emperor ordered the builders at that time to "walk another 300 feet" to build the underground palace, which made people feel that the underground palace was hidden in the distant depths of the earth. However, this seems to be just a smoke screen. Last year, archaeologists conducted remote sensing and geophysical exploration of the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, and found that the underground palace was actually under the sealed earth platform of the mausoleum, only 35 meters away from the ground. It is found that the underground palace of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum is 170 meters long from east to west and 145 meters wide from north to south. The main body and tomb are rectangular. The tomb is in the center of the underground palace, with a height of15m and an area equivalent to a football field. First, the "security" measures of the first imperial tomb have existed since ancient times, which is similar to the saying that there are ten tombs in the Han tombs of the Qin tombs. So, was the first imperial tomb also robbed? According to various indications, archaeologists believe that the tomb of the first emperor was not stolen, and the most obvious sign after the tomb was stolen-stealing holes-never appeared around the tomb of the first emperor. What made grave robbers in the past generations flinch in front of the treasures of the First Imperial Tomb? 1, set an arrow in the back to entertain grave robbers. According to Records of the Historian, the designer of the first imperial tomb "asked craftsmen to make crossbows in the cemetery, and those who approached it needed to shoot them". In other words, in order to prevent someone from robbing the tomb, Qin Shihuang ordered craftsmen to set up an organ in the doorway of the tomb. Once a grave robber approaches, an arrow will be shot when it touches the organ. Machine crossbow is a crossbow machine which uses mechanical control to shoot arrows automatically. 2. "Water Galaxy" can also "guard against theft" Sima Qian's description of the first imperial tomb underground palace in historical records. At present, the only thing that can be verified is the record of Mercury. Archaeologists found that there was an abnormal area of strong mercury in the area of1.2000 square meters in the center of the earth sealing platform when they detected the mercury content in the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and its surroundings. Its distribution is strong in the southeast and southwest, and weak in the northeast and northwest. If the first imperial tomb recorded in the history books is true, it coincides with the location of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. Taking mercury as the purpose of rivers and seas is not only to create a magnificent and luxurious landscape, but also to keep the bodies and funerary objects from rotting for a long time. In addition, mercury is a highly toxic substance, which can poison grave robbers. 3, "ever-burning lamp" to create an anaerobic underground palace In addition, "Historical Records" also recorded that "the mermaid cream was used as a candle for a long time" in the first imperial tomb, that is, candles were used to burn in the underground palace for a long time. This practice is actually an anti-corrosion and anti-theft measure. Candles need a lot of oxygen when they burn. After the local palace is closed, the inside and outside are isolated, and the air is gradually exhausted by burning candles, forming a relatively stable oxygen-free space. In addition to ensuring that the bodies and funerary objects are not oxidized, once the grave robbers rush in, the final result is suffocation. Second, the underground palace guessed 1. The magnificent imperial tomb was occupied by a rotting corpse. In the 1970s, the female corpse found in Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha shocked China and foreign countries, and its well-preserved skeleton world was rare. From this, many people will wonder how Qin Shihuang's body was preserved after sleeping underground for two thousand years. This question should start with the death of Qin Shihuang. In the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang (2 10 BC), Qin Shihuang made his fifth patrol, cruising Yunmeng and other places, accompanied by Li Si, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao. During this trip, Qin Shihuang fell ill after arriving in Pingyuan and Tianjin, and soon died in the palace of sand dunes (now Guangzong County, Hebei Province). In order not to spread the news of Qin Shihuang's death and cause confusion, Prime Minister Reese decided not to have a secret funeral, put the body in the car and ordered the motorcade to step up the trip as usual. At this time, during the hot summer season, Qin Shihuang's body was not far away, emitting a smoky stench. Zhao Gao, Hu Hai and others, in order to prevent the "wind" from leaking out due to the spread of bad smell, sent people to fetch baskets of abalone and put them with Qin Shihuang's body to "mess up the bad smell". After a long journey of more than 50 days, Qin Shihuang's body was finally transported back to Xianyang. Because the time interval between Qin Shihuang's death and burial was nearly two months, the body was corrupted on the way, and it is estimated that it has been unrecognizable since it was transported back to Xianyang. Therefore, it is just a rotting corpse lying in the grand mausoleum of the first emperor. The body of Qin Shihuang is full of gorgeous coffins. What coffin did Qin Shihuang use when he was buried? This is not clearly recorded in the literature. Sima Qian and others only left a vague record of "copper smelting inside and painting outside". Some scholars concluded that Qin Shihuang used a copper coffin. However, if we carefully study the words in the literature, we will find that Qin Shihuang did not necessarily use bronze coffins. I'm afraid only wooden coffins can be painted and decorated with jade. If they are bronze coffins or sarcophagus, there is no need to paint outside. In addition, judging from the coffin use standards in the pre-Qin and Western Han dynasties, it was the privilege of the Emperor of Heaven to use the "Yellow Intestine" wooden coffin at that time, and Qin Shihuang, who claimed to have contributed more than the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, was unlikely to give up the "Yellow Intestine" wooden coffin and switch to something else.