Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, known as "the first running script of the ages",
It is the pinnacle of Wang Xizhi, a book sage, with high artistic value, which has been lost for thousands of years and makes people miss it! According to historical records, in the testamentary edict of Emperor Taizong, it was explicitly requested that the Preface to Lanting be buried with him. In other words, this treasure should be in Zhaoling. Fifth generation temperature
Tao annihilated humanity, excavated Zhaoling, and found the original handwriting of Zhong You and Wang Xizhi handed down from generation to generation, without mentioning Preface to Lanting, which led to a headless case. Some people say that the preface to Lanting is still in Zhaoling, and it may be hidden in
What is even more secret is that Wen Tao was in a hurry and did not find the original; Some people say that Preface to Lanting is in Ganling, and Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian love painting and calligraphy. What's more, there has long been a folk saying that the preface to Lanting and Ganling were buried together. Ganling has not been
Stealing, everything can only become a foggy month. I believe that one day Ganling will be opened, and the truth will come out.
Second, where did the Warring States and Choi flow?
And choi, spread for thousands of years, exotic goods, priceless, "returned home.
Zhao is even more legendary! Where does she flow? Opinions vary. The only thing that is certain is that this treasure jade is still on earth. Because it can withstand the high temperature of 1300 degrees Celsius, ordinary fires cannot be burned. After Qin destroyed six countries, Ying Zheng finally got the treasure.
Some people say that the King of Qin broke the harmony and carved the words "ordered by heaven and subject to Yu Yongchang", which is a decree handed down from generation to generation. Through the hands of Liu Bang, Wang Mang and Sima Yan, it spread to the later Tang Dynasty, which was destroyed by Shi Jingtang and burned by Li Congke.
From then on, the whereabouts are unknown. It stands to reason that real gold is not afraid of fire, and Shi Jingtang deserves the treasure and is likely to be buried with Shi Jingtang; Some people say that He Shibi was buried in the Qin Mausoleum as a funerary object, not as a national law. such as
If so, in the future, we will find that the underground palace of the Qin Mausoleum and Shibi will see the light of day again, and we will still have a chance to see the treasure.
Third, the Ming Dynasty' Yongle Dadian' mystery of the whereabouts of the original
Yongle Dadian is a wonderful book through the ages! It is said that there are three thousand people involved.
It took three years to compile, including 22,000 volumes. Ming Chengzu was very satisfied and personally prefaced the book. Regrettably, from the publication of Yongle Dadian to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the original destination became a case-solving. One view is that Ming
Yingzong buried this book in Yongling, and there was a tradition of book funeral in Ming Dynasty. Judging from Ming Yingzong's love for the ceremony, it is likely that life and death are linked. Another view is that the original was destroyed in the Ming Dynasty and the Wen Yuan Pavilion caught fire. The original may be in.
Once. Because the history books do not record the whereabouts of the original, it seems that we can only rely on archaeological discoveries to find the whereabouts of the original.
Fourth, the ancient and modern regrets of the loss of Jiuding in the Western Zhou Dynasty
Jiuding, an artifact of the town, belongs to Gubao! According to legend, Xia Qi collects treasures.
Birds, animals and strange things are painted into pictures, which are engraved on Jiuding by craftsmen. Ding symbolizes a country, and Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu, which reflects national unity and centralized kingship. As a treasure of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, it has been circulated for more than two thousand years.
A few years. Does Jiuding still exist? It is still an unsolved mystery! According to Records of the Historian, Qin Mugong plundered Jiuding to the capital of Qin, but Hanshu said Jiuding sank in Surabaya, Pengcheng, and never found it again. Ruoji
What Ma Qian said is true, Jiuding should fall into the hands of Qin Shihuang, and Du Mu has the saying that "the first emperor swam out of Zhou Ding"! It is well known that Qin Shihuang cherished Jiuding very much. Jiuding is likely to be buried in the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, which is also
This has become the motivation for some archaeologists to encourage the excavation of Qin tombs.
5. Where are the twelve bronze men of the Qin Dynasty now?
One emperor through the ages, Qin Shihuang left too many mysteries to future generations, twelve bronze men
Is one of them! Why do you want to cast twelve bronze men? The reason is not so important. The disappearance of the twelve bronze men has puzzled future generations! There are three kinds of speculations about the whereabouts of the twelve bronze men: some people say that the overlord of the West Chu conquered Xianyang,
Burning Epang Palace, twelve bronze men burning together; Some people say that twelve bronze men were destroyed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo used up ten copper coins, and the other two were destroyed by Fu Jian. There is another saying that is more optimistic. According to historical records, twelve bronze men
It was not destroyed. Twelve bronze men were Qin Shihuang's favorite things. After the mausoleum was built, they were buried with other jewels. Due to some technical factors, the excavation of Qin tomb can not be carried out for the time being, so no one can say the whereabouts of the twelve bronze men so far.
Safe.
6. Mystery of Millennium Stainless Bronze Sword
As the eighth wonder of the world, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang are the twentieth.
One of Ji's greatest archaeological discoveries! Along with the Terracotta Warriors, a number of bronze swords were unearthed. The body of the sword is bright and clean, and the blade of the sword is very fine. After sleeping in the ground for more than 2000 years, it is as bright as new and extremely sharp. Coincidentally, the archaeological team is digging.
When excavating the ancient tomb in the Spring and Autumn Period, I accidentally found a sword of Gou Jian, the King of Yue, which was finely carved and cut iron like mud. Two major archaeological discoveries immediately spread throughout the country, and even greater miracles are yet to come. Tested by researchers, the front of the sword is covered with a layer of chromium salt compound, which is also the reason why it is stainless for thousands of years. This discovery caused a sensation in the world, because this chromium salt oxidation treatment method is an advanced modern technology. Germany invented and applied for a patent in 1937, and the United States in 1950. Zhongzhouzhou
As we all know, chromium is a rare metal with a melting point as high as 4000 degrees Celsius, so it is very difficult to extract it. Modern scientific inventions actually appeared more than 200 years ago BC? Who can imagine that the sword in Qin Shihuang's hand turned out to be a modern branch?
Learning crystallization? Layers of mystery, right and wrong, can only become the mystery of the ages.
Seven, the tomb "ever-burning lamp" immortal mystery.
The ancient tomb "ever-burning lamp" was first seen in myths and legends, and it is said that it will never go out.
This is the fire of the heavenly palace, and Prometheus secretly brought it back to earth. Around the world, grave robbers go to ancient tombs to steal jewelry. Ancient tombs are often isolated from the world, and the treasures are still intact after thousands of years. According to common sense, ancient tombs should be invisible all year round, but some ancient tombs have "ever-burning lamps" hanging on their vaults, and the shade is very threatening and creepy. Why can such a magical lamp exist for thousands of years? Why does oxygen still burn?
Where does the energy come from? If the oil lamp has been used for thousands of years, how can the fuel be supplied? Obviously, it was not done by manpower; If it is an electric lamp, the liquid in the lamp bowl may be mercury used to conduct electricity. The problem is how to generate electricity. Is there a generator somewhere?
Settings? To generate electricity once and for all, we must rely on solar energy to generate electricity. All this is just a guess made out of nothing. What is the truth? Need scientific verification.
8. Who is Luo Shenfu written for?
Among the "Three Caos", Cao is good at literary talent. In addition to the seven-step poem,
The first "Luo Shen Fu" is famous. Who is the goddess of Luoshui in Cao Zhi's ode to Luoshen? Become a mystery that history cannot solve! One guess is that after Zhen, Cao Pi's concubine. As a brother-in-law, he actually fell in love with his sister-in-law As far as brothers are concerned, this is unfair to him; As far as monarchs and subjects are concerned, what is the scandal of their infidelity? Gu Kaizhi's famous poem "Ode to the Goddess of Luo" openly quoted Li Shangyin's poem "The Immortal Empress Died After Sending Her Seats" during the Zhenguan period. For thousands of years, this poem has been criticized by many scholars. Another guess is that Cao Zhi created an image of Luo Shen, beautiful and infatuated, but was suspected and used to fabricate his own story to express his powerlessness. If Zhen Xuan didn't write it, why did Cao Zhi write "Ode to Luoshen"? If it is the way that the monarch and the minister trust each other, how can Luo Shen's true feelings arise from his brother's repeated persecution in politics? Seemingly impossible, everything can only be a historical suspense.
9. Why did Wu Zetian set up a tablet without words?
It has been a practice since ancient times, but Wu Zetian is an exception! Takezawa
Why does heaven want to erect a tablet without words? Different people have different views, and wise people have different views. One theory is that Wu Zetian, in order to boast of herself, showed that her merits could not be expressed in words; One saying is that Wu Zetian is self-aware and extremely clever.
Action, "right and wrong" is left to future generations to comment; There is also a saying that Wu Zetian is in a dilemma. When she thought of being buried with the emperor after her death, it was difficult to put pen to paper whether she claimed to be the emperor or the queen, so she simply "said nothing" and let
Later generations came to a conclusion. Wu Zetian's "tablet without words" left a mystery for later generations. Not so much writing as not writing, which became an interesting conversation.
10. Where is the treasure of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
The failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a sigh, and the disappearance of the great jewels of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is equally regrettable. Tianjing fell, the whole army was wiped out, and a large number of jewels came out of thin air. China and foreign countries spread the wealth of flood rebellion, gold and silver are like the sea, department stores are full, and more property is hidden underground. After Li Xiucheng was captured, Zeng Guofan coerced and repeatedly asked about the whereabouts of gold and silver, which was also his loyalty to the king
The execution was late. Strong and unyielding, the loyal king was also loyal. He never revealed the whereabouts of the jewels. Some people even drained the lake in the back garden of Tianwangfu and dug three feet, but found nothing. Such hoarding of jewelry makes the world uneasy.
Mouth, never stop for treasure hunt! What's the whereabouts? Various versions, each holding its own word, are still confused. Nine mysteries left by Qin Shihuang In 259 BC, in the first month of the lunar calendar, a plain-looking baby boy was born in Handan, Zhao. He is Qin Shihuang, the founder of the first unified kingdom in the history of China. In the eyes of westerners, he is Napoleon of China. /kloc-succeeded Qin at the age of 0/3, and held an adult coronation ceremony in Yongcheng, the old capital, at the age of 22. Since then, he officially ascended the throne and began his vigorous political career. At the age of 39, he sent troops to defeat the last vassal state of the six Shandong countries, captured the sword of King Qi alive, and completed the historic cause of reunifying China. Then, he lost no time in formulating and promulgating a series of laws and measures conducive to reunification, and gradually established and improved the first unified regime in China history. He died of illness at the age of 50, and ended his short life on the "Dune Terrace" (now Julu County, Hebei Province) on his way out.
Qin Shihuang, a household name, is famous for accomplishing the great cause of reunification and being reviled for carrying out tyranny. The Qin Dynasty only existed for 15 years, and his dream of an eternal emperor was shattered. But the emperor system and emperor consciousness have influenced China for thousands of years. Not only the life experience, life, merits and demerits of the first emperor are remarkable, but even the mausoleum of the first emperor at the foot of Lishan Mountain has attracted much attention because of many unsolved mysteries.
First of all, the huge mausoleum is mysterious.
For thousands of years, many magical legends and stories have been triggered around the Qin Mausoleum underground palace. "Three Auxiliary Stories" records that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, entered the customs and took 300,000 people to plunder the Qin Tombs. During the excavation, a golden goose suddenly flew out of the tomb, and this magical flying goose kept flying south. Hundreds of years have passed. During the Three Kingdoms period, in the first year of Baoding, someone sent a golden goose to an official named Zhang Shan. He immediately judged from the words on the golden goose that it came from the first imperial tomb ... such a magical legend cast a mysterious color on the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.
The hill at the foot of Mount Li is the tomb of Qin Shihuang, and the underground palace is deep and mysterious. In the north of the enclosure, there are sleeping halls and ceremonial buildings for officials to eat. There are two inner and outer walls outside the enclosure, which are 10 km long. There are hundreds of underground burial pits around the fenced land and in the east, west, south and north. The form, ritual architecture and layout of the enclosure, underground palace, inner and outer city walls of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum are different from any royal cemetery in the pre-Qin period. The mausoleum is large in scale and strange in design. The scale of the cemetery project, the number of workers and the duration are unprecedented.
The first person to record the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was Sima Qian, a master historian. He left a record of 160 in Historical Records of Qin Shihuang. According to Historical Records, the mausoleum of the first emperor was "more than 50 feet high." According to the scale value at that time, its height is about115m. 196 1 year, and the height of local book is 43 meters. 1982, with the help of the soldiers of the 8383 Army Corps of Engineers, the author conducted another survey of the tomb enclosure, and the results showed that the tomb was 55.05 meters high. Later, the altitude measured by aerial survey was similar. It can be seen that the soil erosion in the past two thousand years has reduced the height of soil closure by more than half. The bottom of the shell is rectangular. It is 5 15 meters long from north to south and 485 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of nearly 250,000 square meters.
The construction of the cemetery project was accompanied by Qin Shihuang's political career. When he was 13 years old and just ascended the throne of the king of Qin, the cemetery project began. The ancient emperor built a tomb before his death, which was not the initiative of Qin Shihuang. As early as the Warring States period, it has become a practice for kings to build tombs before their death. Such as "Shouling is fifteen years away" (Historical Records Zhao). There is also the tomb of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Pingshan County, which was built before his death. Qin Shihuang only advanced the time when the monarch built the mausoleum before his death to the early stage of his accession to the throne. The construction of the cemetery project was not completed until Qin Shihuang died. It took more than a year for Emperor II to succeed to the throne.
Throughout the cemetery project, it can be divided into three construction stages. The initial stage of the cemetery project is 26 years from Qin Wang's accession to the throne to the unification of the whole country. At present, the design of the cemetery project and the construction of the main project have been carried out successively. Initially laid the scale and basic pattern of the cemetery. From the reunification of the whole country to the thirty-fifth year of Qin Shihuang, these nine years were a period of large-scale construction of cemetery projects. "Historical Records" records: "With the world, the world sends more than 700,000." After nine years of large-scale construction with 654.38 million people, the main project of the cemetery was basically completed. It took more than three years from the thirty-fifth year of Qin Shihuang to the winter in Qin Ershi, which was the last stage of the project. At this stage, it is mainly engaged in the finishing work and soil covering work of the cemetery. Although the mausoleum project lasted for 378 years, the whole project was still unfinished. A massive peasant uprising broke out that year. Chen Sheng's Ministry heard next week that Guangwu, the leader of the rebel army, led his troops to play at the water's edge less than a few kilometers away from the cemetery (now near Xingfeng, Lintong County). Facing the siege and bullying of the army, the new emperor Qin Ershi, who had not been tested by the wind and rain, panicked and hurriedly called his ministers to discuss countermeasures. He seemed to be driven crazy and shouted "What to do" to his ministers. After a period of silence, Shaofu ordered Zhang Han to make a suggestion: "The thief has arrived, and many people are in Xinjiang. It is too late to send troops near the county seat. There are many people in Mount Li. Please forgive them and give them an army to attack them. " Emperor II, who was in shock, immediately catered to him and decided that Zhang Han would directly lead the spiritual army to fight back against the rebels in Zhou Wen. So far, the cemetery project that has not been completely completed has to be suspended.
The designers of the Qin Mausoleum project not only carefully selected a treasure trove of geomantic omen, but also designed the overall layout of the cemetery in an ingenious way.
The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is centered on a tall mound, and there are two zigzag rammed earth walls outside the mound, one on each side of the outer wall. The east gate is located on the east-west axis in the middle of the fence, and the gate is the largest. There are two doors on the north wall of the inner city, and one on each of the other three sides. In particular, the Quemen site at the south gate of the inner city still stands in the south of the tomb, which is very spectacular.
Thousands of years have passed, and the towering mound of Qin Mausoleum still stands at the foot of Mount Li. At that time, the rammed earth wall inside and outside 10 km long was already incomplete. What you can see now is only a section of the residual wall of the west wall of the inner city. The magnificent ground buildings were burned down by Xiang Yu as early as 2000 years ago. On the remaining sites, archaeologists found the mausoleum building sites, which are large in scale and concentrated in the north side of rich soil and the first half of the inner city. A ground complex was also found between the inner and outer walls in the fertile northwest. Judging from the location of the three groups of houses, it seems to be a breeding official building. There are several groups of unexplored ground buildings on the north and south sides of the site, and the scale is also considerable.
Before the 1960s, all speculations about the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor could only be based on documentary records and rumors. 1on March 29th, 974, when several farmers from xiyang village production team of Xiahe Brigade woke up the sleeping Terracotta Warriors, they immediately shocked the world. This amazing discovery also unveiled the corner of the mysterious veil of Qin tomb.
At that time, neither farmers who dug wells nor archaeologists who participated in exploration and trial excavation expected that the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit would have such a large scale. Shortly after the comprehensive exploration and trial excavation of No.1 Terracotta Warriors Pit, No.2 Terracotta Warriors Pit, No.3 Terracotta Warriors Pit and an A-shaped tomb were discovered 20 meters north of No.1 Pit. As far as the burial pit of terracotta warriors and horses is concerned, it covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, and there are more than 8,000 terracotta warriors and horses similar to real people and hundreds of thousands of bronze weapons. This large-scale tomb is unprecedented not only in China, but also in the history of world tombs.
Since then, there have been archaeological discoveries in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor for more than 20 years. On the east side of the cemetery, more than 100 stable burial pits and 17 tombs have been found. On the west side of the cemetery, 3 1 rare birds and animals burial pits, an arc-shaped stable burial pit and 6 1 small burial pits were found. 10 rides a large painted bronze chariot and horse. The wooden chariot and horse is located in the west of the underground palace, under the intact soil. In recent years, a large animal burial pit has been found in the northern part of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, and armor pits and acrobatic figurines pits have been found between the east and west walls. ...
Isn't it an ideal underground kingdom that the cemetery is carefully designed and placed on the ground and underground?
Second, the deep underground palace is full of mystery.
The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is an underground "kingdom" full of magical colors. The deep underground palace is full of mystery. The shape and internal structure of the underground palace are still not completely clear, which has aroused the speculation and reverie of many scholars for thousands of years. What kind of structure is the underground palace? How many treasures are hidden in the underground palace? Is there an anti-theft mechanism in the underground palace? How deep has the underground palace been dug? Is Qin Shihuang a bronze coffin, a sarcophagus or a wooden coffin? Is Qin Shihuang's bones intact? ..... This series of suspense has puzzled all experts and scholars. At present, we can only make a preliminary discussion and speculation based on the existing archaeological materials and related historical documents.
The mysterious underground palace of the Qin Mausoleum left only a very brief record in Sima Qian's works: "Wear three springs, pour copper, palace view, hundred officials, strange things and treasures are all hidden." Let the craftsman make a crossbow, and people who wear it at close range need to shoot it. Taking mercury as a hundred rivers and seas, instilling machines, there is astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom. Take mermaid cream as a candle, and it will last for a long time. "Archaeologists use this as a clue to try to find all kinds of clues that can reveal the mystery of the Qin Mausoleum underground palace.
Mystery 1: How deep is the faint underground palace?
According to the latest archaeological data, the actual length of the underground palace in Qinling Mountains is 260m from east to west, north to south 160m, with a total area of 4 1600 m2. The underground palace of Qin Mausoleum is the largest underground palace in Qin and Han Dynasties, and its scale is equivalent to five international football fields. Archaeological drilling further confirmed that this deep and grand underground palace is a vertical cave type.
Sima Qian said "going through three springs", while Nine Meanings of Hanshu said "extremely deep". Explain how deep it is to dig to the point where it can no longer be dug, and how deep is the underground palace?
The mysterious underground palace once attracted the interest of Chinese physicist Mr. Ding Zhaozhong. He used modern high technology and three scientists, including Chen Ming, to study and write articles, and speculated that the depth of the Qin Mausoleum underground palace was 500 to 1500 meters. Now it seems that this speculation is almost impossible. Suppose the underground palace is dug to 1000 meters, which exceeds the gap between the location of the mausoleum and the Weihe River in the north. This will not only make it difficult to discharge the water in the underground palace, but also cause the danger that the Weihe River water will flow backwards into the underground palace of Qin Tomb. Although this inference is quite different, it is the first time to explore the mystery of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum with modern scientific and technological means.
Experts and scholars in the fields of cultural relics, archaeology and geology in China have also done a lot of research and exploration on the depth of the Qin mausoleum underground palace. According to the latest drilling data, the underground palace of Qin Mausoleum is not as deep as people think. The actual depth should be close to the tomb depth of Qin cemetery in Zhiyang No.1. In this way, the actual depth from the pit mouth to the bottom of the underground palace is about 26 meters, and the deepest surface in Qin Dynasty is about 37 meters. It should be said that there will be no big error in this data, which is calculated according to the current exploration results. But whether this is the case or not depends on further verification of archaeological exploration.
Mystery 2: How many doors are there in the underground palace?
On September 17, 2002, the whole world witnessed the process of archaeologists exploring the inner space of the pyramid through live television. When the archaeologist put the robot in through the first stone gate, he didn't expect the robot to meet another stone gate. The world-famous pyramid archaeological project had to run aground. There may be more than two doors in the pyramid underground palace. So, how many tomb gates were built in the underground palace of Qin mausoleum?
In fact, the number of doorways in the Qin Mausoleum underground palace has long been answered in historical records. It just didn't attract the attention of scholars. It is clearly recorded in Historical Records: "When the great event is finished, it is hidden, closed to envy, admired outside the door, hidden by the craftsman, and cannot come back."
Coffins and funerary objects are placed in the middle door. The craftsman was busy in the middle gate, and suddenly "closed the middle gate and rewarded the outer gate." The craftsman's "no return" has also become a funerary object. There are both middle and outer envy doors here, and the inner envy door is self-evident. The three doors of the underground palace seem irrefutable. It is worth noting that Sima Qian used the word "closed" in the middle door and the word "lower" in the outer door, indicating that the middle door is a movable door that can be opened and closed, while the outer door is a school where V Wei Xing copied the road to raise money.
Besides, you're in jail, you're in jail, you're in jail.
Mystery 3: What is the explanation of "going to astronomy"?
The record of "astronomy above and geography below" in the underground palace of Qin Mausoleum comes from Historical Records. What does it mean?
Xia Nai, a famous archaeologist, once concluded that "there is astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom". It should be painted or carved on the top of the tomb, which may still be preserved in the first imperial tomb in Lintong. In recent years, murals similar to "astronomy" and "geography" have been found in the Han tombs of Xi Jiaotong University. The upper part is the sun, moon and stars symbolizing the sky, and the lower part is the murals representing mountains and rivers. It can be inferred that there may be a relatively complete 28-star map in the upper part of the underground palace of the Qin Mausoleum, and the mountain geography represented by mercury in the lower part. In this underground "kingdom" symbolizing heaven and earth, the soul of Qin Shihuang can still "look up at astronomy and look down at geography" and rule everything here.
Mystery 4: The Mystery of "Mercury" Buried in the Underground Palace
The record of the first imperial tomb with mercury as the river and sea can be found in historical records, and there are similar words in Hanshu. However, whether there is mercury in the mausoleum has always been a mystery.
The development of modern science and technology provides a necessary prerequisite for verifying the eternal unsolved case of buried mercury in Qinling underground palace. Geological experts Chang Yong and Mr. thomas lee came to the tomb twice to take samples. After repeated tests, it was found that there was indeed a "mercury anomaly" in the soil sample of the first imperial tomb. On the contrary, soil samples from other places have almost no mercury content. Scientists have drawn a preliminary conclusion from this: the record of a large amount of mercury buried in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum recorded in historical books is reliable. Modern science and technology finally solved the eternal mystery of "mercury" buried in the underground palace.
As for why the underground palace buried a lot of mercury? Li Daoyuan, a scholar in the Northern Wei Dynasty, explained that "taking mercury as the river and sea lies in taking mercury as the four blasphemies, the rivers and mountains, and Kyushu, which has a geographical trend." It turns out that Mercury symbolizes the geography of mountains and rivers, corresponding to "astronomy".
Mystery 5: How much do you know about the treasures in the underground palace?
The phrase "exotic treasures, exotic things moved to Tibet" comes from Sima Qian's works. Liu Xiang, an earlier scholar than Sima Qian, once expressed such a deep sigh: "Since ancient times, there has been no burial of emperors." So, what fascinating treasures are collected in this magical underground palace?
Jin Yan, Zhuyu and Emerald are clearly recorded in Historical Records. No one knows what other rare treasures are. However, in the late 1980s, archaeologists excavated a group of large painted bronze chariots and horses on the west side of the underground palace. The precise modeling and exquisite decoration of horses and chariots are rare in the world. Previously, archaeologists also unearthed a number of wooden chariots and horses. Except the chariots and horses and the emperor figurines are made of wood, the other decorations are made of gold, silver and copper. There are such exquisite funerary objects outside the underground palace, so it is conceivable that there are rich funerary objects and exquisite collections in the underground palace.
Mystery 6: Did Qin Shihuang use a copper coffin or a wooden coffin?
What coffin did Qin Shihuang use? Historical records and Han books are not clearly recorded. Sima Qian only left a vague record of "death caused by dropping copper". So some scholars concluded that Qin Shihuang used a copper coffin. However, according to the literature, Qin Shihuang may not have used bronze coffins. "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" clearly record: "Smelting copper inside, painting outside." "Bejeweled, bejeweled", "The beauty of the coffin is not comparable to the original." I'm afraid the coffin decorated with jade outside here can only be made of wood. If it's a copper coffin or a sarcophagus, it certainly doesn't need to be painted. Only wooden coffins can be painted with earth paint.
Judging from the coffin system in the pre-Qin and Western Han dynasties, it is the emperor's privilege to use the "yellow sausage" big wooden coffin. Qin Shihuang, who claimed to have made greater contributions than the three emperors and five emperors, could not give up the wooden coffin of "yellow intestines" and switch to other coffins.
Mystery 7: Is there a room in the underground palace?
At present, archaeological exploration shows that the underground palace of Qin mausoleum is a vertical cave type. There may be a big wooden coffin with yellow intestines in the tomb. If it is a wooden coffin tomb with vertical holes, the pyramid-shaped mound and the upper part of the coffin are sealed with rammed earth. In this way, the tomb is tightly packed inside and outside, and there will be no more space. However, Li Si, one of the directors of the mausoleum, said, "If you don't dig, you will have it. If you don't burn, you will have it. If you knock, it will be empty, as follows."
If Reese's words are recorded correctly, the underground palace is obviously shelled. It stands to reason that this passage can't be false. Because Reese personally presided over the mausoleum project as the left prime minister, he knew the structure of the underground palace like the back of his hand. In addition, this passage is for the saints, so it should be said that there will be no suspicion of adulteration. According to Reese, it can be inferred that the Qin Mausoleum is a bunker-style underground palace with a sealed vacuum. Otherwise, how can it be "empty"? How to "burn but not burn"?
According to the literature, the underground palace is empty and has a lot of space. However, since archaeological exploration has not yet reached the main part of the underground palace, it is still a mystery whether the inside of the underground palace is empty or true.
Mystery 8: automatic transmitter
Qin Shihuang also took great pains to prevent grave robbery. According to historical records, the underground palace of Qin Mausoleum "makes craftsmen use crossbows and arrows, and the wearer needs to shoot them." It means that a set of automatic shooting concealed crossbows is installed here. If the record is true, this is the earliest automatic burglar alarm in ancient China.
The Qin dynasty once made a crossbow with three arrows in succession. But the hidden crossbow placed in the underground palace is a set of automatic firing crossbows. When an external object touches the bow, it will automatically launch. It is also a mystery why the Qin Dynasty produced such a superb automatic launcher more than 2,200 years ago.
Mystery 9: Is Qin Shihuang's body intact?
In the mid-1970s, the discovery of "female corpse" in Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha shocked China and foreign countries. Its well-preserved bones are rare in the world. Some people speculate that Qin Shihuang's body will also be well preserved. Although there are objective conditions to protect the remains, are the remains of Qin Shihuang well preserved?
If only from the perspective of corpse protection technology, the female corpse of the Western Han Dynasty, which is less than a hundred years away from the Qin Dynasty, can be well protected, and the Qin Dynasty should also have anti-corrosion technology to protect the corpse. The problem is that Qin Shihuang died on the way out on patrol. To make matters worse, in the hot summer, the "corpse" didn't go far and smelled of smoke. In order to prevent the smell from spreading and let the wind spread, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai immediately sent people to pick up baskets of abalone from the river and put them with the "corpse" to disturb its smell. In this way, after more than 50 days of long-distance bumps, in September, the bones were finally transported back to Xianyang for mourning.
The time interval between Qin Shihuang's death and burial was nearly two months. According to the experience of contemporary corpse protection, general corpse protection must be dealt with immediately after the death of the deceased. With a slight delay, the body itself has begun to change, and I am afraid that even advanced technology can do nothing. Corruption began on the way to Qin Shihuang's body. I'm afraid the body will be unrecognizable before it is shipped back to Xianyang. In this view, it is unlikely that the remains of Qin Shihuang will be well preserved.
The above mysteries are just the tip of the iceberg of many mysteries in the Qin Mausoleum. With the deepening of archaeological research in China and the practical application of high-tech detection technology, the underground palace of Qin Mausoleum will one day shock the world again.