The imperial tombs are often excavated because there are many funerary objects. Why didn't the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty be stolen?

Throughout history, when Chinese emperors built tombs after their deaths, they mostly chose places with good feng shui and built them with great fanfare, and many precious treasures were buried with them. Some of these treasures can stand for thousands of years, some die with the passage of time, some are looted, and some only exist in legends. However, in history, ancient tombs in the Yuan Dynasty were rarely stolen.

None of the tombs of the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty have been found so far, the most famous of which is Genghis Khan's mausoleum. China ancient tomb raiding has a long history. Far away, in the modern history of the Qing Dynasty, almost all the imperial tombs survived, and the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty were not found. This stems from their caution about tombs at that time.

The Yuan Dynasty was founded by Mongols. Mongols are nomadic people, and even the places where they live are mobile. So the burial of the dead is relatively simple. After entering the Central Plains, influenced by the Han people's emphasis on funeral, Mongols began to use coffins for burial. However, the coffin they used was very simple, that is, they found two thick pieces of wood, dug out a human figure from the middle, put the dead in, closed the two pieces of wood, and tied them with metal rings outside. It's a bit like the coffin of an Egyptian mummy.

After the coffin is finished, it will be buried in a deep pit dug in advance, and then "leveled by ten thousand horses", leaving some soldiers to guard it. In the coming year, the spring grass will grow stronger, the emperor's cemetery will disappear on the grassland, and the guards will return to their homes. Han people are strictly forbidden to participate in the whole burial process, and the guards must also abide by their own customs and keep their mouths shut about the burial site. So no one knows where the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was buried.