This is a mysterious and fascinating great miracle. There are many records about the structure and shape of the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, especially Sima Qian's disclosure of the construction of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum and the shape of the underground palace in Historical Records.
At the beginning of his reign, the emperor passed through Mount Li. And the world, the world sent more than 700 thousand people, wearing three springs, copper coffins, palace and temple wonders. Today, craftsmen are machines, and they need to be photographed if they are dressed closely. Taking mercury as a hundred rivers and seas, instilling it in the machine, there is astronomy in the world and geography in the world, and taking mermaid cream as a candle, which lasts forever. ? When the great event is finished, it is hidden, closed to envy, admired outside the door, and craftsmen are hidden and cannot return. Trees and vegetation are like mountains. ?
With the joint efforts of archaeologists, geologists and other multidisciplinary researchers, after more than 20 years of exploration, the historical truth of the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum has been gradually revealed since the discovery of the pit of Qin Terracotta Warriors.
Through the analysis of scientific detection methods, the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum really broke through the known architectural level of Qin Dynasty. The underground palace is divided into three parts: the tomb, another room and the tomb.
According to the research of Wang Xueli, the excavator and archaeologist of Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, the bottom area of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum reached 1.92 million square meters, which is equivalent to the size of 48 international standard basketball courts.
Such a huge underground palace is unmatched by any mausoleum in the world. At that time, people's view of the universe had been formed, and the sky was dome-shaped and square, like a chessboard, connecting the four seas.
In the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the top of the underground palace is dome-shaped. If the inverted eggshell is covered on the chamber of secrets, it will form a round place, showing the spirit of the world emperors in Megatron Sea. As for the main building of the underground palace, it occupies a prominent position. Others, such as government offices and detached halls, have different sizes and specifications.
Mercury is rivers, lakes and oceans.
198 1 year, geologists of China academy of sciences used modern prospecting methods to conduct two tests on the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. First, they drilled holes in the sealed land of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum to take soil as geological samples. After accurate laboratory tests, they were surprised to find a large amount of mercury buried underground in the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. That is to say, Sima Qian recorded it in Historical Records? Mercury is a hundred rivers and seas, machine instilled? Is credible.
At the same time, geological scientists also measured that the mercury stored in the mausoleum should be around 100 tons! Mercury is extracted from cinnabar. If this figure can be established, then extracting 100 tons of mercury requires 1 15 tons of cinnabar.
Ancient alchemists in China invented the method of heating mercury sulfide with pomegranate jar to decompose it into mercury. The underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum stored 100 tons of mercury, which is incredible to people today. Where does this mercury come from?
Sima Qian once said in Historical Records and Biography of Huo Zhi? Bashu widow Ming, first get Dan point, good for generations. ?
The widow of Bashu, Qing family, became rich by mining mercury mines for generations, and hit the nail on the head about Qin Shihuang's demand for mercury. As a result, cinnabar and mercury as far away as Bashu crossed the Yangtze River and Bashan Mountain, passed through the Hanshui River and then passed through the praise ramp or meridian, and were continuously input into Guanzhong.
? Machine indoctrination? what's up Perpetual machine?
Mercury in the mausoleum of the first emperor recorded in historical records? Machine indoctrination? , indicating that people at that time had begun to try to make it? Perpetual machine? , so that mercury exists in the tomb in a flowing state.
An important purpose of this is to guard against theft. Because the melting point of mercury is -38.87 degrees Celsius, even a liquid at room temperature is highly volatile. Mercury itself is a highly toxic substance. Once people inhale a considerable concentration of mercury gas, it will lead to mental disorder, muscle tremor and paralysis, and even cause casualties.
Machine indoctrination? To stir the mercury and make the simulated rivers, lakes and seas run, then the air that permeates the tomb is high-concentration mercury vapor. It can keep bodies and funerary objects from rotting for a long time, and more importantly, it can poison grave robbers who dare to enter the underground palace.
Oil is an ever-burning lamp, but it will last for a long time.
Sima Qian once had it in the historical records? Mermaid cream is a candle? The so-called record? Mermaid? What people often say today? Baby fish? , scientific name? Baby fish? .
Archaeologist Wang Xueli proposed? Mermaid? Another explanation is the magnetic whale. Because whales are big and long, and their meat is rich in fat, it is efficient and lasting to use their oil to light a lamp. Some scientists have calculated that candles made of whale brain oil can burn for 5000 days.
Why did people in the Qin Dynasty use it? Mermaid cream? Candles are probably made by using the characteristics of low fuel consumption, low ignition point, difficult to extinguish and strong durability. But judging from the ever-burning lamps of Dingling underground palace that have been unearthed, what should be done in the mausoleum? How long will it last? Obviously it is impossible, because once the air is cut off, the combustion will turn into bubbles.
Hidden crossbows repeatedly prevent grave robbery
There are many rare treasures hidden in the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. In order to prevent theft, crossbows were placed at the entrance of the tomb and the entrance of the passage. This crossbow is actually. Dark crossbow? Connect the crossbows one by one with arrows and make them mechanically? Repeatedly? To achieve the purpose of unmanned operation and self-vigilance, once the grave robber enters the grave, he will meet the trip rope connecting the crossbow trigger and be shot violently.
In the mid-1970s, archaeologists carried out large-scale drilling around graves and cemeteries, leaving hundreds of thousands of holes. According to the drilling data, there is no sign of local subsidence of the sealing soil on the underground palace of Qin Shihuang mausoleum, and there is no big change in the rammed soil layer.
Buried in the depths of the underground palace, the funerary objects should be preserved intact and not stolen or destroyed.
With the progress of science and technology and the liberation of people's minds, the real mystery of the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum will be completely uncovered one day.