In fact, grave robbers are really powerful. For a simple example, in the late 1990s, the Han tomb was discovered on a hill called Laoshan, next to Babaoshan in Beijing. Historians call it Laoshan Han Tomb. The discovery of "Huangchang Inscription" in Laoshan Han Tomb shows that it is a prince-level Han tomb. The Han Tomb in Laoshan provides solid cultural relics for studying the politics, economy and culture of Beijing in the Han Dynasty. It is hard to imagine that the discoverer of the Han Tomb in Laoshan Mountain was not an archaeologist, but a grave robber.
Ma Weidou, as a collector, naturally won't let go of this archaeological event, and he is well aware of the reasons. Ma Weidou said that the two grave robbers who found the Han Tomb of the Old Man didn't use advanced professional equipment at all, but found the Han Tomb of Laoshan with the ability to locate the cave at a glance by hand. What is a fixed point at a glance? What Ma Weidou said is also very exaggerated. In fact, he studies Feng Shui. The ancients paid attention to thick burial and were generally superstitious. They must find a place with good feng shui.
Grave robbers also specialize in the art, and often have in-depth research on Feng Shui before they engage in this industry. Grave robbers were born in the wild, and they didn't have a subject when they studied, but they achieved good results. As the saying goes, "one punch kills the master", grave robbers can often find the ancient tomb without playing cards according to the routine with a solid foundation of geomantic omen. In addition, grave robbers have to study history, cultural relics identification, geography and other disciplines. Ma Weidou stressed that we should not underestimate them, referring to the unique ability of grave robbers.
However, the cleverness and wisdom of grave robbers did not come in handy. Although grave robbers have professional abilities comparable to archaeologists, they are doing something illegal. Ma Weidou said don't underestimate them, which also provides us with a research direction, that is, grave robbers and archaeologists are interdependent and successful, just like the struggle between cultural relics forgery and cultural relics appraisal experts.
As the saying goes, the magic height is one foot and the road height is ten feet, which is perfect for the relationship between grave robbers and archaeologists. Some technical means of grave robbers can also promote the progress of archaeological professional research, and the technical progress of archaeological experts has suppressed the arrogance of grave robbers. Therefore, we should treat the relationship between grave robbers and archaeologists objectively and rationally, and don't belittle archaeologists at will.