Why has the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang not been opened so far?

The technology is not mature, everyone wants to do it, especially those who are engaged in historical research, don't want to be itchy, but no one can afford this responsibility, in case the excavation process is seriously damaged, the person in charge is nine deaths. This is a national treasure, and it cannot be opened when it is not guaranteed to be foolproof.

The archaeology of the Imperial Tomb itself is basically forced, protective, and in fact at the cost of minimal damage, because of technical limitations, there are practically no conditions for the preservation of the imperial tomb artifacts as a whole. Although it is possible to preserve a single cultural relic, including special cultural relics such as textiles, the first value of archaeological discoveries is completeness, and the imperial tombs are the objects of protection of a large volume anyway, and even if they are done, the cost will be unacceptable.

In general, the technical requirements are not up to standard. The terracotta pit seen now is only a very small part of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and if the mausoleum is opened rashly when the technology is not up to standard, it will cause immeasurable losses.

For many technical reasons, modern technology is also difficult to destroy, because the cultural relics in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are very precious, and if they move, it is easy to cause great damage.

As everyone said, the modern cultural relics protection technology is not developed enough, the climate and natural environment in the tomb are very different, the oxidation deformation is light, and there are fresh lotus root pieces in the lacquerware unearthed in Mawangdui, which will soon turn into ash when exposed to the air. That's right, the ashes are gone, so the opportunity to study the history of the development of crops passed by.

Not opening does not mean that the local ** does not want to open, Shaanxi has always wanted to open, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage does not agree. To open it well, you need a lot of silver. At present, there is too little money willing to invest in the protection of cultural relics.

Because the current scientific and technological means are not enough to protect the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, if it is opened, it may damage ancient cultural relics.

Although the archaeology of the imperial tombs is easy to sensational, in fact, the archaeological information that can be provided is not richer than that of other types of site archaeology, and modern archaeology is not a discipline of digging treasures, so it has no priority in itself, especially the archaeology of tombs after BC is not the core direction of the development of contemporary archaeology (compared with settlement archaeology, environmental archaeology and other contemporary popular directions, the results of tomb archaeology in recent decades are not outstanding).

First of all, the pyramids and the ancient tombs that use robot technology in our country are not as large as the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, and the complexity of the internal structure is not as complex as the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. In short, the Qinling Tombs are not a good place to practice archaeological technology.

Because Qin Shi Huang was very shrewd, his mausoleum had a lot of fakes, in order to protect himself.

Because the current science and technology are not enough to protect the cultural relics in the Qinling Mountains, if the contents are opened, they will oxidize, which will cause immeasurable losses.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is really too big, and the exposed tomb bag is already like a small mountain, which can be seen from the top of the high-rise buildings in Lintong City, and even can be seen clearly from the Lishan Mountain. This is a mountain. ‍‍

The captain of the Shaanxi archaeological excavation team came to the school to give a lecture before, and I asked him this question, and one of the points that impressed me the most was that it was the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang if it was not dug up, and it would not be if it was dug up, so he did not support digging.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been opened for the following reasons:

First: The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang covers an area too large and lacks manpower.

In fact, the development of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is still very difficult, its area is too large, if you want to develop it now, it needs a lot of manpower and material resources. Otherwise, it may not be possible to complete the excavation for decades or even hundreds of years. However, China's archaeological industry is not popular now, so the manpower is limited, and the ancient tombs found in many places have not yet been excavated and cleaned.

If you develop blindly, it is obvious that the progress will be slow due to lack of manpower.

Second: The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang used a large amount of mercury to seal, and the excavation was very dangerous.

According to historical records, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang used hundreds of tons of mercury when it was sealed, which in addition to preventing theft, it could actually keep the body from decaying. Later, when the researchers were probing, they did find that there was a mercury anomaly in the land near the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Therefore, researchers believe that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang did use a large amount of mercury, and if it was opened at this time, the excavators would easily be poisoned by mercury during the development, and in order to maintain the safety of scientific researchers, the mausoleum could not be opened blindly.

Third: I am worried that the current level is limited and I can't preserve the cultural relics well.

In fact, the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses have been part of the excavation of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, but at that time, due to the blindness of scientific researchers, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were excavated and could not be well preserved. Originally, the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses that had just been excavated were colored, but when they were stored in the air for a period of time, the color of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses faded and became the earth gray that people see now, which is a huge loss of cultural relics, and now researchers have not found a way to preserve the Terracotta Warriors, so if they continue to excavate, they will only cause more damage to cultural relics.

In addition to the terracotta warriors and horses, there are many precious cultural relics in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, if they are not excavated at the time of 100% certainty, then the calligraphy, painting, books and other treasures are likely to be destroyed at the moment of unearthing, which is a very big loss for historical research.

Because the current science and technology cannot guarantee the effective protection of the cultural relics in the entire imperial tomb, it has not been opened.

Because the gap between the environment inside the tomb and the outside of the tomb is particularly large, after thousands of years of precipitation, the tomb is almost vacuum, once the cultural relics are discovered, unless you immediately give a exactly the same vacuum environment, otherwise the things found will be oxidized immediately, which has a lesson from the past. Any kind of excavation of underground cultural relics will inevitably cause some degree of damage or damage to the cultural relics.

First of all, the anti-theft measures of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang were very perfect, and according to legend, a large amount of mercury was poured to seal the soil. In addition, the imperial mausoleum tomb is a very large-scale group, and if there is no perfect strategy, it is definitely not easy to open it rashly.

Qin died in 206 BC, and more than 2,200 years have passed. One can imagine how many tomb robbers tried to steal the treasures of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang over the course of more than 2,000 years, but the end result was the same, that is, to become the burial goods of the First Emperor.

Why not excavate wantonly is mainly due to these factors.

First: the excavation technology is not perfectIt is recorded in the "Historical Records" that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang made a river of mercury, and the coffin of Qin Shi Huang floated on this mercury river. Today's detection reality, the mercury anomaly in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang coincides with a large amount of mercury in the Imperial Mausoleum, and also confirms the authenticity of the "Historical Records" from the side.

Second, the improvement of protective measures. If the underground cultural relics are buried for too long, if they are not effectively protected, the result will be like terracotta warriors, the color will be lost, and the cultural relics will be tragically destroyed.

This is an extremely profound lesson in the history of our country.

When excavating Dingling, the precious calligraphy and paintings unearthed from the tomb of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty suffered huge losses due to lack of protection, and the mausoleum of hundreds of years is still like this, not to mention the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang that spans thousands of years, if you are not careful, these precious historical relics may suffer a blow to destruction.

Therefore, in order to better protect cultural relics, China has adopted a policy of protective excavation, except for the discovery of robbery holes and tomb collapses, etc., will not take the initiative to excavate mausoleums.

Third, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is too large and difficult to excavate. We can basically conclude that the burial place of Qin Shi Huang is Lishan, and the terracotta warriors and horses are used as burial pits, and the distance between them and the main tomb is more than 20 miles, and it can be seen that there are dozens of kilometers around Lishan There are also Qin Shi Huang's burial pits.

Fourth, the historical materials of the Qin Dynasty are perfect, and there is little need for physical evidence. Another important role of excavating the mausoleum is to verify the authenticity of history, and we also mentioned earlier that the records in the "Historical Records" are consistent with the on-site survey, which also confirms the accuracy of the historical materials from the side, and there is no need for large-scale excavation to physically prove the history.

There may be a certain mechanism in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but the real reason why it is not opened is that the mausoleum contains a large amount of mercury, which is now what we now call mercury, which is very toxic, so there is no ability and technology to open the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang at present.

Studies have proved that there are a lot of mercury substances inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which are highly toxic, and the mercury element in the plants of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is seriously exceeded.

Personally, I hope that it is better to never open the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but speaking of why the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has been discovered a long time ago, and it has not been opened until now, one is because of technical problems, because I want to completely excavate the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and not destroy it, there is no such technology now, and the country may not have the idea of excavating the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, so it is better for the ancients to sleep quietly.

Because there were many mechanisms arranged during the construction of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and the tomb of Qin Shi Huang was filled with mercury all around, it was very difficult to open, so the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been opened so far.

Because the time of Qin Shi Huang is a long time ago, the mausoleum is filled with gaseous mercury, and if there is a sudden rush of fresh air, it may occur** or other adverse effects on archaeology.

Personal opinion, not because of the heavy organs so not opened, since the founding of the People's Republic of China according to the failure of the archaeological excavation of the tomb of Marquis Zeng Hou B, there are no excavation conditions, before the founding of the People's Republic of China around the analysis of the cave situation, many officials and people in history have not succeeded in opening any tomb.

The reason why the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been opened is mainly because it contains a lot of toxic substances, and it is very dangerous.

It should be, as far as I know, there is a saying that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is covered with mercury, and it would be very dangerous if it was opened rashly.

Because the tens of thousands of cultural relics in the tombs in the imperial tombs have formed a stable equilibrium after thousands of years, once the cultural relics are not protected, the losses caused are incalculable.

Because, Qin Shi Huang is still alive. Also texted me the other day.

Because there is a large amount of mercury, it cannot be excavated. The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the mausoleum of the first emperor Ying Zheng (259-210 BC) in Chinese history, the first batch of world cultural heritage in China, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and the national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, is located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, 5 kilometers east of Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was built in the first year of the reign of King Qin (247 BC) to the second year of Qin II (208 BC), which lasted 39 years, and was the first large-scale and well-designed imperial mausoleum in Chinese history.

There are two rammed earth walls inside and outside, symbolizing the imperial city and palace city of the imperial capital Xianyang. The mausoleum is located in the south of the inner city, is in the shape of a covered bucket, is 51 meters high, and the circumference of the bottom edge is more than 1,700 meters. According to historical records, there are also various palaces built in the Qin Tombs, and many strange treasures are displayed.

There are a large number of burial pits and tombs with different shapes and connotations around the Qin Tombs, and more than 400 have been discovered, including the terracotta pit in the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has always been a big problem that our cultural relics need to face, but at present, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has not been opened. So why didn't you plan to open the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang all the time? How will it help us when we open it?

In fact, many tomb robbers know the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but the reason why there is no way to open it is because there is a large amount of mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and there is no way to enter it, and even if we want to open the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang at present, the huge mercury in it will volatilize immediately, producing strong toxicity, there is no way to control so much mercury in a short time, and even if it can be controlled, how to deal with it in the future is a problem, so we choose not to open it at present.

At present, almost all tomb excavations are based on stolen tombs or accidental excavations, and there is basically no such direct opening of complete tombsIt is because at present, our human technology cannot be able to keep the cultural relics intact when mining cultural relics, as long as they are mined, there will be harm, so this is also one of the ways to protect cultural relics.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has always been an important issue in the global historical and cultural academic circles, but it is not much help to open the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, it can only be said that these cultural relics can help us review the history of the Qin Dynasty, we can better understand the cultural relics of the Qin Dynasty, and we can solve the mystery of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but for the development of our science and technology and economyIn fact, the impact is relatively small, and there is even a counter-effect in some aspects, so it is not recommended to open the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.

I hope to be able to wait until the technology is mature to open the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang,Feel the majesty of the Emperor through the ages.