A better grave-robbing tool than Luoyang shovel, you just need to put it in the soil to know if there is a grave. What is this?

China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world with the longest history. In this long history, many splendid cultures have naturally been born. What I want to tell you today is "tomb raiding", which is one of many traditional cultures in China.

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As we all know, grave robbery is a technical activity, which is also accompanied by great danger. Grave robbing requires not only one's courage, but also one's wisdom and talent. Generally, people who can make a fortune by robbing tombs are experienced veterans. Grave robbing has a long history, and the early grave robbing activities did not form a certain system. General grave robbery activities are discovered by accident. Until later, with the gradual luxury of funerary objects, funerary objects became more and more attractive. The poor are gradually involved.

Similarly, in order to prevent the loss of funerary objects and not disturb the dead, people pay more and more attention to the construction of tombs before death. Grave robbers are also constantly innovating technology and forming some technical teams. Since then, grave-robbing activities have shown an upward trend, and the grave-robbing industry has gradually become systematic.

Tomb-robbing activities can be divided into two types: one is official thieves, such as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty, Wen Tao in the Five Dynasties, and Sun Dianying in the Republic of China, all of which are famous for tomb-robbing. They often use a large number of soldiers to openly rob tombs; There is also a kind of human thief, distributed all over the country, who secretly digs graves and coffins, takes out the buried property and treasures, and makes a fortune. For example, there are many thieves in Luoyang, Henan, Guanzhong, Shaanxi and Changsha, Hunan.

Cao Cao

Under normal circumstances, ancient people will leave tombstones or plant trees beside the tombs for future generations to worship. However, this move provides an opportunity for grave robbers. With the gradual rise of grave-robbing activities, some emperors will pay more and more attention to the construction of tombs, leaving no specific location. There are also many secret passages in the tombs. What's more, many tombs will be built to confuse grave robbers.

It is difficult to find the exact location of some ancient tombs, such as Genghis Khan's mausoleum, which is still unknown. So the skills and experience of grave robbers are also very important. The usual feng shui gossip is to find a tomb. In fact, grave robbery is also a kind of gambling, but gambling is life. Not everyone who steals a tomb can benefit from it, and some people may even die.

Danger always coexists with wealth.

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As the saying goes, the top scholar is the best in the industry, and grave robbing is also a talent.

During the Republic of China, there was a grave robber named Li Yazi who liked to ponder these things on weekdays. On this day, he saw a steamed stuffed bun shop not far away. The steamed stuffed bun seller is preparing to dig a small hole in the ground. The tools used by the owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop to make holes in the ground aroused Li Yazi's great interest. This thing can bring a lot of soil every time it pokes underground.

Li Yazi, an experienced grave robber, immediately realized that it was easier to detect an ancient tomb than the shovel he usually used, so he was inspired to make a pattern according to that tool and found a blacksmith to make a real object according to the pattern, so the first Luoyang shovel was born. Of course, this is just a legend, and the specific situation cannot be verified.

There is also a grave robber, Yao Yuzhong. Others look for tombs by observing feng shui, and he looks for stars. He will observe the celestial phenomena with a compass, and the graves within 100 miles of Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang can know the exact location. He also invented a grave-robbing tool called "Zhazi", and inserted it into the soil. Then you can judge whether there is a grave underground by looking at the color change of the tip, which is more powerful than Luoyang shovel.

Steal a hole

There are also some grave robbers. As long as the year of the tomb is determined, the specific distribution of the tomb can be known. This is because, every dynasty, the way and technology of building tombs have their own characteristics. Sophisticated grave robbers complete the grave robbing work through these real experiences.

The choice of stealing holes is also very particular.

In order to avoid digging a dead end, it is necessary for grave robbers to calculate the general orientation in advance. Moreover, in the case of rampant grave robbers, the construction of general cemeteries is very solid. At this time, it is necessary to test whether the grave robbers can accurately calculate the position. Usually the top and bottom of the tomb are fragile places, so we should start from these places.

The excavation of stolen holes is also a technical job.

Grave robbing tools

The excavation of stolen holes should not only be absolutely firm, but also preserve physical strength. Some highly skilled grave robbers can not only survive in a narrow space, but also store the excavated soil in a suitable place. Some skilled grave robbers, even in the end, no one can find out where the excavated soil went.

Moreover, most grave robbers live and eat in caves, and ordinary grave robbers are hard to find. After all, robbing a tomb is a shameful act, and everyone needs to avoid others. Sometimes they even live in stolen caves for half a year.

In view of this situation, they have also taken many good measures:

Grave robbers usually build some houses near the selected cemetery to hide their eyes and ears. Dig a stolen hole from the house and carry out grave robbery activities.

Grave robbers eventually.

They will also confuse the audience with the funeral procession and build a fake grave next to the mausoleum, which is another aboveboard evil deed.

Finally, I want to say that although grave robbery is a profiteering industry, grave robbery itself is also a kind of destruction. Moreover, this kind of destruction is irreversible, and this kind of excavation has caused serious losses to human cultural heritage.

Therefore, it is necessary to crack down on grave robbery and protect cultural heritage.