In ancient times, why were grave robbers afraid of tombs with willow trees?
First, the feng shui is not good.
In the past, people generally did not plant willow trees next to graves. Most of them planted pine and cypress trees. These two trees are known as evergreen trees, which means evergreen. Although the old friends have passed away, their spirits still live on. Planting pines and cypresses next to graves also has a symbolic meaning, hoping that the ancestors can bless future generations with continuous blessings.
In addition, because pines and cypresses are easy to take care of and have strong vitality, they can still grow even if there is no water for irrigation. On the contrary, willow trees do not have the vitality of pines and cypresses. Willow trees are inherently yin, and graves are also places with heavy yin energy. Both are yin, so adding them together is not a good sign.
Therefore, people in the past would not dare to move forward as long as they saw willow trees planted on the graves. They believe that if they get close, they will get into trouble and bring some bad disasters to themselves. Tomb robbing is not a job that is open to the public. There are many taboos and taboos, so you must be careful.
Second, there is no value in tomb robbing.
Since we know that planting willow trees next to graves is a bad sign, no one would do so deliberately. When such a situation occurs, it is usually natural or unintentional. The willow tree is still able to grow, which means that no one has taken care of the tomb for a long time.
Most of these tombs are abandoned, and perhaps their descendants have withered away. Presumably there is nothing valuable in the tomb. Even if you enter the tomb, it has no real meaning and you still have to take risks. The graves that tomb robbers are interested in are those of wealthy families.
Grave robbing is inherently a very dangerous thing, and it requires teamwork to complete. Having taken such a big risk, I naturally hope to find a valuable tomb.
It would be very heartbreaking to find out that there are no good things at all when you get to the grave. For these two reasons, grave robbers will take a detour whenever they see a willow tree next to a tomb.