What's the difference between the southern faction and the northern faction that robbed tombs?

The northern school is famous for its ingenuity, such as where the stolen hole was hit (in front of the coffin, at the bottom of the coffin) and what shape it was dug into (square hole, round hole), which is very strange. Nanpai is good at "skillful skills", which can be described as intensive cultivation. Their skills are superb, and the unique skill of the "Southern School" is to find the tomb.

There are different ways to rob a tomb.

Grave robbers in the North School pay special attention to the use of tools. Luoyang shovel, for example, was invented by grave robbers from the North School, which is not only a place for them to rob the tomb, but also a stunt for them to rob the tomb. The southern school is good at using the four methods of "looking", "smelling", "asking" and "cutting". This method was summed up by the grave robbers of Changsha gang in the south. It is their usual means and of course a stunt.

Summary: Tomb raiding has different styles. Whether looking for a tomb or robbing a tomb, the "Northern School" doesn't have much technical content, just relying on sharp tools, so we call it "extensive". In the process of searching for ancient tombs, Nanpai made a unique study on the knowledge of ancient Feng Shui in China through their own or ancestors' experience.

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Tools of the old society

1, stealing ancient tombs depends on people's technology and experience on the one hand; On the one hand, it is operated by tools. In the old society, the tools of poaching were shovels, picks, shovels, axes, torches and candles. Before the Ming Dynasty, grave robbers did not have special detection tools, and iron cones began to be used in the Ming Dynasty. Its appearance makes grave robbers only take tombs with obvious signs on the ground (such as sealing soil and tombstones) as objects and never return.

Grave robbers use a special iron cone to explore the unmarked underground on the ground. Once they find the ancient tomb, they can dig a hole directly and steal it according to the metal smell brought up on the cone.

2. From iron cone to Luoyang shovel, it is a leap for grave robbers in the south to use underground detection tools. The north, especially Luoyang and Guanzhong, is located in the loess plateau with deep water and thick soil. The shovel clamp of Luoyang shovel is only 2 inches wide and is in a U-shaped semicircle. The upper part of the shovel is equipped with a long handle. Every time you drill, insert this shovel into the ground, you can go down three or four inches deep, and when you lift it up, you can bring out the ground trapped in the semicircle intact.

Tomb raiding and treasure hunting have existed since ancient times, especially today. Its methods, techniques and tools are developing in the direction of modernization, intelligence and collectivization. Military compasses and detectors are used for detection, detonators, explosives and chainsaws for excavation, and automobiles, motorcycles and mobile phones for transportation and communication. Therefore, the struggle against excavating ancient tombs and selling smuggled cultural relics is more complicated and arduous, with a long way to go!

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