Why didn't Xixia Mausoleum plant grass and raise birds?
Why doesn't grass grow on the grave? There is a line in the drama "Zhao Li Ranfei" in the Yuan Dynasty: "Hutou Village, Qiuyishan, an outlaw, has to do it." So, the story of becoming an outlaw is like this. Comparing grass with grass shows that grass seeds can take root when they land, and they can survive with tenacious vitality no matter how bad the environment is. The Tangut people who live at the foot of Helan Mountain mainly live a nomadic life of primitive tribes. There are many good places for herders to graze cattle and sheep around the tomb of Xixia, but why is this tomb alone barren? Some people say that the mausoleum is built of rammed earth, and there is no gap for grass seeds to stay and take root. On its hard and smooth surface, there is no condition for grass seeds to survive, but can the soil be harder than stone? As we all know, there is a tiny crack in the stone. When grass seeds fall, grass can grow. The rammed earth of the mausoleum can't be without cracks. This is obviously a far-fetched statement. Some archaeologists have also put forward an argument that it is possible that when the mausoleum was built, the nutrients grown by grass seeds were fumigated and removed, so it is not impossible to grow grass.