Lao Liang: Why is the dry mausoleum of Wu Zetian safe since ancient times?
In the early years of the Republic of China, warlords scuffled, and stealing ancient tombs became a common practice. Under the guise of protecting Ganling, Kuomintang general Sun Lianzhong led his men into Ganling and used live ammunition to cover a division's troops to rob Ganling. The soldiers bombed many places with explosives, but they couldn't find the entrance to the grave.
1958, several local farmers shot and blew stones, and accidentally blew out the tomb door. 1February, 960, the "Ganling Excavation Committee" was established in Shaanxi Province. After preliminary excavation, it was confirmed that the bombing site was an underground tomb, and the excavation of Ganling underground tomb began on April 3. /kloc-in may of 0/2, the stone masonry of the tomb was all made public. The excavation situation is the same as that recorded in the Biography of Yanshan Temple in the Old Tang Dynasty, "The gate of Ganling Xuanque is blocked with stone, and the stone gap is fixed with cast iron".
Zhou Enlai, Prime Minister of the State Council, gave instructions on the excavation plan of Ganling, saying that "we can't finish the good work, but we can leave it to future generations". Later, the State Council issued a notice asking "Don't dig in front of the National Imperial Mausoleum", and the excavation of Ganling stopped.