The imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are more difficult to dig than the tombs of Qin Shihuang. What is so mysterious about the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty?
The reason why we say that the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are more difficult to excavate than the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is because we simply don’t know where the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are. If we want to excavate the imperial tombs, we need to know the exact location of the imperial tombs. Only in this way can we start the excavation work. The difficulty in excavating the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty lies in finding their locations. So far, the tombs of more than ten emperors of the Yuan Dynasty have not been found. One was discovered. Unlike any other dynasty in China's feudal history, after the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty died, they did not build mausoleums as high-profile as other dynasties. Instead, they used their own methods for burial.
The Yuan Dynasty was a country ruled by ethnic minorities. Different from our Han people, they were nomadic people. Therefore, there were great differences in the governance of the country and their customs and habits. . During the reign of the Han people, when the emperor died, a large-scale imperial mausoleum must be built to show the emperor's noble status. The emperors of the Yuan Dynasty did not like this. They had their own unique burial method, which is also the most mysterious part of the Yuan Dynasty imperial tombs.
The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were Mongols, and the Mongols were originally nomadic people on the grasslands. They had a bold personality and believed in Tengri. Although wolves are animals they hate and often hunt their livestock and cause them losses; wolves are also their totems. In their view, wolves are the envoys of Tengger. After death, people can only be guided by wolves. "Processing" can successfully reach Tengger. Therefore, after the death of the Mongol emperor, the body is basically not buried, and it is more likely to be a tomb.
Take Genghis Khan’s mausoleum as an example. After Genghis Khan’s death, he built the mausoleum into a tomb and built the mausoleum on the vast grassland. After the mausoleum was built, the soil was backfilled. Then the Mongolian cavalry was ordered to use horses to compact the soil on the tomb. Finally, a baby camel was slaughtered on the mausoleum, and it was slaughtered in front of the mother camel; the purpose of this was to let the mother camel remember this place, so that the descendants of Genghis Khan would know the location of the mausoleum in the coming year.
It is precisely because of this operation that the tombs of the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty have become the most mysterious existence. This is also the real reason why their tombs are more difficult to excavate than the tomb of Qin Shihuang.