The amount of mercury in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is geometricThe pomegranate tree on the top of the mountain reveals the mystery
The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor in Chinese history, has been attracting the attention of countless people. Especially in modern times, archaeologists have excavated the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang more and more deeply, and every new discovery will cause many Chinese people to quarrel.
It's hard to imagine how the masters of the Qin Shi Huang era thousands of years ago could have accomplished such a magnificent project.
But as the excavation progressed, the danger in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang exceeded people's imagination. According to archaeological experts, a large amount of mercury is buried under the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and in the process of hastily excavating the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the mercury can easily overflow, eventually destroying a large number of precious cultural relics.
So, how much mercury is in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?Why do archaeologists have a large number of sophisticated detection and excavation equipment, but they dare not easily go deep into the forbidden area of the mausoleum?Actually, just look at the pomegranates growing on the top of Qinxin Mountain, and you will understand this problem.
Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Sima Qian wrote in "Historical Records - Records of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang".
Rivers and seas, mercury machine raising, the upper is astronomy, and the lower is geography"。
Li Daoyuan, a famous geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty, wrote in the "Notes on the Book of Water".
More than 30 miles on the side, the astronomical stars are on the map, under the four pillars of mercury, hundreds of rivers, five mountains and nine provinces"。
According to the descriptions of these two predecessors, we can boldly guess that there is a certain amount of mercury in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, but it is impossible to give an accurate answer to how much this amount is worth. However, we can take this opportunity to take a look at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Both Sima Qian and Li Daoyuan paid attention to the fact that in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the ceiling was carved with stars in the sky, and there were mercury pours on the ground, mountains and rivers, which meant that although Qin Shi Huang was dead, he was still the ruler of the whole world. In his imagination, he still appeared as emperor after his death.
Although this idea is entirely unique to Qin Shi Huang, we must admit that the actual size of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is far beyond human imagination, as it took 39 years and the efforts of 720,000 (and at most 800,000) working people.
In addition, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang as we know it today was never completed.
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was completed in a hurry after the outbreak of the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings, when Zhang Han begged Qin II to pardon the thieves responsible for the construction of Lishan and led his troops to meet the rebels.
Just imagine, if Qin II can continue to build, then the actual scale of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang will be even larger than it is now.
Mercury storehouse. How much mercury is stored in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?Before figuring it out, many people doubted that Qin Shi Huang really had so much mercury to use at that time.
You know, in modern society, although people have fully mastered the technology of mercury production, we rarely see a large amount of mercury in our daily life.
In fact, archaeologists have come to the conclusion that Qin Shi Huang was able to use such large amounts of mercury by analyzing historical documents and burial structures. Qin Shi Huang was able to use such large quantities of mercury because it was collected by countless people from all over the country and then continuously refined by countless people in furnaces.
Under the scientific and technological conditions of the time, it was not known at all how many people would die in the process of refining the furnace.
Eventually, the hard work and efforts of millions of people filled the Mausoleum with bright mercury. When the relevant departments tested the soil of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, it was found that the area of the entire Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang reached more than 12,000 square meters, and a large amount of mercury in it was not a natural resource, but"Purely a product of human production"。
Not only that, but the large amount of mercury even affected the growth of pomegranates in the mountains around the mausoleum. It is important to know that a pomegranate tree needs at least 3 to 4 meters for normal growth, but it can grow to 5 to 7 meters tall, and the fruit will ripen in just one year.
But the pomegranate trees on the hills around the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang not only grow very slowly, but the fruit contains a lot of toxins and is not edible.
You must know that the basic structure of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was built relative to Xianyang City, and the height of the mountain is at least a few hundred meters different from the height of the palace in the mausoleum, the mercury storage place and the pomegranate growing place.
Still, mercury can affect the growth of pomegranate trees, and the amount of the impact is visible. Perhaps one day in the future, when our country can really unravel the mystery of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and witness the rich reserves of mercury, the people of the country will be amazed.
Before that, we should also reflect on the existence of mercury, on how many ordinary people have been sacrificed, on the ingenuity of architecture that is worth cherishing, but it must also prompt us to reflect on the best treatment.
How much mercury was buried in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?Look at the pomegranate trees that grow on the hill and you can see how much mercury is buried.