Fengwu Qinshang

Chapter 2 Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang

The internship period before graduation came quickly. As expected, based on their identities as the creators of the Qinling Archaeological Game, they were sent to the Qinling Archaeological Research Institute for internship. Of course, this was considered going home!

Xi'an, an important city in Northwest China, is a famous ancient capital of 13 dynasties in Chinese history! One of the four ancient capitals in the world! It has both high-rise buildings of modern civilized metropolises and winding paths with ancient charm! The Aerospace City and University City are second to none in China! Various attractions and snacks will make you linger!

Being there, you can see the 5,000-year history of China in one day: Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Ming City Wall, and experience the aftertaste of history for thousands of years! Tang Paradise, Daming Palace, Afang Palace, Xingqing Palace, Weiyang Palace, show the elegance of gardens of past dynasties! The morning bell of Wild Goose Pagoda, the flowing drink of Qujiang River, the mist of Caotang, the sunset of Mount Li, the ancient ferry of Xianyang, the snow on Taibai Mountain, the fairy palm of Huayue Mountain, the snow on Ba Liu, and the eight scenic spots of Guanzhong are all unique! The old Qinqiang, bowl-shaped, and bowl-shaped, and the Mashao paper-cut shadow play, each have their own flavors, and are appreciated by both the refined and the popular! Bingfeng, Liangpi, and Roujiamo are popular in Sanqin! Cumin barbecue, mutton soup steamed bun, and Hulutou soup steamed bun are delicious!

This is Xi'an, a modern metropolis that is full of vitality, rich heritage, vigor and health, forging ahead and retaining its charm!

After getting off the plane and taking the city light rail, Qin Feng and Zhao Gang inadvertently returned to his hometown, Lintong, where he was born and raised.

The Qin Mausoleum Research Institute is located at the foot of Mount Li, 30 kilometers east of Xi'an City. It is only a few hundred meters away from the world-famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, the eighth wonder of the world. The ancient buildings are shaded by large trees.

It is early summer now, and the flowers in the courtyard are in full bloom, emitting fragrance!

The two of them were eager to go home, and they walked hurriedly on the asphalt road shaded by trees:

"Hey Qin Feng, our internship will last at least half a year. What about your wildlife rescue station?"

"Oh! I'll leave it to the city animal shelter for the time being. The others are easy to deal with, but I'm worried about that black back!"

"Blackback? Oh! That disabled gorilla! Yes, no one can control it when you are not here!"

"Yes! The Blackback has a very strong personality. I'm really worried that they will abuse it!"

"What? Abusing it! I laughed. Just don't abuse others!"

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The two were walking and chatting, passing a small bamboo forest, when they suddenly heard Zhao Gang's surprised cry:

"Qin Feng, look, is that the dome? It's so beautiful!"

Qin Feng followed Zhao Gang's gaze and saw in the distance, a huge pale yellow dome standing like jelly, which was spectacular!

Qin Feng stared at the dome, with pride in his eyes, and said to himself:

"Yes! That's it. It's because of it that the archaeological excavation of the Qin Mausoleum can be carried out! Looking around the world today, only our great motherland can achieve this technology. It's still early, let's go! Let's go report first!"

In front of the Qin Mausoleum Research Institute office building, an electronic display screen clearly shows: Friday, April 2037, 4, 13 days away from the opening of the archaeological excavation of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum.

"17 days, Gangzi, we came back just in time!"

"Yeah! We caught up!"

The two smiled at each other and walked quickly into the office building.

Under the huge dome covering an area of ​​nearly eight square kilometers, the huge tomb of Qin Shihuang is enclosed. On top of the tomb, a group of small nuclear power plants continuously provide the required energy for this huge air-isolating light shield, which is unique in the world.

Hundreds of archaeological experts and researchers are busy doing their respective jobs.

In a special environment with constant humidity and temperature conditions, all archaeologists wear uniform high-tech biological protective clothing.

Halfway up the slope of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, under a huge tent, several people sat together wearing special headphones, looking at a huge, blurry screen in front of them. Next to them was a 3D simulated structural diagram of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, which looked like a real thing. From the diagram, one could clearly see the entire mausoleum and its internal and external details:

The mausoleum is approximately square, with a flat top and a slightly stepped waist. It is 76 meters high, 345 meters long from east to west, and 350 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of ​​square meters. The mausoleum is centered on the mound, with many burial objects distributed around it.

There are two layers of inner and outer walls, with tall gates on all four sides. The three-que structure is a ritual for the emperor and is where the empire promulgated political and religious laws. The magnificent gates and sleeping halls, as well as more than 600 tombs and burial pits, together form the complete form of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum on the ground, and this form is obviously imitating the palace and capital layout of Xianyang, the capital of Qin.

The entire cemetery can be divided into four levels, with the underground palace as the core, and the others being the inner city, outer city and outside the outer city, with a clear hierarchy.

The core of the mausoleum is the underground palace, which is located under the mound in the southern half of the inner city, equivalent to the palace city of Qin Shihuang during his lifetime.

The second is the inner city. The inner city is the key construction area of ​​the Qin Mausoleum. There are the most ground and underground facilities within the inner city wall, especially in the southern half of the inner city. The western area of ​​the northern half of the inner city is the auxiliary building area of ​​the side hall, and the eastern area is the burial area of ​​the harem personnel. This layout clearly shows that the southern part of the inner city is the key area and the northern part is the auxiliary area. The connotations of the facilities in the north and south are all within the scope of the palace.

The next is the outer city, which is the outer city between the inner and outer city walls. The ground and underground facilities in the west area are the most dense, and no relics have been found in the south and north areas. This layout shows that the western area of ​​the outer city is a key area, and its connotation symbolizes the stables, gardens, temples and official residences in the capital. Compared with the inner city, it is obviously in a subordinate position.

Finally, there is the area outside the outer city wall, where there are three tombs of mausoleum builders, brick and tile kiln sites, and stone quarries. In the north, there are official offices of mausoleum construction supervisors and Liyi architectural ruins, which belong to the most secondary marginal status.

The entire mausoleum is composed of two narrow rectangular walls in the north and south. An east-west wall was found in the middle of the inner city, which just divided the inner city into two parts, north and south. The tall tomb is located in the southern half of the inner city and is the core of the entire mausoleum. The ground buildings of the mausoleum are concentrated on the north side of the burial mound, and the burial pits of the mausoleum are distributed on the east and west sides of the tomb. An imperial mausoleum with a reasonable layout and standardized shape, centered on the underground palace and the tomb, was formed.

Look again: eight long rivers formed by mercury tightly surround the mausoleum in three layers, and powerful crossbows and dirty pit traps are scattered all over the place.

The most peculiar thing is that in this holographic model, dozens of important parts and hubs are occupied by a hazy area, and even the most advanced super-large laser magnetic resonance imaging layer-by-layer scanning cannot detect them. This is incredible.

What is even more fascinating is the underground palace that is hundreds of meters deep underground. The holographic image of the entire underground palace is a hazy body with an area of ​​more than 6,000 cubic meters. Such a large-scale underground palace is indeed beyond all previous imaginations!

At this moment, all the people in the group focused their attention on one point, the junction of a three-way passage below the first layer of the mercury river. Here, everything was hazy.

One person asked:

"Zhao Gang, the three groups with the fastest progress have passed the first mercury protection and the crossbow protection area of ​​the sixth corridor, and are approaching the seventh mysterious position! However, the video is a bit blurry, can you see if you can fix it?"

Next to him was Zhao Gang, who was wearing protective clothing:

"Okay, let me try!"

Zhao started operating the computer for a while.

"Three groups of three, the video is a bit blurry, what's going on down there?"

"Ziz! Ziz! Ziz!!!"

A noise was heard in the ears of several people at the same time, and the scene suddenly became tense!

"Three groups of three? Three groups of three? Qin Feng! Please reply if you hear me!"

There was still a buzzing noise in the headphones.

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