After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

"So what about a tomb? What is a tomb? The Book of Rites also says, 'In ancient times, there were tombs but no mounds.' In ancient times, any burial without piling up soil or planting trees was called a tomb. Some ancient people also said, 'A hole in the ground is a tomb,' meaning that the small mound on top is a grave, and the place where the coffin is placed is a tomb."

“Now we all refer to it as a tomb. Why did people in the past discuss it separately? Because the burial methods before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were different. At that time, many people did as described in the Book of Rites: they did not pile up soil or plant trees. They were buried flat, so that it was not visible from the outside.”

"Then what about the tombs?" Zhu Qinggu pulled up several pictures in succession, all of which were tombs in tourist attractions.

Some ancient people saw their names engraved on their tombs and found it very strange and wonderful.

He's not dead yet...

Wouldn't this count as making a name for oneself in history?

After all, it seems that people from many dynasties could see this canopy!

"Did you see that?" Zhu Qinggu smiled and said, "Actually, a 'zhong' is just a slightly higher grave. The Shuowen Jiezi says, 'Zhong is a high grave.' Zheng Xuan observed that the Zhouli says, 'Zhong is a mound of earth, resembling a 'zhong'."

“The term ‘ling’ is even simpler. In ancient times, ‘ling’ specifically referred to the tomb of the emperor. The ‘Shuowen Jiezi’ says, ‘Ling is a large mound,’ which is a large earthen hill. And such a large earthen hill could probably only be enjoyed by the emperor.”

Zhu Qinggu also released several photos of the cemetery.

Among them is Zhaoling, and the backdrop also mentions the Six Steeds of Zhaoling, belonging to Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin)...

Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat. He didn't even know that his tomb was called Zhaoling. But when it was mentioned that it was his tomb and the Six Steeds were mentioned, did Li Shimin not know that these were all his beloved horses?

What happened to the Six Steeds of Zhaoling? Why do their descendants only tell half the story?!

Could it be that his tomb was robbed, and his Six Steeds of Zhaoling were also taken away?

His horse!!!

Upon realizing this might be the outcome, Li Shimin felt a wave of dizziness and disorientation wash over him, and he almost couldn't breathe.

But that photo was just an overhead view, and then it was over in a flash.

Li Shimin wanted to send comments to get more information, but the time to send comments was limited to the period when Zhu Qinggu's live stream ended but he was still chatting with fans.

Those who weren't photographed felt relieved, experiencing a strange sense of returning to the human world.

"Human history is actually less than the history of the emergence of many things, but humans are intelligent beings. They have rich emotions and a strong learning ability, and they can observe everything around them."

Zhu Qinggu then pulled up another picture.

A shallow, rectangular mud pit concealed a corpse, and even after several years, the posture of the deceased's hands being crossed after burial is still clearly visible.

“Twenty to thirty thousand years ago, starting from the Late Paleolithic period, humans observed that the corpses of their companions would decompose and cause illness, and thus began to gradually bury their companions.”

"Our ancestors back then probably never imagined that, after 20,000 to 30,000 years, burial practices would become increasingly complex, and then now they are pursuing minimalism again."

"As time progressed into the Neolithic period, the tombs that appeared at this time already had a certain form."

Zhu Qinggu then released several more pictures, all of which were Neolithic sites discovered by archaeologists.

Rows and rows of graves were neatly arranged, shallow and small, just the kind of earthen pits.

Even just looking at it like this, it still gives you the creeps. I don't know why future generations like to dig up people's graves to look at them!

Grave digging has always been considered immoral, but it seems that descendants do not have this moral constraint. Or do these graves have special value to them?

"Tens of thousands of years later, these people of later generations can still go up to the sky to see this land and know about things that happened tens of thousands of years ago. Are they really so knowledgeable about astronomy and geography?" Liu Xiu also put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky.

When he was facing off against the new army, a meteorite fell from the sky, and everyone said that he was destined for greatness. Liu Xiu also believed this.

But how will future generations view this destiny? Is it also what they call science?

Is it because of these scientific advancements that future generations can explore the heavens and the ages to see the ancestors of the past?

Some people are still arguing that future generations shouldn't dig up graves, while others have begun to share the same sentiments as Liu Xiu.

Could these descendants possibly know from a few pits and a few corpses that these things are from tens of thousands of years ago?

[It's truly amazing that we can still see human tombs from ten thousand years ago, despite the changing dynasties and the passage of time.]

[By comparing people from the past and present, we can discover what changes have occurred in humanity over the past tens of thousands of years, which is quite interesting.]

[To dig up a perfectly good grave, isn't that incredibly immoral?]

[Read more books. This is a rescue excavation for an engineering project, and most tombs that are excavated are like this. They are basically rescue excavations due to engineering projects or the presence of tomb raiders; people don't intentionally dig up other people's tombs.]

[I know a lot of people here will be calling archaeologists legal tomb raiders, haha.]

[What is a tomb raider? It's someone who takes what they can, and destroys what they can't. They destroy the artifacts of their ancestors. Tomb raiders only destroy and sell these things. What do these things have to do with you? Nothing! But the results of archaeological work are something all Chinese people can enjoy.]

[Through archaeology, we can learn about historical events, the craftsmanship of ancient people, and even find many lost ancient books. Isn't the lost version of the *Analects* copied by Bu Tianshou, which Qingqing mentioned earlier, the most prominent example?]

[It seems there are still many clear-headed people in the comments section. I hate those idiotic comments that say archaeological workers are legal tomb raiders!]

The heated debate in the comments section was quickly resolved internally.

Zhu Qinggu originally intended to come out and explain, but what everyone was saying was really great, so she silently gave them a thumbs up and continued, "At this time, the tombs were the simplest rectangular pits, small and shallow, only able to hold the remains of one person, and they were arranged in a clan-like cluster."

"The chief's tomb was not much better than that of ordinary members. The difference should be the burial objects. There were some wooden objects, small pottery for burial, and even some clan chiefs or religious leaders were buried with jade objects."

"Because at that time, the tools people used were still polished stone tools, bone tools, etc., it was difficult to make any progress in architecture."