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Where is the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang?

The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located near Xiahe Village, 5 kilometers east of Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, with Lishan Mountain in the south and Weihe River in the north. It is the largest imperial mausoleum in China. According to Records of the Historian, the surname of Qin Shihuang (259-21 BC) was Ying Mingzheng, who succeeded to the throne at the age of 13 and took charge of politics at the age of 22. In 221 BC, he annexed the six kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei, and established the first feudal empire in Chinese history. In order to build the Qin Mausoleum, more than 7, so-called sinners were recruited. Since 1974, three magnificent terracotta warriors and horses pits have been discovered in the Qin Mausoleum. A large number of painted pottery terracotta warriors and horses and weapons with the same size as real horses were buried in the pit, and more than 1, cultural relics were unearthed. In the pit, the terracotta warriors and horses in uniform form a magnificent square, which is called "the eighth miracle of the world". The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor embodies the blood and sweat of thousands of working people in Qian Qian, and is made of people's bones. At that time, when science and technology were backward and transportation was inconvenient, the materials had to be shipped from Sichuan and Hubei. The channel of Lishan originally flowed from south to north. In order to prevent the impact of the river and ensure the safety of the mausoleum, a large number of manual changes were needed. Make it flow from east to west. At the same time, Lishan Mountain is an earthen mountain, and there is a lack of stone materials. A large number of stone materials need to be collected and transported from the mountains in Weibei. These are all moved by manpower, and the difficulty can be imagined. According to < < Historical records > > According to records, there are halls with hundreds of official seats in the mausoleum; It is full of all kinds of treasures; Made rivers, lakes and seas with mercury to symbolize the earth; Made the sun, moon and stars with pearls and gems to symbolize celestial bodies; Use mermaid cream (mermaid, said to be a four-legged fish, like a human, growing in the East China Sea) to light the ever-burning lamp. In order to guard against grave robbers, an automatic-firing stab in the back was installed in the tomb. The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has suffered many large-scale damages in history. The biggest and earliest one was Xiang Yu. < < Historical records > > Records: After Xiang Yu entered the customs in 26 BC, he used 3, people to "rob his mausoleum, burn his palace, and transport things endlessly for 3 days", which caused serious damage to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. However, according to archaeological exploration, the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is basically intact. Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is very rich in cultural relics. Besides the terracotta warriors and horses and painted bronze chariots and horses, Qin bricks and tiles are piled up everywhere around the mausoleum, which are not only numerous but also diverse in form. Some bricks and tiles also have fluent and generous patterns and words such as "Zuo Si Gao Wa", "Zuo Si Wei Wa" and "Deng Gong Shui", indicating that the bricks and tiles used in the ground building of the First Imperial Tomb were all fired by specialized institutions at that time and were in charge of specialized officials. Four or five sewers were found in the cemetery, mostly five or six rows side by side. These cultural relics are very valuable physical materials for the study of architecture in Qin Dynasty. Since 1982, it has been found that there is a strong mercury activity in the Qinling Mountains. Description <; < Historical records > > The record of "taking mercury as a hundred rivers and seas" is correct 2. It is inferred from this that <: < Historical records > > Other records about the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor are also credible 2. At the same time, after investigation, it was found that the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang had not been stolen. With the development of science and technology, especially the progress of archaeological technology, the treasure house of the first imperial tomb will be seen again. By then, it will definitely cause a great sensation in the world archaeological community.