We've all seen the notes of grave robbery and ghost blowing lights. Do you understand Luoyang shovel, a tomb-robbing artifact?

Luoyang shovel, when it first appeared, was mainly used to explore grave robbing and digging holes. Later, it was discovered by the famous archaeologist Juxian Wei and applied to archaeological drilling.

Today, Luoyang shovel has become a symbol of archaeological drilling tools in China. It is not only used in archaeology, but also in buildings, highways, railways and other places. When the archaeological delegation of China visited Albania, it also presented a beautiful Luoyang shovel as a gift.

Luoyang shovel, formerly known as shovel, is one of the important tools in daily life. At the beginning of the 20th century, a man named Li Yazi went to the market near Luoyang, Henan Province, and happened to see a steamed stuffed bun shop owner digging holes with a shovel to repair the shed.

He usually steals tombs for a living, but now he finds that shovels are not only convenient for digging holes, but also bring out a lot of soil. Li, an experienced duck, suddenly thought of robbing the tomb, and then made a real object according to the pattern of the shovel. This is the first Luoyang shovel.

The front end of Luoyang shovel is semi-cylindrical, shaped like a tube, 20-40 cm long, and the back will be equipped with a flexible wooden pole. When using, you need to stand up straight, spread your legs apart, hold the pole with both hands, put it on your chest, shovel your head to the ground, and force yourself to probe vertically downward, so that you can drive more than ten meters underground.

When looking at the soil, pay attention to shovel it down first, and then pull it out. The shovel will carry the soil in the soil layer. Carefully observe the soil carried by the shovel head and touch it with your hands if necessary. By feeling the hardness and dryness of the soil, we can judge whether there are tombs or ancient buildings underground.

Generally speaking, dead soil is a stratum without traces of human activities, which often has obvious hierarchical structure, and each layer of soil is different. Living soil is soil with traces of human activities, such as turning soil, tamping soil and burning soil. There is no obvious hierarchical structure, but various types of soil are mixed together.

With the development of the times, Luoyang shovel has changed from the original wooden pole to the bolted steel pipe, which can be arbitrarily increased in length and convenient to carry. Today, Luoyang shovel has become one of Luoyang's city business cards and is sold as a local tourism product.