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Why hasn’t Guan Yu’s tomb been robbed for more than a thousand years?

Guan Yu is one of the five tiger generals of Shu. He has a high status in Shu and is sworn brothers with Liu Bei, the emperor of Shu Han. Therefore, some people speculate that after Guan Yu’s death, his tomb should be It is very rich, but for thousands of years, Guan Yu's tomb has never been visited by tomb robbers.

It is rumored that there are three tombs of Guan Yu. After defeating Maicheng, Lu Meng, who was repeatedly insulted, finally took the opportunity to kill Guan Yu and his son. However, Sun Quan, the leader of Wu, was afraid of Liu Bei's revenge afterwards, so he He gave Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao, hoping to put the blame on Cao Cao. Obviously, Cao Cao would not be fooled, so he buried Guan Yu generously.

Afterwards, Sun Quan buried Guan Yu's body in a rich burial, and the Shu Han Dynasty would definitely build a tomb for Guan Yu, because the three families all believed that Guan Yu was a very brave and loyal general. Guan Yu had a good reputation at the time, so at that time his All three cemeteries are well protected.

After the demise of the Three Kingdoms regime, subsequent rulers vigorously publicized Guan Yu's loyalty and bravery deeds for the needs of political rule. Emperors of all dynasties would give Guan Yu a high status and honor him as Guan Gong. He was praised as a martial sage, and Guan Yu was deified among the people. Not only did he build a large number of Guandi temples everywhere, but there was also a legend that if a person did something bad, Guan Gong would appear and punish the bad person.

Later, in order to cover up their crimes, Guan Gong was gradually respected as the patron saint by them. What’s even more ridiculous is that, especially the group of tomb robbers, they had to run to Guan Gong every time before doing something big. Go to the Guandi Temple to burn incense and kowtow in order to seek peace.

So there is an unwritten rule in the tomb robbing industry. No matter who you are, you are not allowed to rob the cemetery. If you don’t open your eyes, you will be the public enemy of the entire tomb robbing group, so no one dares to risk it. The world is in disrepute, and the idea of ????closing the cemetery is blocked. So to this day, Guan Yu's three tombs are well preserved and have become famous local tourist attractions.