Cliff tombs were mostly a popular burial method for ethnic minorities in ancient China. What surprised everyone most was that they were able to hang many coffins onto a cliff that is hundreds of feet high.
Then the coffin was transported in a special way to a hole dug on the cliff for burial. Those ethnic minority ancestors have been buried in this way for generations, and over time they have become famous "hanging coffins."
Not only can it prevent the erosion of wind, frost, rain, and snow, but it can also maintain confidentiality. Those outside the ethnic minorities can't crack the mystery of the hanging coffins, and can only look up to their ingenious tombs.
In China’s Jiangxi Province, there is a group of hanging coffins that tourists from all over the world come here all year round. The terrain here is steep and steep, with ridges and mountains, and the cliffs are covered with hanging coffins, which makes many tourists involuntarily marvel at this. The scenic spot is superbly crafted.
Below the cliff is an unfathomable river. Tourists come and go by boats passing by the river. The current collides with the stone wall and makes a harsh sound. Everyone raises their heads and stares at the group of hanging coffins. .
It only took a short time to express admiration for the wisdom of ethnic minorities. Even though the times are different and the advancement of science and technology is advancing with each passing day, many people are still helpless on this cliff full of hanging coffins.
In the first period of time, our country sent experts to study and inspect this hanging coffin in Jiangxi, but everyone has not been able to detect the mystery of it for a long time and can only return without success.
Cliff tombs sound like just installing coffins into holes in the cliff, but it was a very difficult task in that era, because every coffin was made of fine solid wood.
The weight ranged from hundreds of catties, and in ancient times, the funeral of the dead was usually carried by multiple homes or local young men to carry the coffin all the way to the cemetery.
It is such a strenuous and difficult operation on flat ground, not to mention sending such a heavy coffin to the cliff that goes straight up and down, the difficulty coefficient has increased significantly.
The professor discovers the secret of the hanging coffin
The ancients were able to complete such a difficult challenge with backward technology and machinery, and no one could crack the mystery after thousands of years. This incident could not help but attracted the attention of many ancient culture experts in China.
As the name of the hanging coffin in Jiangxi became louder and louder, more and more tourists were attracted, and some strange stories were even reported. In order to avoid increasing influence, China once again sent a number of archaeologists to carry out the work. Research on hanging coffins.
There are countless people who are curious about the secret behind the hanging coffin, and there are many folks. Until 1997, in order to be able to uncover the mystery of the hanging coffin, a group of people in the know offered a huge reward.
However, ethnic minorities generally live in their own territories and do not easily reveal the local tomb culture. Therefore, the investigation of hanging coffins has not made effective progress for a long time.
Many people once wrote to the relevant departments about the principles and mysteries of the hanging coffin transportation. However, many experts have conducted in-depth research on this and found that there are more or less improper methods in the methods they provide. Place.
Moreover, it is impossible to truly invest in practice, but because the bounty offered is too generous, many people still devote themselves to the study of the hanging coffin, and even visit Jiangxi in person.
After a long time, a professor who was investigating in Jiangxi unexpectedly discovered that a "crane" was parked in the yard of a local resident. The structure of this car was very peculiar. The kind of vehicle for transportation.
The professor instantly realized that this unique car might be inseparable from the hanging coffin, and he immediately went to talk with the farmer.
The local farmers are also very enthusiastic. He told the professor that the "crane" in his yard is indeed not for farm work. The older generation in the family told him that the hanging coffin on the cliff was delivered by the "crane". Up.
As soon as the professor heard the overjoy, he immediately sat down with the farmers and had a lively discussion about the overhead crane.
The two began to study the crane in the yard together. When the experts approached, they discovered that this crane is the most basic pulley device in physics, but it is not the same as modern physical pulleys, and there are relatively simple ones in ancient times. Wheels".
Experts were amazed that the wisdom of the ancients really should not be underestimated, and after preliminary research, it is concluded that this pulley was originally from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In many cases, the transportation of surprisingly heavy goods cannot be completed by human resources.
In order to save more time and energy, the ancients researched out the "wheel", which is equipped with such small wheels on the corners of the goods, which can save time and effort to the greatest extent when transporting, and the work efficiency has also been greatly improved.
People in the Shang and Zhou dynasties were able to use rollers for transporting goods, and naturally they could also be used in other areas, and everyone would continue to improve them so that they could play a greater role.
At that time, the ethnic minorities thought that they could use rollers to transport the coffin to the cliff. First, find someone to climb to the highest point of the cliff to fix the roller skates, and carry out multi-layer reinforcement around it to ensure that it will not fall off easily when bearing the weight.
Then use the thickest hemp rope to go around the roller skating all the way down, tie it to the corner of the coffin, and then use the strength to lift the coffin, and first rise to the mouth of the cave, so that you can save the manpower to transport the coffin to the maximum, and it can also overcome the cliff. The steep terrain.
A series of people were arranged to guard in the cave in advance. Once they saw the coffin hanging up, they immediately grabbed the rope on the coffin and pulled inward, so that the coffin could be sent to the cave in the cliff smoothly.
In this way, the amazing "hanging coffin" was completed. Because of the terrain and ethnic minorities, everyone has not been able to penetrate the mystery. It was not until the professor accidentally discovered the "crane" that the inspiration was drawn. , Looking at that piece of hanging coffin spots in Jiangxi can not help but sigh the ingenuity of the ancients.
