Stealing things from an ancient grave, the old farmer suddenly encountered a big 'catastrophe' that came after a few years

An old farmer in Hangzhou, China accidentally discovered an ancient tomb in the mountains. He was wandering in the mountains looking for toilet repair materials and found a very large hole. He looked down curiously and realized that the hole was quite deep, but there was no water. The old man thought to himself, "Doesn't seem like an ordinary well."

Suddenly, he saw a bright light at the bottom of the hole, and tried to climb down. After digging for a while, he found only a few blue bricks. At first glance, the brick looks very premium. They are exceptionally hard and beautiful. This type of brick is usually only used in the construction of graves for the deceased.

The old farmer remembers the oral stories in the village that once mentioned that this place was the burial ground of Emperor Tong Cao Tong. He guessed the possibility of "hit" the ancient tomb of the king was very high. However, he did not think much of it, only seeing that these bricks were still in good condition, so he brought them back to build toilets. After a few days, the old farmer used the truck to transport all the bricks to build the ancient tomb. Not only taking bricks, while digging, he also found a lot of antiques such as ceramic vases, ceramic bowls.

The incident had already fallen into oblivion after a few years, but the unexpected "happened". A team of experts from the City's Department of Cultural Relics found this ancient tomb. After careful examination, they determined that the tomb was built during the Song Dynasty. According to the inscriptions left behind, this is the tomb of a mandarin of the Song emperor Cao Tong. This emperor used to choose this place to be the capital.

Inside the ancient tomb, archaeologists found many other artifacts. Realizing that the tomb had been dug, experts went around the village to inquire about information.

The old farmer came to them and told his story. Unexpectedly, he was later arrested by the police. The reason is to investigate, he voluntarily stole things from the ancient tomb without reporting it to the authorities. This is illegal practice in China.

Cases similar to the old farmer had happened many times before. After finding artifacts in ancient tombs, they sold them for money, not knowing that what they were selling were precious cultural relics of great research value to the archeology industry. Therefore, after being discovered, they are all fined, sometimes imprisoned.

In ancient Chinese culture, holding a funeral for the deceased was very important. They believe that people after death will go to the afterlife and continue to live. Therefore, when burying the deceased, family members often put in the grave a lot of burial items.

Usually, they are all everyday items of the dead. Sometimes, rich families often put expensive burial items inside such as jade, ceramics, silk fabrics, etc. Over hundreds or thousands of years, these items have become antiques of great value.

Later, many people because of greed stole things inside the ancient tombs to make money. Many antiques are also sold for hundreds of thousands of billion dong. Therefore, many people defied regulations on appropriating cultural relics and stole things from ancient tombs. However, after being arrested, they were all properly punished by the law.

National Status(Source: Kknews)