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History of grave robbery in China
A shocking typical grave robbery case

1. Bulldozers were used to rob tombs.

1 in the spring of 982, hundreds of farmers gathered at the kiln site in Jianyang, Fujian Province in the Song Dynasty. In just1month, the kiln site of 2000 square meters was destroyed. By March 1983, more than 400 people were still unable to gather and bulldozers were used wildly. Within eight days, 23,000 square meters of kiln site was frantically excavated by bulldozers, and the loss of cultural relics could not be counted.

2. Stop farming and teaching, and rob the tomb together.

1from June to August, 1983, a grave robbery broke out in Huaiyang county, Henan province. Farmers don't farm, workers don't go to work, teachers don't attend classes, and hundreds of people rob graves crazily every day. 750 tombs were robbed, 80 tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, and 666 tombs in the Han Dynasty. There are countless stolen cultural relics.

3. Grave robbing, also doing all-in-one work.

From April 1985 to April 1986, the villages and towns in Longquan County 18, Zhejiang Province set off a grave robbery frenzy. In less than a year, more than 3,600 ancient tombs from the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties were excavated, including village cadres 10.

The most shocking thing is that in Doucun Village, zhouzhi county City, Shaanxi Province, village cadres organized villagers into groups of 10 to look after ancient tombs. After the stolen goods are sold, they are distributed according to their "contribution", and "labor" earns more.

4. Go out of the professional village of grave robbery

Weibin District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, 1994. At that time, there were nine professional grave-robbing villages, where young men dug pits, young women cooked meals, old ladies looked after the house, and old people and children stood guard. Well-organized, clear division of labor.

5.4000 grave robbers.

Hundreds of people rob tombs, which is not the biggest crime wave. In June, 1985, 1- 10, Qinghai Minhe, Ledu, Hualong and other counties, nearly 4000 people participated in the robbery frenzy. In Minhe County alone, 13 villages, 52 agricultural cooperatives, 900 farmers, 1000 ancient tombs were destroyed, 23 ancient cultural sites were destroyed, and 5,000 cultural relics were damaged.

6. Destroy graves, fields and livelihoods

From the winter of197 to the spring of198, a total of 1200 ancient tombs were stolen in Inner Mongolia, and 1000 mu of farmland and 2000 mu of grassland were destroyed. This is a grave robbery, destroying livelihood. Today has really passed, and I don't want tomorrow.

7. Violent resistance to the law and public sabotage

1993, Yaodian, Xianyang, Shaanxi, a grave robbery gang assembled in Chen Mou to rob an ancient tomb. On April 2 1 day, police and law enforcement officers arrested him. Chen Mou gathered people to openly and violently resist the law, chopped 1 policeman with a knife, injured 4 law enforcement officers, and incited local people to stop law enforcement officers and plunder cultural relics.

In the second half of 1980s, Jiangxi Province was buried by tombs 10000. 23,952 ancient tombs stolen in Sichuan; There are 20,000 stolen ancient tombs in Zhejiang. Such a violent robbery frenzy is also rare in the world.