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The Qin Dynasty was the first unified feudal dynasty. Qin Shi Huang laid the foundation for thousands of years of Chinese tradition with his outstanding talents. Perhaps he felt that the world he laid was hard-won, so Qin Shi Huang was very afraid of death and searched everywhere for the elixir of life.

But in the end it was of no avail. In order to highlight his achievements, the mausoleum he built was also a very large and unique Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, located in Mount Li in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It was built in 259 BC. It was not completed until 210 BC, consuming a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. In 1973, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin were discovered 13 kilometers away from the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, shocking the world and being called one of the eighth wonders of the world, but the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang has never been excavated.

In addition to the protection of cultural relics, it is also because of the legend that there is a lot of mercury in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. Sima Qian also recorded it in the Records of the Grand Historian, and even said that mercury is equal to hundreds of rivers and seas, which shows how much mercury there is. However, we cannot know the exact amount now. However, the mercury content in the area around Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum is indeed seriously exceeded, which can also be seen from the pomegranate tree on top of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum.