Master Archaeologist

Chapter 142
Guangzhou City, known as Panyu in ancient times, is a city with a long history.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 2000 years, here has always been an important port city for China's foreign trade.

It is the starting point of the China Maritime Silk Road.

Even in the modern 21st century, Guangzhou is still a first-tier big city in China, very developed and prosperous.

Outside Guangzhou City, there is a Yuexiu Mountain, which is the most famous scenic spot in Guangfu.

Although the altitude is not high, only 70 meters.

However, as the remaining vein of Baiyun Mountain, Yuexiu has been a famous Taoist mountain since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there is a Taoist Sanyuan Palace built there.

There is Qiulongxian Well in the palace, which is said to be Baogu Well in Jin Dynasty.

As for Bao Gu, many people don't recognize her just by mentioning her name.

But her husband is very famous. He is Ge Hong, a Taoist theorist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a famous alchemist and a medical scientist, named Baopuzi.

The Taoist classic "Baopuzi" was written by him.

The whole book connects the theory of Immortals and Taoism with Confucian Gangchang Mingjiao, which is the first of its kind to integrate the two philosophical systems of Confucianism and Taoism.

It can be said that Ge Hong has contributed a lot to the development of Taoism in such a standard way, and he is one of the founders of modern Taoism.

As Ge Hong's wife, Bao Gu is also a legend.

She is good at acupuncture and moxibustion, and is praised by the world. Although she was not a god after her death, she was worshiped by people, and her incense continued.

After the Song Dynasty, Taoism became more prosperous, the site of Sanyuan Palace was expanded, and another Taoist temple was built on the mountainside.

Since then, Yuexiu Mountain has become a famous Taoist mountain. There are still many Taoist temples on the mountain, and there are an endless stream of pilgrims going up to the mountain to offer incense every day.

On the westernmost side of Yuexiu Mountain, there is an Elephant Hill. Although it is not a tall hillside, it is shaped like a reclining elephant. It has always been a scenic spot near the ancient city.

At the earliest time, it was connected with Yuexiu Mountain, with towering trees and gurgling streams, which can be described as beautiful mountains and rivers.

However, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, due to the expansion of the city, Xianggang was cut through, separated from the connected Yuexiu Mountain, and opened a road, which became the north gate of the new city.

And now, Guangzhou has expanded several times again. Xianggang, which originally belonged to the gate of the old city, has become a part of the core area of ​​Guangzhou.

Surrounded by modern buildings and avenues, there is no such thing as "beautiful mountains and rivers". It is just an inconspicuous hillside located in the urban area.

However, the location of Xianggang is very good, and it is located in a busy area.

On the east and west sides of Xianggang are the famous Yuexiu Park and Liuhua Park.

To the north is the confluence of foreign trade, tourism hotels, civil aviation, railway stations, and bus terminals.

As early as the 80s of last century, a residential area had been built here, becoming one of the most lively areas in the old city.

However, more than 30 and almost 40 years have passed, and these decades have been the fastest growing decades in China's economy.

This residential area, which was originally considered advanced when it was built, has now become a symbol of old, dilapidated, and old.

Small houses with only 2-3 floors cannot match the current development of Guangzhou.

As a result, real estate developers once again aimed at this place.

After paying a price of several hundred million yuan and the replacement of real estate, the old and dilapidated area was finally obtained from the government and local residents.

Prepare to demolish and renovate everything to build a modern high-rise community.

According to the plan, six buildings will be built in this community, and each building must have no less than 20 floors!
When the last household to be demolished had moved out, dozens of construction workers immediately entered the site and started the demolition work.

It took a month to completely demolish this old dilapidated residential area.

However, the entire reconstruction project is not even the beginning.

Because Xianggang is a small hill of Yuexiu Mountain, its altitude is different from the surrounding flat land, about 50 meters higher.

Such hills can be used to build some small bungalows with a height of two or three floors, but they are not suitable for building tall buildings.

Therefore, this hillside must be completely leveled!

As a result, dozens of construction workers began to fight day and night again, adhering to the attitude of the foolish old man who moved mountains, and launched an attack on Xianggang.

Of course, while the hills were being flattened, the local archaeological institute in Guangzhou also got involved in the project.

According to the current national regulations, for real estate development, archaeologists must conduct preliminary exploration in advance to confirm that there are no important tombs under the land.

Only then can the construction of the house be officially started.

This regulation is still very humane.

On the one hand, it can better protect the tombs, so that the tombs are not always dug out halfway during the construction process.

On the one hand, it is also for the consideration of real estate developers. Once the construction team is recruited and construction starts, the daily cost of the construction site will be more than six figures.

Once the work is stopped suddenly because of digging out the tomb, every day of work stoppage will cost a lot of money.

And some developers, in order not to stop work, will deliberately backfill the excavated tombs with cement, pretending that nothing happened.

This destroyed and concealed some perhaps important tombs.

That's why there is a plan for archaeologists to intervene in advance before the real estate project starts.

The archaeologists of the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology attach great importance to the development of Xianggang, and send working groups to investigate every day.

足足花了三年时间，直到2019年的10月2号，不到50米的山头就从顶部挖掉了17米。

In terms of infrastructure construction, Huaxia's speed is not as fast as usual.

During the construction period, several ancient tombs were indeed excavated, ranging from the Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty to Ming Dynasty.

However, the scale of these cemeteries is very small, and most of them were patronized by tomb robbers in the early years. There are only empty tombs, and there is basically no value for rescue excavation.

But it can be seen that this Xianggang should be regarded as a geomantic treasure in Guangzhou in ancient times.

After the leveling project lowered the hill by 17 meters, a piece of land of 7500 square meters was also leveled.

According to the on-the-spot investigation by professional architects and engineers, it is determined that this height can already be used for high-rise buildings with more than 20 floors.

The staff of the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology witnessed the construction workers digging away a full 17 meters of soil.

It is also believed that in such a deep soil layer, it is impossible to still have tombs.

As a result, the project entered the stage of normal construction.

Excavators, cranes, cement mixers and other infrastructure engineering vehicles drove into the construction site.

Hundreds of construction workers, all with large and small luggage, came to this construction site.

For the first building in the north, after planning the area, the excavation of the wall foundation officially started.

Then, something happened that no one expected.

Obviously, a full 17-meter layer of soil has been cleared down. Even local archaeologists think that there will be no tombs underground.

However, it was at noon on the fifth day when the construction site officially started.

An extremely large, regular-shaped stone slab that is obviously artificially made.

The booming excavator dug it out with a shovel.

　A chapter "References of the previous volume" was uploaded related to the work

　　Interested friends can take a look for themselves, and then go to the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Documentation Center to download.

　　This time the fourth volume is no longer a simple tomb.

　　I really want to write an underground palace.

　　There are tomb gates, tunnels, corridors, left and right ear chambers.

　　The Seven Star Lu Palace~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)