Still no solution! What are the eternal mysteries in the history of China?

In China's 5,000-year history, there are too many mysteries to be solved. Let's take a look at the top ten unsolved mysteries in China's history.

First, Xiang Yu refused the riddle of Jiangdong.

Xiang Yu was the leader of the peasant uprising army at the end of Qin Dynasty. He was headstrong and arbitrary, lost the battle between Chu and Han, and finally committed suicide in Wujiang River. Why didn't Xiang Yu cross the Wujiang River? For more than 2,000 years, people have made various statements.

There is a view that the overlord of Chu is not as good as Jiangdong because the concubine is dead. Some people think that Xiang Yu did not cross the Wujiang River out of noble quality and out of consideration for eliminating the suffering of the people's war at an early date.

Why didn't Xiang Yu cross the Wujiang River? For more than two thousand years, both scholars and historians have paid great attention to it, but it is difficult to draw a conclusion so far.

Second, the mystery of Cixi's Night Pearl

The night pearl is a fluorite mineral, and its luminescence is related to its rare earth elements and related electron movements in minerals.

It is called the night pearl that carves fluorite into pearls, and the luminous night pearl is not the pearl produced by pearl mussels. There are still many mysteries about the night pearl, which experts don't understand so far. It is still an eternal mystery that has not been completely uncovered.

The nearest night pearl, the most famous, is probably the "beautiful shoes" in Cixi's mouth. According to Sun Dianying, the grave robber of Cixi's tomb, this pearl is divided into two parts, and when it is closed, it is a sphere, which is transparent and dull. When you close it, it reveals a green cold light, and you can see your hair within a hundred steps at night. According to a book, it weighs 422 yuan and seven cents (133.475 grams). Cixi put it in her mouth to protect her body.

Third, the mystery of the burning of Epang Palace

Known as "the first palace in the world". For more than two thousand years, the phrase "Chu people were burned to the ground" in Epang Palace Fu is evidence of the ultimate fate of Epang Palace. During the inspection, no signs of burning were found. According to legend, it was only people's imagination that Xiang Yu burned Epang Palace. Epang Palace has never been burned down, or it has never been completed.

Xiang Yu's theory of burning Epang Palace has been circulating for about 2000 years, but recently, archaeologists found only a small amount of braised soil in the 200,000-square-meter exploration area of the ruins of the front hall of Epang Palace. Experts believe that this shows that the record of Xiang Yu burning Epang Palace in history is inaccurate. Historically, Epang Palace has never been built, let alone burned down. It's just an unfinished dream of Qin Shihuang.

Whether the expert's words are credible or not, and whether Epang Palace exists, we still have to look forward to more historical basis to solve this Millennium mystery.

Fourth, the mystery of the disappearance of the girl country.

The "girl country" described in The Journey to the West has left countless illusions. The "daughter country" does exist in history. According to "Old Tang Book", "Dongnvguo, another name for Xiqiang, is called Dongnvguo because there is a female country in the West Sea. Women are king. " However, after the Tang Dynasty, the historical records about the country of oriental women were interrupted. Is it just a flash in the pan?

Zaba is probably one of the only remaining tribes in Dongnu. Zaba people still practice walking marriage. In the evening, the woman lights a lamp by the window and waits for the man to appear. Zaba people live in a watchtower more than ten meters high. Young people must put their fingers into the cracks in the stone and climb the watchtower. This requires good physical strength and flexibility. In fact, it is also a choice of survival of the fittest. The next day, as soon as the rooster crowed, the young man left, and they had nothing to do with each other since then.

Five, the mystery of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West

The feat of "Zheng He's voyages to the West" made Zheng He a household name. From the third year of Yongle (A.D. 1405) to the eighth year of Xuande (A.D. 1433), he was sent by Ming Taizu Chengzu and led a huge fleet to sail in Wan Li waters and made seven voyages to the Western Ocean. The scale of Zheng He's voyages to the West, the distance of his voyage and the number of countries he visited are rare in history. There are different opinions about the purpose of Zheng He's voyage to the West.

Some people think that Zheng He went to the Western Seas to find the missing emperor Wen Jian. Some people also think that Zheng He's voyages to the West have a "dual purpose" of politics and economy. Li Changfu's Colonial History of China claims that Judy sent Zheng He to the Western Seas to "show off".

Zheng He Zheng Yijun believes that Zheng He's first three voyages to the West were to form alliances with more than 30 countries in Asia and Africa, and to inquire about Zhu Yun's whereabouts by the way, and the last four were to enhance "national prestige". What was the real purpose of Ming Chengzu's sending Zheng He to the West at that time?

Sixth, the mystery of tuibei map

TuiBei Tu is one of the most famous fantastic books in the history of China's prophecy. Legend has it that Li and Yuan Tiangang, the masters of prophecy, predicted important events in the Tang Dynasty and later dynasties during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Sixty images in the book are named after sixty Jia Zi and hexagrams respectively. Because of its accurate prediction, it frightened the rulers of past dynasties and has always been listed as a banned book. Can pushback diagrams really predict the future?

There are generally two versions of TuiBeiTu, which is widely circulated among the people: one is TuiBeiTu annotated by Jin Shengtan, a more common scholar in Qing Dynasty, which is referred to as the gold edition here; The other was discovered by Mr Li Shiyu in a German publication, which is said to be the closest to the original version. It is referred to as the original here, and it is still preserved in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

Seven, gentlemen prefer mystery.

Since the Qing Dynasty, there are only a handful of wise kings, and Emperor Qianlong is one of them. Strangely, beside such a virtuous king, there has always been a traitor following him. This treacherous court official is Yong, and there is a folk saying that "Yong is surrendered and Jiaqing is full". However, why is such a traitor so favored by Qianlong?

Some people think it's because he is good at reading Qianlong's mind. The inspiration of the famous "Gan Long Down to the South of the Yangtze River" comes from harmony. What is the truth of the matter? For what reason? It can only be left to future generations to comment.

Eight, the mystery of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang.

The sand that sings is the sand that makes sound. Mingsha Mountain is located 6 kilometers south of Dunhuang County, Gansu Province, about 40 kilometers east-west, 20 kilometers north-south, and tens of meters high. If you roll down from Mingsha Mountain, the sand will make a thunderous noise. On sunny days, there will be the sound of bamboo strings on Mingsha Mountain, just like playing music. Although there have been various hypotheses, this is a mystery that has not been completely solved.

Singing sand is a common natural phenomenon. Long Island, Massachusetts Bay and Wales in the United States; The coast of Northumberland, England; Bonholm Island, Denmark; Kohlberg, Poland; There are also the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, the Atacama Desert in Chile, and some beaches and deserts in Saudi Arabia, all of which make strange noises. It has been found that only clean quartz sand with a diameter of 0.3 ~ 0.5 mm can make sound.

Nine, the mystery of the death of Emperor Tongzhi

After the Qing Dynasty entered Shanhaiguan, the eighth generation Tongzhi Emperor Ye He Na La (Cixi) was born in the sixth year of Xianfeng (AD 1856), and was also the only son of Xianfeng Emperor (Iraq). Tongzhi was six years old. In the 11th year of Xianfeng (A.D. 186 1), he became emperor, and in the 12th year of Tongzhi (A.D. 1873), he took charge of the government. But he died on the fifth day of December in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, less than two years after he took office.

There are different opinions about the cause of Zai Chun's death. Some people say that Zai Chun died of smallpox, others say that he died of syphilis. In some formal academic works, it is recorded that the Tongzhi emperor went out of the palace incognito, played in the smoke house and even went in and out of the brothel. For example, Xiao Yishan wrote A General History of the Qing Dynasty, and Tongzhi got syphilis and eventually died of traveling.

Whether Tongzhi died of smallpox or syphilis, these two statements have their own sources, and both can find their own evidence, which is difficult to distinguish, thus becoming another mystery in the Qing Dynasty.

Ten, the mystery of the death of Ci 'an after Dongtai.

In history of qing dynasty, Ci 'an, as one of the Empress Dowager Cixi, is equally famous. However, in the seventh year of Guangxu (A.D. 188 1 April 8), Ci 'an, who had always been healthy and disease-free, suddenly fell ill and died suddenly within 12 hours, which was really unexpected. Since then, the death of Ci 'an has become a mystery in the Qing Dynasty.

Legend has it that Emperor Xianfeng left a secret edict to Ci 'an, asking her to execute Cixi if necessary. Cian burned the secret edict under the coaxing of Cixi, destroying one of his greatest weapons against Cixi, and Cixi poisoned her.

The specific reasons for the sudden death of Empress Ci 'an are still controversial. Besides poisoning, there are also theories of suicide and natural death. The theory of "suicide" comes from "clearing money". The book said: "In other words, Xiao Qin's demonstration is to bribe and sell, interfering in North Korean politics. The language is quite exciting. Filial piety is intolerable, and it is too boring to argue with it. Dayu swallowed the snuff bottle and killed himself. " In the Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty, it was also said that Ci 'an killed him with the wrong medicine. The real reason for the sudden death of Empress Ci 'an is still a mystery.

In this long history, too many puzzling historical mysteries have been precipitated, some of which have come to the bottom, and some have to be explored by future generations before the truth can be revealed.