Theft and Robbery at the Tomb of Han Xin’s Mother: Latest Updates and Investigation

2023-12-25 07:08:03
A 5-meter-deep robbery hole was discovered in the tomb of the mother of Han Xin, a military strategist in the Han Dynasty. (Picture/reproduced from “Beijing News”)

A mainland netizen posted on the 22nd that a 5-meter-deep hole was found in the “Han Mu Tomb” in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, and the tomb’s video surveillance was destroyed. It is reported that the tomb of Han Mu is the tomb of the mother of Han Xin, a great military strategist in the early Han Dynasty. It is a municipal cultural relic protection unit and is located in Xianfeng Village, Chengnan Township, Jiangpu District, Qing Dynasty. The local cultural relics safety management office revealed that the tomb of Han Mu was stolen last year. This time, after investigation by the cultural protection department and local police, no cultural relics were found to have been stolen.

The Beijing News reported that Mr. Yao, the netizen who discovered that Han Mu’s tomb had been stolen, said that he was a local cultural relics enthusiast in Huai’an. On the winter solstice on the 22nd, he made a special trip to visit Han Mu’s tomb and found an approximately 5-year-old child in one of the tombs. There is a robber cave with a depth of 1 meter, and white plaster mud is scattered near the robber cave. Yao Nan pointed out that the white paste mud was the sealing material of ancient tombs from the late Warring States Period to the early Western Han Dynasty, and it was suspected to come from inside the tombs.

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Mr. Yao then looked at the video of Han Mu’s tomb taken on the 8th and found that there was already some mud covering the hole where the robbers were, and there were pieces of white plaster mud scattered nearby. “This shows that the tomb was stolen more than half a month ago, and the tomb robbers wanted to The hole was temporarily blocked with dirt to hide people’s ears and eyes.”

In this regard, Chen Ping, the cultural relics security administrator of Han Mu’s Tomb, responded that Han Mu’s Tomb was stolen once last year. After the theft this year, the cultural protection department has launched an investigation with the public security system. “In the past, the Cultural Relics Bureau installed surveillance cameras, but later the surveillance systems were broken. “It fell.” Chen Ping said that the surrounding area was deserted and no tomb robbers had been found yet. Fortunately, no cultural relics in the tomb were stolen yet. The village committee had organized to backfill the stolen hole during the day on the 23rd.

Chen Ping said that Han Mu’s tomb was assigned to Pioneer Village by the cultural protection department of Qingjiangpu District. The village party secretary of Pioneer Village is directly responsible for the safety of cultural relics in Han Mu’s tomb. But now the village has been demolished and there is no one living around it. “Our village has It is difficult to manage. You can only visit it during the day and cannot guard it 24 hours a day.” Chen Ping mentioned that currently Han Mu’s tomb does not have walls and related protection measures, and he hopes that the government or cultural protection department can strengthen protection.

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