Excavating an ancient tomb, the coffin lid was engraved with 4 words that terrified everyone who read them.

In 1957, at a construction site in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, workers accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old tomb. The team leader immediately reported it to the local authorities and sent a team of archaeologists to the site to excavate.

After inspection, archaeologists determined that this tomb dates back to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty (581-619). Based on the layout and burial objects, the tomb owner must have been a member of the royal family. The rectangular tomb is only 2.9m deep, the mouth of the pit is 6.05m × 5.1m and the bottom is 5.5m × 4.7m.

A group of workers accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old tomb during construction. (Photo: Sohu)

After verification, archaeologists informed that the owner of the tomb was Li Jingxun, 9 years old, daughter of Li Min, a member of a prominent Li family during the Sui Dynasty. During the Sui Dynasty, besides the family of Emperor Yang Jian, this Li family was one of the most powerful families.

Li Jingxun's father, Li Min, was famous for being a man of great learning and talent, proficient in musical instruments, and was loved by Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian. In the end, Li Min was given his daughter in marriage by Emperor Yang Jian. Later, he succeeded his father as Shangzhu of the country, and was also appointed as Guanglu Grand Master, thanks to which the Li family became more prominent and prosperous.

A year later, Li Min's daughter, Li Jingxun, was born. Li Jingxun was also the granddaughter of Yang Lihua (561 - 609), the empress of Northern Zhou Emperor Xuanyu, Yuwen Yun, and later Princess Luoping of the Sui Dynasty.

The owner of the tomb is Li Jingxun, 9 years old, granddaughter of the famous Li family of the Sui Dynasty. (Photo: Sohu)

Li Jingxuan was considered a precious gem by Li Min and the Yang family, and was greatly admired. But as soon as good fortune came, so did misfortune. Unexpectedly, Li Jingxuan was only 9 years old when he passed away from a serious illness, causing the Yang and Li families to suffer greatly.

According to historical records, after Li Jingxun died, Empress Dowager Yang Lihua was the most sorrowful person. She issued an edict to bury her niece with royal rites.

Inside the tomb, experts found a few children's toys and an exquisite stone coffin. The coffin itself was made by an experienced craftsman by Empress Yang Lihua. Inside the small coffin were a total of 230 items made of gold, silver, jade, and porcelain, in addition to many rare treasures from the Western Regions.

On the small coffin were engraved four large words: "Khai gia tuc tu" (Whoever opens it will die). (Photo: Sohu)

Just as the experts were about to open the small coffin to continue searching for artifacts, they were shocked. Four large characters were engraved on the small coffin: "Khai gia tuc tu" (Whoever opens it will die). It turned out that the ancients believed that carving a curse on the coffin would deter grave robbers from stealing the items inside.

After discussion, the experts decided to move the coffin to the museum for preservation. The coffin has not been opened yet and is being preserved at the Xi'an Bilin Museum.

Quoc Thai (Source: Sohu)

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