Qianshi is one of the famous stone scenes in Suzhou Tiger Hill. Located in Qili, northwest of Suzhou City, it is one of the famous scenic spots in Wuzhong. When tourists come here on rainy days, thousands of stones will ooze blood with the rain, which has been an unsolved mystery for thousands of years. ...
According to legend, more than 2,500 years ago, the tomb of He Lv, the king of Wu, was under a thousand stones. According to "Wu Yue Chun Qiu", "He Lv, the king of Wu, sent 100,000 artificial tombs, triple bronze coffins, mercury pools, golden jade as geese, and 3,000 swords as flat horses, all of which were filled with fish intestines." After the mausoleum was repaired, the king of Wu was afraid that these craftsmen would reveal the organs in the mausoleum, so he killed thousands of skilled craftsmen on the Qianshi stone, and the blood of craftsmen penetrated into the Qianshi stone. So whenever it rains, a thousand stones ooze faint blood. It is said that 100,000 skilled craftsmen are telling endless grievances to tourists. ?
Legend belongs to legend. In the 1990s, people finally solved the mystery of oozing blood with modern technology. It turns out that there is a layer of rock called rhyolite under the thousand stones, which contains iron. Under the irradiation of sunlight, iron reacts with oxygen in the air to produce iron oxide (FE203). After thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, iron oxide in rhyolite is free from thousands of stones. Whenever it is hit by a storm, iron oxide will be washed away by rain, so the rain appears reddish.
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