In 1968, a unit of the People's Liberation Army built a military base on Lingshan Mountain. After the explosives exploded, the PLA did not see a large number of stones falling. This anomaly immediately attracted the attention of the People's Liberation Army, which probed and discovered that there was a huge cave where the explosives exploded. Such a deep cave is by no means something that explosives can explode, and everything in the cave shows that this is the handiwork of predecessors. The PEOPLE's Liberation Army realized that it might be a monument and contacted the relevant authorities.
After the relevant departments learned of the situation, they immediately sent an archaeological team to investigate the cave. After exploration, the archaeologists were pleasantly surprised to find that under the cave was an ancient tomb and a Han tomb. With the permission of the higher authorities, the archaeological team carried out rescue excavations of the tomb.
Many wine vessels with inscriptions were unearthed from the tomb, and through these inscriptions, the archaeologists deduced that the owner of the ancient tomb was Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing. Liu Sheng can be described as a well-known figure, of course, not because of how many achievements he has established, but because he has too many wives and children. Liu Sheng had more than a hundred sons and daughters, and liu Bei said that he was liu sheng the king of Zhongshan Jing, which was also the reason, after all, Liu Sheng had so many children, which were already uncountable until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the world naturally did not know the truth or falsity of Liu Bei's identity.
Liu Sheng was the son of Emperor Jing of Han and the elder brother of Emperor Wu of Han, and in the third year of the Reign of Emperor Wu of Han (154 BC), Liu Sheng was made the King of Zhongshan. Liu Sheng did not establish any merit in his life, but he was very loyal, so Emperor Wu of Han trusted him. In the early days of Emperor Wudi's succession, in view of the bitter lessons of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, Emperor Wudi of Han weakened the power of the princes and strengthened the supervision power of the ministers over the princes. Over time, however, the officials became more and more arrogant, and they reported the crimes of the princes at every turn, and impeached Emperor Wu of Han, and the princes were miserable.
Liu Sheng was not tired of it, so he secretly collected evidence of officials bullying the princes and embezzling Liu's family property, and then reported it all to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu of Han was furious when he saw this, killed many officials, and at the same time abolished the officials' reports of the princes. After this incident, Emperor Wu of Han treated Liu Sheng more favorably, Liu Sheng was extravagant in his fiefdom, and Emperor Wu of Han did not interfere at all.
After Liu Sheng's death, his mausoleum was very large. In the tomb of King Jing of Zhongshan, archaeologists found a large number of cultural relics, the most precious of which was the lamp of the Western Han Changxin Palace found in the tomb of Dou Xuan.
Han tombs are popular for husband and wife burial, so after the archaeologists discovered Liu Sheng's tomb, they immediately explored the surrounding area, and the tomb of Dou Xuan was soon discovered. When the archaeologists first discovered the Changxin Palace lamp, it was scattered in the tomb. If ordinary people see these parts, they naturally do not know what they are, but the archaeologists realized that this may be a precious cultural relic, so they carefully searched for the scattered parts in the tomb, and quickly spliced out a complete bronze lamp, which is the Lamp of the Changxin Palace of the Western Han Dynasty.
The lamps of the Western Han Dynasty Changxin Palace are exquisitely shaped and the production process is very exquisite. The most shocking thing about this artifact is its design that transcends the times. As a work of the Western Han Dynasty, the Changxin Palace lamp already contains the idea of environmental protection and energy saving. The main structure of the Changxin Palace lamp is a palace girl, its body is hollow, and the right hand becomes a smoke exhaust pipe. The flame burns in the lamp plate, and the resulting smoke enters the palace woman's body through the smoke exhaust pipe, thus avoiding pollution. Moreover, the lamp plate can also be rotated, and the light-blocking mask can be opened and closed at will to adjust the brightness of the light.
In the Western Han Dynasty, the craftsmen of the East have already invented environmentally friendly lampshades, and this technology was only invented in the West in the 15th century, which is enough to see how amazing the technical leadership of the Changxin Palace lamp in the Western Han Dynasty is. Many foreign leaders who have visited the changxin palace lamp have marveled at its perfect blend of art and technology. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sincerely praised after visiting the Changxin Palace lamp: "The Changxin Palace lamp may be the world's earliest energy-saving and environmental protection lamp, which is really remarkable!" ”
Today, the lights of the Changxin Palace of the Western Han Dynasty are treasured in the Hebei Provincial Museum and are included in the list of "National Treasure-level Cultural Relics". Changxin Palace lamps play an important role in the study of ancient lamp-making technology and bronze manufacturing processes.