01, the "strange thing" in the cornfield
In August 2004, an unusual strange thing happened in Liangdai Village, Hancheng, Shaanxi Province, for several consecutive nights...
In the cornfield at the mouth of the village, there was always a rumbling muffled sound at night.
Some villagers also saw "unclean" things, which are said to be ghostly fires that are bright and dark...
These strange and abnormal things spread around the village and quickly aroused the vigilance of the village cadres!
As a result, someone reported to the police, and the public security department also quickly went to the scene to do exploration...
As expected, in the center of the cornfield, there were several large black holes!
No, someone robbed the grave!
02. "Awaken" the sleeping king
Immediately, the archaeological team also stationed in the local area, after surveying, the good news came: just 10 meters underground in the cornfield, signs of ancient tombs were really found!
The results of the subsequent careful examination were even more shocking!
Under this land area of about 30,000 square meters, there are more than 1,300 ancient tombs and 64 carriage and horse pits from the Western Zhou to the Spring and Autumn Period!
More than 20,000 pieces of various burial objects have been gradually cleaned up and excavated, and this huge archaeological discovery has been listed on the list of the top ten archaeological discoveries in the country in 2005.
Of particular interest is tomb M27, which is the largest and highest ranking of the tombs...
Combined with other tombs unearthed bronzes with inscriptions such as "Rui Gong", "Rui Prince Bai", "Zhongjiang as Huan Gong Zun Ding", etc.,
Experts all know in their hearts that the sleeping in tomb M27 must be a monarch of the "Rui" country in the Spring and Autumn Period!
Rui Guo, the historical record is only a few words, their monarch takes "Ji" as the surname, and its founding ancestor should be the ancestor of Zhou Tianzi.
In 640 BC, the state of Rui was destroyed by the state of Qin.
The tomb is about to open, and the king, who has been sleeping for nearly three thousand years, is about to be "awakened"!
03、 the most beautiful "golden sword scabbard"
Of course, Tomb M27 unearthed enough to confirm the noble status of the owner of the tomb, which is a symbol of the rank of the princes.
However, when archaeologists excavated to the bottom of the burial chamber and saw the scene of bright red cinnabar intertwined with the corroded coffin,
Still surprised!
Because, they saw a rare scene in the Spring and Autumn tombs - full of gold objects!
Among them, an almost "perfect" golden sword scabbard is the most eye-catching!
I saw a hollowed-out golden sword scabbard lying quietly among many jade objects, and not far from it there was a jade sword of the texture of topaz.
The golden sword sheath is hollowed out, and the front is decorated in three groups, each group has 4 variant dragon patterns, and the back has hollowed out squares and triangular ornaments.
The jade sword is 29 cm long and 3.8 cm wide.
In the later restoration of cultural relics, the jade sword can be perfectly inserted into the golden sword sheath, indicating that the two were originally one, so it was named "Hollow Dragon Pattern Golden Sheath Jade Sword".
This sword is exquisite and unprecedented, and it is a rare treasure in the ancient tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period!
The swords of the Pre-Qin period, whose sheaths were mostly made of leather or bronze,
And the sword scabbard made of gold, and the shape is so exquisite is rare, so far the archaeological community is no other!
It seems that the aesthetic of this Rui monarch has a certain height, and it is very avant-garde...
04, the gold is compelling
Naturally, such a perfect golden sword scabbard was unearthed from the tomb, and other gold artifacts will naturally not be less,
According to the later arrangement, 6 pieces of dragon pattern gold ring, 6 pieces of dragon pattern hollow gold ring, and 1 piece of dragon pattern square gold ring were also found in the coffin.
According to speculation, the 13 gold rings should be Rui Gong's golden dragon belt, which was tied around his waist when buried.
In addition, there are 46 pieces of gold shoulder ornaments, gold wrist ornaments, gold pendant ornaments, gold belt ornaments, gold jade tools, etc.!
These decorations form a luxurious gold robe of Rui Gong, which is presumably the entire outfit of the monarch during the grand national ceremony!
This mighty Rui Guojun must be a super fan of "Gold"!
In that era of bronze, he had paid very avant-garde attention to the extraordinary nature of gold...
Of course, the Kingdom of Rui is only a small princely state, and it is impossible to produce so much gold on its own.
Therefore, archaeologists believe that the monarch of the Rui kingdom should have been rewarded by Zhou Tianzi, and thus obtained the gold for making luxurious burial goods!
Although it is already known that this king, who likes luxurious goldware, is a monarch of the kingdom of Rui,
But who the hell is he? Which monarch is it? This answer, after the excavation of Tomb M26 (the tomb of the monarch's wife "Rui Jiang") was finally revealed,
Judging from the inscription written in the artifacts in Tomb No. 26, it can be judged that our golden king is the "Duke of Ruihuan".
The excavation of the tomb of the monarch of Rui Guo in Liangdai Village has brought us many surprises, especially the luxurious golden sword sheath unearthed from the tomb of the monarch is the most shocking!
It will bring the most beautiful golden sword scabbard of the pre-Qin period through thousands of years of time and space to the present,
Leave us with unlimited imagination to reminisce about that mysterious era...