The excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb has made the world look sideways, in addition to the vivid wet corpse of Mrs. Xin Chai, several special swords unearthed in the tomb have also received great attention from the outside world. After studying the structure of the sword, the experts actually unveiled the secret of the Han Dynasty's "sword foot on the temple". What is the mystery of these swords? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
In Mawangdui Township, Changsha City, Hunan Province, archaeologists stumbled upon a Han Dynasty tomb that shook the world and found many important cultural relics inside it. Since it was excavated in Mawangdui Township, the tomb was named "Mawangdui Han Tomb" by experts. In the entire Mawangdui Han Tomb, more than 3,000 treasures have been excavated, including various silk fabrics, lacquerware, jade, weapons and seals, etc., which provide important physical information for the study of Han Dynasty culture and history.
During the excavation of the Tsushimawangdui tomb, experts marveled at the exquisite jade artifacts and properly collected all the excavated jade objects and transported them to the museum's laboratory. When the experts studied the jade one by one, they found several extraordinary jade objects.
These pieces of jade were all excavated at the same site, their length is about 80 centimeters, and the production process is very exquisite, and there are intricate windings of gold wire on the outside.
After in-depth study of several pieces of jade, experts determined that several artifacts should be the jade swords of the Han Dynasty, also known as "jade swords". The "jade sword" is actually a sword made of jade, a complete jade sword, consisting of four jade ornaments, from top to bottom the structure is the jade sword head (jade hammer), jade sword grid (hand guard), jade sword stem and jade sword sword (jade perforation for wearing) and jade sword dragon (ornament at the end of the sword sheath). Among them, the jade sword head and jade sword grid are all artifacts mounted on the sword body, while the jade sword and the jade sword are embedded in the sheath of the sword.
Regarding the jade sword, there are also relevant records in the history books, and it is recorded in the Han Dynasty history book "The Past Events of the Eastern Palace": "Prince Yi is decorated with a jade sword. This means that among the prince's ornaments, there is a jade sword. In the "Chronicle of Tian Shulie", it is recorded: "The general wanted to choose the rich among the people, so that Kurama was clothed with jade and sword, and wanted to enter it." This means that the general is ready to recommend the wealthier of his disciples to the imperial court, and order them to prepare kurama horses, red robes, jade swords, and other items as formal attire when meeting the emperor.
At this time, some readers will wonder, can the Han Dynasty really carry a sword to the temple? We all know that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, the traitor, "blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the princes" and toyed with Emperor Xian of Han in applause. Cao Cao had a lot of power in the imperial court, and even forced Emperor Xian of Han to allow himself to "walk on the sword to the temple", which meant that he could wear shoes and carry a sword to meet the emperor, which was a great honor.
However, in the above history books, it is clearly recorded that people can face the emperor with swords, is it not contradictory to the two? In fact, the answer is very simple, the two are not contradictory, on the contrary, they can corroborate each other, and the reason for this is that the "sword" worn by Cao Cao is completely different from the "jade sword".
The reason why the Han Dynasty explicitly forbade the sword to meet the Son of Heaven was to ensure the safety of the emperor. The sword worn by Cao Cao was a sharp sword made of steel and was highly lethal. However, the jade swords worn by everyone in the historical data are all jade swords, which do not have a lethal function at all except for decorative functions, so they will be allowed to wear.
Why do experts determine that the jade sword is not offensive? We can analyze it from the shape of the jade sword:
The jade sword excavated from the tomb of Mawangdui Han is made of white jade, and the jade sword head, jade sword stem, jade sword grid, jade sword and jade sword are all made of metal. Above the head of the sword, there is a pair of double dragons and double phoenix ornaments, the jade sword is decorated with a cross pattern and a deformed dragon pattern, and the rest of the part is light and unprinted.
Such a shape, regardless of whether the jade sword is offensive or not, just a series of exquisite ornaments, I am afraid that no one dares to be willing to swing it vigorously. Not only that, if you look at it from the perspective of the hollow pattern, once the jade sword is too strong, it will inevitably become a pile of fragments, making a beautiful jade completely reduced to waste, which is simply a violent object, so the possibility of the jade sword being offensive is almost zero.
From this we can also see that archaeological work is indeed a mirror, not only can reflect the mystery of ancient times, but also can illuminate the distant future, Xiaobian believes that with the excavation of more and more cultural relics, more ancient mysteries will be gradually unveiled, we still wait and see!
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm