The tomb was stolen nine times in a row
One day in the winter of 2004, Zhou Xinggui, secretary of Sanchahe Village, Jiuli Hui Nationality Township, Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, received a report: "This tomb has been stolen again. As of 2005, the tomb has been "visited" nine times by the stolen tomb, but no one has been able to open its doors.
The size of this tomb is even larger than the sealing soil of the tomb of King Liangzhuang. According to historical records, the tomb was built with a red city wall of 127 zhang, seven halls, 30 various types of boxes, the ground building is very magnificent, and once well preserved, but unfortunately in 1937 by the Japanese invasion of China destroyed, the ground building was destroyed.
Artifacts from the tomb of King Liangzhuang
In 2001, the tomb of King Liang Zhuang was severely damaged by the blast of the stolen tombs, and rescue excavations were carried out by cultural relics workers. But who knew that an ordinary excavation actually created a miracle, in this humble king's tomb unearthed a total of more than 5300 cultural relics of various materials, including more than 1400 gold, silver and jade alone, and more than 3400 beaded gemstones. With the wonderful excavation results of the tomb of King Liangzhuang as a "preview", will the tomb of King Ying Jing reproduce the surprise brought by the tomb of King Liangzhuang?
Rescue excavation, stunning
In November 2005, the Department of Cultural Relics and Archaeology began to carry out rescue excavations of the main burial chamber of the tomb of King Yingjing, which ended in January 2006. After excavation, the tomb chamber of the Tomb of King Yingjing was made of masonry and mortar after being chiseled into a rock pit, and the main body was a masonry structure. The interior of the Xuan Palace is a three-main room and a two-matched room. The three main rooms are the front, middle and rear rooms, and there is a matching room on the left and right of the middle room. In the north-central part of the back chamber, the treasure bed of the coffins of King Jing and His Princess is placed.
The tomb is accompanied by gold, silver, bronze, porcelain, lacquered wood and jade. The largest number of artifacts unearthed in the later chamber includes the crown of The Crown of Yingjing, the Pipben, the Jade Group Pendant, the Jade Belt, the Bronze Phoenix Crown of the Yugui and Princess Guo, the Jade Assemblage, the Jade Belt, and the Yugui and other ceremonial artifacts. Other gold and silver jewelry includes hairpins, bracelets, and pendants. In addition, 3 conical gold hairpins, 1 gold ear spoon and 7 silver hairpins were unearthed in the East Matching Room. Six pieces of gold ornaments were unearthed in the western room, including hairpins, beads and earrings.
Yuanqinghua dragon pattern plum bottle
Height 35.4, caliber 5.6, bottom diameter 11.2cm
Yaoshi rare - Yuan Qinghua plum vase
Although the tomb of King YingJing was stolen many times, it was not successful, the tomb was relatively dry, there was no groundwater, and the burial chamber stored 8 pieces of extremely precious porcelain. The most eye-catching of these porcelains is the two yuanqinghua plum vases: 1 yuanqinghua dragon pattern plum vase and 1 yuanqinghua siaitu plum vase.
Yuan Qinghua four love Tu mei bottle
Height 38.7 cm, caliber 6.4 cm, base diameter 13 cm
Yuan Qinghua is a fine piece of ancient Chinese blue and white porcelain, the number of surviving Blue and White Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty can be described as a handful, there are only more than 400 pieces in the world, and there are about 100 pieces of domestic archaeological discoveries and museum collections. Among them, there are even fewer characters and storylines painted, and there are less than ten in the world, and the Yuanqinghua Si'ai Tumei Vase excavated from the tomb of King Yingjing is one of the only remaining treasures.
The shoulders are decorated with phoenixes wearing peony patterns
This plum bottle shape, tire quality, ornamentation, sleeve color, etc. are no different from the similar utensils passed down from generation to generation, the bottle body shoulder ornament wind wear peony, the abdomen is decorated with blue and white "four love figures", namely Wang Xizhi Ailan, Tao Yuan Ming Aiju, Zhou Dunyi Ailian, Lin Hejing Aimei, crane, the foot is decorated with lotus patterns. The three-layer pattern is bounded by a curly grass pattern and a brocade belt. The white glaze is green and the color is verdant and gorgeous, which is an extremely rare excavated cultural relics and is one of the symbols of Chinese civilization.
Bottom of bottle
Exquisite funerary items
2 pieces of golden phoenix hairpin
The head of the hairpin is a phoenix with its tail cocked, with a beautiful shape, the phoenix bird is under the auspicious cloud, the auspicious cloud is a cirrus pattern, and the lower welded flat hairpin foot.
Golden Phoenix
The head of the hairpin is welded with a golden flower, and the flower is shaped like a blooming peony flower. The petals are divided into six layers. The body of the hairpin is a flower branch, with a hexagonal flower peduncle at the top, and the six flower leaves below are cloud-shaped. The peduncle in the middle of the flower is inlaid with sapphires. Golden yellow and royal blue reflect each other, luxurious atmosphere.
A pair of gold-encrusted treasures to cover the mane
The head of the hairpin is made of fine gold wire to make an auspicious cloud, and on the top is a five-clawed golden dragon that snakes and flies, and the dragon's head is cocked, and its head is facing a jewel-encrusted nest, which has fallen off when it is unearthed.
Gold earrings
A pair of gold earrings unearthed are shaped like "S" shapes, with a fine gold wire attached to the top, and a turquoise ornament and two pearls strung with gold wire.
Gold bracelet
This bracelet is flattened and round, with a plain body, and only the two ends of the bracelet are carved into the shape of two dragon prime ministers.
Jin Xia fell
The golden pendant is a teardrop-shaped pendant with a gold hook, and a slender crochet needle inside the hook, and the middle of the pendant is based on the auspicious clouds, and the front and back sides are carved with phoenix flying patterns.
a flap
The skin has decayed, and there are still 134 gold and jade attachments, including: 1 piece of crowned golden hairpin, 2 pieces of golden square ring, 5 pieces of golden flower buttons, and 123 pieces of Ben beads.
Crown
The crown and crown scrolls have decayed, and there are still 140 gold and jade attachments, including: 1 piece of crowned golden hairpin, 1 piece of golden crown hoop, 6 pieces of golden flower button, 2 pieces of golden square ring, 1 piece of jasper heng, 125 pieces of crown beads, 2 pieces of jasper zhen, and 2 pieces of white jade zhen.