On December 14, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage officially announced that the location of the Tomb of Emperor Wen of Han (the grandfather of Emperor Wu of Han) was determined to be the Great Tomb of Bailuyuan Jiangcun in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, rather than the Historical Record of Fenghuangzui Xiajiang Village.
As soon as this smell came out, it immediately attracted people's attention.
It is reported that archaeologists have unearthed a large number of Han Dynasty cultural relics in the tomb, and several of them are "inconspicuous" Han Dynasty official seals such as "Riding a Thousand People in The Middle", "Zhongsikong Seal", and "Zhongsikong Cheng", which have become reliable evidence to reveal the identity of the owner of the tomb.
Jiangcun Tomb is about 800 meters east of empress Dou Mausoleum, the tomb shape is made of "Ya" glyph, in the excavation of the pit outside the tomb unearthed a large number of clothed pottery figurines, pottery, bronze ware and "Riding a Thousand People", "Zhongsikong Seal" and "Zhongsikong Cheng" and other Han Dynasty official seals, unearthed more than a thousand nude pottery figurines, and the discovery of criminal figurines is the first time in China.
Penal figurines
Terracotta figurines
Baling copper gear
Seal of the Official Office of the Han Dynasty
Later scholars have always believed that Baling is located in the northeast of Bailuyuan, the eastern suburbs of Xi'an City today, Jiao Nanfeng, a resident expert of the Jiangcun Tomb Archaeology Project, said: "The great significance of the Founding of Baling is that this archaeological work negates the traditional understanding that "Phoenix Mouth" is the tomb of Emperor Hanwen, determines the accurate location of the Tomb of Emperor Hanwen, and solves the problem of the name of the Eleventh Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty. ”
Baling
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Since the Yuan Dynasty, historical records record that Emperor Wen's tomb is located under the mouth of the phoenix.
This mistake is nearly a thousand years old, what is hidden behind the truth? Let's unveil Emperor Wen's "Mystery of The Tomb" together.