It is recorded in the Analects that a disciple asked Confucius a question about death, and Confucius replied, "Unknown birth, but knowing death?" This means that even the things that are alive are not understood, so why bother with the things that are dead? The ancients of the pre-Qin period were taboo to talk about life and death, and by the time of the Western Han Dynasty, people had formed the concept of death that "took death as a living".
At that time, people believed that after death, consciousness would continue to exist, and all thoughts and behaviors were no different from those of the world, and under the guidance of this concept, people formed the funeral concept of burying as thick as possible, and it was necessary to let the deceased people enjoy the same standard of living in the other world.
In addition, during the Han Dynasty, people were extremely rich, so the funerary products in the tombs were usually extremely rich, and for some princes and nobles, the funerary products were not only rich, but more precious, such as the tomb of Liu Peng, the third prince of the Chu State.
When Liu Bang unified the world in 202 BC and established the Han Dynasty, he believed that the "local county system" of the Qin Dynasty had drawbacks, and these local officials did not have much interest in the emperor, and it was easy to rebel, so he adopted the "county and county system", while implementing the local counties and counties, he also divided many children with the same surname as princes, so that these princes with the same surname Liu, The Emperor Gongwei, not only divided his sons and nephews, but also his brothers.
Liu Bang's fourth brother was named Liu Jiao, and was named the King of Chu Yuan, and Liu Peng was Liu Jiao's grandson, the third generation of Chu King, Liu Peng's personality was very fond of gorgeous and luxurious life, even during the national mourning period, he also wore gorgeous clothes, summoned concubines to drink and have fun, and because he offended people, he was accused of being in the ear of Emperor Han Jing, and Emperor Han Jing ordered the reduction of his fiefdom in order to show punishment.
Liu Peng was extremely angry because of this, and the reduction of the fiefdom not only meant that the income was greatly reduced, but even the scope of activities was greatly reduced, which was naturally intolerable, so he joined forces with several other princes who were equally dissatisfied and directly rebelled. However, although this man's temper was very large, his ability was far from having a big temper, and the vigorous rebellion movement had already failed less than three months ago, and Liu Peng committed suicide in the midst of resentment.
Emperor Jingdi of Han was a man who cared deeply about his family, and he did not pursue Liu Peng for other crimes, but buried him directly in the Tomb of the King of Chu in the Lion Mountain of Xuzhou, and also gave him many precious treasures to accompany him for burial. Liu Peng's Tomb of the King of Chu was discovered by accident in December 1984, and this ancient tomb from more than 2,000 years ago is extremely large, with a total area of more than 1,500 square meters, which amazes archaeologists.
It's just that the tomb is full of chaos, most of the precious funerary goods in it have been looted by tomb robbers, leaving only the only cultural relics called "golden jade clothes", to be precise, it should be called "jade clothes", because the tomb robbers have removed the gold thread above, only some jade pieces of jade are left, as for why the jade clothes still exist?
Mainly because the jade robe was worn on the body of the deceased, so the tomb robbers did not dare to take it, for fear that they would "fold their lives" because of it, this precious jade robe was later given a valuation of up to 1.3 billion yuan by a number of experts in the Forbidden City, which is recognized as a national treasure level cultural relic.