The author of The Eastern Evil
Recently, a 985 university in Guangdong found an ancient tomb on the news hot search due to the construction of the campus, and many netizens quipped that "the graduation thesis came to the door by themselves", this university is Sun Yat-sen University. Near the end of the year, there is no bad news in China's archaeological community, according to domestic media reports, the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute recently announced the latest archaeological research, they determined that the actual location of the Han Wen Emperor's Tomb is located in the East Side of Jiangcun, Baqiao District, Xi'an City, Jiangcun Tomb, the archaeological news has attracted widespread attention in the archaeological community.
According to archaeologists in Shaanxi Province, the archaeological community has always believed that the tomb of Emperor Wen of Han was located in the Phoenix Mouth of Bailuyuan. After a long period of excavation and research, they finally overturned this claim and re-established the exact location of the Baling. So how was Emperor Wen of Han's tomb determined? What is the significance of its re-determination? There were many famous emperors in the Han Dynasty, so what kind of historical figure was Emperor Wen of Han?
How was the Tomb of Emperor Wen of Han determined?
Regarding the tomb of Emperor Wen of Han, it has been recorded in the historical books of successive dynasties, and the records all point out that Emperor Wen of Han was buried in Baling after his death, and this tomb was not sealed. In modern times, many historians and archaeologists have searched for Baling according to historical records, and finally determined that the "Phoenix Mouth" in the northeast of Bailuyuan, the eastern suburb of Xi'an, is the location of Baling, and this view has been followed until the 1960s. After the 1960s, there were archaeological teams that carried out long-term archaeological work in the southern tombs of Empress Bo and Empress Dou, and there were new discoveries there.
The Tomb of The Tomb of Empress Dou was found this time at a distance of about 800 meters, and there was no sealing soil on the surface, which was in line with the historical records, and the identity of Empress Dou also allowed the owner of the Jiangcun Tomb to gradually surface. Later, the team of the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute and the archaeological team of Xi'an City excavated the Jiangcun Tomb, and finally they determined that the shape of the mausoleum was in the shape of a "sub" shape, the burial chamber was about 73 meters long and about 30 meters deep, and there were hundreds of outer pits around the burial chamber.
Archaeologists have found a large number of pottery figurines, pottery, bronze ware and a number of official seals of the Han Dynasty in these outer pits, among which the convict figurines found appear for the first time in the history of Chinese archaeology. Moreover, the Jiangcun Tomb and the Mausoleum of Empress Dou are surrounded by an outer garden wall, combined with the historical information that Empress Dou is the wife of Emperor Wen of Han, it is basically possible to limit the identity of the owner of the mausoleum to the Han Dynasty, and then the archaeological research team comprehensively analyzes the location of the Jiangcun Tomb, the external burial pit, the cemetery facilities, the excavated cultural relics and other information, and determines that the owner of the mausoleum is Emperor Wen of Han, and the Jiangcun Tomb is actually a tomb.
What is the significance of this archaeological discovery?
For this archaeological discovery, Jiao Nanfeng, a resident expert of the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute, said that the significance of this discovery is to negate the long-standing statement that "Baling is located in the phoenix mouth northeast of Bailuyuan" in the archaeological community, and re-locate the location of Baling. Not only that, the discovery of Baling also helps archaeologists to further understand the layout, scale and other information of the early western Han dynasty royal tombs, providing more historical information for the evolution and development of the western Han imperial tombs.
It is understood that the cultural relics excavated from Baling include a large number of gold and silver ware with grassland elements, and the appearance of these gold and silver ware shows a problem, the early Western Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty were both affected by agriculture and animal husbandry. In addition, the discovery of Baling has also allowed archaeologists to protect it in time from being destroyed by criminals.
What kind of historical figure was Emperor Wen of Han?
Speaking of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, I believe that many people will first think of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and then Liu Che, the Emperor of Han Dynasty, who opened up the territory and expanded the territory, but after Liu Bang and before Liu Che, there is also an emperor who is also famous in the history of Qingqing, he is Liu Heng, the Emperor of Han. Emperor Wen of Han was the third emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, the fourth son of Liu Bang, and his mother was Empress Bo Ji, and his wife was Empress Dou, these two historical information is an important factor in helping archaeologists determine the Baling.
Liu Heng was made the acting king by Liu Bang in 196 BC, and after Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou came to power and held great power in the court. After Lü Hou's death, Zhou Bo, the prince of the imperial court, joined forces with the chancellor Chen Pingren to dismantle Lü Hou's forces and assist Liu Heng the Daiwang to succeed to the throne, and was known as Emperor Wen of Han. After Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, he exerted great efforts to build water conservancy on infrastructure, advocated a frugal and simple life in terms of life style, abolished corporal punishment in law, implemented a number of policies to benefit the people and benefit the people, and opened the "rule of Wenjing".
At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the emperors of the Han Dynasty also had to be wary of the excessive power of the princely states and the invasion of the Xiongnu. Emperor Wen of Han adopted the strategy of subjugating the people with virtue and quelling the chaos with force in dealing with the princely states, and adopted the strategy of peace and pro-war in the treatment of the Xiongnu, creating political unity and stability at home and abroad. It is worth mentioning that the protagonist of the "personal taste of soup medicine" in the Twenty-Four Filial Pieties is Emperor Wen of Han, who personally tried the soup medicine for his sick mother, Empress Bo.