In 25 AD, the Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu succeeded to the throne, and in order to win over the old ministers of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu invited a confucian minister, named Fu Zhan, who first made him Shangshu, and later replaced Deng Yu as the second great situ (equivalent to the prime minister) of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Fu Zhan conscientiously helped Liu Xiu manage the government, and every time Liu Xiu went out on a campaign, he left Fu Zhan to guard the town of Jingcheng. Fu Zhan later died of overwork and heat stroke, and after his death, Liu Xiu sent people to repair his tomb, but after a long time, no one knows where Fu Zhan's tomb is. It was not until about 2000 years later, when the ancient tomb was excavated in Shandong, that it was confirmed as the tomb of Fu Zhan. Moreover, there are exquisite murals in the tomb, and the Japanese want to use $200,000 to print abroad, but the villagers sternly refuse.
The matter began in 1947, when the Victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan was not long after, and as the Battle of Lunan and the Battle of Menglianggu continued to be fought, Shandong Province was basically completely liberated. A villager in Beizhai Village, Yinan County, Shandong Province, built a house and went to the large mound in the north of the village to get soil. This mound has existed for many years, originally thought to be just ordinary mountain soil, but it was dug and dug, but a burial chamber was dug. The villagers were curious, continued to dig deeper, found the tomb was grand, did not dare to slacken off, and immediately notified the People's Liberation Army.
The local provisional government immediately organized people to come to the protection, and after the arrival of relevant experts, they began to excavate and enter the burial chamber. The tomb is made of stone, various platforms, stone pillars, beams, stone covers, etc., which can be seen that the identity of the tomb owner is not ordinary. Unfortunately, there are no valuable treasures inside, because in the back of the tomb, dozens of robbery holes were found, and it seems that this ancient tomb has long been looted by the tomb robbers, and only these stones that are inconvenient to take away are left in the tomb. Fortunately, on the four walls of the tomb, there are various murals engraved, a total of 73 paintings, including classic historical allusions such as "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King" and "Hongmen Feast". However, at that time, the technical conditions were backward and there was chaos. There was no way to study the murals in depth, and the government decided to seal the tombs with sand and take turns guarding them by local villagers.
Before the sealing, a Japanese collector heard about this time, secretly commissioned negotiations with the villagers, hoping to enter the tomb for 200,000 US dollars to print all the murals inside, but the villagers refused. Because rubbing the murals, it will cause damage to the murals that are difficult to recover. Moreover, during the Japanese invasion of China, the people of Shandong suffered cruel bullying and massacres from the devils, and the people of Shandong hated the Japanese to the bone. Out of the protection of cultural relics and the great righteousness of the nation, the villagers unanimously agreed that they did not want money to bow down. Some villagers said to the Japanese: Don't say 200,000, it is 2 million, and we will never allow you to steal our cultural relics!
After liberation, the relevant departments entered the tomb to take photos, and then resealed them, and during the ten years of catastrophe, the murals were buried in the ground and were vigorously protected by the villagers. Until 1995, the state restarted the study of murals, the tomb was reopened, and the study found that these murals were the richest and best preserved images in the Han portrait stone tombs found in the country, and the significance was huge. Among them, the picture "Carriage and Horse Travel Map" is also used as the cover picture of the high school textbook "Chinese History". The identity of the tomb owner is suspected to be Fu Zhan, mentioned at the beginning of the article in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because this tomb was built by Liu Xiu himself, whether it is a mural or a tomb structure, it can be seen that the cost is expensive.
In 2008, the first gold coin commemorative coin of the Beijing Olympic Games, the main scene is the ancient Chinese equestrian movement, the pattern on the coin, taken from the equestrian art in the tomb of "Music and Dance Hundred Plays". This ancient tomb is of great value, and the villagers tried their best to protect this ancient tomb and pay tribute to them.