Archaeologists have been circulating such a saying, The Han Tomb has ten rooms and nine empty. Literally, it means that the tombs of the Han Dynasty were mostly empty.
This is a very helpless reality, and the reason for this situation has a lot to do with the customs and habits of the Han Dynasty.
In the Han Dynasty, thick burials were common, and when powerful people died, a large number of funerary items were generally placed in the tomb.
People often say that the hustle and bustle of the world is for the benefit of the future, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for the benefit of the future. Most people hope that they can obtain more wealth and occupy more social resources.
Some people abide by principles and make a fortune with industrious hands, while others choose to be opportunistic because they are too greedy. For example, tomb robbers who dig ancient tombs for a living are typical crooked and evil ways.
In the past few decades, archaeologists have found many ancient tombs, most of which have traces of tomb robbery activities. Some ancient tombs have been looted because of the malicious destruction of tomb robbers, and many things have even been swept overseas by tomb robbers.
This situation is particularly helpless, in order to protect the country's cultural relics from destruction, archaeologists will quickly go to the site of the incident to carry out protective excavations every time they find traces of ancient tombs.
Not only that, archaeologists also specially appealed to everyone to improve the awareness of cultural relics protection, and must not allow tomb robbers to act arbitrarily.
Influenced by experts, people everywhere have a strong sense of prevention, and every time they find an abnormal situation, they will subconsciously think about whether there is an ancient tomb under the ground.
If you are not sure, you will generally report the relevant information to the relevant departments and let archaeologists come to the site to explore.
A few years ago, some workers accidentally dug up a thousand-year-old tomb of the Han Dynasty while working in the Zhangjialou area of Qingdao. The person in charge of the construction site attaches great importance to this, immediately stops the relevant work, and contacts the archaeological department to reflect the situation on the site.
Soon after, archaeologists came to the scene to carry out protective excavations of the ancient tomb, and the result was excavated a clear spring, which was shocking to the dragon jade mat inside, and the tomb owner contained dragon balls, which was in the middle of the spring, giving people a very unique feeling.
In the process of continuous excavation and cleaning, archaeologists have found a lot of broken pottery pieces, and if you piece these things together, you can see some text.
Among them, 4 words are "Long live the thousand autumns". During China's feudal period, the hierarchy was very strict, and the common people basically did not use words such as "long live the thousand autumns". Therefore, experts believe that this tomb owner is likely to have a relationship with the royal family.
To confirm this speculation, archaeologists conducted a more in-depth study of the tomb. During this time, experts found a heavy wooden box in the ancient tomb.
This thing looks ordinary, but in fact has a great origin, its professional name is "Jade Wenming", is a special instrument specially used for funerals, its main role is to cover the face of the tomb owner.
The jade Wenming found by archaeologists in this ancient tomb is surrounded by some glass printed with special patterns, and in some places is also wrapped in gold leaf.
In the four corners of Yu Wenming, there are 4 puppets of different shapes. There are beautiful han dynasty women's portraits, some people are subject to snake-bodied gods and figures, which feel unique to the touch, and should use very precious raw materials.
After the expert opened it with great effort, he found the tomb owner's skull inside Yu Wenming, and he was in the clear water with the Dragon Ball in his mouth, as if he was watching something. In order to avoid missing important things, archaeologists used instruments to drain the clear water from the tomb.
In the process, archaeologists discovered some bamboo strips engraved with words. Although these things have been buried underground for thousands of years, the words on them still look very clear, and they do not seem to have been greatly affected by the passage of time.
After a brief translation, archaeologists figured out the true identity of the tomb owner. His name was Liu Ci, and he was a county magistrate in the Han Dynasty, and he was only about 40 years old when he died.
The specific time of his burial is the second year of Yuan Shou, which is the second year of liu xin, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. The bamboo jane translated by archaeologists, in addition to recording the identity information of the tomb owner and some life deeds, also lists his funeral items. It is written with the name and specifications of the funerary product, which can correspond to the things in the tomb.
The funerary items in Liu Ci's tomb, in addition to the bamboo jian and dragon ball just mentioned, there is also a delicate ring head knife. This is a famous weapon of the Han Dynasty and often appears on the battlefield.
The ring head knife in Liu Ci's tomb, although it is not a unique thing, is also a rather precious treasure. Therefore, after the experts unearthed it, they carefully preserved it to avoid great damage due to environmental changes.
In addition, archaeologists also found a large piece of golden dragon jade mat in the tomb. Just by name, some friends may not be very clear about its value.
In fact, it belongs to the same category of items as the famous golden jade cloth, which is a funerary product that symbolizes the identity of the tomb owner, but its specifications are lower than the golden jade cloth.
According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, only people with high status could use this kind of thing as a funeral product. Since the tomb owner can take the golden dragon jade mat as a funeral object, it proves that his identity is indeed not simple, and he should be an imperial relative of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, there could not have been a golden dragon and jade mat in his tomb.
In everyone's impression, the relatives of the emperor and the state are generally very powerful people, and this kind of thinking cannot be said to be wrong, but can only be said to be a little one-sided.
Imperial relatives do have the opportunity to hold great power, but not all royal relatives can have the qualifications to hold power. Those relatively distant clan relatives, although they are also considered royal families, do not have the qualifications to be crowned kings and marquises.
For example, Liu Bei, who has always flaunted his relatives in the Han Dynasty, not only did not become a big figure in power because of his weak blood relations when he was young, but because of the family's tightness, he became a small trader who woven mats and peddlers.
Liu Bei later became famous, and although he was given some help in the name of his relatives, fundamentally speaking, it was because he worked hard enough.
If Liu Bei had not struggled desperately and only relied on the reputation of his clan relatives to make a living, he would not have been able to become the founder of the Shu Han regime.
This tomb owner Liu Ci, who used the golden dragon jade mat as a funerary item, is also a typical example, he only served as a county commander in two places before his death, and did not serve as a member of the imperial court. At the age of 40, Liu Ci died hastily due to physical reasons.
According to the tradition of the time, an ordinary county ordinance, even if it is a funeral, the specifications will not be very high. In Liu Ci's tomb, there are so many funerary items, entirely because he has a little relationship with the royal family.
In terms of fame and status, Liu Ci is far inferior to Liu Bei, but his ancient tomb is also very valuable. After the protective excavation of it by archaeologists, many precious cultural relics and materials have been unearthed, providing many clues for subsequent archaeological research.