Ancient Chinese dignitaries and dignitaries would destroy many rare treasures after their deaths, and in the pre-Qin period, it was even popular to use living people for burial. Later, although the cruel practice of living burial almost disappeared, the local tycoons came up with many other ways to accompany the burial. The favorite funerary product of the nobles of the Han Dynasty was the "golden jade dress", and the so-called golden jade robe was actually made of gold wire wearing jade pieces.
The golden jade clothes were popular in the Han Dynasty, in fact, the golden jade clothes unearthed today are also from the Han Dynasty, when the social hierarchy was strict, and only the emperor and high-ranking nobles could wear the golden jade clothes for burial after death, which was a symbol of status and status at that time. The jade robes worn by people of different ranks were also different, the emperor and the high-ranking nobles were the real "golden jade clothes", and the connecting jade pieces used gold wire, while the general nobles and ministers could only use silver or copper wire. In general, the golden jade robe is the highest standard funeral form in the Han Dynasty, and the local tycoons who spend so much effort to make the golden jade robe is naturally not only for good looks, but also the superstitious belief that the first golden jade robe after death can make the body incorruptible.
Chinese archaeologists have found a number of Han tombs with golden jade clothes, the most famous of which is Liu Sheng's one! Liu Sheng's name may not be familiar to everyone, but his title is very loud - King Jing of Zhongshan, yes, he is Liu Bei's ancestor. Liu Sheng's golden jade coat is the most complete piece unearthed in China, although more than a thousand years have passed, but the golden jade cloth is very well preserved. When it was first excavated, some of the gold wire had been broken, and archaeologists took great efforts to restore it, and from this golden jade coat, we can see the strong national strength of the Han Dynasty at that time.
Liu Sheng's golden jade coat is composed of a total of 2500 jade pieces, and the gold wire connecting these jade pieces weighs a full 2 pounds, which is really enough for the local tycoon! The production of the golden jade coat is very exquisite, because its main purpose is to prevent embalming, so it must be tailored, and the figure of the deceased is no different, and it is completely covered, even some special parts are no exception, which is indeed a big project in ancient times. However, the nobles' ideas are very good, but the results are not the same, the golden jade clothes not only did not play a role in anti-embalming, but attracted the attention of tomb robbers, many Han Dynasty noble tombs in the golden jade clothes have been stolen, and the corpses of the nobles have all been destroyed.
According to statistics, the money spent on making a medium-sized golden jade robe is equivalent to the property of more than 100 medium-sized families in the Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wei emperor Cao Pi was deeply disgusted by this luxurious funeral product, and he ordered the whole country to ban the use of golden jade clothes, and no one dared to use golden jade clothes for burial anymore.