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In the process of excavation of ancient tombs, archaeologists can always accidentally find some strange phenomena, so that people have a new understanding and understanding of ancient social culture. For example, experts have excavated a large tomb in the Yancang Ancient Tomb Group and found a mysterious red footprint on the coffin lid, which experts speculate may be an ominous omen. What is the mystery of the red footprints? If you also want to know the answer, the following Xiaobian will reveal the secret to you from the beginning.
In the 1970s, archaeologists from Jingmen, Hubei Province, discovered the Chu tombs of the Warring States period in Songlin Village, Hougang Town, Yangxian County, and named them Yancang Badger Tombs. Later, archaeologists conducted in-depth research on the ancient tomb and determined that most of them were tombs of the aristocratic class of the Chu State, with high hierarchical regulations, which were of great value to the study of the culture and history of the Chu State. Since the beginning of the new century, there have been several vicious tomb robbery incidents in Yancang Badger Tomb, which has caused serious damage to the ancient tomb, and in 2009, it was affected by the "South-to-North Water Diversion Project", and experts had to carry out protective excavations of yancang Badger Tomb.
Among the Yancang badger mounds, the largest is the Yancang Tomb, which is more than 8 meters high and has a bottom diameter of about 60 meters, and there are many traces of theft. Therefore, experts first carried out archaeological excavations of the Yancang Tomb and unearthed two large carriage and horse pits, of which the first pit is about 20 meters long and about 4 meters wide, with a total of 12 horses and 5 chariots; the second pit is about 3.2 meters long and about 2.7 meters wide, with 2 horses and 1 carriage. In addition, a large number of artifacts such as bronze weapons, iron tools, wooden lacquer and bamboo janes have been unearthed, but what puzzled experts was the discovery of an unprecedented phenomenon.
Experts found the coffin of the owner of the tomb in the burial chamber, which seems to be very well preserved, so everyone is full of curiosity about the inside of the coffin. After some careful preparation, the experts used tools to open the outermost lid and found a black wooden coffin, but in the middle and upper part of the wooden coffin there was a red footprint, about 26 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide, apparently a large footprint of 42 yards left by an adult. For a time, experts felt very incredible, in the previous Chu tombs have never found the phenomenon of footprints on the coffin lid, who left the footprints, and what does it mean?
In later in-depth research, experts determined that the footprints were related to the burial customs of the Chu state, or perhaps an ominous omen, that is, after the death of the tomb owner, his enemies secretly stepped on the coffin lid to express a curse on the tomb owner. It is worth mentioning that the experts also cracked the identity of the tomb according to the bamboo excavated from the tomb, that is, the great Sima Mourning Slip during the reign of King Huai of the Chu State, who was also a military general who led the Chu army to attack the State of Qi and the State of Yue, and achieved many victories, so the status level in the State of Chu was not low. Based on this, experts speculate that it must have offended many people before he was stepped on by someone to cover the coffin, so that he could never turn over, which shows that this is a particularly uncivilized behavior. However, there are also archaeologists who have made other speculations about the red footprints.
To uncover the mystery of the "footprints", we must first understand what the "footprints" represent. For example, the heirs of the tomb owner, in order to show filial piety, left this footprint on the coffin of the ancestor to show the meaning of burial.
In China's ancient culture, feet and reproduction are related, for example, it is recorded in the "Shi Ji Zhou Benji", "Jiang Yuan went out of the wilderness, saw the traces of giants ... Practicing and moving like a pregnancy, giving birth to a child in the period...", which means to get pregnant and give birth after stepping on the footprints of giants, which shows that it is a worship of feet and footprints, and similar worship phenomena are also found in Western culture. As a result, experts speculate that the red footprints on the lid of the coffin are a beautiful wish for the prosperity of the people, perhaps the footprints left by the slippery concubine to pray for the blessing of future generations.
Until now, the study of the Yancang Badger Tomb has continued, and experts have made new discoveries in the interpretation of the red footprints, but they have also caused a lot of controversy. It can be seen that the mysterious red footprints have indeed brought a lot of trouble to experts, but I believe that experts will be able to give a reasonable explanation.