History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
China has five thousand years of Chinese civilization, in the middle has experienced dozens of dynastic changes, but when it comes to strong dynasties, everyone will think of "strong Han Sheng Tang" for the first time, the Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and during the Tang Dynasty, there were envoys from all countries who came to study and exchange, or the last feudal dynasty ruled by the Han People, Zheng He went to the West, showing the posture of the Ming Dynasty's powerful power. But everyone ignores one dynasty, the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was the most prosperous era of economic, cultural, educational, and scientific innovation in China's history, and the wealth and economy of the Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty.
In the 1970s, the No. 7 Middle School in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, was preparing to expand the playground, and during the construction process, an underground tomb was excavated, and archaeologists who heard the news rushed to the scene. During the investigation, the experts found a robbery hole in the left burial chamber, and the coffin was rotten and had no archaeological value, at which point the archaeological team pinned their hopes on the right burial chamber.
The right burial chamber is well preserved, and after cleaning, the experts found the epitaph and three coffins, and learned the true identity of the tomb owner. The male tomb owner is Zhao Youjun of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the female tomb owner is his wife Huang Sheng and the stepmother Li Shi. The coffins of Zhao and Jun and the stepmother Li shi have rotted, and only Huang Sheng's is still well preserved. Zhao youjun was the eleventh grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, and Huang Sheng's father, Huang Pu, was a champion during the Southern Song Dynasty, and was an official in Quanzhou Zhizhou and tiju City.
Due to his noble status, Huang Sheng's funeral varieties are numerous, but to the surprise of experts, there are 354 pieces of funerary clothing found in Huang Sheng's coffin, covering the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Not only formal clothes, plainclothes, pajamas, satin aya, underwear, etc. are all available. Experts also can't help but sigh: "This is the dress of a noble woman in the Song Dynasty!" "And the craftsmanship of this batch of clothing is very superb." Experts also said that this is the only Southern Song Dynasty embroidery product with complete embroidery technology found in China.
In the Song Dynasty, the silk, linen, wool textile industry and embroidery were very developed. Song Dynasty calligraphy and painting is conducive to the development of embroidery, so that Song embroidery to the altar, the formation of independent decorative embroidery, in the history of Chinese embroidery left a strong ink and color.
The archaeology also restores the living conditions of aristocratic women in the Song Dynasty, and also has a deeper understanding of the laws of material culture and social development.