The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was a controversial historical figure. After he became the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, he did not go to the dynasty for more than 30 years, but he did not lose his power, and he has been sitting firmly in the Forbidden City, ruling the whole world as an emperor.
In 1620, the Wanli Emperor died hastily due to a physical rout at the age of 58. After his son Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, the chancellor held a solemn funeral for the Wanli Emperor.
In October of the same year, the Wanli Emperor was sent to the Ming Tombs for burial. Since then, the Ming Tombs have gone through 400 years of ups and downs, been destroyed and rebuilt many times, and encountered many lamentable tribulations.
In 1957, the Ming Tomb was revived due to excavations by the archaeological department. In this excavation, archaeologists unearthed more than 3,000 precious historical artifacts.
Among them, there is a 400-year-old emperor's pure gold hat, which uses very high craftsmanship, the only one in the country, and it is a well-deserved national treasure.
This pure gold hat is now commonly known as the Golden Silk Wing Crown, and when it was unearthed by experts, it quickly attracted the attention of everyone present.
From the appearance point of view, the Golden Silk Wing Crown can be divided into 3 parts, they are "Front House", "Back Mountain" and "Two Corners".
Among them, the "front room" part refers to the hat shell part of the hat, which should use the process of "weaving lanterns".
Archaeologists carefully analyzed it from top to bottom, and were surprised to find that the raw material for compiling the golden silk wing crown was actually 518 fine gold wires, and its diameter was only about 0.2 mm.
For ordinary people, 0.2 mm of gold wire is a tricky item that is difficult to fiddle with, but the craftsmen who make the golden silk wing crown have used this material to weave a beautiful work of art.
After the molding, the golden silk wing crown is evenly distributed in the pattern gaps, there is no small knot in the middle, and the gaps are dense and consistent, which looks particularly delicate.
Archaeologists have said with great emotion that the ancients did not have sophisticated instruments to assist in operations, and it is difficult to imagine how they compiled the golden silk wing crown, which is really surprising.
The "back mountain" of the golden silk wing good crown is also a very special part, and in front of it is a wonderful "Two Dragon Play Pearl Diagram".
Even people who do not understand art can see its extraordinary features after seeing the "Erlong Drama Pearl Diagram" on the crown of the Golden Silk Wing.
In fact, this "Erlong Play Pearl Diagram" is indeed a very special part, according to experts, it should be the most difficult part to make for the Golden Silk Wing Good Crown.
After in-depth identification, experts found that the two dragons on the hat were not a whole, but were separated to make the dragon head, dragon body, dragon claws and other parts, and then welded together with a special process to form two seemingly complete dragons.
The most amazing thing is that these two dragons also use 8400 "dragon scales". These things are glued to piece by piece, and even the top craftsmen need to spend a lot of time and energy to complete this difficult task in a state of high mental concentration.
The "two horns" of the golden silk wing crown are often referred to as the "yarn hat wings", which look like two rabbit ears.
In general, this golden silk wing crown of the Wanli Emperor is not only precious in material, but also uses superb crafts such as drawing silk and weaving, which has high artistic value and research value.
According to experts, there is currently only one such hat in our country, so it is a well-deserved national treasure that must be carefully guarded and not allowed to cause any damage.
The value of the Golden Silk Wing Good Crown is beyond doubt, it has long been recognized by all walks of life, but there is still some controversy about its use.
Some scholars believe that the ancients have always been dead as if they were alive, and the golden silk wing crown unearthed from the Ming Ding Mausoleum should be something used by the tomb owner Wanli Emperor before his death.
Hu Hansheng, a former researcher at beijing's Ming Tombs, believes that the golden silk wing crown should be something worn by the Wanli Emperor in the summer. If it is a special funerary, it should be worn on the remains of the Wanli Emperor. However, from the archaeological site, the Golden Silk Wing Crown was not worn on the body of the Wanli Emperor, but was placed elsewhere.
Hu Hansheng's views have been recognized by some people, but also questioned by many people. Opponents insist that the Golden Silk Wing Crown is a burial vessel.
In order to emphasize their own rhetoric, those who hold opposing views have been given three reasons. First, the portrait of the Wanli Emperor did not wear the image of a golden silk wing. Second, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there is no precedent and record of emperors wearing golden silk wing crowns. Third, the golden hat such as the golden silk wing good crown is easy to absorb light and heat, and is not suitable for wearing in the summer.
The views of both sides have some truth and cannot convince each other. Therefore, the real use of the Golden Silk Wing Crown is still somewhat controversial.
After the golden silk wing crown was excavated, it was carefully protected by archaeologists because of its great value. After several turns, it was sent to the Nanjing Museum and became the core collection of the department. Compared with the Golden Silk Wing Shanguan, the encounters of other items unearthed from the Ming Ding Tomb were much sadder.
When archaeologists carried out protective excavations of the Ming Tombs, in addition to the discovery of the Golden Silk Wing Crown, a large number of silk fabrics and works of art were also found.
When these things are seen again, they look bright and beautiful, and even those who do not know how to identify cultural relics can easily see that they are very precious treasures.
Unfortunately, these treasures have not been preserved intact. When archaeologists excavated the Ming Ding Tombs, there was still some lack of work experience, and there was not enough equipment to carry out special protection for cultural relics.
As a result, these treasures were quickly oxidized, some items only faded a little because of their fine texture, and some things became "ashes" directly because of their fragile texture.
To this day, only a small part of the treasures unearthed from the Ming Ding Mausoleum has been preserved intact, and the other treasures have been seriously damaged irreparably due to improper preservation.
What is even more criticized is that after the archaeologists excavated the Ming Ding Mausoleum, they did not properly dispose of the bones of the Wanli Emperor and the two empresses, but just casually put them aside, and their golden silk nan wooden coffins were also thrown out at will.
Later, some farmers took away the abandoned coffins because they needed to burn fires to cook. The remains of the Wanli Emperor and the two empresses were also cremated.
The excavation of the Ming Ding Mausoleum, because of its many mistakes, has been called "the greatest archaeological tragedy in history" by many people. In order to avoid the recurrence of the same problem, the relevant departments clearly stipulate that if it is not necessary in the future, the imperial tomb cannot be excavated on its own initiative.