Princess Fuqing was the eighth daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is said that she was beautiful in appearance, exquisite in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was a talented woman who was the best in the world. Moreover, Princess Fuqing was very intelligent and often advised Zhu Yuanzhang and helped him solve many difficult problems. Therefore, in the records of the historians, Princess Fuqing is still a female Haojie with the talent to rule the world.
Although Princess Fuqing was the daughter of Princess Zheng An, not as honorable as Princess Huaiqing, who was consorted by the Empress, Ming Taizu still liked this daughter very much. When Princess Fuqing was 15 years old, Zhu Yuanzhang married her to Zhang Lin, a donkey horse, and the relationship between the husband and wife was also very good, and Princess Fuqing also gave birth to a son Zhang Kejun for her husband.
Unfortunately, Zhang Lin died early, Princess Fuqing was widowed for many years, and died in Yongle in 15 years, when she was only 48 years old, which was a relatively short-lived princess. Two years later, Princess Fuqing's son Zhang Kejun also died and was buried in the tomb of Princess Fuqing.
The discovery process and scale of the Tomb of the Eight Princesses
In 1998, the tomb of Princess Fuqing and her son Zhang Kejun was excavated in the Yuhuatai District of Nanjing, also known as the Tomb of the Eight Princesses. The Tomb of the Eight Princesses is the largest and most complete tomb of Ming Dynasty princesses in China.
The Antiquities Bureau excavated and explored many pieces of green glazed glazed tiles and other phoenix-patterned structures in the tombs, as well as many other items. In 2006, the tomb of Princess Fuqing was announced as a protection unit of Nanjing, and the exploration and protection of the tomb of Princess Fuqing is of great significance for exploring and understanding the funeral rites of the Ming Dynasty.
The tomb of Princess Fuqing is rectangular and larger, divided into two rooms. Although the two worlds are connected, there is a partition wall in the middle, and there is a decaying wooden door. The sarcophagus is placed in the back room, and the east and west south of the back room are covered with niches. Specific measurements of the tomb of Princess Defuqing are 9.35 meters long and 4.2 meters wide. The bottom of the sarcophagus in the tomb is 2.87 meters long, 1.60 meters wide and 0.6 meters high.
The living inside the tomb and the final disposition
In the process of excavating the tomb of Princess Fuqing, a particularly outrageous thing occurred - there were living people in the cemetery. For a time, rumors were rife, some people said that the princess was resurrected, and some people said that it was a tomb keeper who waited for a thousand years.
In fact, the truth of the matter is very simple: the tomb of Princess Fuqing is inhabited only by migrant workers who come to Nanjing to work and have no place to live. They laid the bed on the sarcophagus and spent the whole day in the cold sarcophagus, sleeping with the dead a thousand years ago.
When the chengguan came to drive away, he asked in detail about the situation. These workers said that they were forced to live here, the big city hotel is expensive, renting a house is more expensive, not to mention that they have just come, there is no way to find a job in this city, there is a place to stay, so they can only squeeze here to make up.
It is said that there are more than 20 living people living in the tomb of Princess Fuqing, and for these people, there is no place to live, and it is a painful thing to have to stay in the tomb all day. For Princess Fuqing, who has been buried for 600 years, it is also not very pleasant to be suddenly disturbed by so many people.
However, the urban management problem is quite heartwarming. They looked specifically for migrant workers to find cheap hotels they could afford. After these people left, the tomb of Princess Fuqing was also completely protected.