Hubei found 31 square meters of the main burial chamber, but cleaned out more than 5,000 rare treasures, experts: unimaginable
China's history and culture have a long history, of which the birthplace of Chinese civilization is in the Yellow River Basin, where many historical civilizations with profound cultural heritage have been bred. For example, the ancient ruins excavated by archaeologists: the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the tomb of Mawangdui Han and so on.
Among the many ancient tombs, today we want to introduce a very famous ancient tomb for you - the tomb of King Liangzhuang! Unlike other ancient tombs, although the main burial chamber is only 31 square meters, there are many funerary items in this tomb, and the gold and silver jewelry alone has reached more than 5,000 pieces, which is really valuable!
Some people questioned: "The King of Liang is the ancient tomb of a prince, is his funerary items more than the burial items of the emperor's tomb?" "Don't look at this as a royal tomb, but the funeral specifications are no worse than the tombs of the emperors of previous dynasties, especially the number of funerary products, so rich is really an enemy country!" So what are the funerary items in the tomb of King Liang, and how many are there?
In fact, the tomb of King Liang has not escaped the patronage of tomb robbers, because the tomb of King Liang was seriously damaged by tomb thieves, so in 2001, local archaeologists in Hubei directly carried out rescue excavations of King Liang's tomb. In the process of excavation, relevant archaeologists confirmed that the tomb of King Liang was buried with the princess.
Compared with other ancient tombs, the ancient tomb of Liang Wang has a relatively unique burial custom, and by exploring the relevant funerary items, archaeologists can directly judge that this is the joint burial tomb of Zhu Zhan'an and Wei Fei. Zhu Zhan'an was the great-grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, the younger brother of Zhu Zhanji, and the only Liang king of the Ming Dynasty.
In the process of excavation, archaeologists have excavated more than 5,000 funerary artifacts, and among the many funerary objects, gold, silver, jade and beaded gemstones account for the majority, and the gemstones are not only well preserved, but also very numerous. Brilliant and radiant, it can be described as full of gold and jade, pearlescent and precious.
The structure of King Liang's tomb is comparable to that of the imperial tomb, not only the underground palace, but also the northern half of the base site of the inner and outer garden, and the entire building is gone. Just from some of the broken bricks and tiles scattered on the ground, you can see that the tomb of King Liang is majestic and golden. From these appearances, we can see that the fiefdom where King Liang was located at that time should have been very rich.
Many people will wonder, how can a little king have so many gold and silver jewelry and funerary items? Even the cemetery is so imposing? In the relevant historical materials, we learn that Zheng He brought back a lot of jewelry from the West, but these jewels have not been displayed to the public.
Even in the imperial palace, some of the imperial relatives had never seen this object, did not know what they looked like, and did not know where these treasures were placed? King Zhuang of Liang can be said to be the lowest rank among many princes. In his tomb, more than 5,000 cultural relics can be excavated, which can be seen that in the emperor's mind, he still attaches great importance to King Liang zhuang.
Fortunately, although the tomb of King Liangzhuang was patronized by tomb thieves, because there was a lot of water in the tomb of King Liangzhuang, the entire tomb could be soaked in water, so these gold and silver jewels were not stolen by tomb thieves.
At that time, during the rescue excavation, archaeologists pumped water outward for 12 days. The water was pumped clean, and more than 5,000 precious cultural relics were all revealed to the world. The era in which King Liang Zhuang and Concubine Wei lived coincided with the prosperity of Zheng He's voyage to the West.
It is not difficult to see that the discovery of the tomb of King Liangzhuang has given archaeologists another valuable research material.