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Jiangsu 1 male and 4 female burial tomb, unearthed 800 million worth of "golden cicadas", experts: romantic love

Man is a very affectionate and fickle animal, as long as he likes it or wants to make it his own, or it is precisely because of this characteristic of man that the unreasonable policy of "three wives and four concubines" appeared in ancient times. In the archaeological history of our country, experts have also excavated many joint burial tombs of wives and concubines, which have made great contributions to the study of China's ancient marriage system. For example, in the Wufeng Mountain in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, 1 man and 4 women husband and wife joint burial mausoleum, the tomb also unearthed a value of 800 million "golden cicadas", the ancient feudal society love and marriage perfectly presented, even experts said: romantic love.

Jiangsu 1 male and 4 female burial tomb, unearthed 800 million worth of "golden cicadas", experts: romantic love

In the early 1950s, archaeologists in China found a large number of ancient cemeteries at the foot of Wufeng Mountain in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, with the speculation that there may be cultural relics, experts carried out archaeological excavations of these ancient tombs, but the disappointment is that these ancient tombs are all tombs of ancient civilians, and there are many robbery holes in the tombs, and there are no valuable cultural relics at all. Just when the experts were disappointed, an expert found a relatively intact tomb near the ancient tomb, according to the preliminary judgment should be the ancient tomb of the Ming Dynasty, the preservation situation is much better than other ancient tombs, and no trace of the tomb robber was found.

Jiangsu 1 male and 4 female burial tomb, unearthed 800 million worth of "golden cicadas", experts: romantic love

The experts present at the discovery were all surprised and immediately excavated it for rescue. Through excavation, it was found that this ancient tomb turned out to be a husband and wife burial tomb of 1 man and 4 women. So who is the owner of this ancient tomb? According to the browsing epitaph, the male tomb owner of this ancient tomb is named Zhang Anwan, a jinshi during the Ming Dynasty, and the three women outside the name are his wife and concubines. There are certain records about Jinshi in the history of our country, but experts have not found any information about Zhang Anwan when consulting the scientific research materials of the Ming Dynasty, but these are not important, perhaps it is precisely because of his infamy that his ancient tomb is still preserved intact after a thousand years.

Jiangsu 1 male and 4 female burial tomb, unearthed 800 million worth of "golden cicadas", experts: romantic love

As the best-preserved ancient tomb in the mass burial post, Zhang Anwan's tomb was not excavated by stolen tomb thieves, the structure of the tomb was very well preserved, and there was no trace of cultural relics being moved. Although the cultural relics are all there, it is a pity that the historical value of these cultural relics is not high, and there is no market value, so they have not been valued. But when the experts opened the coffin of the concubine, they were amazed by the scene in front of them, only to see that one of the concubines was wearing a very delicate hairpin on his head, this hairpin was called "Golden Cicada Jade Leaf", and the overall appearance was a golden cicada made of gold that was creeping on top of a jade leaf, and at the bottom of the jade leaf was a silver hairpin.

Jiangsu 1 male and 4 female burial tomb, unearthed 800 million worth of "golden cicadas", experts: romantic love

In the ancient period of our country, the hairpin represents love, and the beloved person will choose a beautiful hairpin to give to the sweetheart when they promise each other for life, in order to express their sincerity and expectations for the future. And the appearance of this hairpin on the concubine is enough to show that this hairpin is a promise of love, a testimony to the love of the male tomb owner and the concubine. Wrapped in this small hairpin is a man's heart, even if the other party is a concubine underground does not hinder the breeding of love, even experts say: romantic love. Indeed, only the beloved can wear the hairpin is indeed romantic, according to experts, such material cultural relics in China is the first time to find, the value in the market is at least worth 800 million sky-high.

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