In ancient times, digging up the graves of people's ancestors and cutting off people's feng shui was a very serious matter. In contemporary times, before the construction of large-scale construction, it is necessary to carry out archaeological excavations of some ancient tombs. The former "prohibition of digging" is a kind of protection, and the latter "archaeological digging" is also a kind of protection.
On January 11, 2022, the 8th edition of the Jiangnan Evening News published a social news article with the headline: "Someone robbed the tomb near the tomb of Taibo hongshan?" It is actually an archaeological exploration and the area to be excavated is 1500 square meters.
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The news said that in 2021, the Wuxi Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Center was commissioned by the Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics to conduct archaeological investigation and exploration of the A and B plots on both sides of Hongshan Street to Xian Road. Among them, plot A found ancient tombs, wells, Spring and Autumn period ruins, an area of more than 4,000 square meters; plot B also found many ancient tombs. Subsequently, the Cultural Relics Department of wuxi Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (Cultural Relics Bureau) organized relevant personnel to hold a coordination meeting on the protection of cultural relics in plots A and B on both sides of Zhixian Road. The meeting clearly excavated the ancient tombs and ancient sites that have been discovered, and the proposed excavation area is 1500 square meters.
Originally, some netizens found the "hole" punched in the exploration process, thinking that it was a "pirate hole", and reported it to the relevant departments on the Internet, and the reporter of Jiangnan Evening News conducted an interview based on this clue and made this news report.
According to the news report of jiangnan evening news, the plot of land to be excavated in Wuxi is near the tomb of Tabor. Moreover, the early exploration also confirmed that there are ancient tombs in this area, which are the sites of the Spring and Autumn Period. That's exciting. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu was once very prosperous. However, the prosperity of the State of Wu was very short-lived, and most of the memories of the State of Wu since then remain only in the limited historical record. Can this archaeological excavation in Wuxi unearth some rare cultural relics of the ancient Wu kingdom, or even dig out a large number of "books" such as bamboo and wood? If these things can really be excavated, then this archaeological excavation in Wuxi will sensationalize the whole country and even the world.
Online photo, the ruins of Lucheng City at the junction of Xichang
After Taibo ben Wu, he settled in Wuxi, and his descendants Wu Wang Shoumeng began to claim the title of king, and the "wang capital" should be nearby. Shou Meng had a son named Ji Zha, who was enfeoffed in Yanling, the area around present-day Changzhou. Changzhou, also known as Yanling, regards Jizha as the humanistic ancestor of the city. Shou Meng had a grandson who was king of Wu, Lu Lu, who ordered Wu Zixu to build the "big city" which is today's Suzhou City. In this calculation, whether it is Changzhou City or Suzhou City, it is Taibo Yuyin, so it makes sense to regard Taibo as the humanistic ancestor of Su Xichang. Then the tomb of Taibo can naturally be called "Su Xi Changzu Tomb".
According to historical records, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the dispute between Jin and Chu was very fierce. In order to "attack from afar and close to the attack", the State of Jin began to "assist" the State of Wu on a large scale, allowing the State of Wu to contain the State of Chu behind the State of Chu and form a posture of "pinching" the State of Chu with the State of Jin. Therefore, in the ancient tombs of the Wu Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is very likely that important cultural relics, classics and books of the Central Plains jin state will appear. If there is a treasure like the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" unearthed, it is amazing!
This archaeological excavation in Wuxi is worth paying attention to!