Ming Dynasty court jewelry is also very gorgeous and exquisite, today we come to appreciate an ordinary prince funeral products that have no great name in history, he was removed after his death because he did not have a son to inherit his title, but it did not affect his gorgeous funeral products after his death, in the same grade of excavated prince tombs, the number of his burial gold and jade belts exceeded that of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and six of the seven existing golden hats in the country were actually his, and he was the Ming Dynasty - Liang Zhuang Wang.
The tomb of King Liangzhuang was a joint tomb with Princess Wei, which was excavated in Hubei, because the tomb robbers were forced to rescue excavations after several times and three times of stalking and excavation, according to historical records, King Liangzhuang was buried by Zhu Zhanyao, the ninth son of Emperor Akihito, because of illness.
The excavation of the tomb has also caused quite a stir, because the tomb products are very rich, jewelry and jade are available, porcelain is also very rich, there are more than 5100 pieces, these gold and silver, jade can be measured in kilograms, respectively, gold 200 kilograms, silver 400 kilograms, jade 800 kilograms. The gemstones used for setting are very valuable and include four major gemstones: red sapphire, emerald, and golden emerald, all of which are gemstones from abroad, which is enough to see the luxury of this tomb jewelry.
This is only a prince, but comparable to the emperor's funeral, such a large-scale luxury jewelry burial in the excavated Tombs of all the princes of the Ming Dynasty, this is the first case, these jewelry jade jewelry is today seems to be very exquisite craftsmanship, very exquisite production.
Zhu Zhanyuan, the king of Liangzhuang, was a prince who was sealed in Zhongxiang, Hubei during the Ming Dynasty, only the prominent lineage is that his father is the emperor, his brother is the emperor, and his grandfather is the emperor, so the bloodline is absolutely pure, if it were not for the fact that his tomb was excavated and the collection was so surprising, the legend about him would not be mentioned by anyone. Perhaps he was so low-key during his lifetime that historians do not record much of his life.
Archaeologists once put the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun's Dingling and Liangzhuang King's tomb, excavated cultural relics for a rough comparison, this is the comparison between the emperor and the prince, only the gold and jade belt wanli emperor is 12, and the Liangzhuang king is 13, everyone knows that in ancient times there was a strict hierarchy, which shows that this prince is also very not simple.
The belt of jade
Gold-encrusted Wada jade belt
Gold-set gemstone bands
Is this perverse funeral that transcends the emperor "trespassing"? There is only one situation that can be explained, that is, it was rewarded, because the emperor especially liked this younger brother, so the rewards given to him were very rich, and the historical evidence is that in 1441, the King of Liang died of illness at the age of thirty, and Emperor Yingzong was very sad that he did not go to the court for three days, which shows that the emperor is sincere brotherly for the king of Liang.
Because it is a joint burial tomb, the burial items of the princess are also very exquisite.
The tomb of King Liangzhuang is wrapped in gold and inlaid with gemstones
Golden pot, golden pot, golden chopsticks, golden spoon, golden lord
royal crown
Too much jewelry can make future generations feast their eyes, these jewelry for us are a priceless noble wealth, the Ming Dynasty as a pivotal dynasty in this history, these jewelry is a witness to the glorious history, but also through time and space to appreciate the jewelry culture, the protection of cultural relics is everyone's inheritance of ancient jewelry culture.