There is an ancient saying that "things die as things are born", and the simple understanding is that the "life" after death (of the ancients) should be the same as before they were born; of course, in today's developed science and technology, this statement is naturally nonsense, but in the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, the meaning is different.
Friends who study history may know that the "wind of thick burial" arose in the Qin and Han Dynasties, not to mention the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, even a relatively enlightened monarch like Emperor Wu of Han also built a mausoleum for himself early, and its construction time even spanned "a lifetime"; the Book of Han records that "(the mausoleum of Emperor Wu of Han) hides more money and property, birds, animals, fish and turtles, cattle, tigers, leopards, birds, and all hundreds and ninety things" The degree of luxury is not much to say, just imagine.
Of course, the "wind of thick burial" is not limited to Emperor Wu of han, which can be summarized as follows, but the tombs of the officials and eunuchs of the Han Dynasty were basically "thick burials", and this custom even spread to the people at that time; there is a story in the Book of Later Han: "(Cui) was a pawn, selling the farmhouse, raising the tomb, and erecting a monument to praise." Buried, exhausted assets, because of poverty, to brew and sell fish as a business. ”
The text is relatively easy to understand, roughly saying: Cui Yuan's father died, in order to bury his father thickly, "Cui Yuan" sold the family's land and houses, and finally made himself destitute; of course, in addition to the "Book of Later Han", similar to the "Salt and Iron Theory" also recorded the han Dynasty people, in order to "bury" the ancestors to show filial piety, and finally tossed the living "hair house to sell business".
The "filial piety" of the ancients may not be understood by today's people, but it is certain that so many gold and silver treasures are buried in the ground, and "recruiting thieves" is inevitable; this leads to the legendary "General of the Fa Qiu Zhonglang" and "Lieutenant of Touching Gold", such people are collectively called "Tufuzi".
For more than 2,000 years, Tufuzi has committed crimes everywhere, resulting in today's Han tomb "ten rooms and nine empty", which is also the most painful place for archaeologists; theoretically, the Han tomb "burial" more than 2,000 years ago, any one, to this day is called a national treasure level cultural relics, daxing thick burial of the Han Dynasty, its ancient tomb "ten rooms and nine empty", how much national treasure lost ah.
Of course, the ancients also adopted many measures for Tufuzi, such as the setting up of various organs in the tomb, similar to the quicksand array, Stonehenge of the Han Dynasty tombs, today's archaeological discoveries are also many; in 2006, the "Hewu High-speed Railway" Anhui Lu'an Changgang Village section, in the process of construction, found a Han Dynasty tomb.
As mentioned earlier, in the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, the funerary items in the ancient tombs are called "national treasure cultural relics" today; therefore, this rescue excavation, the archaeological team is also more active, hoping to find what "national treasure" from this ancient tomb.
But as mentioned earlier, today's Han Dynasty tombs are already "ten rooms and nine empty", and the same is true of the ancient tombs discovered in 2006; when the archaeological team just cleared a mound, someone immediately found two robbery holes with a diameter of about one meter, which made the experts' hearts half cold.
But since it is a "rescue" excavation, it is always necessary to clean up this Han Dynasty tomb completely, so although the archaeologists are unwilling, they still have to continue to complete the work in hand; the surprise is always in an instant, and the cleaning of several months has not been in vain, and a "big cultural relic" has been excavated, that is, the legendary "yellow intestine inscription".
Speaking of "yellow intestine inscription", friends who have studied history and culture may know that this "large cultural relic" was a burial instrument for the emperor in the Han Dynasty; of course, meritorious ministers and members of the imperial family can also use the "yellow intestine inscription", but they need the emperor's "gift".
Now unearthed "yellow intestine inscription", indicating that the owner of this Ancient Tomb of the Han Dynasty must be a big person, if not "Emperor", at least a "King of the Domain"; sure enough, with the deepening of excavations, the archaeological team has found a broken epitaph, combined with the records of local ancient records, experts can basically determine that the owner of this ancient tomb is the mausoleum of Liu Qing, the "King of Liu'an Gong" of the Western Han Dynasty.
Needless to say, only from the surname of "Liu" can also see the prominent identity of this "King of Lu'an". In the folk, "Liu Qing" is a well-known figure, it is said that he not only left the ancient science and technology book "Huainan Zi", and even "tofu" was invented by him; but in history, "Liu Qing" is nothing special, his identity is revered, mainly "son inherits the father's business"; Liu Qing's father is called "Liu Ji", his identity is more special, is the half-brother of Emperor Wu of Han.
In any case, "Liu Qing" is the nephew of Emperor Wu of Han, and it is still reasonable to reward a "yellow intestine inscription"; archaeologists have found "yellow intestine inscription", in fact, this is already a major discovery, no one expected, more surprising is still behind.
According to the ritual system of the Han Dynasty, the "yellow intestine inscription" and the Zi Palace, the convenient room, the outer Tibetan rafter, the golden jade robe, etc. are necessary components of the imperial tomb; the so-called "inscription", according to the records, began in ancient times, and was used on a large scale in the Zhou Dynasty, that is, the rafters were stacked with yellow heart cypress wood (yellow intestine) into a frame structure, and the wooden fangs were stacked layer by layer, and did not need to be fixed with mortise and mortise.
"Yellow intestine inscription" not only reflects the noble status of the tomb owner, but also has the role of protecting the coffin; of course, since it is "for the emperor", its scale is naturally very huge, taking the "yellow intestine inscription" unearthed in Beijing Dabaotai as an example, only "yellow heart cypress wood" used 15880 roots, and even found the "yellow intestine inscription" made of golden silk nan wood.
Therefore, the "Yellow Intestine Inscription" itself is a national treasure cultural relic. The yellow intestine inscription found in the "Tomb of the King of Lu'an" is even more special, not only is it a cultural relic, but also protects other "national treasures"; originally, in the coffin in the eastern corner of the "Yellow Intestine Inscription", the archaeological team found more than 200 cultural relics, including many bronzes, pottery, jade, etc. with inscriptions, as well as a large number of five baht coins.
How come these treasures have not been targeted by the "Tufuzi"? This is the credit of the "yellow intestine problem". After all, "Tufuzi" is a thief, and he does not dare to act too ostentatiously, so even if he enters the ancient tomb, he also takes something in a hurry and leaves; then say "yellow intestine problem", the structure itself is complex, Tufuzi then "drills" in to find the treasure, and the delay is too much.
Therefore, some archaeologists praised the "yellow intestine inscription" as the best anti-theft plan; but if you think about it, the use of "yellow intestine inscription" to protect other cultural relics does not mean that "other cultural relics" are more precious than "yellow intestine inscription"?