King Zhan of Liangzhuang, the ninth son of Emperor Renzong, was enfeoffed by Yongle for twenty-two years. Xuande was in the fourth year of the prefecture of Anlu. Orthodox six years. Childless, sealed. - "History of the Ming Dynasty"
preface
There are not many records in the History of Ming of Liangzhuang, zhu Zhan'an, the ninth son of Zhu Gaozi, and Zhu Zhanji was a half-brother. Zhu Zhan's birth mother was Guo Guifei, the only prince of the Ming Dynasty to be crowned King of Liang, who died of illness at the age of thirty, and his title of childless was also revoked. What people did not expect was that the tomb of King Liang zhuang contained many precious cultural relics.
Tomb robbers Chinese New Year's Eve blow up the tomb at night
The tomb of King Liangzhuang is located in Zhongxiang, Hubei Province, and locals know that there is a tomb of the Ming Dynasty prince, so such an ancient tomb will naturally attract the covetousness of tomb robbers. Chinese like to set off firecrackers in the New Year, there was a group of tomb robbers, taking advantage of the Chinese New Year's Eve night people would come out to set off firecrackers, buried explosives on the mountain, only to hear a loud noise in the Chinese New Year's Eve night, when many people thought it was the sound of firecrackers, this group of tomb robbers used explosives to blast open the tomb of King Liang Zhuang.
Before that, some people had tried to blow up the tomb in the same way, but they had not succeeded before, although the tomb robbers thought they were very clever. He chose to blow up the burial chamber on Chinese New Year's Eve night, but an uncle in long beach town was still very alert. That loud noise attracted the attention of the uncle, and the next morning rushed to the tomb of King Liangzhuang to check it out, and saw a large thief hole, and the uncle immediately reported it to the relevant local departments.
Protective excavations were taken of the tomb of King Liangzhuang
The tomb of King Liangzhuang is a joint tomb, and the tomb robbers who Chinese New Year's Eve night open the tomb of the princess, and the tomb has been robbed by the tomb robbers. The tomb has been opened, and under the auspices of the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, after careful arrangements, a protective excavation of the tomb of King Liangzhuang has been carried out since April 2001.
At that time, the water accumulation in the tomb of King Liangzhuang was very serious, and Chinese was very particular about tombs, not to mention the tomb of a prince, and the problem of water accumulation was very rare. Although it is not known what caused the tomb of King Liangzhuang to become a "water tomb", if the accumulated water is not cleaned up, it will be difficult to complete the excavation of the tomb of King Liangzhuang. At that time, a water pump was also transferred to drain the water in the tomb in half a month, and in order to prevent the tomb from collapsing, the excavation of the tomb was opened after reinforcement.
More than 5,000 precious cultural relics were rescued
King Zhuang of Liangzhuang had no sons, and although the Ming Dynasty did not advocate thick burials, Zhu Zhan'an, who had no heirs, chose to bury all the treasures underground and bury them with him. There are more than 5,000 treasures in the tomb of King Liangzhuang, and many of them are very precious cultural relics, and when the tomb is opened, there are gold, silver and jade everywhere, lying there quietly and shining with dazzling light.
There are also many precious porcelain in the tomb, among which the blue and white dragon pattern porcelain clock is the top of the porcelain, and it is not too much to describe it as a valuable one. A gold-encrusted gemstone hat is even rarer in the world, the base is made of gold and some small gemstones, and the top has a 200-carat sapphire crystal clear, this sapphire is also the largest sapphire in existence. After estimation, the total value of the cultural relics of the tomb of King Liangzhuang is enough to buy a small country, and the discovery of so many cultural relics is also a great joy for the archaeological community.
summary
Although the tomb of King Liangzhuang has the problem of "soaking water", it also protects the tomb to a certain extent from being destroyed by stolen tomb thieves. Although Zhu Yuanzhang explicitly forbade the thick burial of the prince in order to prevent the tomb from being stolen, Zhu Zhanji still buried Zhu Zhanyuan thickly, and it can be seen from the burial items that the friendship between their brothers is very deep.
Among the cultural relics of the tomb of King Liangzhuang, some precious gemstones such as emerald gems and opals should be the things that are paid tribute from abroad. Among the burial items are also the golden pots and gold nuggets given by the emperor, and among these things are the items that Zheng He brought back from the West, which can be said that the richness of cultural relics is also eye-opening.
【References】History of the Ming Dynasty
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