There is a saying in the "Epic of Arias": The ancient tomb Cui Wei about Lu Qi, the song is transmitted to the present day.
As we all know, China has a long history and a very deep cultural heritage, and in the process of modern Chinese social development, based on the emergence of some ancient tombs, we can also have a deeper understanding of the history of ancient China. Generally speaking, when experts find precious tombs, they will be very cautious about excavating them, after all, in the ancient tombs, it is likely to bury many precious historical relics, and these cultural relics are also of vital significance for the construction of China's cultural undertakings.
For the ancients, they attached great importance to their own posthumous affairs, and it is precisely because of this that the emergence of the tomb robbery industry. Once, experts discovered such a special tomb of a Ming Dynasty prince, when, in order to successfully excavate this ancient tomb, experts pumped water for twelve days before draining its burial chamber. What is even more surprising is that although the tomb has not been successfully stolen by tomb thieves, there are traces of modern towels in the tomb. So, what is the origin of this tomb of the Ming Dynasty prince? How did this towel get into the burial chamber?
This Ming Dynasty prince tomb is
Tomb of King Liangzhuang
。 It is reported that the tomb of King Liangzhuang was excavated from mid-April to early May 2001, as a joint tomb of the prince and the concubine, the tomb of the king of Liangzhuang has a very unique burial custom.
Not only that, but the burial items in his tomb are also very rich.
According to the statistics of relevant experts, there are more than 5,300 funerary items excavated in the tomb of King Liangzhuang, of which more than 1,400 precious gold, silver and jade are precious
。 As a tomb of a Prince of the Ming Dynasty, it is a very rare thing to be able to bury such a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, and experts have also found that after comparison,
The specifications of the tomb of King Liangzhuang are second only to the imperial tomb dingling in the Ming Dynasty.
Through the records of the relevant historical books, we can know that
King Liangzhuang was the ninth son of Emperor Akihito
As a prince in the Ming Dynasty society, the status of King Liang Zhuang was naturally very high. Recorded in relevant historical sources,
After the death of King Zhuang of Liangzhuang, he brought all his family wealth into the tomb
Because of this, many tomb robbers also made the tomb of King Liangzhuang their own target for theft.
In the process of excavating the tomb of King Liangzhuang by experts, it was found that there were many traces of tomb robbers in this tomb, and because the entire tomb was soaked below the water surface, the interior of this tomb did not suffer any damage.
then
In order to successfully excavate the tomb of King Liangzhuang, it took the experts twelve days to drain all the water in the tomb
After entering the tomb, the number of funerary items inside it also shocked many archaeologists.
In the process of cleaning up and excavating the tomb of King Liangzhuang, experts suddenly found a very unexpected situation, that is
Inside a passage in the tomb, half of the towels found in modern society were found
。 So, why did there not be any traces of theft inside the tomb of King Liangzhuang, but such a towel was found?
After experts analyzed and calculated the structure of the tomb of King Liangzhuang, it was found that
Perhaps in the past, tomb robbers came to this place and planned to blow up the tomb of King Liangzhuang, and at that time, in order to hide their eyes, the tomb robbers also wrapped the explosives with a towel
。 But what the tomb robbers did not expect was that after blowing up the tomb,
Instead of being removed, the towel was recoiled into the burial chamber by the blasted air waves
In this case, the tomb robber did not successfully enter the tomb and carry out his own theft. In this way, this modern social towel remained in the interior of the tomb of King Liangzhuang, and it was not until archaeologists completely opened it that the towel reappeared in front of everyone.
From this point, it can be seen that the anti-theft performance of the tomb of King Liangzhuang is very good, although throughout the ages, there have been countless tomb robbers who have regarded it as the object of theft, but no one has successfully stolen the countless treasures in the tomb of King Liangzhuang. Those dignitaries and nobles in ancient society attached great importance to their tombs, after all, the tombs buried their entire wealth, if they were easily stolen, it would also be a huge damage to the things behind them.
After the excavation of the cultural relics in the tomb of King Liangzhuang, the museums in Hubei Province also carried out very good protection of these cultural relics.
It is believed that when people see the various precious cultural relics in the tomb of King Liangzhuang, they will also be impressed by the superb craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty society.
epilogue
Through the excavation experience of the tomb of King Liangzhuang, we can find that because of the relatively high status of King Liangzhuang in ancient society, his tomb has naturally become the object of theft by many tomb robbers, and the excavation of the tomb of King Liangzhuang is also of vital significance for the development of Chinese archaeology.
It is believed that in the future days, the tomb of King Liangzhuang will also provide us with more historical research materials, and with its help, our exploration of the Ming Dynasty period can also be further deepened.
Reference: Excavation of the Tomb of King Liangzhuang in the Ming Dynasty