Archaeological work has also made a qualitative leap forward with the support of the current rapid development of science and technology, not only to maximize the protection of cultural relics, but also to restore the original with the help of science and technology, but in the face of the wisdom of the ancients, it still seems to have some strength, and in the first excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb, there have been many losses. Half of the coffin liquid was dumped because of lack of understanding, a paint case that was badly damaged because of improper command, part of the collapse of tomb no. 2 caused by prematurely pushing off the sealing soil, and the most regrettable thing is that a bowl of lotus soup that has been preserved for thousands of years disappeared on the spot, and now only a photo captured on the spot can confirm this incredible wisdom of the ancients.
According to scholars' calculations, the Mawangdui Han Tomb was completed around the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, and Lady Xin Chai died and was buried around 165 BC. It has been more than 2,100 years since the excavation of this Han tomb. The unearthing of Mrs. Xin Chai's body is still intact, the skin of the whole body is moist and elastic, the hair is complete, the fingerprints of the hand are clear, and there are some joints that can be moved. All of these shocked the world and became a major miracle in the archaeological community at that time, and Mrs. Xin Chai was also known as the "Millennium Sleeping Beauty".
The protection of Mrs. Xin Chai's body is puzzling, and at the same time, many daily eating utensils have been unearthed, and there are hundreds of kinds of tableware and utensils alone, and many tableware also contain various cereals and fruits, and even prepared dishes. In the tomb of Xin Chai, a cloud pattern lacquer was unearthed, and experts did not expect that after opening it, it was a real lotus soup from 2,100 years ago. Although the sour smell is overwhelming, the juice and nearly ten lotus root slices are still clearly visible. Just when the experts were excited to move, tragedy occurred, when Ding was moved outside the tomb, the lotus film melted in front of people's eyes like a movie special effect, and by the time it came to the museum, it had all disappeared and was irretrievable. Only a snap photo of the opening of the lid proves that the miracle really existed.
What method did the ancients use to make the lotus tablets unmelted for thousands of years? This is the same reason why Mrs. Xin Chai's body is not decomposed. Some people speculate that this is related to the depth of the tomb, the entire burial chamber is more than 20 meters from the surface, coupled with the layers of protection such as lacquer and burial chamber, which plays a relatively vacuum preservation role, and the lotus flakes and corpses have been preserved for more than 2,100 years.
So what made it disappear like magic? Experts conclude that it may be that the oscillation of the handling makes its fiber decompose, but some people point out that the more critical thing should be that the lacquer is not uncovered in a special chamber, there is an intrusion of air and light in the tomb, and the environment where the lotus tablets are stored reacts violently with air pressure, temperature, light, etc. at the moment of opening the lid, and the physical and chemical effects are rapidly accelerated. If the storage has been subject to quantitative changes due to the suitability and stability of the environment for more than 2,100 years, then the destruction of the environment will produce qualitative changes in an instant. With such an understanding, it is also reasonable for the millennium lotus tablets to be short-lived. While all we see is a calm melting, their molecular structure must have undergone a seismic shift.