Ancient people feel that the living beings in the world have souls, people will go out of the soul after death, and then the soul will leave the world and go to other places, some people say that the place is the "underworld", and there, the tomb is their place of residence, so the ancient people attach great importance to the construction and maintenance of tombs.
I feel that I should live like before I was born, so the tomb should be the same as before I was born, the same form is impossible, the same specifications, the bed where I slept before I was born, the treasures I liked before I was born, and many things I got before I was born, so the tombs of those who are of high rank and have rights are very prosperous and very normal.
At the end of the twentieth century, in the Xuanhua District of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, a villager from Bali Village was farming not far southeast of Zhang Shiqing's tomb when he found that water was seeping into the land.
After reporting to the Antiquities Bureau, the archaeological team soon came to the site and carried out a conservation excavation. To the surprise of archaeologists, after entering the tomb, there was no encounter with any mechanism, as if the owner of the tomb was waiting for something, and what was even more amazing was that there was a table of "food" inside.
From the epitaph inside the tomb, it can be known that the owner of the tomb is Zhang Wenzao, the leader of the Hao clan in the northern Liao Dynasty, who died in the tenth year of the Xianyong of the Liao Daozong. The tomb is one of the many Liao Dynasty tombs found in this place, the excavated cultural relics have a lot of exquisite murals, and there are many pieces of furniture, which is very rare, the unearthed furniture, for the study of the production of ancient furniture on the mainland, styles, etc., has high historical significance and archaeological value.
In front of the coffin was a wooden table, quite large, with a log basin frame in front of the table. The table is full of food, including yellow glazed and white glazed bowls, lacquered chopsticks and bamboo chopsticks, and the food inside is chestnuts, pears, betel nuts, beans and pasta.
In addition, on the west side of the coffin bed, there are many painted clay pots that contain sorghum. In addition, there are pottery pots, lamp bowls, jars and other daily necessities.
Although most of the food is dried, there are still 30 chestnuts in the placed yellow glaze that are well preserved, the particles are intact, and if you don't see it with your own eyes, who can know that this is an item from the Liao Dynasty period a thousand years ago.
The exquisite murals in the tomb also reflect the exquisite life of the tomb owner, one of which depicts the scene of the feast, and many of the artifacts found in the tomb can also find the same shape in the mural, so experts believe that the identity of the tomb owner is very similar to the mural.
The epitaph in the tomb reads: "If you have entered my grave and read my experiences, then you are all my friends and should treat each other with wine and meat."
Here it can be seen that the owner of the tomb is a cheerful person, with an optimistic and open-minded attitude, but also a person who loves food, this table of thousands of years ago, that is, the tomb owner is looking forward to the future generations will visit his tomb one day.
In fact, excavating ancient tombs will not only be a more comprehensive understanding of history, but also an exploration of the life of ancient people, such as this table of delicacies can be seen in the fruits and snacks eaten by people in ancient times, we will also eat in modern times, this is a fusion of cultures between thousands of years, but also we get pleasure in the interaction with the ancients. It is possible that after a thousand years, what we leave behind will also bring some fun to future generations.