In November 2001, Xi'an University of Technology Qujiang Campus is in full swing construction, construction workers sweat like rain, suddenly, a worker issued an exclamation, it turned out that he dug a "hole", this hole is not deep, he immediately called other colleagues, because everyone is working in the ancient capital of the 13 dynasties, quickly reacted that it should be dug to the ancient tomb, so immediately notified the cultural relics department.
Soon, archaeologists came to the scene, after their preliminary investigation, determined that this is an ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty, and according to the layout of the site, it can be inferred that there is more than one tomb below, most likely a Tang Dynasty tomb group, and sure enough, the experts' judgment is correct, and there is a huge tomb group buried under the Qujiang campus.
After more than 3 years of excavations, the archaeological team excavated a total of 182 ancient tombs.
It shocked the whole country, and the most eye-catching of them was a man named
Li Qian's princess tomb.
Li Qian, the character Shuxian, is the 5th generation descendant of Li Yuan, the ancestor of Tang Gaozu, the father is Li Jin, the king of Sishu, and the husband is Xuande Lang Hou Mo Chen, according to the epitaph, Li Qian died at the age of 25, the cause of death was difficult childbirth, which made her husband Hou Mo Chen not want to die, personally wrote a heartfelt epitaph for his wife, especially the last sentence"
The wilderness is full of barren grass, and the wind is sad and windy
"I was very sad, and the people present were deeply moved.
After adjusting their emotions, the experts slowly opened Li Wei's coffin, and for a moment, even the knowledgeable archaeologists were stunned - only to see Li Wei's skull, quietly lying on a gorgeous phoenix crown, on the phoenix crown
Almost all the decorative materials that could be used in the Tang Dynasty were used
Like what
Turquoise, amber, rubies, agate and more
, even used the feathers of the emerald bird,
It is not difficult to imagine how beloved Li Was at that time.
Experts have sighed: people who can deserve such a phoenix crown must be the national color and heavenly fragrance!
The only pity is that due to thousands of years of time, many decorative materials on the crown have fallen, so experts can only carefully collect these jewelry one by one, ready to restore it. At that time, experts asserted that if this crown could be restored well, then it would become
"The most beautiful phoenix crown in China".
To this end, the state set up a special restoration team, invited the best craftsmen in the country that year, discussed for nearly 1 year, only to draw its first restoration map, but everyone is still not satisfied, think it should be more gorgeous, German cultural relics restoration experts heard about this matter, not far away to China, took the initiative to join the restoration team, after the strong and powerful, the restoration of Li Qianfengguan finally made progress.
In 2010, that is
After 9 years, the phoenix crown was finally repaired,
Officially met with everyone, when Li Qianfengguan first appeared in the exhibition, it caused a sensation in the whole world, it is reported that
The crown weighs about 800 grams, is 42 cm high, has more than 480 ornaments, and the smallest gold bead on it, only 0.1 mm, can be seen with a microscope.
Under the lights, the phoenix crown flashes a charming brilliance, so beautiful that people seem to dream back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, there is another exciting news that researchers from the School of Information Science and Technology of Beijing Normal University have successfully restored the appearance of the princess.