Speaking of the more well-known Western Han Tombs, the Mawangdui Western Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, is definitely one of the most famous, since it was excavated, it has been attracting people's attention, and its reputation is not only well-known in China, but also heard of by people abroad.
As we all know, after two years of meticulous excavation, many national treasure-level cultural relics have been unearthed in the Mawangdui in Changsha, the most famous of which is the body of Mrs. Xin Chai and the plain gauze Zen robe as thin as a cicada's wing.
Because the Mawangdui Han Tomb is of great significance to the archaeological community, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has listed it as a key protection object and rated it as one of the world's top ten ancient tombs.
The same is an ancient tomb with important archaeological value, Mawangdui was picked up and protected by everyone, and the Lu'an Shuangdun Han Tomb in Lu'an, Anhui Province, is not so good, the original site has not been effectively protected so far, and countless precious cultural relics have been discarded aside and left untreated.
More than a decade ago, a large Han tomb was discovered in Lu'an, Anhui Province, with a huge seal of land and a full burial chamber of 45 meters, which was a large-scale existence during the same period. The archaeological team rushed to the site for investigation and excavation, and the preliminary judgment was that it should be a tomb of a prince.
After the excavation of the tomb, the archaeologists cleared out a large number of funerary items, a wide variety, in addition to some gold and silver jade, but also unearthed wooden carts and wooden horses and other cultural relics, which shows that the identity of the tomb owner should be quite high.
After careful investigation by experts, it is speculated that the owner of this tomb may be Liu Qing, the first generation of Liu'an King recorded in the Book of Han, and his tomb is of great value to the study of Han history
In addition to funerary items, the archaeologists also found some interesting things in the tomb, which are tomb robbery tools from tomb robbers in the Tang Dynasty. It turned out that this Han tomb had been stolen as early as the Tang Dynasty, and the tomb robbers left behind the tools they had brought after taking away the burial. For modern archaeologists, these "relics" are also rare artifacts.
Because of its high archaeological value, the Lu'an Shuangdun Han Tomb was rated as "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2006", which attracted much attention from the public. In order to protect the original site of this ancient tomb, the high-speed rail even took the initiative to take a detour, and it cost an extra 40 million yuan for this.
However, now that the high-speed rail has been opened to traffic, the Lu'an Han tomb is still not protected, and the museum that was planned to be built has not moved, and the excavated tombs can only be bleakly exposed, allowing the wind and rain to blow.
Why did such an important Han tomb suffer such a cruel treatment? The official explanation has three points, one is because of improper planning, how to properly protect the superiors of the ancient tomb has not been determined, and serious delays have led to the delay of the project. Second, there is a shortage of funds, and the investment given by the state is far from enough to build such a huge project. Third, because the management system is chaotic, the upper level cannot make a decision, and the people below cannot do it in a hurry.