In 2005, a ceremonial car used by the Rong people was unearthed in the majiayuan site in Gansu Province, and its owner may be the King of Yiqu. Due to the serious damage to the car, cultural relics experts in Gansu Province applied for special funds to restore it. However, after spending 2 million yuan, I realized that it was not easy to completely repair this luxury carriage.
The Site of Majiayuan, located in Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, has been excavating the site since 2005. Until May 2013, the Majiayuan site was approved by the State Council as: the 7th batch of national key cultural relics protection units. It is reported that the core area of the Majiayuan site is 30,000 square meters, and the age is probably the middle and late Warring States period. In August 2006, many important funerary objects from the Warring States period were found at the site, and 10 distinctive luxury two-wheeled carriages attracted the attention of archaeologists at home and abroad. In February 2007, an unusually beautiful Warring States period carriage was cleaned up and transported to the surface.
Later, according to the analysis given by the cultural relics department, the owner of this carriage should be the King of Yiqu. The author explains to everyone that this Yiqu King and the Yiqu Jun in the TV series are not the same person, and from the perspective of the chronology, the owner of this carriage should be the ancestor of the Yiqu Jun in the TV series. Many friends may think: The northwest tribes are remote and have poor products, what luxury carriage can their leaders use? In fact, this is not the case, from the perspective of the special carriage of the Yiqu King, its specifications can be called the top luxury sports car at that time. The carriage used about 300 very rare agates, as well as jade as embellishments, and a variety of gold and silver flakes, as well as gemstones, as well as jewelry from the western region, were decorated on this carriage by the owner of the carriage without hesitation.
In short, this carriage is a modern version of the top extended Rolls-Royce, and it is not something that can be enjoyed with money. There are many objects that should be from the Western Regions, which also shows that the scope of activities of the Rong people at that time was very large, and these tribes not only learned the Civilization of the Central Plains, they also concentrated on the strengths of western culture, and this carriage should be the product of the collection. Unfortunately, when the carriage was first unearthed, although the general outline was still clear and legible, many small parts had been damaged. In 2009, the Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Department specially allocated 2 million yuan and hired about 20 cultural relics restoration experts from all over the country to restore the carriage according to the 1:1 ratio.
After the restoration, this carriage became one of the treasures of the local museum, the special carriage of the King of Yiqu, the carriage of Liu Sheng of the King of Zhongshan, the bronze carriage of Qinling No. 1, and was called the most luxurious three carriages of a thousand years ago. I also have to sigh: the ancient craftsmen are so godlike manufacturing process, 2 million yuan today can be completely bought a good car. However, this 2 million yuan is difficult to compare with 10% of the special carriage of the Yiqu King, according to the equivalent conversion, this carriage has exceeded the current top supercar of more than 80%.
Reference: The past and present lives of luxury carriages