The red coffin was unearthed, frightening everyone
When an old farmer in Zhejiang was renovating his house at home, he accidentally dug out a bright red coffin like blood!
As soon as this incident came out, it caused a local sensation, and soon archaeologists heard the wind and came here, who knew that after seeing the red coffin, they immediately asked the onlookers to evacuate.
What secrets is hidden in this strange red coffin? Why are experts suddenly so panicked?
One day in May 2016, there was a place in Zhejiang Province called Qiancun Village, which was not a big village, but the people who had lived here for generations felt very stable.
However, one day, a big event happened in this village, and at once Yang Nianzhi's family was on the cusp of the storm.
Yang Nianzhi's father was old, and he thought of renovating the house where the family had slept for 30 years to make his father's old age more comfortable, and on this day he called several workers and planned to start construction.
When Yang Nianzhi was young, he heard the elders of his family say that there were many ancient tombs around their village, and this legend has been passed down for generations.
Although sleeping in the tomb pile every day sounds quite scary, Yang Nianzhi has never encountered any strange things since he was a child, the village has been peaceful for so many years, and he will listen to the tomb as a story.
On this day, Yang Nianzhi called an excavator and began to work, but when he dug into the location of the bedroom of the old house, it seemed that something had been dug up.
The master was suddenly startled, and rushed down to check the situation, this look is not good, is it difficult to dig up antiques?
The first reaction of the workers present was to ask whether the Yang family had hidden the treasure under the house, but after Yang Nianzhi asked his father, his father also said that he was not clear.
The people present looked at each other for a while, and then tentatively dug out the object, but when people saw the object, they were frightened and took a breath of cool air!
The object was brightly colored, bright red like blood, and it was clearly a coffin!
The timid people were frightened to take several steps back on the spot, and several brothers of the Yang family were still calm, they remembered the stories told by the elders when they were young, so several people muttered: Have we dug up the ancient tomb?
This matter is not simple, Yang Nianzhi immediately reported to the police, the police immediately surrounded the scene, the local cultural relics bureau heard about it and felt that things were not simple, and then rushed here.
This matter soon spread in the village, generally speaking, building a house and digging out a coffin is a very unlucky thing, and the villagers have gathered around the Yang family to watch the liveliness, wanting to see what is under the ground of the Yang family's old house.
The expert came to the Yang family with professional tools, and they were amazed just to see the coffin, and then concluded that there was an ancient tomb here, and this ancient tomb was not ordinary.
After investigating the surrounding ground, the expert found a robbery hole above the burial chamber, but strangely, why is the coffin still well preserved, without any trace of theft?
In order to solve this mystery and to explore the identity of the owner of the tomb, the experts decided to open the coffin to find out.
However, when the experts began to prepare for the opening of the coffin, there was a little accident, and the experts immediately told everyone to stop and let the surrounding crowd evacuate immediately!
What the hell is going on?
Experts see a detail and immediately get people evacuated!
The coffin dug out of the ground of the old house is a little strange, and the bright red color on the surface of the coffin is really abnormal.
After an inspection of the burial chamber, experts found the epitaph, and according to the record on the epitaph, the identity of the owner of the tomb was finally revealed.
It turned out that this was a tomb of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the owner of the tomb was called Zhao Bopeng, a royal family relative, and according to the generational calculation, he was a direct descendant of Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Bopeng is a very accomplished person in history, he cares about the people, once built bridges for the people at his own expense, and also made a lot of merits to benefit the people, and his reputation in the hearts of the people is extremely high.
Although he is a relative of the emperor and the state, because he was not a person who loved luxury before he died, in fact, his tomb specifications are not large, and even compared to many tombs in the same period, they are relatively shabby.
This epitaph was written by Zhao Bopeng for his wife, which clearly records the date of birth and the time of burial of his wife Li Shi, and after Zhao Bopeng's death, the two were buried together.
After comparing historical data, experts found that the content of the epitaph is completely consistent with the historical record, that is to say, the identity of the owner of the tomb is basically confirmed.
So knowing the identity of the owner of the tomb, there is a mystery that has always puzzled everyone, since it is the tomb of the Southern Song Dynasty, it has been more than 800 years since then, how is the coffin well preserved?
Experts have analyzed the reason after investigating the terrain:
The main material of this coffin is cypress, cypress wood is originally a tough texture, and water-resistant and corrosion-resistant material, the coffin uses a two-layer coffin design, and the ancient anti-corrosion technology is also very powerful, on the basis of cypress wood and did some anti-corrosion measures.
Because his burial chamber is too small, the air does not circulate, coupled with being isolated for more than 800 years, the entire burial chamber has not been destroyed, forming a sterile environment, which ensures the integrity of the coffin.
After solving this mystery, experts intend to open the coffin to check whether there are funerary items in the coffin, which will have a new breakthrough in the study of Chinese history and culture.
Since the coffin has been sealed for more than 800 years, it is certainly not impossible to open directly, so as not to produce some toxic gases inside, experts used tools to punch two small holes in the coffin, so that the moisture inside the coffin was released, which carefully pried the corner of the coffin.
But just as the coffin was being opened, an expert noticed a small detail.
He saw that there were some shiny things in the water flowing out of the coffin, and he suddenly thought that many people in ancient times would use mercury to embalm the body of the deceased, and would this well-preserved coffin also contain mercury?
He looked around, and the villagers also surrounded the three outer three floors to watch the liveliness, he was immediately afraid for a while, immediately stopped the opening of the coffin, and asked the police to assist in evacuating the villagers.
After this tossing and turning, no one dared to move this coffin, and under the consultation of experts, it was decided to let the coffin be placed here overnight, and then open the coffin after the toxic gas volatilized.
The funerary items in the tomb made the experts very excited
This is the only Southern Song Dynasty tomb coffin that has not been stolen so far, and everyone was very excited before the coffin was opened.
After a night of placement, the experts finally decided to open the coffin, and when they saw the scene in the coffin, they suddenly felt that everything they had done was worth it.
Although the burial chamber is somewhat shabby, there are many funerary items in the coffin, gold and silver jade, including crystals and bronzes, and each piece is worth a lot.
One of the crystal walls can be called "luxury", this crystal wall is pure and smooth, without a trace of impurities, and it looks crystal clear at a glance.
The crystal wall is passed through the inner hole by a very delicate ribbon, and this woven belt is also well preserved.
After searching for information, experts found that the function of this crystal wall is to hang on the waist and use it as a kind of ornament, mainly to suppress some light and easy to fly silk clothes.
In addition to the crystal wall, there is also a precious jade bi, which is not an object from the Southern Song Dynasty, but from the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it is also engraved with some words "Emperor Fu of the Tang Dynasty".
That is to say, the original owner of this piece of jade bi was Li Fu, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was later collected by Zhao Bopeng for some reasons, and now appears in his coffin, it is not difficult to see his love for this piece of jade bi.
However, these funerary items are not unusual in the cultural relics industry on the mainland, and the most shocking to experts is the unearthed costumes.
The clothes inside are very characteristic of the times, not only clothes, hats, shoes and socks, but also cover a lot of colors and styles, and there are many varieties of weaving items.
These include silk, luo, yarn, silk, silk, embroidery, etc., and there are many kinds of patterns, such as practicing magpie wearing flowers, cloud crane lotuses, etc.
Although these clothes are widely available, they have a common feature, that is, they are all understated and light, without any luxurious style.
From this point of view alone, this is not only a reflection of the popular costumes of the Southern Song Dynasty, but also enough to prove that Zhao Bopeng is indeed not a person who loves luxury, he is low-key, simple, and a well-deserved "literati and scholars".
These costumes excavated in the tomb of Zhao Bopeng have a very high research value for the clothing culture of the Southern Song Dynasty, among which the superb handicrafts of the Southern Song Dynasty, including some patterns, have brought great significance to historical research.
A total of 66 cultural relics were unearthed in the whole tomb, because his tomb is complete, let us see the historical trajectory of the development of silk in Zhejiang.
The foreign silk trade during the southern Song Dynasty in history was very prosperous, and the excavation of Zhao Bopeng's tomb provided an empirical evidence for the trade of the Maritime Silk Road.
After the excavation of this ancient tomb, due to the delay in the renovation of the Yang family, and the house is definitely uninhabitable, archaeologists intend to demolish this place to ensure that the ancient tomb is fully excavated.
After the relevant departments negotiated with the Yang family, the two parties negotiated the compensation conditions, and the Yang family moved away happily.
It can be said that the appearance of this red coffin is a surprise for China's history, it allows us to witness the style of the ancestors, let us see a trend across time and space.
So what do you think about this red coffin?