In 1970, an old farmer in Changsha entered the Cultural Relics Bureau carrying a dark bag, opened the bag in front of the experts, and in an instant, the golden light flashed and the light was dazzling. The expert's eyes lit up, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, this was a crown!
In the 1970s, in order to expand the museum, Changsha's cultural relics department began to collect cultural relics everywhere and issued a notice that those who voluntarily donated cultural relics would receive certain compensation.
As soon as the news was sent, people from all over the world came to the cultural relics department with "ancestral" treasures, hoping to donate their family heirlooms.
As a result, due to the lack of knowledge of cultural relics by most people, the collection brought by them is uneven, and the staff is busy and busy, and they are still doing useless work.
On this day, another old farmer appeared at the door of the Cultural Relics Bureau and told the doorman that he wanted to donate cultural relics.
The old farmer was dressed very plainly, carrying a dark bag on his back, and the wind and dust servants looked like they had rushed a short distance.
The doorman muttered in his heart: Shouldn't this great master also take a broken can and a broken bowl as a treasure? I told him to take something out and look at it, and if it was just a common thing, it would be nice to find a reason to send him away.
But who knows as soon as he opened his mouth, the old farmer took off the bag at once, tightened the mouth of the bag, shook his head like a rattle, and said while shaking: "That's not okay, this is a baby, I won't take it out without seeing the expert!" ”
The doorman looked at it and knew that he could not persuade the old farmer, so he had to take him to see the expert.
The expert warmly received the old farmer and asked softly what antiquities the old farmer had brought. The old farmer looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he slowly opened the bag.
Suddenly, the golden light flashed, and the old farmers and experts squinted at the same time!
This is a palm-sized golden crown, covered with decorative patterns, and the most eye-catching thing is the relief-shaped double dragon play beads on it, which are full of eyebrows and come to life!
The expert stared directly at the double dragon play beads on the golden crown, and his heart was surging and excited!
Originally, at present, archaeology has seen only one golden wing good crown and two black-winged good crowns excavated from the Dingling Tombs of the Ming Tombs in Beijing, which are similar to each other!
Thinking of this, the experts were overwhelmed. The excavation of the Golden Wing Crown was also a tragic day for the archaeological community.
In 1956, when the mainland archaeology technology and cultural relics preservation technology were not mature enough, Guo Moruo resolutely excavated the Ming Ding Mausoleum despite the opposition of many archaeologists.
Due to the backward tools and the lack of professionalism of the workers involved in the excavation, Guo Moruo still found nothing after more than a year. In the end, he lost patience and directly used explosives to blow open the entrance to the underground palace of Ming Ding Mausoleum. More than 3,000 precious cultural relics in the underground palace were destroyed by nearly half in the instant they came into contact with the fresh air...
The Ming Golden Wing Crown was excavated from that "violent archaeology". The Ming Golden Wing ShanGuan is a custom-made golden crown of Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty, the crown is woven with gold wire, divided into three parts: the front house, the back mountain and the corner, and is embossed with thick gold wire and double strands of gold wire. The outer side of the dragon's body is made of thick gold wire as bone, and the filigree, lace, code wire and welding process are used to form a skeletonized scale. The dragon's head, claws, and fins are made by means of a hammer carving process. The golden crown has a complex structure and exquisite production, and is the pinnacle of gold and silver craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty.
And this golden crown of hair brought by the old farmer is not inferior.
This double dragon play beads have a golden crown, 2.9 cm high, 4.2 cm in diameter, and weigh 33.6 grams, which is less than the size of a palm. The Golden Crown consists of four parts. The circular base is enclosed by two gold pieces of gold in front and back to form a circle, on which is engraved the "Tangled Peony Pattern". On the left and right sides, there is a row of relief dragons, showing the shape of a double dragon grabbing a pearl. The top of the golden crown consists of two parts, front and back, the front part is pressed into a corrugated shape by oval gold sheets, and the rear part is connected by a ruyi-shaped tail eaves. The golden crown is pierced on each side by a hole, and a golden hairpin is used to cross into the fixed bun, and the head of the golden hairpin also adopts a ruyi shape, which has the meaning of everything going smoothly and auspiciously.
The whole golden crown is decorated with elaborate ornamentation, and seems to be a blessing to the enjoyer.
So, who is this double dragon play bead bun golden crown?
According to its shape and workmanship, experts judge that this should be a crown of the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, the emperor used a five-clawed golden dragon in costume, and other members of the royal family could use a four-clawed python dragon, and the double dragon on the golden crown was a four-clawed python dragon, so, combined with historical data, experts believe that this golden crown is likely to be a funerary product of a certain king of Changsha.
In the Ming Dynasty, Changsha Province was divided into four princes, namely Zhu Zi (朱梓) the Prince of Tan (潭王) the Son of Taizu (太祖) and Zhu Zi (朱橞) the Prince of Gu (谷王), Zhu Zhanyuan (襄王) the Prince of Xiang (襄王朱詹墡墡), son of Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaozi (朱高炽), and Zhu Jianjun (朱見浚) the Prince of Ji of Yingzong. Due to the short time that the three princes of Tanwang, Guwang and Xiangwang were in the domain, this golden crown is most likely related to the Jiwang and his descendants who have been passed down for 7 generations.
The Ji king Zhu Jianjun was extremely poor and extravagant since he was a child, and as soon as he arrived in Changsha, he played Wang Zhuang to the emperor, and his royal palace occupied more than 30,000 mu of land, "four cents of silver per mu", which increased to 46,000 mu during the Wanli year. It is said that it took four years to complete the construction of more than 700 houses. Because it was too extravagant, he was also "sued by Gu Pu, the general officer of Zhenshou Huguang" and The Marquis of Zhenyuan.
The Ming Shi Youfu Zhi records the standard specifications of the prince's palace: the height of the city is two feet and nine feet, and the foundation of the main hall is six feet and nine inches high.
The children of the royal family were extremely luxurious during their lives, and they also enjoyed all the gold and silver after their deaths.
According to expert analysis, the golden crown system is smaller, and it may be a relatively young member of the family of a certain generation of clan kings, who is given a thick burial after death.
It is the fact that he occupies half of the city before he dies, and enjoys a mountain range after death, which is also extremely glorious.
