In the Tomb of the Shang Dynasty Women, archaeologists have found three mysterious bone artifacts, which, although well-made and well-preserved, have not yet been able to decipher their use. What's going on here? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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In 1928, mainland archaeologists once found a Shang Dynasty architectural site near Xiaotun Village in Anyang City, Henan Province, and after careful investigation by experts, they found that the site was the capital of the ancient Yin Shang Dynasty, so experts also officially named it Yin Ruins. 48 years later, with the gradual prosperity of the archaeological cause, the excavation work of the Yin Ruins site has gradually begun, and just when the Yin Ruins site was excavated, archaeologists unexpectedly excavated a royal tomb again in the southwest of the base site of the Yin Ruins Palace Sect Temple. Judging from the ancestral hall of the ancestral hall of the temple built on the tomb, the owner of the tomb should be the wife of the Shang King Wuding, a woman.
The total area of the tomb is not large, its north-south length is 5.6 meters, the east-west width is 4 meters, and the depth is 5 meters, compared with other royal tombs in the Shang Dynasty, its scale is not large, and it belongs to the small tombs in the royal tombs of the Shang Dynasty. However, unexpectedly, a large number of cultural relics were unearthed in the tomb of Nühao, including bronze, jade, gemstone, bone, stone, etc., which shows that the status of Nühao herself in the imperial court at that time should be very high, and she herself was very popular with the Shang King Wuding.
According to archaeologists, Nühao is a legendary woman who can be described as a hero. She was Wu Ding's wife, the queen, but she was also a warrior who could fight in battle. It is said that during the invasion of other foreign tribes, it was The Woman Hao who led a large army to conquer in all directions, and finally pacified the various tribes and stabilized the political center of the Shang Dynasty at that time. At the same time, She also served as a state priest, having the right to make divination predictions about the future of the Shang Dynasty, and also undertook all the sacrifices. The great events of the ancient yun kingdom were in the worship of the rong, and the women who were both sacrificed and fought were good, and their identity and status could be seen.
According to statistics, there are 1928 pieces of cultural relics unearthed in the tomb of Women's Good, including bronze, jade, gems, ivory, bone, mussels, etc., of which the most emblematic of the development level of Yin Ruins culture is bronze and jade, and its types also include ceremonial tools, weapons, cooking utensils, etc. Of course, when it comes to the cultural relics in the tomb of the woman, we have to mention the three special bone artifacts excavated from the tomb.
When archaeologists cleaned the tomb of the woman, they found three bone artifacts in it, which were not large in size, flattened up and down, and the bone was smooth and yellowed, but there were obvious traces of carving. From the appearance of the three pieces of bone objects, its carving method is a square engraving of the yin pattern, that is, the use of square yin pattern for carving. Archaeologists believe that all three carvings consciously depict three different animals, including crocodiles, turtles and birds. For the naming of the three bone tools, archaeologists temporarily define them as bone knives, believing that they are all knives used to carve metal and jade, and have very fine properties themselves. However, it is well known that the strength of jade and metal is much higher than that of bone tools, so the theory that bone products are metal or jade carving knives does not hold up.
At this time, a question arises, what is the purpose of the three bone objects? In this regard, archaeologists have made various speculations. Some experts believe that from the overall shape of the three bone objects, some small holes that are unevenly distributed on them may be made for the convenience of wearing the system, so from this point of view, the bone tools should be the jewelry that women like to wear before they die. For such statements, some experts do not agree, in their view, the jewelry itself is decorative, but it must not be too sharp, otherwise it may bring unnecessary risks to the wearer. Because of this, they believe that the three bone objects should be the toothpicks carefully made by the ancients. As we all know, during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, cooking technology was still in a low period, and the ancients not only used The Dading in cooking meat, but also the meat food was difficult to be completely cooked. Uncooked meat food naturally has to be swallowed by humans to chew hard, but the shredded meat will inevitably remain in the gap between the teeth, so that the importance of toothpicks is revealed, and the bone artifacts unearthed in the tomb of the woman are most likely three exquisite teething tools.
But then again, speculation is always speculation, not the truth, and only reliable evidence can become a conclusive conclusion. As for the true face of the tomb bone ware of the woman, what is it? We should still hope that archaeologists will be able to unravel the final mystery.
References: "Documentary of the Excavation of Yin Ruins" by Huang Jianguo published by Henan Publishing House
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm