The underground palace reproduces the glitz of the emperor's life before his death, representing the high degree of ZUI of social civilization at that time, but it still cannot be erased, and there is a trace of desolation.
When a royal tomb appears before us without warning, the body and soul are gone, leaving only the immeasurable depth of civilization created by the ancestors.
The depth of the Dingling Underground Palace is 67 meters long, with a total area of 1195 square meters, and more than 3,000 cultural relics have been excavated, of which, except for a small number of ritual utensils for sacrifice, most of them are the daily necessities of the Wanli Emperor and the two empresses.
Among them, including a piece of gown, which is the emperor's ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth, the temple and other ceremonies, on the gown, there is a silk label, which reads "Wanli Forty-five Years of Gown", this gown, is a three-layered cardigan garment inside and outside, 135 cm long, two sleeves 234 cm long, the face is silk, the inside is yellow square yarn, the inner lining layer, then sewn by silk and luo fabric, the whole gun suit, only sewn with ribbon nose under the two armpits, and left a small opening, in the placket on the luo belt attached, in the placket on the belt, It should be said to be precious to ZUI in the dragon robe.
Gun clothing shading, with peacock feathers carved out of 12 patterns, in the front and back of the body and shoulders, 12 patterns, that is, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountain peaks, the dragon, the worm, Zong Yi, algae, fire, powder rice, mole, the yellow, the sun, the moon, the stars indicate the universal illumination, the mountain takes the town soil, the dragon takes the ever-changing, the chinese insect, indicating the literary style, Zong Yi takes filial piety, does not forget the ancestors, the algae is a patterned water weed, the meaning is literary, the fire means bright, the powder rice is grain, the meaning is to nourish people, the mole is axe-shaped, the meaning is decisive, the power, the yellow is two bows opposite, Take opinions of good and evil.
Such exquisite design and intricate craftsmanship symbolize the supremacy of the emperor.
Corresponding to this, is the winged crown on the right side of the skull of the Wanli Emperor, the crown is all woven with JI fine gold wire, the height is 24 cm, weighing only 826 grams, the lower edge of the crown is inlaid with gold mouth inside and outside, and the back and upper part of the crown are composed of two symmetrical golden dragons, the dragon body is curved and coiled, the scales are complete, the body is flexible, looking up, and a flame orb is placed between the two dragon heads, forming a two dragon play bead.
The preciousness of the Yishan crown lies in the superb skills of the overall silk drawing, weaving, welding, etc., especially the two golden dragons made of superb silk pulling technology, which are the masterpieces of the Gold and Silver Fine Workers of the Ming Dynasty, reflecting the overall technical level of the Imperial Gold and Silver Finesse, not only the Emperor's Golden Crown is exquisite and meticulous, but the Empress's Phoenix Crown is even more ingenious.
In Dingling, a total of 34 empress phoenix crowns were unearthed. The phoenix crown was worn by the empress during the ceremony, and due to long-term burial, when it was unearthed, the beads and green on the phoenix crown had been scattered, and later repaired according to the original.
Among them, Empress Xiaoduan's Kowloon Phoenix Crown, 27 cm high, crown caliber 23.7 cm, weighing 2320 grams, the crown frame is woven with bamboo wire, and then, lacquered, the front of the crown is decorated with nine golden dragons near the top, the dragon's head is facing down, the mouth is bead drops, the lower part is 8 phoenix, the rear part is another phoenix, the phoenix head is also facing down, the mouth of the bead drop, the jade phoenix, embellished with jewels, interspersed with emerald orchid leaves, the whole crown is set with more than 100 large and small red and sapphires, and more than 5,000 pearls.
The whole phoenix crown, magnificent in color, but also elegant and solemn, shows the noble status of the empress.
Among the excavated cultural relics, there are also many exquisite jewelry, among which the golden hairpin can be described as a rare treasure.
Gold-encrusted amethyst rabbit hairpin, vivid posture, rabbit crouching, looking back, erect ears, emerald eyes, carrying golden reishi mushroom.
Double luan shou fruit golden hairpin, above the top of the hairpin, supporting the double bird standing on the flower, mouth holding shou fruit, gently vibrating, as if flying, very realistic, the bird is made of gold silk, about one centimeter long, full body feathers, fresh and recognizable.
Taken from the mythical moon palace story, the gold ring is set with jade rabbit earrings, in the lower part of the gold earrings, a white jade rabbit is tied, the jade rabbit stands upright on the cloud-shaped bracket, the vertical ears, the forelimbs holding the jade pestle are pounding medicine, and the ruby-encrusted eyes are shining like life.
In the coffin of the Wanli Emperor, a large number of tapestries of their own rolls were also unearthed, tied with silk thread, and the sealed paper with the record name, place of origin, craftsmanship and weaving year was pasted on it, of which ZUI was characterized by makeup flowers.
Makeup flowers are based on the traditional brocade, absorbing the silk through the warp and weft breaking technology, using the method of local control of flower plate weaving, is the great achievement of the Ming Dynasty textile industry, the excavation of these fabrics, undoubtedly for the study of the history of the Ming Dynasty silk weaving technology and the level of arts and crafts, to provide rich and detailed physical information.
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