Xia April Jiazi, buried empress dowager Yu Qianling. Bestowed the name of The Great Chancellor Yelü Dechang as Long Yun. At noon, the house and the burial place were given. - "History of Liao"
preface
There are many excellent female politicians in China's history, and Empress Xiao of the Liao Dynasty is one of them, and many people know about Empress Xiao from the story of "Yang Jiajian". Empress Xiao's life can be described as a storm, and during Empress Xiao's regency, she also allowed the Liao state to enter its peak period.
He died of illness at the age of 57
Empress Xiao's life is very legendary, in her regency for more than forty years, the Liao state was very well governed, and under her iron-fisted policy, the Liao state became stronger and stronger militarily, and the political economy was also on the right track. Empress Xiao's ability to govern the country did not lose to Wu Zetian, but she did not choose to claim the title of emperor herself, but returned the government to Yelü Longxu more than 40 years after regency.
After returning to power, Empress Xiao chose to go to Nanjing to enjoy her old age, but it was not long before Empress Xiao became seriously ill, so Yelü Longxu also announced a general amnesty for the world to pray for Xiao Yu's blessing. However, the disease developed very rapidly, and on December 11, 27, the 57-year-old Empress Xiao died in the palace, and the History of Liao records that Xiao was buried in Qianling.
The tomb was looted 4 times by tomb thieves
The ancients paid attention to thick burials, and even the Liao state at that time also paid attention to these, so Empress Xiao's tombs and burials were also quite numerous. It should be known that although such tombs are extremely mournful, they are also easy to be targeted by tomb robbers, and there have been too many thefts of the tombs of princes and generals in the past.
Empress Xiao's tomb is naturally not spared, Empress Xiao's tomb has been stolen as many as 4 times before and after, it can be said that most of the burial goods have been looted by tomb robbers. And because of some objective reasons, for a long time there was no energy to protect these tombs, until the founding of the country was not able to protect these tomb relics.
The 3.4 billion "shou clothes" in the tomb were accidentally left behind
Empress Xiao's tomb was seriously stolen, but the archaeological team accidentally found a set of shou clothes that had been thrown on the ground during rescue excavations. This set of clothes should be left by tomb robbers who do not know the goods, and this set of shou clothes is not a general shou clothes, it is all sewn with gold thread, and there are patterns unique to ethnic minorities on it, and the production method also has high research value.
The discovery of this set of gold silk shouyi has also attracted the attention of the archaeological community, and more experts estimated that the shouyi was worth 3.4 billion yuan that year, and in addition to being made of tens of thousands of gold threads, there are many precious gems on it. Moreover, there is also a phoenix pattern on the clothes, which makes this birthday dress look luxurious and abnormal.
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As for why this priceless gold silk shou robe was not stolen by the tomb thieves, some people think that it is because of taboos, the tomb robbers do not dare to touch the clothes on Empress Xiao's body, and only dare to steal some of the previous burial goods in the tomb. Of course, there are also theories that the tomb robbers do not know the goods and do not know the value of this golden silk birthday coat.
Whatever the reason, after experiencing the tomb of Empress Xiao who was stolen 4 times, I am glad that there is such a golden silk shou robe with great collection and research value left in the end.
【Reference】History of Liao
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