Yelü Yuzhi, a member of the Liao Dynasty Patriarchate, was a cousin of the Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji. At a young age, he followed Yerushalayim on a campaign against the steppes. After the Khitan conquered the Bohai Kingdom, the State of Dongdan, which was subordinate to the Liao Dynasty, was established, and Yelü Yuzhi was appointed as the Right Second Minister of Zhongtai Province of the Eastern Dan Kingdom. In the Liao Taizong Yelü De Guang Dynasty Yelü Yuzhi was still a heavy subject. Due to the defeat of Yelü Abaoji, the eldest son of Yelü Abaoji, who was also the king of Dongdan Kingdom, he was forced to flee in the struggle for the throne, and Yelü Yuzhi became the de facto ruler of Dongdan Kingdom.
The Khitan nobles also advocated thick burials, and when the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao, they swept through the Liao nobles and imperial tombs that could be found, and the Liao tombs were also "ten tombs and nine empty". The Tomb of Yerushalayim is a "fish that slipped through the net", but unfortunately this luck was broken in 1992. The tomb of Yelü Yu was found and stolen by the stolen tomb, and archaeologists followed up the rescue excavations.
The most regrettable thing is the mural and silk, watching the documentary said: the mural was destroyed, and the silk clothes were torn apart and spread on the ground.
The Khitan was originally a very mysterious nation, how to rise and how to disappear, the history of Liao has a lot of unknowns. Yelü Yuzhi belonged to the early Liao dynasty, before the Khitan had fully "Sinicized", so the contents of his tomb could make up for many unknowns about the early Liao. It's a pity.
In the "Five Capitals of Daliao - Cultural Relics Unearthed in Inner Mongolia and the 1080Thir exhibition of the founding of Nanjing, Liaoning" held by the Capital Museum, there are cultural relics from the tomb of Yelü Yu.
Green glazed tiles. This is the floor tile in the tomb. This floor tile has green glazed square tiles such as flowers and insect motifs.
The tomb of Yelü Yu is very luxurious, and it is said that the roof of the tomb is made of green glazed bricks.
"Viva Tai" gold flower silver brick box.
This square stone platform was used by Yelü Yu during his lifetime. On the lid of the box is engraved a dragon, the dragon's mouth is attached to the lotus, and above the lotus is a plaque with the words "Long Live the Platform".
Fancy mouth gold cup.
The stolen gold and silver artifacts from the Tomb of Yerushalayim were later recovered. The gold and silverware craftsmanship of the Liao Dynasty can be compared with the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty.
Silver chop.
Gilded gilded silver cup.
I remember that there seemed to be a pair of similar cups of flowers in Hejia Village. That pair seems to be a little more "Sogdian", this pair is a little more local.
Engraved are all "Coats" images.
Capricorn pattern gold flower silver bowl.
Capricorn engraved on the bottom of the bowl.
Gilded gilded silver spit bowl. The plate, the plate surface, and the belly are all engraved with patterns.
Gilded silver plate with tangled branches.
Folded shoulder filial piety figure gilded gilded silver pot.
Silver box with double lion pattern gilt.
Dragon head tangled with a patterned gold bracelet.
The Tomb of Yelü Yu is a joint tomb of husband and wife, and naturally has gold and silver jewelry used by the lady.
A pair of Capricorn-shaped gold earrings.
Capricorn-shaped gold earrings. Capricorn, should be the Khitan nobles like the pattern.
Amber crystal.
This amber may have come from the Western Regions.
The Liao, too, is an inclusive culture, and the Western Regions and the Central Plains all appear in the lives of their nobility.
All kinds of rings.
Various rings unearthed from the tomb of Yerushalayim.
Gilded wood carving sitting lion.
Skin bag type chicken crown pot. This shape of the pot is unique to the grassland.
The plate is worn with a white porcelain bottle.
The porcelain in the tomb of Yelü Yu is excellent and large, and this porcelain bottle is the largest porcelain vase of its kind known.
Dragon trim pieces.
The Liao Dynasty dragon pattern is very powerful.
How is it a three-clawed dragon?
Coiled dragon pattern copper mirror. Four-clawed pan dragon.
"Hai Dongqing" gilded bronze ornament.
Recommended related reading:
Shoubo: The luxurious life of the granddaughter of Empress Xiao of khitans
Subo: Treasure of the town hall, exhibiting replicas
Guobo: The nobility on bronze