The reporter learned from the Hanjing Diyang Mausoleum Museum on April 22 that the "Light of Ruling the World - Archaeological Achievements of the Western Han Dynasty Emperor Mausoleum and Tribute to the Archaeological Centenary Exhibition" sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and jointly undertaken by the Hanjing Diyang Mausoleum Museum and the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute was completed, and the 2021 National Top Ten Archaeological New Discoveries Jiangcun Tomb, that is, the 23 pieces (groups) of cultural relics excavated by the Hanwen Emperor's Tomb were exhibited to the public for the first time.
"Western Han Emperor Mausoleum Archaeological Achievements and Tribute to Archaeology Centennial Exhibition" reviewed the century-old archaeological history of the Western Han Emperor Mausoleum, presented the century-old archaeological achievements of the Western Han Emperor Mausoleum, exhibited more than 100 pieces of fine cultural relics, and the newly added Baling cultural relics included gilded carriages and horse ware, copper seals and various pottery figurines, etc., which are not only related to the Yangling Tombs and other Western Han Emperor Mausoleums, but also have no lack of uniqueness of archaeological discoveries, further improving the comprehensive interpretation of the exhibition's comprehensive interpretation of the development history of the Western Han Emperor's Mausoleum.
The Baling semi-plastic pottery figurine on display this time wears a torture device "iron tongs" on its neck, popularly called "criminal figurines", which is in contrast to the skeletons excavated from the Hanjing Emperor Yang Mausoleum Cemetery, which confirms the historical fact that the Han Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum was built and used prisoners as important laborers. The practice of half-nude and semi-plastic is likely to be a transition between the full-plastic ceramic figurines of the early Han Dynasty and the all-naked dressed pottery figurines of the Jingdi Yang Mausoleum, which makes up for the lack of development and evolution between the two types of ceramic figurines, and has important research value.
Copper leak pots were popular timers in the Han Dynasty, which measured time at night or on rainy days. It has been found in the Jingdi Yang Mausoleum, Emperor Wumao Mausoleum and other imperial mausoleum areas, but the Han Wen Emperor's mausoleum excavation is particularly complete and is an extremely precious kind of physical object. Archaeologists joke that "nine to five" is also practiced in the underground palace of the Han Emperor's Tomb.
Near the Baling Tombs, emperor Wen of Han's mother, Empress Bo, unearthed gilded carriages and horses from the outer pits, a large number of gilded techniques were used, the ornamentation and images were exquisite and abnormal, and there were wooden remnants in some components, which showed that empress Dowager Bo's southern tombs were buried with real cars, which became an important physical evidence of the "outer collection" system of high-level tombs in the Han Dynasty.
The archaeology of the Han Emperor's Tomb corrects the long-standing inertial cognition that the Han Emperor's Tomb is located in the phoenix mouth of Bailuyuan, and fills a vital part for the evolution of the Western Han Emperor's Mausoleum system. The Han Wen Emperor Liu Heng and the Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi were father and son, and historical records record that their governing strategy was in the same line, laying a solid economic foundation for the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty. Archaeological findings confirm that the Tombs of Emperor Wen and the Tombs of Emperor Jing also show a progressive relationship of inheritance and development at the level of material relics and institutional culture. Interpreting the archaeological findings of Baling and displaying the cultural relics unearthed in Baling in the "Archaeological Achievements of the Western Han Dynasty And Tribute to Archaeology Centennial Exhibition" helps to highlight the pulse of the times under the background of the "rule of Wenjing" of the Western Han Dynasty, and interpret its important historical position in the history of the development of the Western Han Dynasty.
Source: CCTV News