"Respect for the dead" was an unwritten rule in ancient times. Especially the princes of the feudal period.
When they pass away, there will be many funerary items, most of which are exquisite and valuable.
In the future generations, there will even be people buried as companions to build a world of the dead.
Just like the film and television drama "Notes on tomb robbers", archaeologists will also carefully excavate when developing ancient burial chambers.
What is excavated in the burial chamber is not only a beautiful funerary object, but also a history and symbol of an era.
Eighty percent of what we know about the mysterious imperial era of the past comes from these tombs.
The ancients also used these tombs to swear their pride. The size of the tomb is the most intuitive expression of the identity of the tomb owner.
The larger the tomb and the more complex the structure, the more noble the identity of its owner. In contrast, the smaller the burial chamber, the more mediocre the identity of the tomb owner.
The reason for this, first of all, was that in that era, the tools used by people were very simple, especially in the Qin and Han Dynasties, which were mainly bronze. So building a huge tomb and putting in a lot of funerary items is a very difficult thing for the poor.
Secondly, the people are busy with their livelihood, the living people still can't live, for the deceased, it is not easy to build a small tomb to rest in peace, not to mention the funerary goods, there can be a few dishes for daily use must be a good family.
However, there are exceptions to everything.
Archaeologists dug out a four-square-meter tomb next to a poor man's tomb that had been identified. The interior of the tomb is all gold, exquisitely made, and some even inlaid with jade.
I think this is like the tomb of a child of a large family, after all, it is only four square meters, but there are such funerary products.
But the poor man's tomb next to it, how to explain it.
With such a huge gold burial, which dynasty did it come from, and why didn't there any symbol of status rank come from? Archaeological work was at an impasse.
To say that the discovery of this four-square-meter "poor man's tomb" is still thanks to the self-consciousness of the local residents. Because this tomb is located in the Baoji area of Shaanxi Province.
As a treasure land, Shaanxi Province has existed many times as a national imperial city in ancient times, and in the excavation of later generations, there are also many huge tombs here, which is of great significance to our exploration of that distant era.
It is precisely for this reason that when the local engineering is being built, the archaeological team members will be asked to survey and inspect first. To prevent "accidental injury" of these precious historical symbols during the construction of other facilities.
The four-square-meter "poor man's tomb" this time was found when the electrical equipment factory was built. At first, archaeologists did not pay much attention to this poor man's tomb.
In the burial chamber where the remains of the ancients were excavated first, there were only a few funerary items, because archaeologists concluded that it was a civilian tomb and had no research value.
Archaeologists still have a heavy responsibility, leaving only a few people to continue the survey, who knows that next to the tomb of this poor man who is not valued, there is a four-square-meter gold tomb.
It is said to be a "tomb of gold" because there are countless gold objects in the small boxy square grid, and there are 225 pieces. But the tomb has no owner.
If these gold objects are the funerary products of the owners of the poor tombs next to them, it seems that it is impossible to say.
According to the investigation of archaeologists, this poor man's tomb should be from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and according to its size, it is determined to be a civilian tomb.
During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the status hierarchy was very strict. The Son of Heaven, the princes, the doctors, and the soldiers would all identify themselves with bronze vessels after death.
The Son of Heaven uses the Nine Dings, the Princes use the Seven Dings, the Doctor uses the Five Dings, and the Soldiers use the Three Dings, all of which are fixed to death, and if the next level uses the number of the previous level, there will be the disaster of killing.
And the poor man's tomb does not even have a status symbol, which proves that he is below the rank of a soldier. And using these gold objects to accompany the burial in that capacity is simply a joke, and it doesn't make sense at all.
At this time, some archaeologists believe. Perhaps the two tombs are not related.
As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into tears.
Because the construction of the electrical equipment factory is more urgent, the archaeologists are also more anxious, and the research on these two tombs is fixed on this "poor man's tomb", but ignores the gold tools. The archaeologists refocused their attention on the gold artifacts, which solved the mystery.
The most incredible of these gold objects is an iron sword. The all-gold hilt is cleverly shaped and full of charm. The lines are smooth and the carvings are more detailed, which makes people shine.
What is even more amazing is that the handle of this all-gold sword is inlaid with jade. This was a huge challenge for the craftsmen of that era.
It is still intact after many years, which is a testament to the exquisite skills of the makers. Obviously, these funerary goods and the poor people's tombs next to them do not seem to have much to do with each other.
Archaeologists have further discovered these gold artifacts. The method of making these gold objects is the same as that of the funerary objects of the late Spring and Autumn Period, plus there are no remains in this four-square-meter burial chamber. The archaeologists thought of the Qin Gong Tomb not far away.
There is no such possibility.
These gold objects are all funerary items of the Qin Gong Tomb, but there are some outlaws who smuggled out these funerary items, and for some objective reasons, they were forced to bury these things here.
Afterwards, these people did not take these items away.
Combined with the actual situation of the Qin Gong Tomb, this conjecture should be correct. But why these people did not take these gold objects with them, but have kept them until now is unknown.
The current need is the construction of the electrical equipment factory, because with this equipment factory, the living environment of the local residents will change dramatically, and this poor small village is about to embark on a road to prosperity.
The archaeologists did not take too much time of the construction team, and in the case of determining that there was no omission, the archaeologists took these national treasures away and took them to a more suitable place for further research and sorting.
The construction team here also began the construction of the electrical equipment plant in an orderly manner.
In the five thousand years of China's history, there are too many things that we cannot intuitively feel in future generations. In this long river, not only the family clans flowed by, but also some unexpected visitors who could not be named.
If you want to really see that mysterious era, the chanting of these undead is the most intuitive reflection. To protect these cultural relics, It is the right way to destroy them at will because of his own selfishness.