Unearthed "Thousand Words" The archaeological value of the Wuwang Dun tomb is incalculable
Words are the carrier of information, and in archaeological excavations, it has an incomparable important role in other physical objects, especially the words of more than 2,000 years ago, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "a word is worth a thousand gold".
The archaeological excavation site of the No. 1 tomb of Wuwangdun
In the early stage, the phased results of the archaeological excavation of the Wuwangdun tomb showed that the archaeologists extracted thousands of ink script characters on the cover plate of the No. 1 tomb coffin through infrared imaging technology, and in addition to these words, experts expect that more words will be discovered in the later stage.
There are more than 100 sentences in these thousands of texts, indicating the position, order and function of each coffin cover. This is of great significance for the study of the construction process of the tombs of the Chu State, the official system, and the titles of famous objects. Huang Dekuan, a professor at the Center for Research and Protection of Unearthed Documents at Tsinghua University, said.
Unearthed text from the tomb of King Wu (data picture)
"The typical Chu script is relatively elegant, graceful, slender, and very beautiful and beautiful. These texts contain a large amount of information, and their discovery comes from the largest, highest-level, and most complex large-scale Chu king-level tombs that have been scientifically excavated so far, which is of great significance for the study of the history of the Chu State and even the entire Warring States Period. In addition, these characters continue the thousand-year-old Chinese cultural context and are also of great significance to the study of the history of the development of writing. Experts are looking forward to the interpretation and publication of these texts.
Unearthed text from the tomb of King Wu (data picture)
It is believed that the words on these cultural relics not only enrich people's understanding of the history and culture of the Chu State, but also provide valuable written evidence for historical research, which is of great and far-reaching significance to better interpret the social outlook and historical changes of the ancient Chu State and explore the well-documented and historical Chinese civilization.
Huainan Daily all-media reporter Su Guoyi