In an ancient site in the Hotan region of Xinjiang, archaeologists have found a very special cultural relic. The cultural relic is a Han Dynasty brocade arm guard, which also has the words "five stars out of the East and China". However, experts found that the Chinese characters on this arm guard were incomplete, and only later did they work to completely repair it. What are the Chinese characters on the brocade armbands that the experts have restored? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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In October 1995, the Niya Site Academic Expedition team conducted a large-scale archaeological investigation in the Hotan region of Xinjiang to try to find more valuable ancient ruins. Their first target was the Niya site near Minfeng County in Xinjiang's Hotan region.
The Niya site is a site discovered by archaeologists in 1959, according to the identification, the site was found to be a Han and Jin Dynasty Jingguo ruins, because of its geographical location near the village of Niya, experts will call it "Niya Site". Inside the current Niya ruins, there are houses, courtyards, cemeteries, pagodas, Buddhist temple orchards, livestock pens and other ruins, and a large number of pottery, wood, metal tools, stone tools, etc. have been excavated, which have been listed as national key cultural relics protection units, and are also famous historical and cultural cultural scenic tourism areas.
After several months of search and exploration, the Nya site academic expedition team still made no significant gains. But just when everyone was feeling discouraged, a new discovery made everyone's eyes light up. During the excavation, archaeologists excavated an inconspicuous ancient tomb, which is a husband and wife burial tomb, and judging from the cultural relics excavated from the tomb and the degree of clothing and gorgeousness, both belong to the aristocratic class of the Western Han Dynasty. It is worth mentioning that when the tomb coffin was opened, archaeologists found that the right arm of the male corpse was tied with a brightly colored tapestry. The brocade is colorful and colorful, and there are many handwriting embroidered on it. With excitement, the experts skillfully removed the colored brocade arm guard intact and sent it to the laboratory for the next step of research.
Through the research of archaeologists, it was found that the tapestry has a rectangular shape with rounded corners, with a length of 18.5 cm and a width of 12.5 cm, surrounded by white silk trims, which are about 21 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, respectively. The texture of the brocade is delicate and thin, the colors are intertwined with degrees, and there are eight seal Chinese characters woven on it, which is known as "five stars out of the East and China".
However, archaeologists have found that the appearance of the words "five stars out of the East and China" seems to be a little strange, this sentence seems to be somewhat unclear, and almost no experts can explain the meaning and provenance of this sentence. It is precisely because of this that almost all experts agree that the phrase "five stars out of the East and Benefit China" is not complete, in other words, this piece of brocade arm that seems to have been completely removed is actually mutilated.
At this time, the good news came from the archaeological site, during the excavation of the ancient tomb, the experts found a trouser-shaped brocade fragment, and this brocade fragment was also embroidered with the words "Qiu Nan Qiang". After experts compared the texture and texture of the brocade, they determined that the brocade found twice before and after should belong to the same piece.
The discovery of this clue made the archaeologists very excited, and then fought for more than a month, and finally completely restored this incomplete tapestry, and according to the ancient records, the previously broken script was restored. The embroidered text of the tapestry as a whole is "Five stars out of the East li China to seek the south Qiang four Yi service single in the fall and the heavens wuji", after collation is "five stars out of the east to benefit China, to the south Qiang, four Yi clothing, single in the fall, and the heavens without poles".
According to archaeologists, don't look at these simple 21 words is not remarkable, but the significance of the archaeological and historical circles can be described as very important, this sentence clearly reflects the tension in the border area of the country during the Western Han Dynasty. Around 62 BC, the Southern Qiang tribes that were subordinate to the Han Dynasty rebelled and crossed the Huangshui River to migrate north without authorization, and when the news came, it caused a great shock in the court. Just when the courtiers were at a loss, the veteran general Zhao Chongguo took the initiative to ask Miao to go to war and asked Emperor Xuan of Han for his support.
According to historical records, before Zhao Chongguo set out on the expedition, he was divined by Qin Tianjian at night, saying that "five stars went out of the East, China was greatly profitable, and the barbarians were defeated." Taibai is high, and the soldiers are deeply involved in the battle, and the one who dares to fight is fierce", it is precisely with the theoretical support of this sentence that Emperor Xuan of Han dared to hand over the military power to Zhao Chongguo. Although Zhao Chongguo was a veteran general, he did not live up to the trust of Emperor Xuan of Han, not only pacifying the Southern Qiang tribe, but also driving the Xiongnu out of the north, and finally using victory to defuse the disaster of a war.
The emergence of the "five stars out of the East" brocade arm protection reproduced the strength of the Han Dynasty at that time and interpreted the incomparably glorious history of the Chinese nation. Not only that, as one of the silk fabrics with the word "China" appearing at the earliest, it has defined "China" completely and unmistakably, calling it a first-class national treasure of our country, which is completely deserved.
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm