China's ancient tombs always have a feature, that is, the owner will bury many valuable things in them, including some cultural relics, gold and silver jewelry. But there will always be a lot of grave robbers, who make a living by stealing treasures from tombs. Even some grave robbers will steal experience and know where there is treasure. In order to cope with this situation, tomb owners usually set up many organs, or make their tombs very hidden to prevent grave robbers from disturbing them.
An ancient tomb found in Xuzhou is very strange. There is a line engraved on his tombstone, which probably means there is no treasure in it. Now let's learn about this ancient tomb-Guishan Han Tomb.
Discovery of Han Tomb in Guishan
198 1 year The Han Tomb of Guishan was discovered in Xuzhou. At that time, the villagers were quarrying mountains and stumbled upon an ancient tomb, so they immediately told experts and people from the Cultural Relics Bureau. After nearly half a month's excavation by the archaeological team, the Han tomb finally came to light, and it was a big pit tomb.
According to experts' investigation, the Han Tomb in Guishan is a side-by-side burial tomb for husband and wife. Both tombs are in the shape of horizontal holes and cliff holes, and the openings are trumpet-shaped, which is obviously an excavation tomb. After nearly four years' investigation and study by archaeologists, it can finally be determined that this is the husband-and-wife burial tomb of Wang Chu, Wang Xiang and Liu Zhu of the sixth generation in the Western Han Dynasty.
The specifications of the tomb
The area of the mausoleum reached an astonishing 700 square meters. At that time, such a tomb was so huge that almost the whole mountain was hollowed out. Moreover, this is a very arduous task, because we need to master the collapse degree of the mountain and all kinds of precise measurement data, so in our view, this Han tomb is still quite valuable.
It was not until 1992 that China allowed the further development and the first-stage protection project of the Han Tomb in Guishan, and the Chinese archaeologists further excavated it. When I was about to dig south, I discovered a shocking secret. Between the two floors in the tunnel, the gap is closed, and even a copper coin can't leak. The graves of Mr. and Mrs. Liu Zhu are among these huge stones, the number of which has reached 26. Although we don't know how it was built at the beginning, it seems to us that it is also a very huge task now.
The discovery of the inscription on the tombstone aroused the curiosity of archaeologists.
During the development of this Han tomb, archaeologists in China suddenly found a line engraved on the tombstone, with the general content that there was no treasure in it. However, this did not discourage archaeologists, but made them more curious, so experts ordered them to continue digging. There are many murals and star maps in Liu Zhu's tomb. Some people think it is a symbol of the stars in the sky, while others think it is a lamp for lighting. The reality in the murals is that some people dressed in Hanfu seem to be welcoming guests, but some people think that they were carved after the later development or corroded by rain.
Comparatively speaking, the cultural relics found in Liu Zhu's tomb, just like those carved on tombstones, have not found many treasures, but there are many fine works. The inscription found in his tomb is very valuable. The inscription is located on the outermost stone of Nanyu Road, which is of great value to the study of history. The main content is probably the legacy of the king of Chu, which is of great historical significance to the study of thin burial in Han Dynasty.
According to historical records, Liu Zhu's tomb at that time should be the same as that of other princes. According to the truth, you should find a silver thread jade garment, but the experts did not find such a treasure, only found two turtle seals, not the official seal of Liu Zhu-camel buckle gold seal. I don't know if it was taken away by the previous grave robbers or not buried together. These are some unsolved mysteries.
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It is not unreasonable that the Han Tomb in Guishan is called the Oriental Pyramid. Today, although this Han tomb has become a scenic spot, there are still many mysteries that have not been discovered, and everything has finally become a mystery. I believe that our future historical research will gradually overcome these mysteries and make history more transparent.