From a big perspective, the fragrance in the tomb of the sea faint Hou comes from three aspects:
First, all kinds of wood from the building room. All the materials used to build Hou Haiyin's tomb are big materials that have grown for decades, hundreds or even hundreds of years. Whether it is old nanmu, old camphor wood or old pine wood, it is possible to give off the fragrance of Nanxiang, camphor wood and pine wood for a long time. In fact, many spices are made of fragrant wood.
The second is from the embalming of coffins and corpses. There is a pepper room hall in Weiyang Palace in Han Dynasty, which is the Queen's Hall. The biography of Qian Qiu said, "The name of the temple of Jiao Fang is the place where the queen lived. Paint the wall with pepper paste and take its fragrance for a long time. " Zanthoxylum bungeanum here refers to Sichuan pepper, the seeds are fragrant and fragrant, and it is the fragrant medicine of the rising sun. The ancients took fragrant herbs that can generate yang, such as Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and then ground them into fine powder and stuck them on walls and beams to achieve the purpose of insect prevention and moth prevention, health care and health preservation. Of course, it also includes the meaning of having many children and grandchildren. The cemetery of the sea faint is located in the south, which is sultry and humid, with many mosquitoes. It is a good choice to treat coffins and corpses with spices to achieve the purpose of expelling insects, killing viruses, avoiding evil spirits and covering up odor.
The third kind comes from all kinds of spices used in tombs. As the princes and nobles of the Han Dynasty, it is very common to widely use all kinds of spices in daily life. According to the funeral concept of "death is like life" in Han Dynasty, Liu He's family buried all kinds of spices, incense burners, sachets and sachets he used before his death in the grave, so that he could continue to enjoy them, which naturally increased the fragrance in the grave.
As for more accurate information about the composition, source, quantity, quality, proportion and function of various spices in Liu He's tomb, more specific qualitative and quantitative analysis and research are needed on the basis of archaeological excavation.
This Millennium wonder is extraordinary and worth exploring. The tombs of the ancient emperors in China are much more upscale than those of Hai Faint Hou. Why is it that only the tomb of the sea faint Hou has incense, and the other tombs have no incense? I can't figure it out!
Since ancient times, there have been many phenomena that cannot be explained by science, especially in the field of archaeology. For example, the tomb of Xin Zhui, which was unearthed in recent years, has not rotted for thousands of years, and there is a strange fragrance phenomenon, and the fragrance becomes stronger as it goes down. Three years after the tomb was unearthed, the fragrance is still there, and the archaeological community is also arguing about it. So far, there is no definite conclusion.
Liu He is the grandson of Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the son of Liu Bo, the mourning king of Changyi. In the first month of 88 BC, Liu He, then five years old, became the king of Changyi. On June 5th, 74 BC, Emperor Zhao Han died. Because there were no children, General Huo Guang and others welcomed Liu He, who was 19 years old, to the throne. But just over a month later, due to Liu He's incompetence, Huo Guang deposed Liu He, sent him back to the fief Changyi, and deprived him of his title.
Later, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty changed Liu Hejun's title to a derogatory marquis, and sent him to Jiangxi to establish the marquis country in Haihuan County, Zhang Yu County, north of Nanchang. Four years later, Liu He died, and the state of Hou was abolished by the Han Dynasty.
Because the Sea Faint Houguo is located in the north of Nanchang, later historians all called Liu He the Sea Faint Houguo of Nanchang.
Although Liu He's deeds before his death are almost qualitative in history, it is obvious that he was not a good emperor or even a bad king. But for his mausoleum, archaeologists are quite interested and even continue to study it. Why?
Because Liu He's tomb was excavated in 20 1 1 year, archaeologists found that although his tomb was buried in the ground 15 meters, and it has been more than 2,000 years, there is no smell of corruption, mildew, humidity or even stench. On the contrary, when archaeologists entered his grave, they smelled a thousand-year miracle, so they called it a miracle because it was a miracle.
What is even more surprising is that the deeper the archaeologists go, the stronger this strange smell becomes. Until they sneaked into the underground palace, almost all around them were surrounded by fragrance, which was refreshing and lasted for a long time. Even if the tomb has been excavated for two or three years, it has not dried up. This alone can really be called a miracle.
So, what is this smell? Why can it be preserved after two thousand years or even two or three years of discovery?
Although archaeologists and researchers have not been able to get the exact answer about what the fragrance in the tomb of the Queen of Sleepy Sea is made of for several years, it is certain that this fragrance does not exist in today's society, and its source is nothing more than the following three aspects.
0 1 unique wood aroma.
According to Yang Jun, an associate researcher of Jiangxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the leader of the archaeological team of the tomb of Hai Faint Hou, when they entered the underground tomb of Hai Faint Hou with a depth of 14.8 meters, what impressed him most was the strange fragrance that came to his face. After he went down to the grave, he smelled the smell of wood.
In addition to Yang Jun, Xu Changqing, director and researcher of Jiangxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, also said when looking at the stolen hole: "What I saw were some stone slabs torn by chainsaws, which looked like dense annual rings and smelled of pine."
It is not difficult to know that one of the sources of this strange fragrance for thousands of years must be related to the wood in Houhai's tomb. Because the ancient princes and nobles believed too much in the theory of "the world after death", after their death, their families would try their best to give them a heavy burial. Even before their death, most of them had arranged their own graves and underground palaces. When building a tomb, the wood used is also very elegant, and generally you will choose your favorite wood to build a tomb.
People in the Han Dynasty especially liked smelling incense and attached great importance to aromatherapy and spices. Even Liang Wudi, who had been fighting for half his life, especially liked to smell incense, carrying sachets and spices with him, and ordered the ministers to carry sachets and sachets with them when they went to court to show their respect for the emperor.
Liu He is the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who once succeeded to the throne. Under the influence of his grandfather, it is not surprising that all the wood used in his grave is fragrant and can be preserved for a long time
But wood is definitely only a part of this Millennium wonder, but it will not be the only factor, because there are other flavors in the aroma. What's that smell? This is related to the following two sources.
From the embalming of coffins and corpses.
People in the Han dynasty liked to smell incense, and naturally knew that the tomb would stink after years of mildew. Therefore, many people will adopt some anti-corrosion treatment methods to treat the construction of their graves.
As mentioned in Biography of Qian Qiu, there is a Jiaoshi Temple in Weiyang Palace in Han Dynasty, which is the Queen Temple. It is called Fang Shu Temple because the walls of the temple are painted with pepper and clay. The "pepper" here refers to the pepper produced in Sichuan.
Sichuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a fragrant medicine for rising sun. The ancients used this pepper to grind into fine powder and stick it on walls and beams, which not only can achieve the purpose of preventing insects and moths, but also contains the meaning of having many children and grandchildren. The southern part of Hou Haiyin's tomb is hot and humid, and there are many mosquitoes. Coffins and corpses have been treated with spices, which are used to repel insects, kill viruses, ward off evil spirits and cover up peculiar smells. Therefore, the source of the fragrance in Hou Haiyin's tomb must be related to the preservative made of pepper in ancient times.
Spices and sachets come from Hai faint Hou himself.
In addition to the above two points, the spices and sachets used by Hai faint Hou himself during his lifetime are also important factors in the source of aroma.
Because people in the Han Dynasty like to smell incense, no matter the dignitaries or ordinary people, almost all like to wear sachets, aromatherapy and other things. Perhaps this difference is only the difference in quality and cost. Although Liu He, the seasick queen, was demoted as a Marquis with 4,000 households in a food city, she was also a powerful person. There must be expensive spices and aromatherapy before you die.
According to the traditional custom of our country, after a person dies, his family will always bury all the beloved things of the deceased as funerary objects. Liu He's aromatherapy, spices and other items must also be buried in the grave as funerary objects, and then combined with the coffin and its surrounding unique furnishings, wood, preservatives, emitting a thousand-year wonder that archaeologists have heard for a long time.
04 ancient incense culture
In fact, the thousand-year-old incense in the tomb of Haifaint Hou is unique, but it is not the only one among the ancient tombs in China. There are many refreshing scents in the tombs of ancient dignitaries in China, which are closely related to the ancient incense culture in China.
According to legend, China used incense in ancient times for more than 3,000 years. As early as ancient times, the Liao Festival had the content of lighting incense sticks to pay homage to the dead. Qu Yuan, a famous patriotic poet in the Warring States period, appreciated this fragrance very much and liked to wear sachets. To commemorate Qu Yuan, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people will smoke wormwood and hang sachets to drive away mosquitoes and flies, purify indoor air, smoke clothes and quilts, and make sacrifices to the gods.
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