Pure Gold RelicThere were many kinds of pure gold relics. The following are some examples:
- The red gold crown was unearthed in Mianning County, Sichuan Province, from the tomb of General Li Shan of Zhaoyi in Chenghua Period of Ming Dynasty. It was a cultural relic collected by the museum of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. The gold crown was rectangular, 5.3 cm long, 2.7 cm wide and weighed 31.5 grams. The crown was woven with gold thread and decorated with patterns of curly grass and chrysanthemum.
- In 1970, a total of 12 golden dragons were unearthed in Hejia Village, southern suburbs of Xi'an. Each dragon was about two or three centimeters in size. They were pure gold and exquisite in workmanship. The whole body was carved with moving scales. They were extremely lifelike. It was thought that they might be ritual implements in Taoist dragon sacrifice ceremonies. After being unearthed, they were collected in Shaanxi Museum. However, six of them were stolen on September 26,1975, and the case has been a mystery until now.
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Tomb cultural relic appraisalThere were several ways to identify cultural relics in tombs:
1. [Sight Inspection: This requires the appraiser to have knowledge in many aspects.] The first was historical knowledge, because cultural relics were the crystallization of art and thought in the history of human civilization. Every cultural relic carried a strong historical information. For example, in the identification of porcelain, understanding the history of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty and their existence would help determine the authenticity and age of the porcelain. For example, the Ru kiln was a kiln mouth in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It was already very precious in the Southern Song Dynasty. According to historical documents, one could know its circulation and other situations, and then identify relevant cultural relics based on these historical information. The second was the knowledge of archaeology. The archaeology studied the unearthed cultural relics, and its horizons and typological dating methods were useful for the division of cultural relics into periods. The identification of cultural relics originated from the typological dating method of archaeology. It identified cultural relics based on the changes in the shape of the same type of artifacts in the past dynasties. For example, if a piece of porcelain was made in the Yongle era, but the pattern was blue and white, it could be judged as a fake.
2. ** Research **: identify cultural relics through in-depth research of historical documents and archaeological materials related to cultural relics. For example, the age, name, characteristics, and other aspects of cultural relics were identified and dated. Just like the expert group of the Cultural Relics Appraisal Station of Anhui Province identified the cultural relics unearthed from the ancient tomb of Ximen Ridge in Jixi County, the expert group identified and dated them one by one according to the age of the ancient tomb, the age, name, and characteristics of the unearthed cultural relics.
3. Technology Detection: Use modern science and technology to detect and analyze the cultural relics in the tomb, so as to obtain relevant information about the cultural relics to assist in the identification.
However, there was also the possibility of misjudgment in the identification of cultural relics in tombs. For example, the golden seal of Changsha Wang Xi and Xu Wei Li documents of the Southern Song Dynasty were initially misjudged as fakes by some experts, which reflected that even experts could make mistakes in the identification process. Cultural relics identification was a complicated and cautious work.
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The Relic Remains of Zhaoling TombThe cultural relics of Zhaoling are rich and varied. As of 2018, more than 8000 cultural relics had been unearthed at the site, including the Six Horses of Zhaoling, the chieftains of fourteen countries, various pottery figurines, and the Sancai of the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the figurines of the Heavenly King and the 22 stone tablets unearthed were national first-class cultural relics.
The Six Horses of Zhaoling were stone carving art treasures of the Tang Dynasty. They were carved by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, to commemorate the six war horses that followed him to the south and north. They were "Telibiao","Green Stallion","Shifachi","Saluzi","Fist Hair", and "White Hoof Shadow". However, in 1914, Zaluzi and Quanmao were stolen and lost overseas. They are now hidden in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and the other four steeds are now placed in the Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum.
More than 120 precious cultural relics and more than 60 exquisite murals were unearthed from the tomb of Noble Consort Wei. The most famous one was the double-headed tomb guarding beast of the Tang Dynasty. This tomb guarding beast was 51 centimeters tall and its shape was different from ordinary tomb guarding beasts.
There are more than 4550 cultural relics in the collection of Zhaoling Museum, including four cultural relics exhibition halls such as unearthed cultural relics exhibition hall, Tang tomb mural exhibition hall and two stele stone exhibition hall. More than 400 cultural relics such as pottery figurines, steles, epitaphs and Tang tomb murals (copies) are displayed. In addition, the stone lion at the east gate of the two pairs of stone lions at the north and south gates of Jianling was stolen and sent to the Zhaoling Museum.
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Is it a cultural relic or an ancient tomb?Cultural relics and ancient tombs were two different concepts.
Ancient tombs were burial places built by ancient humans for the deceased. It included the structure of the tomb, the tomb, the tomb path, and other architectural parts, as well as the bones and funerary objects in the tomb. An ancient tomb was a relatively large underground or aboveground architectural space. It reflected the historical and cultural information of the funeral customs, social systems, and architectural standards at that time. For example, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was a large-scale ancient tomb. Its layout and architectural structure reflected the superb engineering technology and unique funeral concept of the Qin Dynasty.
Cultural relics referred to relics and relics with historical, artistic, and scientific value left behind by human beings in social activities. The range of cultural relics was very wide, including ancient utensils (such as bronze ware, porcelain ware, etc.), paintings, coins, clothing, bamboo slips, wood slips, etc. Cultural relics could be unearthed from ancient tombs or from other places, such as ancient ruins or cellars. For example, the "Five Sacrifice Wei Tripod" unearthed from the kiln collection of Dongjia Village in Qishan was a cultural relic with great historical and legal research value. It was found in the kiln collection, not an ancient tomb.
Therefore, there was a fundamental difference between the two. However, the funerary objects in ancient tombs often belonged to the category of cultural relics. Ancient tombs themselves were also important historical relics, which had an irreplaceable role in the study of ancient society.
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Black Painted Gold RelicThere were many kinds of black painted gold artifacts. The following are some examples:
- The black lacquer plate with golden vine pattern is a lacquer relic from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is now stored in the Palace Museum.
- The black painted gold landscape painting of the mid-Qing Dynasty was 51 cm long, 44.5 cm wide and 86.4 cm high. It was an old collection of the Qing Dynasty. It inherited the traditional genes of the Ming Dynasty furniture and reflected the Qing style on the decorative patterns, such as the golden bat, chime, Ruyi and other elements. The whole body was mainly black paint, and there were special crafts such as curls of grass patterns on the waist.
- The hanging screen of Emperor Ming's Horse Test painted with black paint and gold in Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, 86.5cm high and 54.5cm wide, with black paint on the ground. On the upper half of the screen, there is a poem inscribed by Emperor Qianlong of the Jin Dynasty. It is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
- The black lacquer medicine cabinet painted with gold in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty was a cultural relic from the Ming Dynasty. It was now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
In the paintings of the Qing Palace, such as Prince Yong's Painting Screen, Yinzhen's Atlas of Happiness, and Emperor Yongzheng's Image Axis, there were also black lacquer gold-painted products. For example, there was a black lacquer gold-painted round box in the Painting Screen of Prince Yong's Painting Hall, and there was a black lacquer gold-painted square table in the distant view of the axis of "Holding a Watch Facing Chrysanthemum".
In addition, there were also cultural relics painted with gold on glass, such as a gold-painted floral powder box, a blue-colored gold-painted glass jar, and a gold-painted pollen box. Gold paint was a kind of paint making technique, which was to add gold patterns on a single-colored paint ground. Among them, black paint was the most common. Gold paint had been produced in China since the Warring States Period and Han Dynasty, and had mastered the high skills of using gold and silver. It was spread to Japan during the Sui and Tang Dynasties or even earlier, and there were developments and innovation in the Ming Dynasty.
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Gold-white Glazed RelicThe following are some of the white glazed cultural relics of the Jin Dynasty:
- Golden-white Glazed Male Figurine: Unearthed in 1954 in Yangjiayuan, Qufu, Shandong Province, now in the Shandong Provincial Museum.
- Jin Dynasty white glaze black color poetry porcelain pillow: Yuncheng Museum collection of this porcelain pillow is the representative of Hejin kiln. Its size was between 40 - 45 cm, and its shape was octagonal and octagonal. The pillow surface was out of the eaves, the front wall was concave, the side wall had ventilation holes, and the bottom was straight. The white glaze is applied, and the white glaze is yellowish. The glaze is not applied to the bottom, revealing the gray-white fetus, and there are traces of flowing glaze. The pillow was framed with two lines, white and black. The inside of the frame was carved with string patterns, which divided the pillow into three parts. The middle was carved with five-character poems, and the pillow walls on the left and right sides were carved with leaf patterns. The content of the poem was "Chaimen covers the stone spring, and the cicadas are heard in summer." The bamboos in the flower court are deserted, and the fragrant grass is orchid."
- Jin Dynasty white glazed printed bowl: unearthed from Xiawangzhuang, Datong City, Shanxi Province. It has a luxurious mouth, a deep belly, and a short circle foot. The white body is fine and firm. The white glaze is yellow and the glaze layer is bright. The inner wall is decorated with printing. The center of the bowl has a radioactive pattern. The inner wall is printed with three intertwined lotus flowers. There are nine oval nail marks around the bottom of the bowl.
- A gold-white glazed bowl with red and green fish patterns: a porcelain created for the Jin Dynasty, now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
- White glaze red and green color "Qing" bowl: Unearthed from the Jin Dynasty tomb south of the ancient city ruins of Niucun, Houma City, Shanxi Province, 5.5 cm high, 17.8 cm caliber, now stored in Shanxi Museum. The word "Qing" was written in red on the bottom of the bowl. There were red string patterns along the inner wall, and there were diamond-shaped lights inside the string patterns. The outer area of the lights was filled with green colors, and the inner area was filled with yellow colors and decorated with cloud patterns. There were also square lights cut out of uncolored white glaze and green colored broad bands.
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Tiger carving cultural relic tombThe following are some tombs related to the tiger eagle:
1. Huo Qubing's Tomb: There is a crouching tiger stone carving in Huo Qubing's tomb. This crouching tiger stone carving is 2 meters long and 0.84 meters wide. It is carved with the image of a fierce tiger. There are stripes all over its body, and its tail is thick and curled on its back. This stone carving was originally distributed in front of Huo Qubing's tomb in Maoling, Xingping City, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province. It is now stored in Maoling Museum.
2. Jiangxi Xingan Oceania Tomb: A double-tailed bronze tiger with a bird was unearthed. It was a three-dimensional round carved tiger. The tiger head looked straight ahead, baring its teeth and crouching. There were strange parallel tails at the back, and a small bird stood on the tiger's back. In addition to the crouching bird double-tailed bronze tiger, the ears of the square tripod and the flat-footed round tripod unearthed from the tomb were also decorated with three-dimensional tiger carvings.
3. Tomb of the King of Nanyue of the Western Han Dynasty: In 1983, the tomb of the King of Nanyue of the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed in Xianggang Mountain, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. The bronze tiger was squatting, showing its teeth, opening its mouth, bowing its waist, and staring. Its tail was curled into the shape of an "8". There were shallow grooves at the front and back of the feet. The turning points of the head and feet and the wrinkles on the face were outlined by short lines. There might be other tiger-related cultural relics in the tomb.
4. Beijing City Fengtai District Huaxiang Dabao Tai Western Han Guangyang Qing Wang Tomb: In 1975, the Western Han Dynasty open-cut dragon tiger pattern jade pendant was unearthed in this tomb. The jade pendant was white jade, round, 7.1 cm in diameter. The upper part was hollowed out into cherry blossoms, and a coiled dragon tiger was carved in the middle.
5. Tomb No. 10, Shizhai Mountain, Jinning County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province: In 1956, a gilded shell storage vessel of the Western Han Dynasty's four oxen was unearthed in this tomb. On both sides of the waist of the vessel, there was a tiger-shaped ear. The tiger was climbing up. Both the overall shape and the details of the tiger were extremely realistic. The tiger was climbing up, opening its mouth and roaring, and its tail drooping.
6. The Institute of History and Philology of Taiwan collected a stone statue of Shang with a tiger's head and a human body unearthed from the eleventh excavation of Yin Ruins M1001 by the Institute of History and Philology of the Academies of China in 1935. It was 37.1 centimeters tall and sat on its hind paws with its front paws pressed against its knees. Its head protruded and its mouth was wide open. There was a rectangular groove on its back that led up and down.
7. In 1950, the king of chimes of the Shang Dynasty, the tiger-patterned stone chime, was unearthed from the tomb site of Wuguan Village in the Yin Ruins of Anyang. The front of the stone chime was engraved with a mighty tiger pattern.
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Rare cultural relic ancient tombThere were many ancient tombs in the world that contained rare cultural relics. For example, in the tomb of Consort Wu Hui in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, there was a 27-ton Tang Dynasty stone coffin made of 31 stones. It was a national first-class cultural relic. However, this ancient tomb had been stolen, and the stone coffin had been broken down and smuggled to the United States. After many efforts, it had been recovered.
There were also many such ancient tombs in Egypt, such as the tomb of Queen Nefertari. Nefertari was the favorite concubine of Ramses II. There were paintings depicting her life in " heaven " on the walls of the three chambers of her tomb. They were well preserved, but the tomb raiders stole her mummy and the jewelry she wore. There was also the tomb of the Tutankhamun Pharaoh. The golden face portrait of the human coffin was luxuriously decorated with exquisite craftsmanship. It was decorated with sapphires, glass, and so on. Inside the coffin was the mummy of the Tutankhamun Pharaoh. The mummy wore a golden mask on its face.
Mawangdui Tomb in Changsha, China. The owner of the tomb was the wife of Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha in the early Western Han Dynasty. Her body was one of the most well-preserved corpses found so far. Her face was clearly recognizable, her hair was bright, her skin was moist, her muscles were elastic, and her internal organs were intact.
There were similar ancient tombs in Italy, such as the ancient city of Pompei. Although it was not a typical tomb, the streets and houses were relatively intact due to being buried by volcanic ash. The archaeological excavation since 1748 provided important information for understanding the social life, culture and art of ancient Rome. The cultural relics in these ancient tombs reflected the culture, craftsmanship, funeral customs, and many other aspects of information.
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Guishan cultural relic Han tombThe Han Tomb of Guishan was located at the western foot of Guishan in the Jiuli economic development zone of Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was the tomb of Liu Zhu, the sixth king of Chu in the Western Han Dynasty, and his wife. In February 1981, it was discovered for the first time by local people who cut mountains and quarried stones. Later, the Nanjing Museum and the Xuzhou City Bureau of Culture successively excavated and cleaned up the North Tomb Road and the entire tomb.
This was a couple's tomb that was connected side by side. It was composed of the south tomb and the north tomb. Both of them adopted a horizontal cave cliff cave structure, and the entrance of the tomb was in the shape of a trumpet at the western foot of Turtle Mountain. There were two tomb passages in the north and south of the tomb. The tomb was artificially excavated. Each passage was 56 meters long, 1.78 meters high and 1.06 meters wide. The maximum deviation of excavation was only 5 millimeters. The precision was high. Each passage was blocked by 26 blocks of about 67 tons of stones. There were a total of 15 interconnected tombs, with a total area of more than 700 square meters.
Since the discovery, scholars had proposed four mysteries based on archaeological research: the mystery of precision, the mystery of shadow, the mystery of the nail, and the mystery of the tomb. There were also some stone gardens and imperial edict museum in the Guishan Han Tomb scenic area. The Guishan Han Tomb Museum was located at the western foot of Guishan Mountain in Jiuli District, about 7 kilometers northwest of Xuzhou. If you are at the entrance of the Han Tomb in Turtle Mountain, please explain. It is a ticket for the three scenic spots of the Han Tomb in Turtle Mountain, the Imperial Decree Museum, and the Stone Sculpture Museum in Dianshiyuan. It costs 90 yuan in total. The three scenic spots were connected, and it would take about half a day to visit all of them.
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This cultural relic in the tomb must not be taken.If cultural relics were found in the tomb, they must not be taken. Because according to the relevant regulations, the discovery of cultural relics must be handed over, which was the obligation of citizens. If they didn't hand it over, they might face legal punishment, such as a fine, or even jail. Moreover, the cultural relics in the tomb belonged to ancient tombs and were protected by the law. It was illegal to take them without permission.
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