Chapter seven hundred and ninety-six billion-level national treasure
The soldiers at that time saw that the entire bottom of the cave was covered with some large tiles, and in the middle of these tiles were wisps of golden light!
Apart from the tiles, the golden color is the most conspicuous and there are a lot of them.
Beyond these, there are also rotten wood, bronzes, pottery, and wine jars. There is also a larger cave room on the west side of the cave, which is six or seven meters high.
According to later expert speculation, this is a large tomb with a history of at least a thousand years, and its scale is unimaginable!
Among the cultural relics brought back by the soldiers from the tomb, there was a bronze vessel engraved with the words "Zhongshan Neifu".
Experts judged based on this that the tomb was from the Western Han Dynasty, but there were ten "Kings of Zhongshan" in the Western Han Dynasty. The specific ones still need to be identified.
Therefore, this tomb was named "Mancheng Han Tomb No. 1".
Because the ancient tomb was discovered unexpectedly and had not been damaged, the identity of the tomb owner was quickly confirmed.
When the excavation project progressed to the middle chamber, a bronze wine set "Zuo francium" was unearthed, with the words "Zhongshan Neifu" and "34th year" written on the top.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not have a reign name before, and the year was expressed by the number of years he reigned. Among the ten Zhongshan kings, only one reigned for more than 30 years.
At this point, the identity of the owner of the tomb was finally determined.
He is the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the half-brother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather... Liu Sheng, the first generation of King Jing of Zhongshan!
When Liu Bei met everyone, he called himself "Queen of Prince Jing of Zhongshan", relying on Liu Sheng's "noble bloodline" and royal status.
Although this man did not become an emperor, he was also a winner in life.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, in view of the lessons of the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion", the ministers were critical of the princes and kings in every possible way.
Liu Sheng cried out to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at the royal family banquet and stated that the officials had bullied the princes and kings. After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very sympathetic and comforted the princes and kings.
In order to weaken the emperor's wariness against him, Liu Sheng indulged in wine and sex, and indulged in what was once described as "extravagant" by his brother. The "Book of Han" said that he had more than 120 sons alone.
In 113 BC, Liu Sheng, who had been a wealthy and idle man all his life, passed away at the age of 53.
After Liu Sheng died, he brought a large amount of treasure into the tomb.
Liu Sheng, who wanted to continue to enjoy it after his death, may not have imagined that his tomb would be revealed to the world more than 2,000 years later due to an "accidental" blasting operation.
This discovery turned various deeds about him from written records into tangible objects that can be verified.
In fact, these are not important. What is important is that if there is tomb No. 1, there must be tomb No. 2. That is the tomb of Liu Sheng’s wife.
Inside, I also found a gold-lined jade dress, which was a couple's outfit worn by Liu Sheng.
Moreover, the world-famous Changxin palace lantern was also unearthed from Dou Wan’s tomb.
"Changxin" is the name of the palace of Liu Sheng's grandmother, Empress Dowager Dou. This lamp may have originally belonged to Empress Dowager Dou's palace, and was given to her natal family member Dou Wan by the Empress Dowager.
Its exterior is entirely gilded and carved to look like a palace maid kneeling and holding a lamp. Each part can be disassembled.
The lamp panel can be rotated, the lampshade can be opened and closed in the circular track, and even the size and direction of the light can be adjusted.
The palace maid's body is hollow. After the candle burns, the smoke and dregs enter the body through her right arm and will not pollute the indoor environment.
When this cultural relic was exhibited in the United States, the then Secretary of State Kissinger repeatedly exclaimed: The Chinese people had environmental awareness two thousand years ago, which is amazing!
This unexpected archaeological excavation is no less important than the discovery of the current Sanxingdui and Haihunhou tombs.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe did not believe that anything could be lost from these two tombs.
Then, the origin of the little bear cauldron in front of him is worthy of study.
I'm afraid it really comes from a Han tomb, but where is this Han tomb and who does it belong to?
There were ten "Kings of Zhongshan" in the Western Han Dynasty. Is this a burial object for one of them?
Also, has this Han tomb been evacuated? If so, where did all the stuff go?
It turns out that when Chen Wenzhe encountered bronzes, he had no such idea, mainly because there were too many burial objects in Han tombs.
What's more, this little bear tripod is the same one as the one in Liu Sheng's tomb!
If this was also unearthed from the tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, how many things were buried in the tomb?
Not to mention anything else, just looking at how many of the first generation Zhongshan Prince Jing and his wife were buried with them is enough to make Chen Wenzhe enthusiastic!
A total of tens of thousands of cultural relics were unearthed from the two tombs, and many of them are national treasures, such as the gold-plated silver pot with dragon pattern, which is magnificent and magnificent.
Gilt silver nipple pattern pot, interspersed with silver nipples and green colored glaze.
The Cuojin Boshan stove has exquisite craftsmanship and gorgeous decoration.
The rosette cup is made of gold and is inlaid with 30 turquoise stones.
The sheep lamp has a unique design. The belly of the sheep is hollow and can store oil.
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Of course, these are not the most important. The most important thing is the golden jade clothes inside.
Prince Jing and his wife of the first generation of Zhongshan all wore it. I wonder if their descendants of several generations also wore it?
If it was worn, was that gold-lined jade garment taken out of the tomb?
If it was brought out, where was it lost?
According to the current legends about jade clothes with golden threads all over the world, there seems to be no such thing abroad!
In China, a total of eight tombs were found containing gold-lined jade garments, but only five have been completely restored.
Counting it this way, it actually amounts to eight pieces if the number is full.
There are many legends nowadays, some say there are more than ten pieces, and some say there are more than twenty pieces.
No matter how many there are, there are only eight pieces at most that can confirm the news anyway.
Gold threaded jade clothing, how much is this thing worth?
For example, the piece Liu Sheng owned earlier was valued at 4.5 billion!
Also, in the 1990s, there was a gold-threaded jade loan fraud case, which defrauded more than 2 billion yuan.
In other words, a well-preserved gold jade garment is worth two billion.
With such a small amount of stuff, if it had been dug out relatively early, then Chen Wenzhe would have had the opportunity to collect it, right?
If it were other things, he might not be tempted, but when it comes to a Han Dynasty tomb, considering the number of burial objects, it must be a large amount of treasure.
It would be a lie to say that Chen Wenzhe is not moved by this kind of treasure.
He wanted to take a look at the situation. If the treasures were left in the country, he would hand over the information he obtained and prepare to make meritorious deeds again and be rewarded.
If it is lost overseas, then you need to think of ways to find out how to get it.
The cultural relics lost overseas have not yet become famous. Through this little bear tripod, maybe they can be traced.
China has a long history and splendid culture, but in modern times, it has suffered heavy losses, especially some "billion-level national treasures".
From the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, China has a large number of historical cultural relics, including some precious national treasures.
Among China's national treasure-level cultural relics, there are some top-notch ones worth hundreds of millions or billions, which we call "billion-level national treasures."