Who is the owner of the tomb?
The tomb of King Liangzhuang is the burial tomb of Zhu Zhanyang and his wife Wei Fei. Located in Dahong Village, Changtan Town, Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province. Zhu Zhanyang is the ninth son of Zhu Gaochi, the younger brother of Zhu Zhanji, Ming Taizu, SHEN WOO. In the twenty-second year of Yongle, Liang Wang was conferred, but he died in the vassal state only six years later. He died at the age of 30, which was a young death.
Zhu Zhanyang was born in the most prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, since the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has been notoriously good to the Zhu family. Therefore, all the princes of Zhujiajian lived a luxurious and wasteful life, and all of them were very rich.
The ancients had a traditional idea that something died as an accident, and the wind of reburial prevailed. All the treasures they liked before their death should be taken to another world to continue to enjoy. Therefore, the funerary objects in the tomb of King Liangzhuang must be extremely luxurious, and treasures are essential.
Archaeological excavation process
With such a big tomb, it is impossible to say that no grave robbers care. Let's take a look at the archaeological excavation process of the tomb of King Liangzhuang.
20 1 1 The villagers in Dahong Village heard a loud noise in the middle of the night. The next day, when they visited the tomb of King Liangzhuang, they found a stolen cave with a diameter of about 10 cm, so they immediately reported it to the local archaeological department. In view of the possibility of the tomb being stolen, the archaeological department immediately decided to carry out rescue excavation.
When archaeologists entered the tomb, they found that a stone door in the tomb was missing and there were obvious signs of damage. In addition, a towel used by modern people was found on the ground. So the archaeologist's judgment was strengthened, and the ancient tomb was stolen.
However, when they entered the tomb, everyone was shocked. This tomb is not only well preserved, but also the funerary objects are very luxurious. A total of more than 5,300 precious cultural relics were unearthed, including gold and silver jade 1400, and as many as 3,400 beaded gems, including gold-inlaid rings, cloud-shaped gold-inlaid gems and hairpin ornaments.
Why was the tomb of King Liangzhuang not stolen?
The ancient tomb has such obvious signs of destruction, why hasn't it been stolen?
After the patience of archaeologists, we have uncovered layers of fog. The towel was indeed left by a grave robber, but the smashed Shimen had something else to hide.
Before talking about this grave robber, Brother Xu popularized a knowledge point, the squeezing blasting method, which is the most commonly used method for modern grave robbers to steal holes. First, dig a stolen hole with a diameter of 10 cm with Luoyang shovel, and reach the tomb directly, but don't open the tomb, and then fill it with an appropriate amount of explosives. After detonation, the impact force will squeeze the surrounding stolen hole, forming a stolen hole with a diameter of about 50 cm, saving time and effort and not digging out new soil.
The grave robber who stole the tomb of King Liangzhuang is one of these two knives. He accidentally punched the stolen hole directly into the tomb, so he had to find a towel to plug the bottom of the stolen hole, but he didn't know the weight of the explosive. After the explosion, the stolen hole was not squeezed at all, and the grave robbers naturally could not succeed.
This is why the villagers found that the diameter of the stolen hole was only ten centimeters. In addition, the impact of the explosion hit the towel at the bottom of the stolen hole to the tomb door. This is a towel found by the archaeological team.
What about the smashed stone gate?
Archaeologists rummaged through historical materials and finally found the answer for us. It turned out that Zhu Zhanyang's wife Wei Fei asked to be buried with Zhu Zhanyang after her death. When Zhu Zhanyang was buried, she did not consider such a situation. The stone door of the tomb was closed and could not be opened, so the craftsman had to smash it. After Wei Fei was buried, she replaced the original stone door with a wooden door for convenience.
Brother Xu will popularize another knowledge point for everyone, the anti-theft mechanism of ancient tombs? Zilaishi, around the tomb of the ancient mausoleum is very strong, and the only door of life is the tomb door. Zilaishi is to dig a stone trough behind the stone gate of the tomb, on which stands a long slate. After the underground door is closed, the natural stone standing in the groove will automatically be inserted obliquely into the gap between the two doors and hold the door from the inside. No matter how hard the grave robbers try, it is impossible to push the Shimen from the outside.
So the wisdom of the ancients is infinite.
Summary:
It can be said that it is lucky that the tomb of King Liangzhuang only met such a stupid grave robber in 600 years, but it was the prevalence of thick burial that triggered the prevalence of grave robbery. The owner of the tomb built a grand mausoleum before his death and placed luxurious funerary objects after his death, which not only wasted people and money, but also failed to enjoy the peace after death.
Therefore, the wind of thick burial should be stopped and the concept of thin burial should be advocated.