Master Archaeologist

Chapter 130 The betrothal gifts have all been paid, and the bride has entered the bridal chamber of the next door.

Tang State is a country with a smaller presence than Sui State, located in the northwest of Suizhou.

There are only two records in the history books, one is that King Cheng moved him to the east of Han Dynasty, and the other is that Tang Chenggong and Wu Wang Helu attacked Chu later, and then he was killed by Chu State in revenge.

Other than that, there is no record.

Oh, there is also a record in "Zuo Zhuan": "Tang Chenggong is like Chu, and there are two Sushuang horses. The son always wants them, and the father and them will stop them for three years."

Only Tang Chenggong, the last monarch of the Tang Dynasty, appeared in the historical records, and most of them were related to the Chu Kingdom, so he was recorded.

As for how many monarchs there are in the Tang Kingdom, what are the posthumous titles of the monarchs, what are their names, and what have they done, all are mysteries.

Even the cultural relics and ruins of the Tang Dynasty are very few unearthed, only a few tombs can prove that they are related to the Tang Dynasty.

Such a small country of Quer has almost no energy for modern archaeologists and historians, and it is difficult to sort out its culture and history.

This time, in the tomb of Mrs. Zeng Gongqiu, it was a surprise to find a gui given to Zeng Hou by Tang Hou!
This gui is the only one directly related to Tang Hou among all the surviving and unearthed bronze wares!

The precious value is no less than the proof that it was once!
Because of the mystery of Zeng Sui, no matter how we debate, it has been confirmed that Zeng Guo and Sui Guo must have existed in the history of China!
As for the Tang Dynasty, it has only been recorded in historical books, but in fact there is no direct evidence to prove the existence of the prince "Tanghou".

However, there is now.

Among the fifteen characters on this gui, there are two "Marquis of Tang"!
The unearthed cultural relics and historical records are double-certified, and there is indeed a "Tang Hou" in the Spring and Autumn Period!
"I didn't expect that Zeng Guo's journey of tracing the origin could unexpectedly prove the existence of Tang State!" Professor Zheng Xian said very sighingly.

Compared with Zeng Guo, who has been sought and debated by many scholars, Tang Guo's presence in the eyes of Chinese historians and archaeologists is indeed too low.

It's so low that everyone has no time to take care of this prince.

There is no way, there are dozens of vassals that Guangji Zhou entrusted himself, plus many vassals that already existed in the Shang Dynasty.

Although it is not necessarily as stated in the history books, there are eight hundred princes in the Western Zhou Dynasty, but there must be at least one or two hundred princes.

Most of them are small countries like Tang, and some only have a few words in the history books, and some don't even leave a word, only the name of the country.

If you want to fully understand this, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it in 1000 years.

It is very, very lucky to be able to indirectly prove the existence of Marquis Tang in Zeng Guo's tomb now.

"Hahaha, the Zaoshulin cemetery is indeed a good place."

A professor at the School of Archeology and Museology of Peking University said with satisfaction: "We have spent so much effort and time to apply for this excavation project."

The Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University and the Hubei Institute of Archaeology have indeed spent a lot of effort and continued to work hard for more than ten years before they won this project and wanted to solve the "mystery of Zeng Sui" in one fell swoop.

But luck is such a thing, it's really confusing.

They never expected that Yejia Mountain and Wenfeng Pagoda suddenly appeared in the tombs of Zeng Guo nobles.

Moreover, at the cemetery of Wenfeng Pagoda, a bronze dagger with the inscription "Sui" was found yesterday, proving that Zeng Sui was a country.

When they heard the news yesterday, several professors almost broke the vacuum flasks in their hands.

It's like, after finally talking about a marriage, the heavy dowry is also paid, and the eight palanquins are all ready.

As a result, on the way to pick up the bride, the bride turned a corner and ran into the next door to enter the bridal chamber!

But the two excavation units on the Zaoshulin cemetery were pissed off!

When Chen Han reported his family name just now, he said that he came from the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences, and several professors almost froze.

If it weren't for Chen Han who counts as a Peking University native, and showed off his academic level as soon as he came up.

Otherwise, the professors would never give him a good face!
"Haha, now we have unearthed evidence proving that Sui Sui was once!"

Yao Xun, the director of the Hubei Institute of Archaeology, who had just arrived from another expedition, had his hands on his waist, and he was elated.

With this Tang Hougui, the work done by the Hubei Institute of Archaeology for the excavation and approval of the Zaoshulin Cemetery will not be in vain!

Other researchers from the Hubei Institute of Archaeology and scholars from the Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University who came one after another also had smiles on their faces.

Finally, the Wenfeng Pagoda Cemetery did not stand out.

Seeing all the leaders and professors in a good mood, Chen Han quickly chatted with them.

80% of the archaeologists from the entire excavation project came to tomb M191. This is the best time to learn about the excavation situation of the Zaoshulin cemetery!

Chen Han inquired everywhere, and finally figured out the situation here.

At present, four tombs at the level of kings have been excavated in the Zaoshulin Cemetery: Zeng Gongqiu, Zeng Gongqiu’s wife Yumi, Zenghoubao, and Zenghoubao’s wife Mijia!

In addition, more than 20 small and medium-sized tombs were excavated, all of which were basically in the middle to middle and late Spring and Autumn Period.

More than 400 bronze ritual musical instruments were unearthed, most of which have inscriptions, such as "Zeng", "Zeng Gong", "Zeng Hou", "Zeng Shu", "Great-grandson" and so on.

Among them, the combination of burial bronze ritual vessels in large tombs is relatively complete, and more than eight types of ritual vessels were unearthed.

Medium-sized tombs also have a complete set of ritual vessels. A tomb can have 7-8 types of ritual vessels, but the number is not as large as that of large tombs.

In small tombs, there are generally only four kinds of ritual vessels in a tomb, and the number is even rarer.

All of them conform to the "Zhou Li" system, without any overstepping.

In addition, 4 horse pits and 5 car pits were cleaned up, and the car pits and horse pits were set up separately.

The number of horses buried in the horse pit varies, with more than 20 horses and only a few horses, all of which are killed and buried.

There are more than ten vehicles buried in the car pit, and a few less.

The structure of the car is complete, and part of the car body, parts and decorations are unique in shape.

This is the first time that such a complete pit for chariots and horses has been discovered during the excavation of tombs in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period.

These chariot pits alone are of great significance to the study of the chariot system in the mid-Spring and Autumn period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was an era when "chariots" were king, and the standards used by countries to measure military strength were all compared to the "country of X times".

A country with a multiplier of more than a thousand is a big country, a country with a multiplier of five hundred is a medium-sized country, and a country with a multiplier of less than [-] is a small country.

The "ride" here refers to the chariot!

In addition, there are a large number of inscriptions related to Zeng Guo, which enriches modern people's understanding of Zeng Guo in the Spring and Autumn Period.

On the contrary, the gui that Marquis Tang gave to Marquis Sui discovered today is the largest and most important archaeological discovery.

However, the excavation of the Zaoshulin cemetery has not yet been completed, and there may be some heavyweight discoveries in the future.

After carefully understanding the situation here, Chen Han said goodbye to Professor Zheng Xian and others contentedly, and went back home.

He is also preparing to start writing a series of papers related to Zeng Guo.

In his heart, Chen Han set a small goal for himself.

"At least three!"

　It's almost the end, it's time for some light daily plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)