Master Archaeologist

Chapter 155 Emperor Wen of Nanyue!

On October 10th, early in the morning, the Xianggang construction site was busy.

Two hydraulic rock drills have cut through the original rock at the top of the east ear chamber of the Nanyue king's tomb.

"One two three, chisel!"

"One two three, chisel!"

With the help of machines, what might have taken more than ten days to do by manpower was completed in just one morning.

A hole, 2 meters long from east to west and 2 meters wide from north to south, was dug out from the roof of the room, leading directly to the east ear room below.

The east ear room is a rectangular shape, with an aisle and the front room leading directly to it.

After the hole was excavated, the construction workers on the site did not walk through the aisle, but directly lowered from the hole above with a protective belt on their bodies.

Fortunately, because it is relatively difficult to build a tomb underground, the height of the Nanyue king's tomb is not high, ranging from 1.8 meters to two meters.

The height of the front room is the highest, more than two meters.

The east ear room is only 1.8 meters high, and a tall person like Chen Han needs to bend slightly to pass through it.

Such a height is not considered dangerous.

After the engineering team got into the east ear room, they swiftly tied the roof stones that had collapsed in the ear room to the big hooks of the crane, and the broken stones were quickly hoisted and moved to the open space on the construction site.

It only took about ten minutes for the top cover stone that was broken into two halves to be lifted away.

At this point, the indoor cleaning work can start.

After Professor Li gave the order, Chen Han, Lin Ya, and Zhuang Yunpeng immediately walked from the front room to the east ear room through the aisle.

With the help of the light brought by the big hole, the situation in the east ear room immediately caught their eyes.

"There are handles, chimes and chimes!"

"Damn it, copper, stone, lacquer, musical instruments of all kinds!"

"The east ear room should be dedicated to placing banquet utensils!"

As far as the eye can see, it is simply dazzling!
The not-so-large east ear room is filled with various musical instruments, although many of them are wooden instruments that have been seriously decayed.

But it can also be seen that it should have been a musical instrument such as a zither or a qin.

In addition, the most conspicuous thing is a row of button bells that are still neatly arranged under the north wall.

Chen Han counted them quickly. There were 14 button clocks in total, from small to large, and arranged in an orderly manner from left to right.

The shape of the 14 button bells is the same, with a square ring button, an arc-shaped mouth, a round cross-section of the bell body, swirl patterns on the pieces, and no decoration on the gong.

On the whole, it is a relatively simple and solemn style, without fancy decorations.

It has the solemn and serious feeling of Qin State, full of Qin Feng!
Chen Han couldn't help but passed some funerary objects, walked carefully in front of this group of bells, stretched out his hand to gently stroke, and even tapped a few times with force.

The crisp and thick bell ringing resounded through the small ear chambers and even reached the ground.

Above the head, the heads of Kong Jianwen and Professor Li immediately poked in through the big round hole with a diameter of two meters, and shouted eagerly: "There is a chime?!"

Chen Han nodded happily, leaned out and shouted: "Just under the north wall, there is a group of button bells!"

"Under the button bell, I also saw the Yong bell!"

"In addition, the east ear room is full of various musical instruments!"

"On the back wall of the ear chamber, there is also a set of hooks (diào) neatly placed! It's so rare!"

"There are a bunch of other musical instruments, many of which I don't know!"

Niu Zhong and Yong Zhong are relatively common, but Chen Han can still remain calm.

But when he saw Gou Yan, he couldn't calm down at all.

Gou 鑃, an ancient Wuyue musical instrument, was popular from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period.

Although Gou Chan looks a bit similar to Yong Zhong, but the way of playing is completely different from Zhong Zhong.

Unlike Yongzhong, Gouzhen is hung on a wooden frame for percussion and playing.

Instead, it should be inserted upside down on the wooden frame, with the mouth facing upwards, and then played by percussion.

Moreover, the body of a hook is generally very smooth, unlike a clock, which has many decorative buttons, lines and the like.

Usually one piece is smooth and flat, and feels slippery to the touch.

More importantly, this thing is too rare!
This is a traditional musical instrument of Wu and Yue, and it is not used by the countries of the Central Plains, even Chu.

Only in the Wuyue area in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, some have been unearthed occasionally.

Even if there are unearthed ones, they are all sporadic one or two pieces, and a complete set has never been unearthed!
Now in the tomb of the Nanyue Kingdom, there is actually a complete set of hooks!
It seems that the word "Yue" in their country name is really correct.

Moreover, the history books about Lingnan Baiyue are the relevant historical records of the adherents and branches of the Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period, which can be regarded as unearthed evidence from the side!
The discovery of this set of hooks is of extraordinary significance!
During the same period when the Nanyue Kingdom existed, to the east of the Nanyue Kingdom there were two vassal states, Minyue and Dongou, which also accepted the canonization of the Central Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty.

The monarchs of these two countries claimed that they were the descendants of Wuqiang, the last monarch of the Yue Kingdom during the Warring States Period, and they were the continuation of the orthodox Yue Kingdom!
Later, these two countries and Nanyue Kingdom can be said to have been in love with each other and killed each other. Sometimes they joined forces to fight against the central government, and sometimes they attacked each other.

In the end, the three of them were all destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and became part of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's cultural and martial arts.

In the Nanyue Kingdom, there are also many descendants of the Yue people. In other words, the Yue Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom are the two best-developed tribes among the Baiyue people, and established the country.

Now, the excavation of Gou Yu in the tomb of the Nanyue King has provided a favorable proof for it. The Baiyue ethnic groups in the south of the Lingnan, and the Wu and Yue kingdoms are probably the same family!
"There are too many. The southeast corner is full of various bronze containers. Some are nested and pressed together, and some are scattered all over the place. As long as I can recognize them, there are handles, pots, ampoules, and smokers. , Bronze Mirror, Bronze Spear, Belt Hook, etc.”

"Teacher, Professor Li, come down and have a look!"

Chen Han shouted excitedly, making Professor Li and Kong Jianwen's hearts very hot.

The two didn't even bother to leave the front room, they jumped down from the hole above the east ear room.

The height difference of 1.8 meters is a bit dangerous, but no one can care about it now.

After the two jumped down and staggered for a while, they immediately rushed to the two rows of button bells and Yong bells leaning against the north wall.

"It's rare, it's really rare!"

"A set of button bells, a set of Yong bells!"

"This is also very rare in Han tombs unearthed across the country!"

"It's in very good condition!"

"I have to send a message to the Art Research Institute of the Ministry of Culture, and ask their music and vocal laboratory to send someone to measure the sound of these two sets of chimes."

"There is also Gouqi, which also needs sound testing. After the unearthed Zenghouyi chimes, everyone has a wealth of experience!"

"By the way, let's look again. There are chime bells and gou 鑃. It is estimated that there will be "Duo"!"

Professor Li kept looking around excitedly.

Duo is also a musical instrument that looks similar to a chime bell, but smaller than a bell, and has a "tongue" inside the body.

Shake the "tongue" impactor behind, and it will make a crisp sound.

In fact, it is a big bell, which later evolved into a common bell in later generations.

This thing is a wartime instrument, and it is used to give orders.

The main nobles of the Nanyue Kingdom are all from the Southern Expedition Corps of the Qin Army, so they should not have such wartime instruments.

However, when Chen Han and the others searched around according to Professor Li's request.

But no figure of Duo was found, but many other musical instruments were found.

This is a pity.

Just when everyone was regretting, Chen Han, who had been looking at the set of hooks, couldn't help but stretched out his hand and turned a hook over.

He wanted to take a closer look at the differences between this very rare Wuyue characteristic musical instrument and the common chime bells in the Central Plains.

"Fuck, there are inscriptions!"

Before he had time to recognize the difference carefully, Chen Han saw two lines of eight-character inscriptions on the back of the hook.

After a quick glance, he immediately laughed excitedly, and shouted loudly: "I know who the owner of the tomb is!"

"Made in Yuefu in the ninth year of Emperor Wen!"

"This is the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue!"

"I didn't expect that it wasn't just Zhao Tuo who disregarded the face of the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor."

"In the history books, Zhao Hu, who was loyal to the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty and had been a hostage in Chang'an for many years, unexpectedly continued to use the title of emperor after returning to China to succeed him!"

"I thought Zhao Hu was loyal to the court of the Western Han Dynasty."

"Sure enough, politicians are a group of face-changing masters who behave differently on the surface and behave differently behind their backs!"

(End of this chapter)