Master Archaeologist

Chapter 157

In the east ear room, there was a busy scene.

"A set of 14 button clocks, arranged in order from small to large under the north wall."

"A set of 5 Yong bells is located on the east side of the button bell. They are placed on the ground in order from small to large, and there is no wooden frame."

"The Yongbu and the bell body were cast in the same mold, and they are basically well preserved, with the same shape and different sizes."

"The appearance of each Yong bell has traces of silk wrapping, indicating that it was wrapped for burial."

"A set of 8 Gou 鑃, placed on the back wall of the Dong'er block. When unearthed, most of the same size and shape are basically the same, and they were also cast in one piece."

"The inscriptions on the gou, in addition to the unified "Made by Yuefu in the Ninth Year of Emperor Wen", each of the undersides is also engraved with the codes from "first" to "eighth", and the seal characters are neat!"

"The one engraved with No. 64 is the largest, with a total height of 40 cm and a weight of [-] kg, and the following ones will decrease in descending order!"

"The eighth smallest, with a height of only 36.8 centimeters and a weight of 10.75 kilograms!"

Chen Han, Lin Ya, Zhuang Yunpeng and the others are counting the three groups of bronze arrangements that have been cleaned up.

Kong Jianwen and Professor Li took notes beside them.

After the size, shape, and characteristics of each object in the three groups of bronze music were recorded and archived, Professor Li closed the notebook: "I will select one piece from each of the three groups of bronze music in a while, please invite the Central Laboratory of Guangdong Geological Bureau researchers, conducting electron probe analysis."

"Determine the chemical composition of these three sets of chimes, and look at the ratio of the alloy made."

Generally speaking, from the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, copper, lead and tin were used as the main raw materials for making bronze wares.

However, the ratio of these three raw materials varies from country to country, from time to time, and even from different workshops.

The excavation of these three groups of bronze music is still of great significance to the study of the bronze manufacturing technology of the Nanyue Kingdom at that time, and must be studied carefully.

"The rest of these bronze arrangements should be packaged and sent to the Guangzhou Museum for temporary storage."

Professor Li directed everyone to send the three groups of bronze music out of the tomb with the help of tools, and then hurriedly led everyone back to the east ear room to continue the cleaning work.

The situation in the east ear room is much better than that in the front room.

Because there is no influx of filling soil, it is more convenient to clean up the utensils in the room.

In just half a day, these three groups of bronze music were cleared out.

And these three sets of music only occupy a small part of the artifacts in the east ear chamber.

In addition to these arrangements, there are many musical instruments in the East Ear Room.

It's just that the preservation of non-copper musical instruments is not so good.

The Xianggang side may indeed not be suitable for long-term preservation of ancient tombs.

Hundreds of years earlier than Xianggang, a large number of musical instruments were also unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in the Warring States Period, both wooden and copper, all of which were well preserved.

However, in the tomb of Nanyue Kingdom in Xianggang, as long as it is connected with wood, it is seriously decayed, and it is basically impossible to preserve it.

Chen Han found four copper ruì beside the Yongzhong.

One tse and four tweezers, we can be sure that this should be an accessory of a tse.

The origin of the se is very long, and it is one of the earliest stringed instruments in my country.

"The Book of Songs Xiaoya" has: "The Qin and Se beat the drums to protect the ancestors of the fields, to pray for sweet rain, to introduce me to millet, and to use the valley to my native daughter."

This is the earliest record seen in ancient books, indicating that Se has a history of at least 3000 years.

It was very popular in the pre-Qin period, and it was also popular in the Han Dynasty. It was often used to accompany Xianghe songs in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it was also used a lot in the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that Guser has been lost since the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the zi recorded in the literature and used by the courts of the past dynasties is quite different from the ancient si in terms of shape, string tension, and tuning methods. It was copied by later generations according to the ancient books.

The Se music score in the pre-Qin period has also been lost.

Even the music scores of later generations in the Tang and Song dynasties have also been lost in modern times.

Existing Se Pu, only Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a few ancient Pu Pu preserved from the end of Song Dynasty to the beginning of Yuan Dynasty.

Modern people will never know what kind of music is the "Qin Se He Ming" that was loved by nobles, princes, and even emperors and generals during the period from the pre-Qin to the Qin and Han Dynasties, when the Chinese ritual and music culture was at its peak. .

"Zhou Li Musical Instrument Picture" records: "Yase has 23 strings, and Songse has 25 strings."

The ancient se of the Zhou and Han dynasties were mostly found in archaeological excavations, and the number of strings ranged from 23 to 25, with 25 strings being the majority.

Archaeological excavations can basically testify that the records in "Zhou Li Musical Instrument Map" are accurate.

From Zongzhou to Tang and Song Dynasties, Se is a musical instrument with 25 strings, which is different from Guqin which only has five, seven and ten strings.

As for why Li Shangyin wrote the classic "Jinse has fifty strings for no reason, one string and one column thinks about Huanian."

It is because there is an allusion in the Han Dynasty that the Se originally had fifty strings.

But Shaohao's son Taidi, when he ordered Sunu to play the fifty-string harp, was too sad and the emperor forbade him to stop it, so he divided her harp into two halves into 25-string harp.

Since then, "Fifty Strings" has been used to refer to sad music.

From the Zhou Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty, in the rural drinking ceremony, rural shooting ceremony, and Yan ceremony, all songs were sung with accompaniment.

Especially in the Western Han Dynasty, se and qin basically dominated all kinds of banquets and became the main instruments played at banquets.

It's just a pity that the wooden body of this har from the Nanyue Kingdom has completely decayed, and only some fragments of lacquered wood and four complete copper harps remain.

枘, column also.

This thing is used to fix the strings of the zither.

Analogous to modern western violins or guitars, it is an accessory that wraps the strings around the headstock and fixes the strings.

However, a seol is not just a small button like a violin and guitar.

This stuff is huge.

The bronze harp held in Chen Han's hand is gilded all over, presenting the shape of Boshan.

This sejong is based on the pattern of cirrus clouds, and the mountains stand on the cirrus clouds, and there are dragons, bears, lions, wild boars, etc. playing in the mountains between the clouds and mountains.

There is also a monkey carved on the top, squatting on the mountain peak.

Next to the monkey, there are two dragons, with bent bodies and heads up, one dragon's mouth is open, and the other dragon's mouth is closed. On the side of the mountain, there are two tigers and a bear, running on the mountainside.

There is a wild boar by the side of the mountain, half of its body is getting out of the cave.

It can be said that such a Sebi is a condensed hill, integrating the scene of the whole mountain into such a copper vessel.

It can be called exquisite!

There is still a square shaft for tying the strings under the violin.

There are multiple layers of twirling strings on the shaft, which is hollow and contains rotten wood.

There are also traces of silk on the handle of the harp, and it can be seen that the whole harp should have been wrapped in silk when it was buried.

It's a pity that the silk and the wrapped se have decayed.

Only the copper scorpion still exists.

The only remaining four scorpions are only eight centimeters high and only 5.5 centimeters in bottom diameter, but a mountain is condensed and engraved on it.

When Chen Han watched it, he was astonished!
It's so beautiful!
(End of this chapter)