Master Archaeologist

Chapter 211
The joint burial of husband and wife has appeared in ancient times.

In the Zhou Dynasty, because the burial system in "Zhou Li" began to be perfected, the nobles no longer buried their husbands and wives together, but buried each other in different caves.

From the emperor to the marquis, it is basically impossible for husband and wife to be buried together.

But the low-level nobles below, as well as ordinary civilians, don't pay so much attention, and there are also emotional factors, so there will still be cases of couples being buried together.

After the Han Dynasty, the cases of husband and wife being buried in different caves gradually decreased, and joint burial of husband and wife gradually became the mainstream.

In the Tang Dynasty, from the emperor to the common people, all husband and wife were buried together.

The Zhaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty is the joint burial tomb of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.

In addition, it has absorbed the rich burials of the Han Dynasty, so most of the Han mausoleums were stolen, and the bones of the emperors were also abandoned in the wilderness. illustrate.

Zhaoling is actually a part of a mountain dug out as a mausoleum.

It is also considered by geomancers of all ages to be the best geomantic mausoleum of the imperial mausoleums of Chinese dynasties.

The pile of bones found in the northwest corner of the main tomb confirmed the sex of the owner of the tomb.

It can be regarded as solving a question for the archaeological team.

However, because there are only bones, not even the coffin.

Therefore, the identities and names of the two tomb owners still cannot be answered for the time being.

After collecting all the remaining bones and transferring them for storage, Chen Han squatted in the northwest corner, hoping to find some traces left by the owner of the tomb.

Since there are bones, there may be seals that they carry with them, and they may also be scattered in the northwest corner.

Tomb robbers will never search very carefully.

The seals hanging on some tomb owners are easy to be missed, or it is difficult to sell if they are found.

Compared with gold, silver and jade, the collection circle of seals is much smaller. If you want to find a suitable buyer for this thing, the selling price will not be settled in a short time.

Therefore, they are often discarded on the ground by tomb robbers with their bones.

Perhaps, beside these bones, some useful cultural relics may be found.

Not to mention, I found something.

Soon, Chen Han found a gold cup in the silt in the northwest corner!

鋬 refers to "the part of the utensil that is held by the hand." The so-called 鋬 refers to a gold cup, which refers to a kind of gold cup that extends a half-moon shape from the mouth of the cup for grasping.

This kind of cup was more popular in the Tang Dynasty.

However, the Fingering Gold Cup found in the mud, although well preserved, has been deformed due to extrusion.

Becomes an elongated oval.

There is a ring-shaped handle between the mouth and the folded edge of the cup. There is a finger pad on the upper part of the handle and a finger pad on the lower part. The finger pad is flush with the edge of the mouth, in the shape of a half-moon cloud head.

The body of the vessel is completely plain, that is, it is completely molded with gold, without any extra decorations or patterns.

There is a primitive and rough beauty!
The caliber of the whole cup is about 11 centimeters. It is a big cup with a height of six to seven centimeters.

The body is very thin, estimated to be only two or three centimeters.

For gold, it is not difficult to make thin.

After all, gold itself is very malleable.

In the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, gold leaf edging could be made. Making such a cup with a thickness of two or three millimeters was not a technical problem in the Tang Dynasty.

Even Tuyuhun can do it himself.

Even the cup has plain noodles and no engraving, so it still cannot provide help in uncovering the identity of the owner of the tomb.

"Damn it, there's still a bottle!"

As soon as he cleaned out the fingering golden cup, Chen Han immediately found a stacked bottle in the silt under the fingering golden cup!
Also made of gold!

This Hu bottle is well preserved, and it is not deformed very much, only slightly deformed.

After all, gold is soft, and if it is buried in the soil, it will be somewhat deformed when it is squeezed.

This golden bottle is also plain.

Standard Hu bottle shape, trumpet mouth, slender neck, round shoulders, deep belly, small circle feet.

Chen Han, who doesn't know much about cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty, can recognize them at a glance.

No way, Hu Ping is too famous in Tang Dynasty cultural relics.

Gu Kuang wrote in "Li Gongfeng Playing Konghou Song": "Silver vases are loaded immediately, and Ruijin Qingluo is full of carts."

Lu Lun's "Song of Sending Zhang Langzhong to Shu" also has: "Changing Yang does not move and rains, brocade tents and vases compete to send you off. Even when you are drunk, you will be drunk, and you will see the red flags entering the white clouds."

The sixth poem in the series "March in the Army" written by Wang Changling, the master of the seven masters: "Hu Ping's shoulders are covered with purple thin sweat, and the autumn moon in Suiye City. Chi Xing gallops and seals the sword, and resigns from the king to take Loulan overnight."

The Hu bottle can be said to be a representative artifact of the Tang Dynasty.

But this thing was not made by people in the Tang Dynasty, but came from the Western Regions.

The so-called "Hu bottle" refers to the bottle used by the Hu people, or the bottle that was introduced to the Central Plains from the Hu area.

Hu bottles are used in Persia and even the entire Middle East, and spread to the Central Plains through the Silk Road around the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Then it became the most common bottle in the country in the Tang Dynasty.

why?

Because drinking was prevalent in society at that time, from the emperor to the common people, drinking was common among all classes in the Tang Dynasty.

It's a bit like the Shang Dynasty.

During this period, there were many flag kiosks in Shangjiu in Chang'an, the capital.

During the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was the largest gathering place of Hu people in East Asia.

Countless Hu people arrived in Chang'an from the Silk Road to do business or settle down.

At that time, the odds of seeing a blond and blue-eyed barbarian in Chang'an City were higher than the odds of seeing a foreigner in the capital now.

Basically, when you go to the street, you can see the Hu people.

Apart from jewelry and groceries business, the most important business for these barbarians in Chang'an is to run wine shops!
How famous "Orchid" was in the Tang Dynasty, there should be no need to describe too much.

At that time, the nobles and the ordinary people were willing to enter the wine shop opened by the Hu people, watch a performance of orchids, and experience orchids being a glutinous rice and persuading orchids to drink.

Similarly, when the orchid service industry was flourishing, the Hu beds, Hu cakes, and Hu bottles in wine shops were naturally very popular, and quickly became popular in the Tang Dynasty.

This is the same as when the modern reform and opening up, all kinds of flared pants and afro became the trend of young people.

Because most of these Hu people are from Central Asia.

In Central Asia, wheat and pasta have always been the staple food.

Similarly, under the influence of these Hu people, the Western Han Dynasty has re-entered the people's field of vision, but it has always been unpopular. Wheat, which few people eat, finally became popular in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

Hubing, that is, the food such as steamed buns, baked pouches, and noodles eaten by modern people, has gradually become a staple food on the tables of people in the Tang Dynasty under the influence of Hu people.

Because of the open and inclusive social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, all foreign food, people, and things can be quickly accepted and integrated by the Tang people.

Only then did it create the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the giant Tang Dynasty that is unique in the history of China!
"Tang" became the second oriental giant that spread throughout the civilized world after "Han"!

Even now, Chinatowns are still all over the world!

(End of this chapter)