Master Archaeologist

Chapter 251 Good Drinking

Distillers, pins, pots, tripods, jars, pots, pots, cauldrons, Boshan stoves, lamps, candlesticks, rice towns, hourglasses, weights, pestles, mortars and spoons...

In the storage rooms on the east and west sides, all kinds of cultural relics were unearthed in an orderly manner.

Interestingly, on the bronze ware, there are basically words such as the maker's name, organization, size, weight, and manufacturing time.

It can be seen from this subtlety that the Han inherited the Qin system.

Among these characters, the word "Changyi" appears most frequently, and the word "Haihun" is very rare.

This can also explain that most of Liu He's funeral objects were made when he was the king of Changyi, and some of them may not even belong to him, but were passed down to him by his father.

As for why his father didn't bring these bronzes belonging to the "King of Changyi" to the tomb, but passed them on to Liu He.

But Liu He brought all these things to the tomb.

This has to talk about the sacrificial system in the Han Dynasty.

His father, Liu He, was the first Changyi king in the Western Han Dynasty. When he died, there was no "absolute sacrifice". He still had his son Liu He who could inherit the title of Changyi king.

Therefore, his father would not bring everything into the tomb, but only the bronzes, gold and silverware, lacquered woodware, etc. that he used frequently, into the tomb.

Some utensils that he didn't use often, or that belonged to the king of Changyi, such as palace lanterns and incense burners in the palace of the king, of course, there is no need to bring these things to the tomb.

At most, he would only take away the lamps and incense burners in his bedroom.

Otherwise, what will Liu He use in the future?

But Liu He is different from his father.

After Liu He's death, the Marquis of Haihun was expelled from the country. His eldest son and second son were supposed to inherit the Marquis of Haihun, but they both died suddenly before they officially succeeded.

So Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty followed suit and simply eliminated the Haihunhou family.

In this way, no one can inherit the items of Haihunhou and Changyi King in Liu He's hands. Theoretically speaking, the lineage of Changyi King and Haihunhou is regarded as an extinct sacrifice.

Everything related to King Changyi and Marquis Haihun would naturally be brought to Liu He's tomb.

Because apart from Liu He, no one can use these items anymore.

You don't have the title anymore, so you still use these things that can only be used by nobles above Liehou?

Do you think there are too many people from the Nine Clans and you want to commit suicide?
This is why there are so many funerary objects in Haihunhou's tomb.

Otherwise, a prince or prince who died normally without being expelled from the country would not be able to bury so many things with him.

This is taking all the treasures of the entire lineage into the grave.

Only three or four thousand pieces (sets) of the cultural relics in the east XZ room and the left and right chariots and horses have been cleaned up, and there are still several rear storage rooms and the most important main coffin room that have not been cleaned up. .

Maybe, this tomb can clear out [-] pieces (sets) of cultural relics at a time!
The number of cultural relics can surpass the sum of the tombs of four or five princes and kings of the Western Han Dynasty!
There are ten chambers and nine empty tombs in the Han Dynasty. All the tombs of princes and kings excavated by Chinese archaeologists have not been stolen!

If the theft is serious, there may only be one or two hundred cultural relics left.

Even if the theft is not serious, there are only a few hundred cultural relics left.

It is conservatively estimated that for a normal prince and king, there are only one or two thousand pieces (about) of burial objects.

Among them, the most exquisite cultural relics are not those Boshan furnaces, but Danglu found in the chariot and horse warehouse.

Danglu is an engraved gold ornament on the horse's head. It is called "Danglu" because it is decorated in the center of the horse's forehead.

In the left and right chariots and horses, a total of more than [-] danglus were cleared out, all of which were decorated with gold and silver.

There are four common patterns of blue dragon, white tiger, rosefinch, and basalt, and they are matched with themes such as peacock opening its screen, feathered man ascending to heaven, and scepter.

In addition, there are matching umbrella bow caps, car scale decorations, axle decorations, etc.

According to the Han system, lieutenants and princes and kings could only ride in chariots driven by four horses. Even if 20 horses were found in the horse pit buried with them, it shows that Liu He had a total of five chariots in exchange for use during his lifetime.

But 20 horses with more than 80 pawnees is also a very luxurious behavior.

It is equivalent to a modern person having five scooters, and he also equipped each of the five scooters with more than ten gold-embellished headlights, which can be used interchangeably!
This Liu He is not ordinary rich, it is simply too much money to spend.

It is conceivable how luxurious he lived before his death.

Although he was relegated to a remote place like Jiangxi, it didn't affect him at all to throw coins everywhere.

From the scale of other funerary objects, we can also get a glimpse of it.

Among the funerary objects cleared out in the east and west chambers, the lacquered ear cups are the single most numerous.

There are more than 610 pieces in total, all of which are painted red on the inside, black on the outside, and decorated with cloud patterns and waterfowl patterns on the outside.

In addition, the second most is the lacquer plate, with 101 pieces. It is also painted with black lacquer on the outside, mouth and inner bottom, red lacquer on the inner wall, and three sets of cloud dragon patterns on the inner bottom.

In the Han Dynasty, the dragon was not an image that only the emperor could use.

Although the legend about the dragon can be traced back to the time of the Yellow Emperor.

But at that time, the dragon has always been a kind of "auspicious beast", not a symbol of imperial power.

Qin's totem is a black bird, and Han's emperor's power comes from Liu Bang's uprising against the white snake, and he proclaimed himself the Red Emperor. The snake-killing sword is the symbol of imperial power.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that dragons and winds became symbols of imperial power that only emperors could use.

Before the Tang Dynasty, the dragon, like the unicorn, basalt, and phoenix, was an auspicious animal.

Therefore, it is not surprising that dragon patterns and even complete dragon-shaped carvings appeared on the daily necessities of the nobles in the Western Han Dynasty.

After all, the Western Han Dynasty was an era of broken etiquette and music, and various etiquette systems were still in the stage of reshaping. There were not so many rules and regulations that were not allowed to be used or not allowed to be worn.

Of course, this is only used by relatively high-level nobles.

However, there are more than 600 pieces of lacquer ear cups and more than 100 pieces of lacquer plates, which can also be seen how luxurious Liu He usually is when eating and drinking.

Moreover, so many ear cups show that Liu He is still a good drinker.

This is why Liu He could find some reason for being "mediocre".

In ancient times, liking to drink was definitely not a trait that a Mingjun should have.

After all, after the Shang Dynasty, which perished because of the wine culture, the people of Zhou were guarded against wine like snakes and scorpions.

This practice of preventing the circulation of wine also continued into the Han Dynasty.

In the Western Han Dynasty, except when the king was enthroned and the world could be rich, private brewing of wine was not allowed at other times, nor was it allowed to gather people to drink.

It is a crime for three or more people to gather in a crowd to drink alcohol!
It wasn't until the middle of the Western Han Dynasty that an opening was opened to allow people to drink alcohol at the wedding banquet once when they got married.

Of course, these laws definitely cannot control the nobles, and the nobles can hold banquets.

Therefore, the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty usually gathered for banquets when they were free, because they drank too much at the banquet, and then they came up with criminal cases.

Liu He likes to drink, if he is just a Western Han nobleman's point of view, it is not outrageous behavior at all.

In other words, after he has missed the throne, he can only drink to express his depression when he has nothing to do.
(End of this chapter)