The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with "open the coffin and die". Experts were dumbfounded after opening the coffin

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We know that the ancients valued things behind them very much. They think that people will go to another world to live after death, so they will bring many burial objects to the tomb, in order to continue to enjoy the life of prosperity and wealth in the world after death, but since ancient times, "wealth and silk", these The richer the burial goods, the more they are worried about by tomb robbers. In order to prevent the robbery of the tomb, many tombs have institutions or special "curses".

The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with

In 1957, archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences accidentally discovered a tomb near Liangjiazhuang in the west of Xi'an. After preliminary research, it was determined that this ancient tomb occupies an area The area is not large, so archaeologists think this is just an ordinary tomb.

However, during further excavation in China, it was discovered that this is an ancient tomb of the Sui Dynasty, and it is the most secretly preserved and best-preserved Sui Dynasty ancient tomb. The tomb is a rectangular shaft pit, that is, a rectangular earth pit is dug from the ground down as the tomb, and the depth of the tomb can reach 2.9 meters. On the south side of the tomb, there is a slope-shaped tomb road with a length of 6.85 meters.

The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with

When you walk into the tomb, you can see a stone coffin, which is made of bluestone. The coffin is 2.63 meters long, 1.61 meters high, and 1.1 meters wide. It is made up of 17 bluestone slabs. When you open the stone coffin, an exquisitely carved sarcophagus that can be called a stone carving artwork leaps into your eyes.

But then the expert was stunned again, because the sarcophagus was engraved with "open the coffin and die". These four characters were engraved sonorously and looked so mysterious and shocking on the gloomy coffin. Of course, these four words are used to prevent tomb robbers, but now they have been met by archaeologists, which is really embarrassing.

The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with

Experts are all people who have received modern science education, of course they don’t believe them. Upholding the awe-inspiring faith, they opened the coffin, but they were dumbfounded. The funeral goods inside were really amazing. There were jade hairpins, bracelets, necklaces, etc., after thousands of years, they still shone with golden light, including a pearl and bloodstone inlaid The gold necklace of lapis lazuli carved with big horned deer can be said to be the most exquisite archaeological discovery so far. These ornaments make the owner of the tomb look jeweled, brilliant and stunning.

The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with

So who is the owner of this tomb? According to the content expert on the epitaph, the boudoir name of the owner of the tomb is Li Jingxun, who is a child from Longxi. Her family background is very prominent. Great-grandfather Li Xian was a general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Hussar and the grandfather of Hexi County; and her grandfather Li Chong was a famous general who had followed Sui Wendi Yang Jian to fight the world.

And Li Jingxun was the son of Guanglu doctor Li Min. The only daughter of Emperor Yu Wenyun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Queen Yang Lihua personally selected the son-in-law Yu Wen Eying and finally picked Li Min and gave birth to Li Jingxun. In other words, Yang Jian is Li Jingxun’s great-grandfather, Queen Yang Lihua is her maternal grandmother, and Princess Bei Zhou is her biological mother.

The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with

Li Jingxun has been doted by her grandmother Yang Lihua, the Queen Mother of Beizhou since she was a child, and has been brought by her to raise her. On June 1st of the four years of the great cause (608), Li Jingxun, who was only 9 years old, passed away due to illness. Yang Lihua was very sad and ordered a burial. In order to allow Li Jingxun to stay peaceful for a long time, he also engraved the four words "the one who opens is to die" on the coffin.

The tomb of the princess of the Sui Dynasty was unearthed in Shaanxi, and the sarcophagus was carved with

was opened by experts unexpectedly. Of course, none of the experts had any accidents in the end, and Li Jingxun's burial objects were moved to the museum, and she could truly and permanently rest in peace.

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