In 1968, the excavation of the Han tomb in Mancheng, Hebei became the focus of many people, not only because of the unique identity of the tomb owner, but also because of the large number of unearthed funerary objects.
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Han tomb is a combined tomb, divided into 2 parts. The tomb of Liu Sheng is 51.7 meters long, and the tomb of Dou Luo is 49.7 meters long. The two tombs are similar in shape and structure, and are divided into six parts: the tomb passage, the corridor, the south ear chamber, the north ear chamber, the middle chamber and the back chamber. The entire tomb is completely simulated as the palace chamber where the tomb owner lived during his lifetime. After opening the tomb of Liu Sheng, the funeral products inside are dazzling. There are daily necessities as well as military combat weapons. According to expert statistics, there are 6,000 burial objects in Liu Sheng’s tomb. This is such a huge number, you can see the extravagance of Liu Sheng's life from the funeral articles!
Liu Sheng and Dou Wan both used "golden pierced jade clothes" as their mourning clothes. Liu Sheng's jade garment is composed of 2498 pieces of jade, and the gold thread used is about 1100 grams. Dou Wan's jade clothing is composed of 2,160 pieces of jade. In order to add brilliance and shuttle the pieces of jade together, the amount of gold used has reached 700 grams. In the end, more than 4,200 pieces of cultural relics were unearthed from the two tombs, including bronze, iron, gold and silver, jade, lacquer, pottery, silk, large real carriages, small puppets, and five baht coins.
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Among them, the most exquisite are bronzes, such as gilt and silver inlaid milk-nail-patterned pot, gilt-silver and dragon-patterned pot, wrong gold and silver bird's seal pot, The wrong Jinboshan furnace, the gilt "Changxin Palace" lamp, and the wrong gold inlaid turquoise vermillion bird ring cup are all the essence of the bronze craftsmanship of the Han Dynasty. Among the ironware, there are low-carbon steel, medium-carbon steel, "100 steel-making" products, and solid decarburized steel devices.
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In addition, gold and silver medical needles used for acupuncture and a copper clepsydra used for timekeeping were unearthed. At present, the collection is in the center of the Hebei Provincial Museum and has become the treasure of the town hall! Welcome all enthusiasts to visit.
