The jade garment with golden thread is the mortuary clothes worn by the emperors and princes and kings of the Han Dynasty after their death. It belongs to the highest specification among the Han dynasty's mortuary clothes. It is made of gold thread and jade pieces. The appearance is the same as the shape of the human body. Its structure is very similar to that of ancient soldiers. The armor worn is also called jade box and jade tsunami.
The craftsmanship of
is very delicate. There are small holes around the jade, which is convenient for woven gold wire into a garment. The head is composed of a face cover and a mask, but it is not a rigid piece, but the eyes, nose and mouth are carved out. , Similar to a mask. The tops, hands, front pieces, back pieces, trouser legs, and feet are all separated, absolutely high-end, and carefully crafted according to the main body of the tomb. The magic of
is that the joints of the jade garment can be moved, the hands and feet can be bent freely, and the shoulders can also be moved. Seeing this, some friends may be surprised, isn't the jade dress made of gold thread for the dead? What is the use of making activities?
Speaking of this, we have to figure out why these big people wear golden jade clothes.
jade has been a valuable item since ancient times, representing a lofty status, and also a symbol of the good qualities of gentlemen. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were jade-enhanced faces and jade-enhanced clothes, which were liked by the nobles.
People in the Han Dynasty especially worshiped jade. They believed that jade was a "mountain elite". Using jade to fill the nine orifices could make the body alive, and the corpse could not rot, and could be reborn in the next life. Therefore, the noble men and women of the Han Dynasty used to bury many jade articles when they were buried.
As emperors or kings of vassal, simple jade stuffed nine orifices, embellished jade curtains and clothes can no longer meet their psychological needs, nor can they show their extraordinary identity. I don't know which genius was who designed this strange thing like a jade jade garment, which then became exclusive to the royal family.
In other words, these people wear jade suits after death, and they want to be reborn in the world through jade, and enjoy wealth again. This is a "beautiful" fantasy. In this case, of course, we must consider the issue of walking after the resurrection. Fortunately, this illusion has never come true, otherwise several should be scared to death.
Through the above description, it can be seen that the focus is on jade instead of gold wire. Therefore, other nobles who are not qualified to use the jade garments with gold strands have the best idea, and the second is to use silver and copper wires to make jade pieces, called silver The craftsmanship of the jade garment and the copper garment is similar to that of the gold garment. Put it on and lie down in the coffin, it's probably beautiful in my heart. There is no genuine, high imitation is not bad.
There are several pieces of jade garments unearthed, the most famous ones are those of Zhongshan Jing Wang Liu Sheng and his wife Dou Wan. Liu Sheng was the son of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, and his half-brother Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He has a descendant I believe everyone has heard of. Who? Liu Bei, the founding emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty.
In May 1968, a top-secret project was under construction on the mausoleum 1.5 kilometers southwest of Mancheng County, Hebei Province. The tomb of Liu Sheng was accidentally exploded and many precious cultural relics were unearthed. One of them was the jade garment of gold thread.
estimates that Liu Sheng is relatively obese. His jade garment is very large, 1.72 meters in length and composed of 2,498 pieces of jade. The gold thread used for braiding weighs about 1100 grams. It is divided into head, coat, pants, gloves, On the five parts of the foot, the trousers are wrapped with iron strips to lock the edges to make them strengthened.
Dou Wan's piece is relatively small, sharing 2,160 pieces of jade and 700 grams of gold wire. It may be out of a taboo on women's body shape, without protruding waist and abdomen shapes. Moreover, it is not gold silk that connects the chest of the jade garment, but silk fabric.
The golden jade garment unearthed from the Tomb of the King of Chu in Jiangsu Province is the one with the best jade quality, the largest number of jade pieces, and the most refined craftsmanship among the jade garments discovered so far. It is 174 cm long and 68 cm wide. The total number of jade pieces is 4248. The film is full of warm and shiny Xinjiang Hetian white jade and sapphire. The gold wire weighs 1576 grams, which is very luxurious.
's most shabby jade garments are those unearthed from the tomb of Liu Zeng in Linyi. There are only foot covers, gloves and headgear, no limbs and upper body. Maybe Liu Zhuang's status is not enough or the land is not rich.
was buried in such exquisite and precious jade clothes, and the owner of the tomb paid much attention to what was behind him. However, things backfired. Because the jade garments were expensive, the tomb robbers frequently visited the tomb, and the tomb owner was not peaceful after his death.
According to the "Three Kingdoms. The Benji of Emperor Weiwen", "the tombs of the Han clan were all stolen, and even burnt the jade box with gold strands, and the bones were all." The royal family wanted to use the jade suit to protect the body, but the body was damaged. This is really ironic.
was later banned by Emperor Wei Wen, Cao Pi, and the jade dress was popular for about 400 years, and it became a legend since then. One of the reasons for the prohibition is that it is difficult to make, requires a lot of manpower and financial resources, and is too extravagant; the second reason is that for everyone's sake, rebirth wearing a jade suit is just an imagination, but the possibility of attracting tomb thieves is very high.
But there is a strange phenomenon here. When the tomb robber finds the jade garment with golden thread, he often only draws the gold thread instead of the jade garment. What is
? Because the items stolen from the tomb have to be sold if they want to be realized. Jade is too precious to be used by ordinary people. It is not easy to get rid of it. Also, the shape of the jade piece on the jade garment is too eye-catching. It is easy for the government to find clues to solve the case when it is distributed on the market. It is very likely to cause disaster to tomb thieves. . The golden thread doesn't have such troubles, it melts and changes shape, and God knows where it came from.
Therefore, the clever and cautious tomb thief would rather give up the more valuable jade clothing and only take the gold silk that is easy to sell. But the truth is such a truth, in fact, most of those who dare to be tomb thieves are those who are bold and daring to take risks.
