In China's Guangxi Fangchenggang City, Shangsi County, 5 kilometers from the county, found a rare seven-star giant coffin, which at the time caused major domestic media as well as the CCTV's great concern, seven-star giant coffin a small one with a complete package of triplex soil, then the seven-star giant coffin of the tomb owner in the end who is it? The giant coffin below the discovery of the seven Dipper small hole and what is the meaning of it? Next by this site I reveal the mystery of the giant coffin of seven stars in Guangxi!
Mystery of the giant coffin of the seven stars in GuangxiIn our country, Guangxi Shangsi County, a construction site found a rectangular boulder, this boulder is wrapped in ancient coffins by the triple soil. Careful observation in the boulder inside also hides a larger giant coffin, the whole triple earth coffins show six sealed shape, which has never been seen in Guangxi, caused the local people of all kinds of speculation. Like this triple earth coffins in the Ming and Qing dynasties, mainly popular in the southeast coast of a form of burial, how can appear in the southern border of Guangxi Shangsi County? A variety of mysteries plagued the locals, in fact, who is the owner of the giant coffin, then look down!
Under the auspices of the Autonomous Region Bureau of Cultural Relics, the joint Palace Museum, Peking University, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center, as well as relevant provincial and municipal cultural and scientific units **** with the attack, after nearly three years of salvage, cocooning excavation, a shocking secret is step by step to us: Shangsi? Sanhe soil? Giant coffin and the Ming Dynasty? Missing? The Jianwen emperor has a thousand links, has significant humanistic value.
Seven stars in Guangxi giant coffin for the survey
In this? Stone? s survey process, it was found that this similar ? Stone block? Rectangular, the top part of the ? Zigzag, 2.40 meters long, 1.16 meters high and 0.96 meters wide. And on the hillside, another similar? stone block? , the head end of which has been exposed to the ground. Upon measurement, these two pieces of ? stones? s rows were 0.5 meters away from each other. After later excavation of the large The stone was excavated later. After unearthed, measured its length 2.50 meters, height 1.45 meters, width 1.15 meters. The two large stones were measured to be 2.50 meters long, 1.45 meters high, and 1.15 meters wide. stone block? were shaped like coffins. The shape of the two large stones was similar to the shape of a coffin. stone block? were surveyed and it was concluded that the two large? stone blocks? are not ordinary? The stones are not ordinary stones. but rather two blocks of The two stones are not ordinary stones, but two tombs made of Ramming of the tomb.
Preliminary inference, belonging to the Ming Dynasty period of burial. And also concluded that to? Triad soil? for the outer coffin of these two burials, in? The three-hexagonal soil? Inside the coffin, there must be a coffin. This kind of Sanheyutu? rammed coffin, also known as the local people commonly known as the? Seven stars giant coffin? The so-called? The so-called "seven-star giant coffin" is just a common name of the local people. is just a common name of the local people, it is not the real meaning of the stone chiseled and carved coffins. In fact, the seven-star giant coffin is a kind of using? Triple clay? In the coffin around the rammed formation of the coffin. Only in? Triad soil? After drying up, its hardness is also as hard as stone, even harder than ordinary stone.
And the so-called seven-star giant coffin of ? Triad of soil? The three combined soil? It is composed of a variety of components, but it is one of the main components of clay, lime and sand. The lime component is more, the clay also occupies a certain proportion, the proportion of sand is relatively small. It has been proved that the use of ? Triple clay? rammed coffins, in China since the Song and Yuan dynasties have appeared from time to time, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in Shandong, Fujian, Guangdong coastal area is prevalent. The reason for this is that the land along the coast is wet and acidic and alkaline, so if the coffin buried in the soil is subjected to acidic and alkaline erosion over the years, the coffin will easily rot. Therefore, in order to better protect the coffins and the bodies and objects inside, the use of? Triad soil? Mixed, and in the wooden coffin around the tamping, forming a kind of? Triad soil? Outer coffin, in order to achieve long-term protection of wooden coffins. Later, this area constantly have coastal immigrants migrate to the mainland, the? Triple clay? rammed coffin funeral customs inherited to all parts of the world.
Experts deduce that the discovery of such a complete six-sided sealing shape of the seven-star giant coffin in Shangsi? Three-hexed earth? coffin, in Guangxi belongs to the first discovery, in the country is also rare. Dr. Liang Honggang of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, according to the traditional Chinese funeral customs inferred that this should be a husband and wife joint tomb.
Guangxi seven-star giant coffins lead to strange funeral customs
According to the relevant documents, in China's Western Zhou Dynasty has begun to exist husband and wife burial customs, that is, husband and wife were buried in two tightly built each other's graves. By the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, this system of burying husband and wife in separate caves became more common. It is not known from when, from ? Feng Shui The point of view of feng shui is that, in all family burials, the elder's tomb must be on the top of the cemetery, while the younger's tomb can only be on the bottom of the cemetery, otherwise, it is? Riding on ancestors? Otherwise, it is a manifestation of the reversal of human relationships. This is a taboo in the funeral customs.
Since the emergence of the husband and wife buried in different holes of the custom, thousands of years, people have also been following this funeral? Feng Shui? rules, and has continued to this day. After complete excavation and unearthed, it was found that these two seven-star giant coffins? Triple earth? Coffin was a large and small shape. By volume estimation, the weight of the large coffin should be about 5 tons, the weight of the small coffin is also 4 tons. In accordance with the tomb is sitting in the north-south arrangement, the big coffin is located in the east of the cemetery, the small coffin is located in the west of the cemetery. In the funeral customs of the Zhuang people, the burial of the cemetery, the arrangement of male left and female right. Therefore, it is inferred that the owner of the large coffin is male and the owner of the small coffin is female.
The giant coffin of seven stars in Guangxi to open the coffin
The giant coffin of seven stars is found in Guangxi, a giant coffin, in the black inner coffin floor found the Big Dipper seven stars. Seven stars giant coffin next to actually found ? Swiss watches? The outer layer of the outer coffin is about 20 centimeters thick? Triple clay? sealing mud. The archaeological excavation, guangxi cultural relics department for the first time to archaeology, cultural relics protection, medicine and other multidisciplinary experts composed of expert group, guangxi archaeological community, multidisciplinary archaeology is a kind of attempt, but also for another with the discovery of the "triple soil" coffins found in the Shangsi provide experience in the excavation of the inner and outer coffins. It is understood that the two coffins should be husband and wife burial, the excavation of the coffin is smaller, only about one ton, the larger coffin is about five tons, the volume is about twice the small coffin. Experts said they will be discussed scientifically before deciding whether or not to open the coffin on the large "three soil" coffin.
December 20, 2008, the group of experts on the small side of the coffin to "open". First of all, opened the small deputy coffin of the "triple soil" outer layer, and lifted the inner layer of camphor wood cover, but found that there is also a black wooden coffin. Experts said that this is a pair of coffins encapsulated with "triad soil". This coffin also did not take "three long and two short" approach, but "three long and three short", that is, there is a bottom.
On December 21, 2008, the inner coffin lid of the small secondary coffin was lifted. Inside the coffin there is a pile of black bones, skull white hair and eyebrows clearly distinguishable, hair with hairpins coiled in the back of the head, the face is also covered with a layer of mesh linen. Experts judged from the skull, pelvic bones and clothing that the owner of the tomb was an older woman. Inside the coffin, there is a dress with a golden-colored pattern that is relatively well preserved. The bottom plate of the inner coffin has seven small holes arranged in the shape of the "Big Dipper". Some experts speculate that the owner of the tomb may be related to Taoism.
Due to the burial of the coffin placed in the grass ash pillow, the deceased body also paved a layer of grass ash, coupled with the moist air inside the coffin, the entire bottom of the coffin appeared paste black grass ash mud, part of the dress and black grass ash mud mixed together, into a paste. Nevertheless, the coffin a relatively well-preserved and with gold-colored patterned clothing has become the focus of attention. An expert at the scene told reporters that the texture of the dress for the silk, although also stained with black grass mud, roughly as a pile of mud, but a closer look, the dress on the golden-yellow pattern is still bright. Although on the Si "triple soil" coffin burial form peculiar, seems to be different from the ordinary family, but the experts did not find in the coffin, such as gold, jade and other funerary objects; In addition, the coffin was not found to record the identity of the owner and the life of the period of the epitaph, so that the experts on the identity of the owner of the tomb age is difficult to draw conclusions.
Seven-star giant coffin in Guangxi before the opening of a small episode
December 20, 2008 at 8:00 pm, the experts opened the outer coffin cover, a black inner coffin appeared in front of the eyes. Several experts with a flashlight to view the inner coffin and the inner coffin and the outer coffin gap, "there is actually a cockroach!" A sharp-eyed expert let out a shriek. In the flashlight, we really found a cockroach about the size of a finger in the gap between the inner coffin and the outer coffin. When the archaeological excavation work is basically completed when the group of experts deliberately viewed the "triple soil" sealing, and once again using lifting equipment will be lifted to view the bottom of the coffin, the doubts were resolved: it turned out that the bottom of the sealing mud, there is a finger-sized crack, cockroaches should be drilled from this crack to the interior of the coffin, inadvertently attracted a lot of people's conjecture.
Tomb pit side of the discovery of the "Swiss watch" according to the Shangsi County Cultural Management Director Wang Shanchu introduced, about 10 years ago, there was a person in the giant coffin where the hillside, planted a large number of fruit trees, and there is the protection of the orchard. Therefore, this pocket "watch" may be the orchard owner accidentally abandoned in the orchard that year, and in the later plowing pushed to the side of the giant coffin tomb pit.
According to experts, in the "triple soil" sealing mud in the coffin, there is a coffin in the form of a coffin of the tomb, which is the first time in the country of the same kind of tomb found. The archaeological excavation is also important for the study of ancient local burial customs and costumes.
The bottom plate of the giant coffin of seven stars in Guangxi is now the Big Dipper
When the bottom plate of the inner coffin and the bones were lifted out and placed on the workbench, the experts classified the bones and organized the bottom plate. To the surprise of the experts, there is actually a "Big Dipper" pattern on the base plate. Reporters at the scene to see, the base plate has seven small holes about 2 centimeters in diameter, in accordance with the "Big Dipper" spoon arrangement, there are lines between the small holes connected. In the cleanup of the inner coffin, experts found scattered in the coffin of three ancient copper coins and a bamboo bone paper folding fan. An expert speculation, placed in the inner coffin of the ancient coins should be seven, may be placed in the arrangement of the "Big Dipper seven stars" within the seven small holes. As the coffin tumbled during the move, the original state of storage has been destroyed, and some of the items are also mixed with the grass mud, they carefully cleaned up the grass mud, hoping to find the answer.
The three ancient coins have the words "Kaiyuan Tongbao" on the front. This can be inferred that the tomb belongs to the Tang Dynasty? The expert immediately gave a negative answer to the question. He said, folding fan appeared in the era of the Song Dynasty, from the form of burial and coffin system, more like the Ming Dynasty or the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty tombs. But for the master's identity and the presumption of age, they will be the excavation of the collection of cultural relics to study, and then make the final judgment.
The inner coffin was just lifted out? Seven stars giant coffin?
The inner coffin was just lifted out. The giant coffin? The inner bottom of the presentation of the? Dipper seven star pier? And bring you a new surprise. Dipper seven star pier? The shape of the arrangement is the same as the last excavation of the small deputy? Giant Coffin in the last excavation of the small deputy? Dipper seven star plate? The shape of the arrangement is basically the same. Experts believe that the seven small piers are made of three piles of soil. Why? Dipper seven stars? Repeatedly appeared in the upper Si? Seven stars giant coffin? In the end, what is the significance of it? Some people who know the local folklore say, ? Dipper seven stars? There are two meanings, one is? Dipper seven stars? can guide the dead to ascend to heaven, and the second is the composition of the Dipper seven stars. The second is that the seven holes and six strings that make up the seven stars of the Big Dipper. The seven holes of the six branches symbolize the world's seven feelings and six desires, after the death of a person, the person's seven feelings and six desires also follow the ascension.
Guangxi seven-star giant coffin inside the tomb people's identity has not yet been finalized, just from the form of burial tomb and coffin form, more like the Ming and Qing Dynasty burial tombs, but this also requires archaeologists as well as experts and scholars to explore in-depth research!