We opened many ship coffins one after another, and we found that these boat-shaped wooden coffins were all in the form of separate burials, there were no joint burial tombs, and one person was buried in each coffin, and their heads were uniformly oriented eastward, towards the place where the sun rose, and they were all upright limbs. What's even more amazing is that some of the wooden coffins are not buried with real people, but just lifelike wooden carvings of skin. The statue is made extensively, a piece of poplar wood can be easily carved out of the human head, torso and lower limbs, on both sides of the torso add a slightly curved thin wooden stick for arms, the face is carved out of fine groove-like eyes, mouth and slightly bulging nose, with a complete hairless lynx skin to wrap the wooden figure firmly from front to back, this wood carving figure is probably a substitute for a deceased, its burial style, burial customs and real people are no different.

We were carefully observing, and suddenly Hu Jiaojiao said: "Look at it, it's so strange, the sleeping deceased in the wooden coffin only carries simple burial goods, including clothes, hats, necklaces, and wrist ornaments, but why must there be a small straw basket in every tomb, without exception? And most of these deceased are covered with a large number of ephedra grass branches, why is this, what does this unique funeral meaning represent?"

Only then did we notice that the coffin inside the coffin was lifelike, vivid, and vividly braided, only to see a small and exquisite basket in front of us, they were densely twisted with plant stems and rhizome fibers, solid, carefully woven together, with drum belly, cylindrical, round bottom, pointed bottom, variety, different shapes. Each basket has a handle on it, suggesting that the basket was always in the hands of these ancestors. Moreover, these extremely intelligent ancestors skillfully used the different luster and texture of grass to weave triangular patterns and stepped patterns of light and dark. The most amazing thing is that these most perishable straw weaves have been as new as new after thousands of years. It is really breathtaking and jaw-dropping that there are dried foods such as wheat grains and millet grains in the small basket, but she diligently pursues them, and it is still a little difficult to get to the bottom of these problems, and we all fall into deep contemplation.

Wang Gongzi thought for a while and said unhurriedly: "Judging from the tombs on this sand dune, bronze has appeared, but it does not seem to have become a tool or vessel for people's daily use, it may be an ornament, or inlaid on wood products because of some symbolic meaning, and grass, wood, skin, and fur are obvious, which is the main dependence of life here back then, indicating that this thing is very important, and everyone has one." And why the ephedra branch is placed next to every deceased, I based on the function and meaning of the ephedra branch, I boldly guessed, ephedra is regarded as an immortal thing in some primitive religions, and seems to be related to embalming, but the tomb on this sand dune is really rare in the world, I am amazed. ”

Xiao Fei was also full of praise and said: "Yes, these people are really amazing, ingenious, you see, how vivid and lifelike these things are, and they need considerable skill to make these small baskets, and their mastery of shape and proportion is admirable, which is completely comparable to the carvings on all the wooden stakes unearthed here." ”

Fei whispered to me again: "It really makes me ecstatic, the Swedish archaeologist Bergmann said this very well - because it was found in a place named Little River and named in their last sleep, everything faithfully merged into death." The relatives prepared for them the provisions of the underworld and all the symbolic objects that sustained their previous earthly life. Countless storms howled over their heads, and in the stillness of the night, the eternal galaxy hung high overhead, and every summer, the fiery sun shone on their bodies, and they were so fortunate to have a peaceful resting place for so long that one day, a stranger came here and disturbed their unawake sleep—just to discover something unknown, to unravel the mystery that had been forgotten for so long in this lonely Central Asian land. I nodded and admired: "He does write very beautifully, very poetic, worthy of being a famous archaeologist, in fact, life is also like this, life is short, fleeting, eternity, life can be reluctant, but also need to pursue poetry and distance." And for the food you love, the songs you love about, the people you love and the dreams you pursue, you must not be compromised. I am really envious and jealous of these Loulan ancestors, they have gained eternity, they are immortal, their bodies have been baptized by time, they still exist, they have not disappeared, they have not turned into the bones of Bai Sensen, they are still so vivid, lifelike, vivid, and we are a hundred years later, after the smoke and fire, the smoke is billowing, and after the raging fire, what else can be left?"

Zeng Lu also shouted and said: "Look, there are a lot of things here, it really opened my eyes, there are also bows made of red willow branches, and arrows made by sharpening the red willow pole and inserting it into the reed pole, I just pulled down the bow and arrow, and it is still flexible and can be used, it is really amazing, by the way, there are wooden pins made of red willow branches, wooden combs, wooden ancestors, wood carved human faces, etc., it seems that the ancestors of these ancient Loulan are skilled craftsmen, and their hearts and minds are ingenious, which is really admirable." ”

Xiao Fei said sprinkled: "You see, these people are still dressed very well, very fashionable, very fashionable, leading the trend of the times, they are really fashionable, and the materials are high-end." You see that the loinkets are also woolen fabrics, and the men's loincloths are shaped like a belt with tassels at the bottom, and the women's loincloths are like short skirts. The deceased, without exception, wore pointed felt hats. The hat is usually wool of natural color, the white wool is decorated with red strings, the hat is decorated with weasel skin, some of the weasel head hangs from the front of the hat, some are also tied with feathers, the feathers are tied with red wool and tied to the hat on a thin wooden stick, it is really too much to dress up, the difference is how tall and pointed the felt hat is for men, while it is wide and round for women, and there are also boots sewn from cowhide or lynx skin, with the sole hair facing outwards and the rest of the hair facing inward, and a thick rope ties the boots to the ankles. It has been identified that the weasel on the felt hat belongs to the weasel and is good at catching rodents, and it is also widely distributed in Xinjiang today, and the feathers used for the feathers are most likely buzzard or eagle feathers. It is estimated that most of them are nobles, if it is not the rich second generation, it will be so high-end, these deceased people are wrapped in woolen cloaks, and the small straw baskets are on the right side of the cloak, I guess people wore them like this at that time, rectangular cloaks, long and wide, unsewn, around or draped on the body. The cloak is made of plain weave, the warp and weft are the primary color wool yarn, respectively, white, gray and white, light brown, dark brown, and the bottom of the cloak is also sparsely tasseled with warp threads, which is really popular, and their aesthetics are really advanced. ”

Hu Jiaojiao suddenly screamed, fussing and startling us, I don't know what unbelievable new discoveries she made.