Chapter 619: Respect the Right and the Humble Left
According to the burial system in the Zhou ceremony, the tomb in the tomb of the monarch must be north-south, and the tomb road is located on the north-south axis of the tomb, because Xuanwu and Vermilion Bird represent the north and south gods, and the two follow the yin and yang, Xuanwu is also the death of the Xuanming Lord, and the Vermilion Bird is the birth of the Xuanniao. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The tomb road is actually the reincarnation wheel of the deceased from death to life, which is extremely exquisite, the Xuan Ming is black, and the Xuan Bird is red, so the tomb road in the king's tomb is red and black.
"Then why is this cyan?" The palace lord was puzzled.
"Shows that this is not the main tomb!" Tian Wanqing came back to her senses.
"Here......" Gong Jue looked back below. Such a majestic and magnificent yellow intestine inscription here is not the main tomb?! ”
"The ancients took the green dragon, the white tiger, the Xuanwu, and the red bird to divide the four directions, and there will be people buried in the king's tomb, which are placed on both sides of the main tomb according to the relationship, the left is the green dragon, the tomb road will be cyan, and the right side is the white tiger, so the tomb road is white, which is the earliest feng shui can be said, indicating that even if the tomb owner is sleeping here, there are green dragons and white tigers to guard." I explained with a frown.
"In other words, this yellow intestine question is just a burial tomb?!" Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback. "But, but this is the mausoleum of the monarch, who has such great power to let a prince and monarch come to the burial?"
"It seems that there are other reasons why this mausoleum was built under the channel of the Yellow River, and there must be hidden secrets inside." Xue Xinrou said.
"It is not necessarily just a burial method that will be used in this way, but there is also a possibility that it is a joint burial, after the mausoleum is built, the tomb owner is sent here first, and then the tomb owner is sent in after the person who is waiting for him dies." Tian Wanqing stood up with a puzzled expression. "This mausoleum is too incredible, I haven't figured out why the monarch of the Kingdom of Yu used the yellow intestine inscription, and now I found out that it was used for burial."
"Since there is a cyan burial passage, it means that this is not the main burial chamber, and there should be a mausoleum with a white burial passage." I looked around and my voice was astonished. "It seems that the scale of the ancient tomb built under the river is unimaginable, and this yellow intestine inscription is just the tip of the iceberg."
"It seems that we first have to find out the identity of the owner of this yellow intestine inscription tomb." Xue Xinrou said.
"No matter who the owner of the tomb is, the status here is also the lowest." I replied with a deep breath.
"Why?" Ye Zhiqiu and Xue Xinrou both looked at me in surprise. "You don't even know who the owner of the tomb is, why are you so sure that this person has the lowest status?"
The tomb here is completely in accordance with the burial system in the Zhou ceremony, in the Zhou ceremony, there are very strict regulations and subdivisions on the ranks, the left and right are one of the signs of distinguishing the respect and inferiority, because the monarch is seen by the courtiers, the south sits, the left east and the right west, the courtiers stand in the north, the left west and the right east, the courtiers are lined up according to the official position by the respect to the humble, the official position is high in the east, the humble is in the west, so the right and the left are respected.
"This person's tomb road is cyan and is located in the east of Qinglong, so his identity and status are far inferior to the master in the west mausoleum, not to mention the person whose mausoleum location occupies the north and south."
Speaking of this, I condescendingly looked at the coffin in the middle of the tomb, and now I began to wonder if there were all those prominent people buried in this incredible mausoleum.
As we walked down the steps, the firelight illuminated the underground palace, which had been silent for nearly three thousand years, and the layout of the tomb was meticulously according to the inscription of the yellow intestine, and on the south side were chariots and horses, in which the funeral chariots and horses were neatly arranged in a military formation, and we could clearly see that only some bones of the horses remained.
Only the body made of bronze is left, Tian Wanqing said that archaeology has found many carriages of this period, but because they are wooden, they have rotted when they are unearthed, and it is the first time to see a complete bronze carriage like this.
This should be the king's Luan, the whole body is painted, there are moire, geometric patterns, Kui dragon patterns and other patterns, the colors are bright and rich, vividly depicting the luxury and magnificence of the king of the kingdom of Luan, what I pay the most attention to is a pair of tigers engraved on the side of the carriage that are connected to each other, surrounded by the pattern of dragons and birds, symbolizing the world style of advocating martial arts and bravery.
"There's also a bronze sword on it." Ye Zhiqiu was extremely excited, pointing to one of the carriages and said.
Following the direction of her finger, I saw that it was a short sword, with a carefully sewn cowhide sheath on the outside, and I carefully pulled out the sword, and found that the short sword was not smelted with the technology of the time, but was divided into two parts: the hilt and the blade.
The jade handle made of Hetian green jade, the jade is delicate and smooth, the front end is arc-shaped adduction, the end is square, and the copper core in the jade handle is also inlaid with strip-shaped turquoise pieces at the place where the willow leaf-like sword body is connected, and the workmanship is extremely exquisite.
The more I looked, the more puzzled I became, and I flicked the blade of the sword with my fingers, making a sonorous sound, which was completely different from the rich echo of the bronze sword, and I was immediately surprised: "This, this is an iron sword!" ”
Tian Wanqing was also dumbfounded when she heard this, and carefully took it from my hand, as if she had been shocked for a long time and nodded, this short sword is actually an artificial iron-smelting product, which undoubtedly proves that in the period of the existence of the Kingdom of Yu, it has a fairly mature and perfect iron-smelting process.
And the corresponding to the carriage room is the armory room, most of the weapons in it have rotted wooden handles, only a mess of various blades remains, and then there is the bronze ritual room, each of which is well preserved and simple, heavy, exquisite, and can be called a rare treasure.
But these things never aroused much interest in us, and our attention was on the coffin in the middle, and we were desperate to know who the owner of the tomb was.
The coffin is divided into two layers for the wooden coffin, the coffin cover outside the coffin has decayed, but the coffin cover frame can still be seen, and the small ornaments such as copper bells, copper fish, pottery beads and stone shells on the coffin cover are scattered around the outer coffin.
There are still some jade objects on the lid of the outer coffin, we clean out the outer coffin, and find a variety of jade artifacts of various animals on the lid of the inner coffin, it can be seen that the tomb owner is a person who is extremely obsessed with jade, after removing the lid of the inner coffin, we finally see the remains of the tomb owner, the bones of this person have decayed, and the jade covered and worn by the body when buried is densely packed.
The most exquisite is the jade ornament of the Duohuang group worn by jade and agate in front of the tomb owner, which is made of seven pieces of jade from top to bottom, from small to large, and is made up of two rows of agate and glass beads that are symmetrical between each Huang.
Its selection of materials is exquisite and finely workmanlike, this is the funeral decoration that prevailed in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and finally we are amazed by the jade mask on the face of the tomb owner, which is composed of cyan thin jade pieces and dozens of red agate beads, and the color is magnificent and crystal moist.
The proportions are evenly covered on the tomb owner's facial features, I have heard Ye Jiuqing say it before, but this is the first time I have seen the jade mask, even I am a little excited, not to mention the other people around me, Tian Wanqing's hands are trembling, Ye Zhiqiu and Xue Xinrou are completely speechless with excitement, the only one who is still calm is the palace jue, she doesn't seem to be interested in these things at all.
"Any idea what this is?" I asked her with a smile.
The palace lord shook his head disappreciatively.
"This is the most complete structure, the most standardized shape, and specially made burial jade in the archaeological discovery so far, and it is the golden jade clothes of the Han Dynasty that evolved according to this." Ye Zhiqiu didn't raise the bar with Gong Jue this time, it was completely heartfelt excitement. "It's priceless."
"Why are you so excited, anyway, it's just a mask made up of a few stones, the ruins that Chaoge and I have seen are much more magical than this, we have been to the Lingshan recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, as well as Penglai, isn't it just the tomb of a vassal state, we have also been to the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, and we have also seen the co-owner of the world in the coffin." Gong Jue spread his hands and said casually. "By the way, I also have a pet called a minibus, which is stronger than this and still alive, and I have a chance to take you to see it."
"You ......"
"Enough!" I interrupted the two of them with a sinking face, not that I was worried that Gong Jue and Ye Zhiqiu would pinch each other again, maybe I was too involved, I have always existed as Gu Chaoge, but Gong Jue's words instantly pulled me back to reality, she reminded me of the past, and at the same time remembered my other identity, that is the real me.
Yes, Gong Jue is not interested in these things, I can understand, after all, she and I do not belong to this world, no matter how beautiful mortal things are, God will not care after all, it is because I have forgotten my identity, so I show excitement and shock, and now I think of who I am, and I am instantly full of indifference to everything in front of me.
Ye Zhiqiu and Gong Jue probably saw that I was suddenly so gloomy, and the two of them were silent, and Tian Wanqing and Xue Xinrou were still engrossed in these discoveries that were enough to shock them, and they didn't notice the change in my expression at all.
"But we still don't know the identity of the tomb owner." Xue Xinrou looked at it for a long time, raised her head and said worriedly.
"There are no rules for inscriptions in the tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and clues are generally found from the inscriptions on the bronzes, but we have checked every bronze in the place where the bronze ritual vessels survived, and no inscriptions were found." Tian Wanqing also sighed and shook her head at a loss. "Although the funeral items in the coffin are rare treasures, none of them can prove the identity of the tomb owner."
"The owner of the tomb arranged the coffin completely according to the burial method in the Zhou ceremony, and in the burial system, the tomb owner must have jade in his mouth, and the jade must have a famous inscription." In a different state of mind, I will no longer be affected by these things.
"yes, I didn't think of that." Tian Wanqing hurriedly and cautiously, removed the jade and agate on the tomb owner's face as they were according to the mask, and gently pried open the tomb owner's mouth, which was indeed containing a crystal clear jade turtle.
I reached out and took out the jade turtle, and there was a clearly visible inscription at the bottom, and after taking a look, I was immediately taken aback, and turned my head to look at the corpse in the coffin: "The owner of the tomb turned out to be him?!" ”