"Later Han Shu Guangwu Benji" cloud: "Thick burial is virtue, thin end is contemptible." ”

What is a thick burial?

For the time being, Chen Han, who had not personally excavated the tombs of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty or the princes and other high-ranking nobles, did not have much feeling about it before.

However, just this tomb of a low-level nobleman in the Han Dynasty was already able to give him a glimpse of the extravagance of the Han Dynasty's thick burials.

A burial chamber that is only 3.1 meters long and 1.9 meters wide does not have much space except for a coffin nearly two meters long and 0.7 meters wide.

However, in the area of one meter long and one meter wide at the north end of the tomb, Chen Han and the others cleaned up more than 30 burial goods.

There are a total of 26 pieces of pottery, 6 pieces of bronze and 2 pieces of jade!

Most of the pottery is daily utensils, including clay pots, clay pots, pottery warehouses, pottery mills, and pottery stoves!

In particular, the two sets of pottery stoves have special options for accessories, with kettles, chimneys, retorts, basins, spoons, and bowls.

Even, in the corner, Chen Han also found a pottery well!

Among the previous dynasties, only the funerary goods of the Han Dynasty will be so complete, which completely restores the living environment of the tomb owner before his death.

"Tsk, this set of pottery wells is too complete, the well railing, derrick, well pavilion, pulley, water bucket and paddy field model are all complete."

"Put it in the modern era, how can I say it, it has to be a boutique model restored to equal scale."

Chen Han squatted in front of the pottery well, carefully brushing away the soil attached to the pottery well with a soft brush.

As he moved, some patterns gradually appeared on the model of the paddy field in front of the pottery well.

After Chen Han observed carefully for a while, he said uncertainly: "These seem to be two kitchen pictures." ”

Su Sa, who was cleaning the pottery stove on the side, turned his head when he heard the sound, and also carefully looked at the patterns on the paddy field.

The one on the left shows a Confucian priest wearing a silk on his head, wearing a tunic that is over the knees, with his sleeves rolled up, holding a basket in both hands, and bending over to work.

Behind him, there was a hanger-like shelf on which two fish were hung.

The one on the right is a man wearing a scarf, a short shirt, and trousers, holding a stick in his left hand and a fierce dog in his right hand.

Looking at the form, it seems to be a painting of a farmer killing a dog.

Two figures, separated by three convex strings common on bronze and pottery.

Su Sa said strangely: "This craftsman who makes pottery wells seems to have painted two Confucian scholars and farmers who were cooking by the well. ”

"In the Han Dynasty's concept, the soul is eternal, and the dead world is the same as the living world."

"Therefore, people with a little bit of money, when they buy funerals, they will ask craftsmen to paint people's living conditions on the funeral goods."

"Trying to make the deceased live the same life as when they were alive underground."

Painting people working on paddy field models, or people busy handling food at the well, is a normal thing for burial objects unearthed in the Han Dynasty.

After all, death is like life, what the world was like before death, and what the world should be like after death.

The emperors and princes have the money and power, and they can build underground palaces for themselves and place clay figurines to accompany the burial, so as to completely restore the situation in the palace during their lifetime.

even brought thousands of terracotta warriors and horses to defend himself, and everything was the same as before his death.

The small aristocrats at the bottom can't do it to this extent, so they naturally have to settle for the second.

Using painting to restore the world of life underground is also a kind of comfort.

After all, in the concept of the Han Dynasty, the soul of a person is immortal after death, and he will continue to live underground.

So what your burial goods are like and what you bury with you represents what you will be like when you live underground.

The owner's relatives prepared a pottery well for him, indicating that the owner of the tomb may have preferred this kind of rural life during his lifetime.

I hope that after death, I can also see the leisurely scene of this idyllic village.

And that's not all!

When Chen Han cleaned up to the other side of the paddy field model, two more paintings jumped in front of him.

The same is the two drawings of one left and one right, separated by three convex chord patterns.

On the left is a horse, on the right is a fierce bull, a horse and an ox stand facing each other, and there are many typical cloud patterns of the Han Dynasty painted around.

These are two paintings that reflect the rural life of the Han Dynasty.

The surprises continue.

When the sides of the paddy field model were also cleared, there were two smaller drawings.

On the left side is a phoenix bird with wings spread, with a sharp beak and a thin neck, slender tail feathers, surrounded by clouds, a picture of a phoenix bird flying in the sky.

The painting on the right side is a man leading a sheep forward, also surrounded by auspicious clouds, which seems to have a bit of fantasy color.

The exquisite paintings on all sides of this paddy field model alone have already amazed Chen Han.

Perhaps because of the paint paint, even after 2,000 years, the paintings on the paddy field model are still vivid.

The Han Dynasty was a dynasty that made extensive use of lacquer.

Lacquer is the blood of the lacquer tree, and the wood oil has a self-healing function.

Therefore, applying lacquer to the surface of the vessel can protect the service life of the vessel.

If the exterior paint layer is not damaged, under the right temperature and humidity, the lacquered utensils can be preserved for 10,000 years!

This is also the reason why the cultural relics unearthed in the Han Dynasty, especially the lacquerware, are still very beautiful after a simple restoration.

Urose, like amber, has the magic to freeze time.

When the entire pottery well was cleaned up, everyone in Chen Han's group could not hide their excitement around the pottery well.

It is certain that the most important unearthed cultural relics in this tomb pit is this pottery well.

With derricks, pulleys, buckets, and beautiful well pavilions (manhole covers) with ridges and ridges, a 2,000-year-old well can be recreated with a little restoration.

Moreover, the exquisite paintings on the paddy field models can also give modern people a glimpse of the beauty of artistic paintings 2,000 years ago.

"The only pity is that the wooden derrick is rotten." Chen Han said regretfully.

When it was unearthed, the well pavilion had collapsed and was completely covered on the wellhead.

The four wooden derricks erected above the wellhead to support the pavilion have long since rotted away from special anti-decay protection, leaving only a few pieces of bent and blackened rotten wood.

"The wellhead is 24.2 centimeters long and 16.4 centimeters wide, and the well body is 22 centimeters long, 9.2 centimeters wide and 12.5 centimeters high."

Wang Weida held a soft ruler and carefully measured the size and specifications of the unearthed pottery well.

"The paddy field is 21.2 long, 9.2 wide, and 1.8 cm deep, and such a small paddy field model can also draw eight exquisite paintings, this artist's skills are amazing!"

I don't feel it, but this amount, everyone is a little surprised.

Generally, most of the paintings that appear in Han tombs are murals or screen paintings, and the size is relatively large.

It's rare to paint on a small "canvas" that is less than 20 centimeters long and less than 10 centimeters wide, and to be able to paint so beautifully.

In other words, Chen Han and the others have really never seen them in the archaeological community.

"Okay, let's file it as soon as possible after recording the data."

"There are still many things waiting for us to be busy, and we will enjoy this paddy field painting slowly after that."