The Tang State is a country with a smaller sense of existence than Suiguo, located in the northwest of Suizhou.

There are only two records in the history books, one is that King Cheng moved it to Handong, and the other is that Tang Chenggong and King Wu later attacked Chu, and then were retaliated by Chu and died.

Other than that, there is no more record.

Ao, there is also a record in "Zuo Biography": "Tang Chenggong is like Chu, there are two Su Shuang horses, the son often desires it, and Fu and, it also ends in three years." ”

Only the last monarch of the Tang State, Tang Chenggong, appeared in the historical records, and most of them were also related to the Chu State, so they would be recorded.

As for how many monarchs there were in the Tang Kingdom, what their nicknames, names, and what they had done, all of them were mysteries.

Even the cultural relics and sites of the Tang Kingdom have been unearthed very few, and only a few tombs can prove that they are related to the Tang Kingdom.

For modern archaeologists and historians, it is almost impossible for modern archaeologists and historians to sort out its culture and history.

This time, in the tomb of Mrs. Zeng Gongqiu, it is already an unexpected joy to find a Gui given by Tang Hou to Zeng Hou!

This Gui is the only artifact that has a direct connection with Tang Hou among all the surviving and unearthed bronzes!

The value is even as valuable as proof that it was always with!

Because of the mystery of Zeng Sui, no matter how it is debated, it has been determined that Zeng Guo and Sui Guo must have existed in Chinese history!

As for the Tang Kingdom, it has only been recorded in the history books, but in fact, there is no direct evidence to prove that there is a prince of "Tang Hou".

Now, though, there is.

Among the fifteen characters on this piece, there are two places of "Tang Hou"!

The unearthed cultural relics and historical records are double-certified, and there is indeed a "Tang Hou" in the Spring and Autumn Period!

"I didn't expect that Zeng Guo's trip to Shuoyuan could unexpectedly prove the existence of Tang Guo!" Professor Zheng Xian said with great embarrassment.

Compared with Zeng Guo, which has been searched for and debated by many scholars, the Tang State has indeed too low a sense of existence in the eyes of Chinese historians and archaeologists.

It's so low that everyone doesn't have time to take care of this prince.

There is no way, there are dozens of princes who have been divided by Ji Zhou himself, plus many princes who already existed in the Shang Dynasty.

Although it is not necessarily as stated in the history books, there are 800 princes of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but at least 1200 princes must have them.

Most of them are small countries like the Tang Kingdom, some of which only have a few sentences left in the history books, and some have not even left a single sentence, leaving only the name of the country.

If you want to figure it all out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it in a thousand years.

Now it is a very, very good thing to be able to indirectly prove the existence of Tang Hou in Zeng Guo's tomb.

"Hahaha, the jujube grove cemetery is really a good place."

A professor from the Institute of Archaeology and Museums of Peking University said with satisfaction: "It is not in vain that we spent so much effort and time to apply for this excavation project. ”

The Institute of Archaeology and Museums of Peking University and the Hubei Institute of Archaeology have indeed spent a lot of effort and continuous efforts for more than ten years to win this project and want to solve the "mystery of Zeng Sui" in one fell swoop.

But luck is really hard to figure out.

They never expected that Yejiashan and Wenfeng Pagoda would suddenly emerge from the cemeteries of the nobles of the Zeng Kingdom.

Moreover, on the side of the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery, a bronze Ge with the inscription of the word "Sui" was found yesterday, which proved that Zeng Sui was a country.

When I learned the news yesterday, several professors almost broke the thermos cup in their hands.

It's like, I finally talked about the pro, the heavy dowry was also down, and the eight sedan chairs were ready.

As a result, on the way to pick up the relatives, the bride turned a corner and ran into the house next door into the cave room!

But the two excavation units on this side of the jujube grove cemetery are angry!

When Chen Han reported to his home just now, he said that he was from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and several professors almost didn't hold back.

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If it weren't for Chen Han, he would be a native of Peking University, and he would have shown his academic level as soon as he came up.

Otherwise, a few professors will definitely not give him a good look!

"Haha, now we also have evidence on our side that proves that Sui is Zeng!"

Yao Xun, the director of the Hubei Institute of Archaeology, who had just arrived from other prospects, put his hands on his waist, which was called a raised eyebrow.

With this Tang Hou Gui, the work done by the Hubei Archaeological Institute for the approval of the excavation of the Zaoshulin cemetery was not in vain!

Other researchers from the Hubei Institute of Archaeology, as well as scholars from the Institute of Archaeology and Museums of Peking University, also had smiles on their faces.

Finally, the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery was not allowed to flourish.

Seeing that the leaders and professors were in a good mood, Chen Han hurriedly talked with them.

80% of the archaeologists of the entire excavation project rushed to tomb M191, which is the best time to understand the excavation of the Zajube Forest cemetery!

Chen Han searched everywhere and finally figured out the situation here.

At present, the Zaoshulin cemetery has excavated Zeng Gongqiu, Zeng Gongqiu's wife Yuqi, Zeng Houbao, and Zeng Houbao's wife Mijia, four monarch-level tombs!

And more than 20 small and medium-sized tombs have also been excavated, and the age is basically in the middle to late Spring and Autumn period.

More than 400 bronze ceremonial instruments have been unearthed, most of which have inscriptions, such as "Zeng", "Zeng Gong", "Zeng Hou", "Zeng Uncle", "Great Grandson" and so on.

Among them, the combination of large-scale tomb burial bronze ritual vessels is relatively complete, and there are more than eight kinds of unearthed ritual vessels.

The combination of ritual vessels in medium-sized tombs is also very complete, and a tomb can have 7-8 kinds of ritual vessels, but the number is not as large as that of large tombs.

Small tombs, on the other hand, generally have only four types of ritual vessels in one tomb, and the number is even rarer.

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In addition, 4 horse pits and 5 car pits were cleaned up, and the car pit and horse pit were separated.

The number of horses buried in the pit varies, more than 20 horses, only a few few, and the horses are all killed and buried.

There are more than 10 car pit burial cars, and a few less.

The structure of the car is complete, and some of the body, vehicle equipment, and car decoration are unique.

This is the first time that such a well-preserved carriage and horse pit has been found in the excavation of the tomb in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period.

These chariot pits alone are of great significance to the study of the chariot system in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but the era when the "chariot" was king, the standard for measuring the military strength of various countries was to use the metaphor of "the country of X multiplication".

More than 1,000 times is a large country, 500 times is a medium-sized country, and less than 500 times is a small country.

The "ride" here refers to the chariot!

In addition, there are a large number of inscriptions related to the Zeng Kingdom, which enrich and supplement the modern people's understanding of the Zeng Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period.

However, the Gui that Tang Hou gave to Suihou found today is the largest and most heavyweight archaeological discovery.

However, the excavation of the jujube grove cemetery is not completely over, and there may be any heavyweight discoveries in the future.

After learning more about the situation here, Chen Han said goodbye to Professor Zheng Xian and the others with satisfaction, and went home.

He is also about to start sorting out and writing a series of papers related to Zeng Guo.

In his heart, Chen Han set a small goal for himself.

"At least three!"