Next door to the laboratory where the inner coffin is placed is a lacquer laboratory.

Most of the lacquer boxes extracted from the coffin of Liu He, Marquis of Haiding, regardless of size, were sent to this laboratory to be opened and cleaned.

After the composition of the glazed mat was determined for the time being, several scientific and technological archaeologists are still preparing for the formal extraction of the glazed mat such as 3D mapping and modeling and painting.

So Chen Han and the others were idle.

It was during this free time that Chen Han had time to come to this lacquer laboratory to take a look at their excavation results.

Most of the lacquer boxes taken from the inner coffin have now been opened.

Even though some of them were crushed and some were glued together and difficult to open, they were all opened by the skillful hands of the lacquerware restorers.

Among these lacquer boxes, the most exquisite and precious one is a nine sons.

Xi, a mirror box for ancient Chinese women to store their toiletries.

To put it simply, this thing is for cosmetics.

Jiuzixi, as the name suggests, is a combiner consisting of nine small lacquer boxes.

The whole of this Jiuzixi is placed in a round lacquer box.

When it was unearthed, it had collapsed and squeezed together, and it was very difficult to separate.

But now they've been separated, and they've all opened the box.

Square, round, oval, horseshoe-shaped, rectangular, triangular, a total of nine lacquer boxes, forming a set of nine sons.

At this time, Chen Han was standing next to this set of nine sons, admiring its beautiful scenery.

Even after two thousand years, this set of nine sons is still very gorgeous and good-looking.

The gilt is inlaid on the lacquered wood with the theme of black and red, and the three colors of black, red and gold are intertwined to make it very gorgeous.

Next to Chen Han, Wei Lai, a researcher from the Capital Lacquerware Research Institute, introduced him with a smile: "This set of Jiuzixi is particularly functional."

"The nine lacquer boxes are filled with the cosmetics of the tomb owner."

"For example, the Yuan Xi is filled with a bronze mirror, the Chang Xi is filled with a hairpin, and several other lacquer boxes are also filled with combs, grates and other toiletries."

"There is a lacquer box containing some powder, which should be cosmetics from the Western Han Dynasty, but it has been powdered and needs to be sent for testing to know the ingredients."

"Probably something like rouge lipstick."

Yes, in the Western Han Dynasty, men also used rouge lipstick, and this thing is not something for women.

After all, the meaning of the birth of rouge lipstick is actually to make people look more energetic after using it.

In the ancient era of male supremacy, it can be said that the meaning of anything invented was dominated by men, and it must have been used by men at the earliest, or both men and women, and then gradually became only used by women.

This is true in both the East and the West.

Just like the *** and high heels of Westerners, they were actually the first to be invented and worn by men, but they gradually became something that only belonged to women.

"Makeup", at the beginning of its appearance in China, was actually also used for men.

At least in the Zongzhou period, male aristocrats paid great attention to grooming, not only combing very good-looking hairstyles, but also paying attention to the appearance of the face.

To put it simply, it is to use some "cosmetics" to make people appear more energetic and temperamental.

This is also one of the differences between nobles and countrymen and savages.

The nobles were able to dress themselves exquisitely, but the commoners and savages did not even take a bath.

Therefore, in the pre-Qin period, and even the Han Dynasty, the nobles and the common people could really be distinguished at a glance.

Liu He's nine sons are used to dress up their own makeup boxes, which are the most exquisite group of all lacquer boxes.

However, in addition to the most beautiful, there is also a set of lacquer boxes, which are also very special.

This group of lacquer boxes itself is not very exquisite, it is a normal level of Han Dynasty lacquerware.

But what it contains, it's very special.

There are five lacquer boxes in this group, and the five lacquer boxes are arranged in order from small to large, so that people can know that they are a group at a glance.

When opening the box, the lacquerware researchers also open the box one by one from small to large.

And what came out was indeed a group of utensils.

A set of copper spoons, to be exact.

Five copper spoons of varying sizes look very much like the water scoop that is commonly used nowadays, or the wine spoon used to scoop wine.

What are these spoons for?

Is it used to scoop wine?

But the wine vessel used to scoop wine should be placed in the special wine vessel room of the burial chamber, not in the inner coffin?

According to the characteristics of their different sizes, the researchers quickly figured out the identity of this group of copper spoons.

This is a set of gauges!

As we all know, Qin Shi Huang's greatest achievement is that the book is the same text, the car is on the same track, and the weights and measures are unified, which laid the foundation for the unification of China.

And Qin Shi Huang's unified "weights and measures" are embodied in these small spoons.

These copper spoons are a set of standard water bowls, and the water that can be scooped out by one spoonful represents a unit similar to the modern "milliliter, liter" and the like.

And why Liu He put such a set of measuring instruments in the coffin, there is only one answer.

This group of measuring instruments was commonly used by Liu He during his lifetime.

Liu He was a frail and sickly aristocrat, so when he was alive, he often needed medicine to make up.

The Cordyceps unearthed before is proof of this.

And when taking supplements, these copper spoons are used to determine the measurement.

This is a practical instrument commonly used by Liu He during his lifetime, so he will be buried in the inner coffin.

In addition to these two lacquer boxes, there is also a lacquer box at the end, which is more special.

What's special is that inside this lacquer box, there is a jade gui.

This jade is made of Wada jasper, which has been broken and broken, but the whole is well preserved.

Length 16.1cm, width 6.9cm, thickness 3.1cm!

Gui, whose shape is derived from stone shovels and stone axes, is an important ritual vessel in Chinese culture, used during the Hajj to indicate hierarchical status.

To put it simply, when you meet the emperor, you need to hold the gui.

It's a pity that this piece of jade should not have been used once from the time it was made to Liu He's death.

After all, according to historical records, Liu He should have never seen the emperor himself from the time he was deposed to the throne of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Even if he expressed to the central government that he wanted to meet him, Emperor Xuan of Han never agreed.

This piece of jade has never been used, it can only be used as an ornament, and it was finally taken underground by Liu He.

It can be seen from the fact that he made this jade gui.

Liu He did have the intention of returning to Chang'an to meet him, perhaps because he wanted to meet Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to show his loyalty.

It's just that Emperor Xuan of Han didn't give him this opportunity!