The Mystery of Luo Zhuang

Luo Zhuang Han Tomb: A Question Mark to Be Opened

Following the Han Tomb in Laoshan, China, the excavation of another large Western Han tomb shocked the world. According to the latest statistics, 32 tombs have been excavated in Luo Zhuang, and more than 2,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed, ranking first among the tombs of emperors in the Western Han Dynasty found in China. From February 7th to today, the identification and performance of musical instruments unearthed from Han tombs in Luo Zhuang was held in Jinan, which once again attracted the attention of the world. In the case that the ancient tomb has not been excavated, many questions have surfaced-

The mysterious mound has stood for thousands of years.

From downtown Jinan to the east, there is a expressway leading to Zhangqiu City under the jurisdiction of Jinan. Go straight along this road and pass the famous Longshan Cultural Site, Chengziya Site and Ancient Ping Ling City Site along the way. The dense ancient cultural sites seem to imply that it has always been a cultural relic storage area. ...

Where this road is about to reach Zhangqiu, there is a village of Luo Zhuang in Zaoyuan Town. In the field to the west of Luo Zhuang Village, a huge mound covering an area of nearly 10,000 square meters and more than 20 acres stood there for one or two thousand years.

Last March, when the author visited the Han Tomb in Luo Zhuang for the first time, an old man in Luo Zhuang described the height of this mysterious mound like this: For generations, every summer evening, many people in nearby villages climbed onto the mound to enjoy the cool, because the wind was strong. There are some trees on the mound, and some girls and boys often hide here and fall in love ... However, few people know where this mound came from, and how did such a "mound mountain" get up in the open field?

But there are two kinds of people who know, one is a cultural relic worker and the other is a grave robber.

Bulldozers arch out bronze tripods.

1995, the roar of several bulldozers broke the tranquility of this earthen mountain that had been sleeping for two thousand years. With the construction of a nearby highway, this earthen mountain has become a natural "borrowing ground" for the highway.

1On the morning of June 26th, 999 1 1, the roar of bulldozers and forklifts still resounded through this natural soil field. A forklift went down with a shovel, and suddenly a pile of emerald things rolled out. When people looked intently, it turned out that there were many bronze tripod ... when they saw something dug out, the migrant workers working around rushed in. Almost at the same time, a cultural relic enthusiast who was on the scene quickly called the report. Ning, director of Zhangqiu Museum, led the staff to the scene. After preliminary identification, these bronzes are rare in age and of high value. The city museum immediately carried out an emergency cleaning. In a bare pit only two meters square, more than 90 pieces of various bronzes, such as pots, spoons and shovels, were unearthed.

Subsequently, an archaeological team composed of Jinan Archaeological Research Institute entered the ancient tomb for in-depth investigation and cleaning. After more than a month, * * * excavated 9 grave pits and unearthed more than 400 cultural relics.

Unearthed cultural relics are dazzling

According to the latest statistics, up to now, 32 tombs have been excavated in the Han tombs in Luo Zhuang, ranking first among the tombs of Western Han emperors discovered in China.

From these 32 tombs, more than 2,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed, which is far from the stolen Han tomb in Laoshan, Beijing. From the unearthed funerary objects and the traces left in the pit, there are various objects such as food, use, transportation, sacrificial ceremonies, weapons, musical instruments, and sacrifices. At that time, more than 30 pits were piled up, which shows the great ostentation and extravagance.

In Jinan Museum, the author saw a large number of cultural relics of Luo Zhuang Han Tomb temporarily stored there, whether it was exquisite chimes, huge spring rain, exquisite pure gold stoves, ivory guards, well-preserved inkstone Mo Bao, or a large number of exquisite ornaments, all of which shone with the brilliance of brilliant history and civilization, making people amazed.

Who is the owner of the tomb?

According to the analysis and judgment of Dr. Cui Dayong, the captain of Luo Zhuang Han Tomb Archaeological Team, the mysterious figure with such a huge burial place is actually the nephew of Liu Bang's wife in the Western Han Dynasty and the first king of Lu in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty-Lu Tai.

According to Dr. Cui, the reason why the owner of the tomb was determined to be Lu Tai, the king of Lu, was mainly based on the unearthed pipa. There are 26 pieces of relatively complete mud in Luo Zhuang Han Tomb, with a square cover, and the cover contents are "Lu Da Official Seal", "Nei Lu Historical Seal" and "Lu Da Official Seal". However, some people have put forward another view. Because when the official seal of the word "Lu" was found, some objects in the tomb also had the seal of "Qi Da Official Seal". So someone in the archaeological community asked: Could it be the tomb of the King of Qi? It seems difficult to determine the identity of the owner of the tomb before the main tomb is opened.

Several mysteries are confusing.

Since the excavation of Han tombs in Luo Zhuang, archaeologists have gradually discovered some mysteries that are difficult to solve.

One of the mysteries: a strange bend.

The whole Han tomb in Luo Zhuang is in the shape of a "middle", with some tombs as the main tombs and tombs at both ends, of which the eastern tomb is 100 meters long and the western tomb is more than 40 meters long. But surprisingly, in the process of approaching the main tomb, nine symmetrical bends appeared respectively. Yu, the former director of the Museum of Chinese History, was also surprised to see these curves, because similar curves have never appeared in archaeological excavations in China. Why should such bends be designed when the Han Tomb in Luo Zhuang was built? What are the symbolic meanings of these bends? So far, it is impossible to get an answer.

Mystery 2: Hard car marks.

Before the Spring Festival, archaeologists found several clear rut marks on the hard sealing soil of Dongling Road when cleaning the 100 meter long Dongling Road. What car left these marks? Why do these strange car marks appear on the hard putty? These are all mysteries at present. According to Dr. Cui Dayong, only by looking in the direction of the rut can we get the answer.

The third mystery: the missing bronze ware.

Compared with the Han tombs of the same scale and level, a number of bronzes have also been unearthed in the Han tombs in Luo Zhuang, but the types of bronze ritual vessels are not complete. So, are these bronze ritual vessels lost or buried underground? We don't know yet.

What treasures are there in the main tomb?

The authoritative representatives of cultural relics unearthed from Han tombs are "Huang Chang Inscription" and "Jin Yu Yi". So, will these two treasures be found in the main tomb of Luo Zhuang Han Tomb?

"Huang Chang Ming" is a kind of burial system in Han Dynasty, which only the emperor can enjoy, and the emperor can give this treatment to his courtiers. "Yellow intestine" is the yellow heart of cypress, and "puzzle" means that both ends of the wood are inward. The "yellow sausage puzzle" is like the thick wooden wall around the grave owner's coffin. If you stand in the tomb and look at the wall, all you can see is the end of the square wood. Judging from the scale, shape and age, the Han tombs in Luo Zhuang meet the conditions for the emergence of the "Yellow Intestine Mystery".

Compared with "Huang Changtiaocuo", "Lu Jinyuyi" can be said to be the most famous and highest-standard cultural relic unearthed in the Han tomb. It is reported that most of the nearly 40 Western Han tombs discovered so far have unearthed "golden jade clothes", "silver jade clothes" or "bronze jade clothes" except for being stolen. The scale of Han tombs in Luo Zhuang is so large that there should be "gold thread and jade clothes". However, more than a dozen stolen caves were found at the top of the main tomb. So, if there is a "golden marriage", is it stolen?

More than a dozen stolen holes left doubts.

Ten tombs and nine thieves. The same is true of the Han Tomb in Luo Zhuang, whose main tomb has not yet been excavated, and eleven or twelve stolen caves have been found at the top of its main tomb. This makes it confusing whether the tomb of "King Jinan" was stolen or not, and what "treasures" were put in it. At the same time, because these stolen holes are more than 20 meters away from the bottom of the main tomb, it is still uncertain whether these stolen holes entered the main tomb or the tomb.

In the center of the top of the main tomb, the author saw a circular collapse trace. According to the analysis, if this circular collapse is first collapsed and then stolen, the loss of cultural relics is not estimated; If it was stolen first and then collapsed, it was probably seriously stolen.

Now, people are paying attention to what great discoveries can be made in the main tomb of Luo Zhuang Han Tomb. CCTV intends to broadcast the excavation of the main tomb live. How many secrets are there under this rock-hard sealing layer? It is not until the snow melts that the main tomb is officially excavated.

Zhong Qing can play modern music.

On February 7th, well-known domestic experts in music and archaeology from Beijing and Wuhan conducted on-site sound measurement appraisal on chimes and chimes unearthed from the Han Tomb in Luo Zhuang, and the location was chosen in the studio of Shandong TV Station.

People saw at the scene that 1 chime, 6 chimes and the combination of Yu, Duo and Fang were arranged in a fan shape on the stage. Wang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Art who conducted on-site sound measurement appraisal, said that the tuning was carried out with a file during the Warring States Period, which shows that in the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, people had mastered quite comprehensive techniques of casting, measuring and tuning musical instruments. In addition, according to the results of sound measurement, experts said that all the elements in modern western musical instruments had been possessed in China ancient folk musical instruments 2,000 years ago.

Although some chimes and their timbres are dumb and dull, Dr. Li Youping from Wuhan Conservatory of Music marveled at the good timbres and timbres of most chimes. According to Dr. Li, these instruments can completely play modern music, which proves that there was a similar scale classification in the Western Han Dynasty.

It is understood that experts will conduct an overall appraisal of the continuity and integrity of musical instruments, and the sea selection repertoire is initially determined as the ancient song "Su Wu Mu Yang", "Cheng Wei Qu" and modern music "Jasmine".

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