Speaking of tombs, I had heard of them before, but had never seen them before, so I wanted to take a closer look at what this legendary tomb for the dead looked like.
I have learned about the general structure of tomb chambers in "Maoshan Sanqing Shu". After entering from the tomb door, there is a corridor, and depending on the specifications of the tomb chamber, the configuration inside it is also different.
Like the general tombs of generals and ministers, after entering from the corridor, there are two ear chambers on both sides of the corridor. In the central area inward, there is the main tomb chamber!
Because we came directly from the main tomb, I had to go outside to see the entire structure of the tomb.
However, when I came out of the main tomb, I did not see the ideal configuration of the two ear chambers, but another tomb that was about the same size as the main tomb!
Could it be that this cinnabar tomb is different from ordinary tombs?
In this tomb outside the main tomb, I can see that although the space here is similar to the main tomb, the layout is completely different.
This tomb, without the coffins in the main tomb, looked extremely empty, just like a utility room, with nothing!
I suddenly became confused. Putting aside the wrong layout, what was this tomb used for?
"Here, there should be some records about the construction of this cinnabar tomb!"
Just when I was confused, Qin Guan's voice suddenly came from behind me, which really shocked me!
"How do you know?" I patted my chest and calmed down.
"look here!"
As he spoke, Qin Guan took out a flashlight from his bag. It was a military flashlight with extremely strong light gathering and penetrating capabilities. After a "click" sound, a white beam of light hit the empty tomb wall. superior.
Only then did I see clearly that in this seemingly empty tomb, the tomb walls were actually covered with colorful murals. Under the light of the flashlight, they shone brightly, and they were colorful and extremely gorgeous!
“In general tombs, murals will be used to show some of the life conditions of the tomb owner, the construction of the tomb chamber, and some information about the burial of the tomb owner. In most archaeological work, the information brought by the murals is often the most important! "
Qin Guan said to me while looking at the mural.
I nodded subconsciously, and then observed the mural. Maybe I can find some information about the owner of the tomb on the mural. Besides curiosity, it is equally important to know yourself and the enemy!
According to my observation, the murals on the entire tomb wall can be roughly divided into four parts, recording some situations from the life of the tomb owner to after the burial.
The first mural records the life of the owner of the tomb. Judging from the information on the mural, this person should be a general who marched and fought and led the army. But the strange thing is that the content of the battle recorded in this mural seems to be... …a civil war?
Because it is recorded in the painting that the army commanded by the owner of this tomb and the army he fought against were wearing the same military uniforms. They were also Mingguang Armor from the Tang Dynasty. To take a step back, even if I am not sure whether it is the Tang Dynasty military uniform, But I can still tell whether they are the same or not.
But according to my impression, there was no large-scale internal strife in the history of the Tang Dynasty?
The second mural records that the owner of the tomb is about to die, because what you can see on this mural is that he is already lying on the bed, unable to move, with two maids serving him.
From this piece of content, we can see some information about the owner of the tomb, because in this piece, there is a detailed description of the appearance of the tomb owner.
It can be seen that the owner of this tomb seems to be...not Han Chinese?
Why? Because it can be seen from the painting that the tomb owner has a hairstyle and beard that does not belong to the Han people!
During the Tang Dynasty, the influence of Tang culture had spread all over the world, and the power of the Tang Dynasty caused all nations to come to the dynasty, not to mention some nomadic peoples affiliated with the Tang Dynasty.
During that period, the Hu tribes were very loyal to the Tang Dynasty. The main reason was that the country was strong. At that time, whoever had the biggest fist was the master!
Therefore, the Hu people who were controlled by the Tang Dynasty were relatively active in the Tang Dynasty, so at that time, the Hu people from these ethnic minorities were allowed to serve as officials in the government.
The tomb owner's hairstyle was all tied into pigtails, and even his beard was tied into three braids. It was obviously not Han Chinese style!
After reading the second piece, the appearance of the tomb owner, and the message that the tomb owner was about to die, my eyes turned to the third mural.
The content recorded in the third mural is a secret conversation between the tomb owner and a person. At first glance, there is no useful information, and I almost wanted to skip it.
But when I saw clearly the person who was talking to the owner of the tomb, for a moment... it was like being struck by lightning, and all the hairs on my body stood up unconsciously! !
