The imposing pyramids of Egypt are a sacred place for tourists. In the eyes of archaeologists around the world, there is also a comparable place in China, and that is the tomb of the Yinxu King in Anyang, Henan Province. It is across the river from the ruins of Yinxu Palace Zongmiao and the ruins of Huan (Huá N) Bei**, and together form the famous world cultural heritage - Yinxu Ruins.
In the area of about 30 square kilometers of Yinxu royal tomb ruins, buried after Pangeng moved to Yin, the Shang kings of the past dynasties. After the efforts of several generations of archaeologists, 13 royal tombs have been discovered and excavated. With the exception of one empty tomb (m1567), exquisite burial objects such as jade, bronze, armor (zhòu) and stone tools have been excavated from the rest of the tombs. Who is the owner of the empty tomb that only has a burial chamber and no burial road?
He was the last king of the Shang Kingdom. This tomb was originally built for the king of Zhou, but because of the death of King Wu of Zhou, King Lutai**, so it was not buried here.
In ancient China, there were tomb passages in imperial tombs and noble tombs. The more tombs, the higher the level, and the four tombs are the highest level, which can only be enjoyed by kings. In the tomb of the Yinxu King, a total of eight tombs use burial chambers of this specification.
In a large tomb numbered M1001, lying quietly lies the virtuous king Wuding. At that time, the Shang Dynasty had just come out of the chaos of more than a hundred years, the national strength was weakened, and the princes were separated. During the 59 years of his reign, this eloquent monarch appointed Fu Shuo, Gan Pan and other virtuous ministers to conquer the Quartet, creating a prosperous situation praised by later historians as "Wuding Zhongxing". His wife was the first female general in China, and she often commanded the army and fought in the east and west. After her death, she was buried by Wu Ding next to the royal palace where government affairs were handled. To this day, there are still stories among the people that "women go into battle to kill the enemy" and "Fu Shuo is raised between the plates".
Merchants revered ghosts and gods, and they performed rituals and divination activities all the time. During the sacrifice, some people are killed and offered to ancestors or gods, along with cattle and sheep and pigs. In order to serve the princes and nobles after death, their courtiers, wives, concubines, guards, or slaves who served as servants were also martyred. Therefore, it is not surprising that sacrificial pits are scattered in all corners of the ruins of the royal tombs. Now these sacrificial pits have long been backfilled, and the staff has built a sacrificial pit exhibition hall next to the ruins, which recreates the scene for us. The sacrificial pit was full of bones, both animal bones and human remains. These remains tell us that most of the burial attendants were **, and most of them were young and middle-aged men, but there were also women and underage children.
Today, civilization and barbarism, blood and killing, have dissipated together in the smoke clouds of history. Only the story of the virtuous king, the famous ministers, and the husband and wife have been passed down through the ages.