Why do tomb robbers only take gold wire? Answer: You can't take the precious jade clothes, you treat me as a fool?
The golden jade dress is the top funeral dress of the nobles of the Han Dynasty, and it is known as a luxurious human-shaped box with its jade vibrating golden sound and golden jade design. However, for tomb robbers, the value of jade is not fully appreciated, and they are more keen to obtain gold threads.
So, why is this happening?
Yang Sir suggested that the humanoid box of gold and jade, the Han Dynasty jade clothes, may be more suitable to be called a "jade box", because it can more vividly depict this carapace-like box, completely enveloping the corpse and isolating it from the outside world.
Compared with jade clothes, jade boxes are more comprehensive and appropriate.
In the Han Chinese concept, jade is not only an ornament, but also a tool with mysterious powers. They believed that through the use of jade, they could communicate with the gods and make life prolonged.
Therefore, while making jade clothes, the Han people would also fill the inside of the human body with the Nine Orifices to prevent the leakage of essence and maintain the integrity of the corpse. This double-insured funeral method not only contains respect for life, but also entrusts the yearning for eternal life.
As "Hug Puzi" said, "If the gold and jade are in the nine orifices, the dead are immortal."
The outer golden jade clothes are not only made by ancient people to protect the corpses, but also the respect and cherishment of life by the ancients. However, these good wishes are often undermined by greedy tomb robbers.
In their eyes, the value of the golden jade clothes lies only in the brilliant gold threads on the outside and the jade pieces on the inside. Therefore, when they steal tombs, they often unscrupulously strip off the golden threads of jade clothes, leaving only precious jade pieces and gold wires.
This not only causes serious damage to cultural relics, but also poses a threat to the inheritance of history and culture. Therefore, we should pay more attention to the protection of cultural relics to prevent similar things from happening again.
At the location of the tomb gate, people were surprised to find jade fragments in various shapes, such as squares, rectangles, half-moons and triangles, which were trampled on their feet, as if they were a pile of waste that had been discarded at random.
The golden jade clothes that should have appeared in the coffin of the main chamber appeared at the door of the main tomb. This may be because the tomb robbers felt that the light in the tomb was too dark, so they dragged the jade clothes here, and then dismantled the jade pieces one by one, and removed the gold threads on them.
After meticulous work, archaeological experts found that 1,576 grams of gold wire were needed to repair this jade garment, which is worth 870,000 yuan at the current gold price. So the question is, why do the tomb robbers only take the gold threads and not touch the jade pieces?
There could be three reasons. First of all, jade clothes are the exclusive burial tools of the ancient princes and nobles, each set is limited, if the whole set is sold, it is easy to be tracked by someone with a heart, so as to be caught.
Secondly, the ancients believed that jade was psychic, contaminated with yin energy, and was an unlucky thing, while jade clothes were regarded as mourning clothes. Finally, the tomb robbers may have chosen gold wire because of its higher value.
Even if the jade clothes are disassembled, it is impossible to take out the jade pieces and sell them alone. After all, the size of these jade pieces is too small, the largest is only 9 square centimeters, the smallest is only 1 square centimeter, and some are even only 1 millimeter thick, and there are 3-4 holes drilled on them.
Therefore, even if it is a good Hetian jade, it is difficult to use it to remake anything.
* Because of its portability, easy to realize, and high value, it has become the first choice for thieves. Compared with the heavy jade piece, it is more lightweight and easy to carry and handle.
* Because it is not easy to be traced, it has become the first choice for thieves to sell stolen goods. In addition, ** is hard currency at all times, and its value is basically not depreciated too much.
Therefore, if the ancients stole this golden jade robe, he might choose to take it to the princes at that time**, or try to exchange this golden jade robe for other valuable items.