An inexplicable "face" in the Terracotta Warriors is now forbidden to be exhibited abroad
Human burial is a very cruel and barbaric funeral system that originated from the disintegration of primitive communities and developed with the development of slavery.
The Yin Shang period is the most prosperous period of the martyrdom system, almost a wide range of mausoleums are torturing people, the excavation of the tomb of the king of Yinxu in Anyang has buried more than 5,000 people, which shows its cruelty.
After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty to replace the Shang Dynasty, the rulers believed that the Yin Shang Dynasty died because of **, and the human martyrdom system was a specific manifestation of **, so they created the Zhou Li to maintain their rule, thus making the human martyrdom system impossible.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the rites collapsed, the restrictions on the Zhou rites were greatly reduced, and the martyrdom system reappeared. During the Warring States Period, the princes were constantly divided, and a large number of soldiers were urgently needed for war, and the vassal states abolished the martyrdom system one after another.
However, the lords and nobles felt that something was missing from the tomb - no"people", only"Figurines", so they added ceramics, stone carvings, and human figures.
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses buried by Qin Shi Huang thoroughly developed the terracotta burial system and pushed it to the top.
The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are magnificent and perfectly depict the mighty soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. They were buried deep underground for more than 2,000 years and enjoyed dark solitude for a long time, until in 1974, an unconscious light illuminated them and shocked the world.
These terracotta warriors and horses are very large in size and quite realistic, it can be said that they are completely modeled after the military system of the Qin Dynasty, and the different shapes are different types of troops, which makes people appreciate as if they have returned to the Qin Dynasty and seen the heroism and heroism of the Qin soldiers.
The terracotta warriors and horses looked like real people when they were first discovered, but they quickly withered and lost their original color after being exposed to the wind and sun.
However, there is a mysterious and unexplained one among the Terracotta Warriors"face", which has now been banned from exhibiting abroad.
The terracotta warriors were unveiled unveiled.
In 247 BC, at the age of 13, Ying Zheng ascended to the throne of Qin.
Today, a 13-year-old child is still a child to us, but in Yingzheng's own opinion, he has exceeded what this age should be"Mature"。
In our time, few people would think about what would happen after death, and even some old people who were dying could not bear the fear of death, but Ying Zheng was very calm about it, and even considered holding a funeral himself.
The construction of the mausoleum began shortly after the Qin king's accession to the throne, and it did not stop even during the critical period of the Qin king's destruction of the Six Kingdoms.
According to historical records, from the completion of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to the death of Qin Shi Huang, in 39 years, nearly one million people completed the production of terracotta warriors and horses, participated in the construction of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and were buried in the cemetery pit of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Qin Shi Huang was an emperor with a strong desire for power, and he naturally thought that he could enjoy the glory and wealth of his life even after death, so he came up with the idea of making terracotta figurines with the military array as a model and selling them in the mausoleum as funerary goods.
After the death of Qin Shi Huang, these loyal"Soldiers"Qin Shi Huang was buried in the imperial mausoleum.
In March 1974, a drought occurred in Lishan Township, Litang County, and the villagers were living in difficulty.
One of the sites was located in the southeast corner of Terracotta Cave No. 1, where several life-size terracotta figurines fired from crushed stone clay were found, and local residents immediately reported the incident.
Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Cultural Management Institute, Lintong County Cultural Center immediately formed a joint archaeological excavation team to explore and test excavation, the results showed that the product is underground, with the deepening of the excavation, the world's first cave with terracotta warriors and horses was discovered.
Strange Face in the Cave 2
A large number of terracotta warriors and horses were unearthed in the No. 1 pit of the Terracotta Warriors, with different shapes and bright colors, but these terracotta warriors and horses were rapidly oxidized and aged soon after they were unearthed, and they lost their luster when they were just unearthed, which has to be said to be regrettable.
Depending on the crown, armor, and costume, these figurines can be classified as high-ranking military attachés, mid-ranking military attachés, low-ranking military attachés, and ordinary samurai, which means that even if the color of the figurines has faded, the identities they represent are easily recognizable.
But in Cave 2, she found a sheet that even archaeologists can't explain"face"。
Unlike Cave 1, which was discovered by chance, Cave 2 was discovered by archaeologists after drilling.
During the excavation of the kneeling figurines in the northeastern part of Cave No. 2, their facial features were discovered. These surfaces are generally fleshy red or light pink in color, and their consistency is surprising, especially after oxidation.
At that time, it was believed that the face of the green-faced terracotta figurines also changed after oxidation, but over time, the faces of the terracotta figurines did not change at all.
The green-faced terracotta warriors and horses are painted all over the body, and the face is particularly exquisite, with white eyes and black pupils, and the whole person has a realistic demeanor and eyes like a torch, but it is the color of the face that makes him the most eye-catching one of the terracotta warriors.
The green-faced terracotta warrior is the only special creature ever discovered, but what does the green color on its face mean?
The speculation behind the green face.
You must know that the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were built in complete imitation of the founding fire of the Qin army. The terracotta warriors with green fangs and fangs and claws will not appear for no reason, and there must be hidden secrets behind them.
And in the absence of a lid, its identity has endless imagination, the most common of which are the following:
First, the army expelled the people.
In the pre-Qin period, it was popular to drive away the plague army and ** witchcraft sacrificial activities, this kind of activity is a special sacrificial ritual, called the Nu sacrifice, it is called the host of the Nu sacrifice activities.
Therefore, experts believe that although these people lead soldiers, they do not need to go to the battlefield to distinguish them from ordinary soldiers, and the craftsmen created such blue-faced figurines to represent the Wu people, but because people's attire is generally different from ordinary soldiers, this kind of blue-faced figurines are worn on ordinary soldiers, which makes people feel surprised.
Secondly, craftsmen are colorblind.
This green-faced man has only one green face, but its hands are pink like the other terracotta, so it is not a green man, which has led some to speculate that the craftsmen may have been colorblind and mis-tuned the colors when painting.
However, out of a total of eight kneeling figurines, including the green-faced figurines found at the time, their torsos and faces were painted, and only this terracotta figurine's face was green, which the craftsmen said was somewhat unacceptable because of color blindness.
Third, ethnic minorities.
After the rise of the Qin State, it conquered some of the surrounding ethnic minorities, and a large number of ethnic minority soldiers participated in the establishment of the Qin army, and the Qin army dominated the world and destroyed the six countries, so some people think that this image of green faces and fangs may refer to minority soldiers.
But think about it, the number of terracotta warriors and horses has been exposed, of course the Qin army will not only send a few terracotta warriors, why the other terracotta warriors and horses do not appear with blue faces and fangs makes people wonder.
Fourth, military guards.
The Qin army is synonymous with heroic and good fighting, life and death fighting, and the guard plays a very important role in the victory of the war, so isn't the identity of this blue and white character a guard?
During battle, the guards often painted their faces green to hide themselves, which seems to be a more convincing reason.
In addition, there are other speculations about the identity of the green-leaf terracotta warriors, but what is even more inconclusive is that the green-leaf terracotta warriors and horses are of course priceless treasures because of their uniqueness, and they cannot be exhibited at will, and now they have become national treasures and are prohibited from being exhibited abroad.
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