1. tong yu the Snake Eyebrow in Song Dynasty
The snake-browed children's play in Notes on Grave Robbery is very mysterious. Three snake eyebrows, Tongyu, engraved with Jurchen characters. These words recorded that Wang Zanghai was captured by the slave king to build the tomb of the Nuzhen emperor, and the slave king was a monster from underground. Is the real bronze fish really that magical? Answer: Not really. Archaeologists in China unearthed this kind of bronze fish pendant when excavating the ancient tombs of the Song Dynasty. Carefully studied, it is a cultural relic of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was a very ordinary personal pendant, with nothing special except decoration.
2. Jade figurines-golden wisps of jade clothes in Han Dynasty
The Notes on Grave Robbery explains the magical function of jade figurines in detail, in which it is mentioned that wearing jade figurines can make people's bodies not rot and come back from the dead. Because you can shed your skin every 500 years after wearing the jade man, and you are younger until the people inside come back from the dead. The real jade man is actually a symbol of the identity of the deceased before his death. In the Han Dynasty, only kings or close nobles were qualified to wear jade clothes after death, while other nobles with lower status could only wear jade clothes woven with silver or copper wire after death.
3. Bronze tripod-the big tripod for casting guests in Chu State.
Ding has been a symbol of power since Dayu in Xia Dynasty. There is a story about Chu Zhuangwang winning the championship in the war. At that time, Chu Zhuangwang made great efforts to make Qiang Bing a rich country and eventually became the overlord of the Central Plains. And this Chu foundry Ding is also a symbol of supreme power, representing the prosperity of Chu.
4. Qin Ling Shen Shu-Shang Dynasty bronze Shen Shu.
It is written in "Notes on Grave Robbery" that the sacred tree in Qinling Mountain has a strong illusion ability. It can create people's consciousness and use it to manipulate others' consciousness, but it has obvious side effects of amnesia. Among them, the Qinling sacred tree is a bronze sacred tree nearly 5 meters high in the late Shang Dynasty. This historical relic is a national treasure. It was unearthed in the famous Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan, and it is the first batch of key protected cultural relics in China.
5. Hexagon bronze bell-bronze bell
It is mentioned in the notes of grave robbery that the hexagonal bronze bell is an instrument used by Buddhism or Taoism to summon souls. The hexagonal bronze bell is actually a bronze bell, which is a common cultural relic and has a high probability of being unearthed. In ancient times, bronze bells were mostly used in tombs, because the ancients thought it was a feng shui thing to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters.
True historical relics may not be as impressive as those described in the novel, nor do they have these magical functions, but they are all our precious wealth, which is of great significance for us to study the economy, culture and customs of ancient history.