Thousands of years of inheritance let China people know the value of life. The more you cherish life, the more you expect the deceased to "live" in another way. Perhaps because of this, a major feature of China since ancient times is reflected in the grand funeral ceremony. The "treasure" that Yan Xiaoer wants to tell you today is an important part of the ancient funeral ceremony in China.
1, excavation of the prototype tomb of the nine-story demon tower 1982, and the staff found an ancient tomb.
The location is Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
When these ancient tombs were discovered, the staff noticed that this ancient tomb was somewhat different.
Centered on this ancient tomb, there are about hundreds of ancient tombs, large and small. It is worth mentioning that the "nine-story demon tower" popular on the Internet is based on one of the large tombs named "Wei Xue No.1 Tomb". It shows that this thousand-year-old tomb has brought shock to the world.
After 20 18, archaeologists began to get nervous. Because the precious cultural relics in the ancient tomb were "targeted" by grave robbers. About 600 pieces were lost back and forth, which forced archaeologists to speed up the excavation.
Therefore, the archaeological team began the rescue excavation of "Wei Xue No.1 Tomb" on 20 18. After several years' efforts, more than 1000 cultural relics have been excavated. This tomb also "lives up to expectations" and frequently brings surprises to people.
Recently, many exquisite funerary objects have been unearthed in this tomb, all of which are made of gold and silver.
There are handicrafts reflecting the golden texture of life at that time, as well as some jewelry objects, such as rings and bracelets.
Among them, what makes girls feel amazing at first sight is the exquisite hairpin dotted with blue (Yan Xiaoer is amazing anyway), and the exquisite workmanship is amazing.
It can be seen that the owner of the tomb is noble.
Since we talk about ancient tombs, let's talk about why the ancients like to put so many "funerary objects" in the tombs. Don't you think this is a waste?
At the same time, why was the ancient funeral so grand?
2. Why was the ancient funeral so grand? Let's talk about why the funeral is grand.
The funeral was grand because our ancestors attached great importance to it.
From the Western Zhou Dynasty, China attached great importance to "ceremony". Confucius said that the restoration of the ritual system was based on Zhou Li.
At that time, the rites of Zhou included "Five Rites".
The five rituals here are: offering sacrifices for good luck, getting married as a gift, guests as a guest gift, troops as a military gift, and funerals as a cruel gift.
Among them, the intensity of funeral is the most solemn.
In later generations, funerals, on the one hand, pinned the living's attachment to the deceased, on the other hand, expressed the living's respect for the deceased (not only emotionally, but also in status).
Therefore, the higher the status, the more people with wealth, the more grand the funeral ceremony and the more people buried with them.
Let's talk about why there are funerary objects in the tombs of the ancients. There are two common sayings:
First of all, there is a saying that people will go to another world after death, and the funerary objects are to be brought to another world to "use" and continue the glory and wealth of life.
A typical example is probably the Terracotta Warriors buried with Qin Shihuang. It is not difficult to guess his original intention of ordering so many terracotta warriors and horses to be buried with him, which belongs to an open "secret": he unified the world when he was alive and wanted to "unify" another world after his death. It is worthy of being the "one emperor through the ages" in ancient China!
Secondly, there is also a saying that some "utensils" buried with the dead are used to delay the decomposition of the body. For example, in ancient times, there was a "habit" of putting "tongue-pressing" into the mouth of the deceased, in order to delay the decomposition of the corpse with the help of "tongue-pressing". Generally, tongue depressors are jade articles, which are generally made into "jade cicadas".
The parents and elders of the poor family died, and later generations could not bear it, and they would try their best to stuff things into the mouth of the deceased. This is a "tongue stop" and psychological comfort.
Maybe some friends read this and think that people die like lights, and the dead are gone. Why waste so much effort and energy on the deceased?
Behind the funeral, the ancients cherished life, but Yan Xiaoer felt that the development and progress of a nation was initially reflected in the improvement of material living standards, and later the improvement of "spiritual realm" would be regarded as "returning home."
Respecting the deceased is a manifestation of the spiritual cultivation of the ancients, and it is also the treasure of the ancients for sincere affection and love.
The solemnity of the funeral ceremony actually shows the attachment of the living to this beautiful world and their beautiful feelings for this beautiful world.
Throughout ancient history, when the country was in chaos and people's lives were like dirt, there were not so many "procedures" for people to die. However, when people live and work in peace and contentment, people's funeral ceremonies are extremely important.