Tang Gaozong period, the trouble appeared! The prince of Persia could not survive in his own country, so he had to flee to Chang 'an, not far from Wan Li, to seek the protection of the Tang Emperor. Emperor Gaozong was very willing to take in the poor prince and let him stay in Chang 'an. Along with the prince of Persia, there were many Persian nobles who eventually settled in Chang 'an with the prince of Persia.
A hundred years later, people often send Persian tombstones in Tumen village. 1955, some villagers inadvertently dug up the tomb of the prince of Persia. Aside from other things in the tomb, let's talk about a tombstone found in the tomb of the Persian prince. The inscription on the tombstone is really amazing.
After reading, the inscription records that the owner of the tomb is Su Liang and his wife Ma Shi. I am a descendant of the Ma royal family, the daughter of Su Liang, and I died at the age of 26. Su Liang's wife Ma Shi died in Xian Tong in 15 at the age of 26!
This can not help but make people wonder, how can this Ma Shi have the dual identity of daughter and wife for a period of time? What the hell is going on here? Experts found through consulting ancient books that the ancient Persians believed in Zoroastrianism, and there was a custom of "holy marriage" in Zoroastrianism. They believed that marrying someone close to their own blood could ensure the purity of their blood and also represented higher piety. So many people in ancient Persia married off their daughters.
The world is full of miracles! At most, the emperors in ancient China had three wives and four concubines, three palaces and six courtyards, but they were very taboo about consanguineous marriage, so this ancient Persian marriage custom was really unacceptable to modern people. However, judging from this tomb, although the ancient Persians later moved to Chang 'an to live, they still retained the local customs. For example, the custom of "holy marriage" is very popular.