The discovery of Xin Zhui's tomb dates back to 197 1 year. At that time, there were PLA tactics to dig and build defensive facilities around Mawangdui. At first, the task given by the superior was to let the soldiers dig bomb shelters. However, just as the soldiers were digging, they suddenly met the legendary "ghost fire", and it appeared very frequently, which made people uneasy. At that time, it was quickly circulated by everyone. So in order to dispel people's doubts, Hunan Museum allocated 6000 yuan to send an archaeological team to find out.
At that time, 6000 yuan was a considerable sum. However, the excavation project is too heavy and the funds are still very tight. As the staff of the archaeological team, in order to complete this task well, they specially requisitioned dozens of repentant and rehabilitated thieves, giving them the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and participate in this archaeological work together.
After the manpower was fully equipped, the archaeologists of Hunan Museum began to dig. Soon, the digger found an old coffin, and everyone was very excited to see it. After digging, they found that there was a second coffin below, so they worked overtime to dig. Until the second floor was excavated, the third and fourth floors of ancient tombs appeared.
With the discovery of many precious cultural relics, archaeologists feel happy and excited, and local people are also shocked. When everyone dug up the last coffin, the atmosphere became even more tense. People gently lifted the lid of the coffin and found that it was covered with an antique silk painting, which was slightly like a T-shape. Not only that, archaeologists were surprised to find a well-preserved ancient female corpse, which was later unearthed by Mrs. Xin Zhui.
After Mrs Xin Zhui's body was unearthed, it was found that her bones and skin were well preserved, her whole body was slightly soft, some bones and joints could be twisted, and the soft connective parts still had some elasticity. Compared with the previously unearthed bodies, Mrs Xin Zhui's body is a relatively fresh female corpse. And infer that Mrs Xin Zhui was born in 2 17 BC, the wife of Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha in the fifth year of Qin dynasty, about 2 100 years ago.
With the appearance of Mrs. Xin Zhui's body, the global archaeological community was shocked, and the news soon spread to Japan. Japanese archaeologists turned and came to China to beg for Mrs. Xin Zhui's hair. At that time, this requirement puzzled many people, and even senior officials could not understand what the Japanese wanted to do.
It was later speculated that the reason why the Japanese wanted Mrs. Xin Zhui's hair might be related to "immortality". At that time, the Japanese tried to decipher the human genetic code by studying Mrs. Xin Zhui's hair. If successful, it is expected to uncover the secret of immortality. It turns out that Japan has this ambition.
There is another reason to say! It is related to the DNA of an ancient corpse. In 2002, another Han Dynasty corpse was found in Lianyungang, China, so experts deliberately extracted the DNA of the corpse for research, and the results were little known. However, the research on the DNA of ancient corpses is very fascinating to the Japanese, especially because ancient corpses are rare cultural relics and very difficult to find.
According to Japanese ancient books, their history is about 2000 years, just during the Qin Dynasty in China, so the Japanese may want to get Mrs. Xin Zhui's hair, extract DNA from it, and then do relevant tests with Japanese DNA, so as to verify and explore the real origin of Japan. Because Mrs. Xin Zhui's body was found in the 1970s, the DNA field in China was out of the question at this time. At that time, seeing that the Japanese were desperate for it, Premier Zhou could only say, "I won't give a hair until I tell you the real purpose."