As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous historian Ban Gu wrote The Biography of the Western Regions in Han Dynasty, in which it was recorded: "The country was absolutely lost, Wang Zhi was absolutely lost, and he went to Chang 'an for 8,820 miles ... to Duhu for 2,723 miles in the north, and to Shu for 4 days in the south. He traveled in the air and went west for 460 miles. "It not only clarified the authenticity of the country, but also recorded the specific location.
In the following hundreds of years, because it was far from the Central Plains, most people seldom went there, and there were few records about it. Until the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang, a famous monk, passed by here and recorded what he saw and heard in the Records of the Western Regions of Datang. The perfect country of this matter has disappeared in the long river of history.
Why did the country disappear? Where have all the residents gone? For more than a thousand years, these problems have troubled many people. It was not until the beginning of last century that an Englishman named Stan discovered an ancient city submerged by wind and sand in Minfeng County on the southern edge of Taklimakan Desert and unearthed hundreds of bamboo slips that the mystery of a perfect country was gradually unveiled.
From 65438 to 0995, archaeologists in China discovered eight well-preserved ancient tombs in the site of Niya, namely the site of Jingjue ancient city, and unearthed many precious cultural relics such as pottery, ironware, lacquerware and textiles from the tombs, which is of great significance for studying the history of Jingjue country. Although it is still possible to determine the specific reasons for the sudden disappearance of the country, there is a cultural relic in the tomb with eight words written on it, which shocked the experts present at that time.
Among the unearthed textiles, there is a brocade corset, which is not only extremely fine in workmanship, but also unchanged in color. The most exciting thing is the eight characters of "five stars in the East, benefiting the country and the people". The ancients in our country had a deep study of astrology, and thought that the simultaneous appearance of five stars, such as Taibai Star and Chen Xing Star, was a good omen, such as Historical Records, Official Book and Five Elements Zhan. In your opinion, what do you mean by "five stars from the East benefit China" in cultural relics?