The scenic spot where you can punch in when traveling to Changsha is Mawangdui Han Tomb.
Mawangdui Han Tomb located in Changsha City, Hunan Province is the most complete preserved tomb group of Han Dynasty princes in Hunan Province. Mawangdui was confirmed as a large han group in 1952, and was excavated from January 14th, 1972 to January 13th, 1974.
The excavation of Mawangdui Han Tomb was a large-scale archaeological excavation which was carried out in the special era of the "Cultural Revolution" and occupied a very important position in the archaeological history of our country. There are three Han tombs in Mawangdui. Except for Tomb No.2, the coffins of Tomb No.1 and No.3 are well preserved.
In addition, thousands of precious cultural relics have been unearthed in three Han tombs, including silk books, silk paintings, maps, textiles, musical instruments, agricultural products, medicines, meat food and female corpses, which are found for the first time in China's archaeological excavations. They occupy a very important academic position in the study of ancient Chinese history, ideology, culture, art and science and technology.
Cultural relics unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb:
Silk scripts and bamboo slips were unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb. From the ink, silk scripts are mainly composed of seal characters, while bamboo slips are official scripts, with simple and exquisite calligraphy and high attainments. Moreover, the contents of silk books and bamboo slips are all-encompassing, involving politics, military affairs, ideology, culture, philosophy and science from the Warring States to the early Western Han Dynasty. After sorting out, there are 28 kinds of books with more than 12, words.
Among them, the A and B versions of Laozi are the oldest versions we have seen so far; The discovery of Wuxing Zhan is the oldest astronomical document seen in China at present. The discovered Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases is the oldest existing medical book in China.
In addition, the unearthed topographic maps, drawing techniques and their marked positions are roughly similar to those of modern maps, which have been exhibited in the United States, Japan, Poland and other countries, and have been highly appraised, and are hailed as "amazing discoveries".
14 kinds of medical books were unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb. These medical books were written on five silks and 2 bamboo slips, which were damaged to varying degrees when unearthed. After patchwork repair and identification research, it is estimated that the total number of words is about 3,, and the recognizable number of words is about 23,.
Among them, there are 1 kinds of silk medical books, such as Pulse Method and Guide Map. There are four kinds of medical books on bamboo slips, such as Ten Questions and Miscellaneous Prescriptions. According to textual research, these books may have been written in the Spring and Autumn Period at the earliest, and in the Qin and Han Dynasties at the latest.
Its contents are more primitive and quaint than Huangdi Neijing, Shennong Herbal Classic and other ancient books, and it is the earliest medical literature discovered in China. Their excavation not only fills the gap in the history of Chinese medicine, but also has great value in studying the development of medicine before the Western Han Dynasty.
The above contents refer to: National Cultural Heritage Administration-Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan.