Mawangdui Han Tomb is in the Provincial Museum. ? From 1972 to 1974, it was excavated at Mawangdui by Liuyang River in the eastern suburb of the city. The female corpse unearthed in No.1 Han Tomb has a history of more than 265,438+000 years. The corpse is intact, the whole body is wet, some joints can move, and the soft tissue is elastic, almost like a fresh corpse. It is different from mummies and corpses tanned with wax and peat. It is a special kind of corpse and a miracle in the field of anti-corrosion, which shocked the world and attracted many scholars and tourists. After the female corpse was dissected, the body and internal organs were displayed in a specially designed basement.
More than 3,000 precious cultural relics have been unearthed from the three Han tombs in Mawangdui, most of which are well preserved. Among them, there are more than 500 pieces of various lacquerware, which are exquisitely made and luxuriously decorated, and glow with new brilliance. What is precious is a large number of silk fabrics unearthed from Tomb No.1, which are well preserved. There are many varieties, such as silk, silk, silk, yarn, brocade and so on. There are plain yarn Zen clothes, as light as smoke and as thin as chandeliers. This dress is 1.28 meters long and has long sleeves, weighing only 49 grams. The unearthed silk paintings are the earliest large-scale works describing the real life in China at that time. There are also colorful figurines, musical instruments, weapons, seals, silk books and other treasures.
The painted coffin of Han Tomb No.1 is as bright as new, painted with flowing clouds and strange animals, lifelike and of high artistic level. A large number of silk books with more than 654.38 million words unearthed from Tomb No.3 are rare historical documents. Silk books involve ancient philosophy, history, science and technology and many other aspects. After sorting out, there are 28 kinds of * * *,1.2000 words. There are several books, most of which are lost. The topographic map unearthed from the No.2 Han Tomb is similar to the modern map in drawing technology and marking position. It was exhibited in the United States, Japan, Poland and other countries and was highly praised as an "amazing discovery".
Mawangdui Han Tomb is located in the eastern suburb of Changsha, 4 kilometers away from the city center. It was named Mawangdui because it is said to be the tomb of Ma Yin, the king of Chu. Among the three Han tombs, the second is Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha in the early Han Dynasty, the first is Li Cang's wife, and the third is Li Cang's son. Among the three tombs, Tomb No.1 is the largest, with a length of19.5m from north to south, a width of17.8m from east to west and a depth of16m. The existing 1 and No.2 tombs have been filled in, the No.3 tomb has been reinforced and preserved, and a new long-span roof has been built.