Red painted coffins were dug up in Jiangsu and buried underground for 700 years. What did the experts say?

In ancient China, funeral culture has been circulating. At that time, the bodies were not cremated as they are now, but placed in coffins. This coffin culture has a long history in China, and the ancients paid great attention to it. Before his death, he had chosen a coffin that suited him, requiring exquisite workmanship and exquisite materials. The ancients paid great attention to their afterlife, so they chose coffins, all of which were good wood, at least to ensure water-proof and moisture-proof. A lipstick-painted coffin was dug up in Jiangsu, and it has been buried underground for 700 years and is as bright as new. After X-ray irradiation, the experts thought deeply.

In ancient times, the coffin itself was auspicious, and everyone cared about it. Especially some rich people, whose money is very valuable, hope to accumulate blessings for their descendants. During the Republic of China, the coffin business was very popular, and many big landlords and wealthy businessmen made a fortune by selling coffins. In the 1960s and 1980s, Liuzhou coffins were once spread overseas. At its peak, it could export 20,000 coffins every year. Now it is found that most coffins are black coffins, painted and black. Of course, there are also red and yellow ones, which are relatively rare and only used by some special people.

20 18, 18 February, a lipstick-painted coffin was dug up in a district of Jiangsu. Although it has been buried underground for more than 700 years, it still looks as bright as new. The discovery of this coffin is also very interesting, not discovered by professional archaeologists, but discovered during the construction process. At that time, a construction team accidentally dug an ancient tomb during the construction site, fearing that it would be destroyed. So I immediately called the person in charge of the construction site. After receiving the call, the person in charge ordered the construction to stop quickly, contacted the local archaeological team and invited professionals to investigate.

Later, the archaeological team excavated the site and found no valuable cultural relics at first. When it was halfway through the excavation, it was discovered that this ancient tomb was different, and it could be seen that it was very large. I also found a red coffin. Even after so many years, it is still intact and well preserved. According to relevant signs, experts judge that the red coffin belongs to the Yuan Dynasty, and it is really rare to find the cultural relics of this dynasty, which have been buried underground for 700 years and are as bright as new.

Shortly after the discovery of the red coffin, archaeologists carefully cleaned it and scanned it with X-rays. After irradiation, the experts meditated. Besides being able to judge the age of the coffin, they can also see the body inside, but there is a lot of liquid in it, that is, water. No wonder the coffin is so heavy. Experts speculate that these liquids may have been buried underground for a long time because the sealing technology was not perfect at that time, so groundwater infiltrated into the coffin.

As we all know, in order to preserve the body, it will be filled with mercury, so it is difficult to open the coffin naturally for fear of destruction. After determining that the liquid inside is water, experts began to think about how to discharge it, which is also convenient for research. So after intense discussion, a feasible scheme was determined. So I made two small holes in the bottom of the coffin, inserted a professional catheter and tilted the coffin. Doing so can minimize the damage to the coffin, even if it takes 48 hours.

After draining the liquid inside, experts found that the coffin was a female corpse with two wooden combs, a bamboo grate and 23 cultural relics, all of which were loved by the owner of the red coffin before his death. Even after all these years, it's still beautiful. These cultural relics discovered today are of high artistic value and have a strong reference significance for studying that period of craft history.