Chapter 187 Tomb Funeral Chamber

The tomb passage is very long and is lit by incandescent lamps. At the same time, torches are lit on the wall at regular intervals.

The road was very bright and there was no need for an extra flashlight.

"Teacher Xu, are these torches originally in this tomb?"

Qiao Zhijing looked at the frame supporting the torches and saw that it was covered in rust. It didn't look like it was newly installed by the archaeologists.

I observed several of them in a row and found that there was an unlit torch between every two lit torches.

Because of Qiao Zhijing's question, everyone turned their eyes to the torches hanging on the wall.

Xu Jingheng didn't look back and kept walking forward.

"The ones that are on fire now are the ones we installed recently. The ones that are not on fire are from the past. We speculate that they are left over from when this ancient tomb was built."

There was no electricity in ancient times, so when digging in this dark tomb passage, people could only rely on torches for lighting, which resulted in many torches left on the stone walls.

"Then why do we have to light the torches at a distance?" Jin Suiran poked her head out from behind Xu Zhao.

As soon as they entered the tomb passage, Jin Suiran followed Xu Zhao closely, never leaving his side. Every time Xu Zhao took a small step forward, she followed closely.

Xu Jingheng patiently replied: "This tomb is currently in the archaeological stage. In order to ensure that there is sufficient oxygen inside, we will use torches to confirm it."

"So that's how it is." Jin Suiran nodded.

"We have been walking for such a long time, why haven't we reached the tomb gate of the underground palace yet?" Lin Yuan asked curiously.

The roads around us became wider and wider, from only being able to accommodate one person at the beginning to being able to accommodate three people walking side by side.

"When the tomb door of the underground palace was first excavated, it was blocked by a self-closing stone," Xu Jingheng explained, fearing that the people present might not understand. "The self-closing stone is a common design used in ancient imperial tombs to seal doors and prevent theft. It is also called a door-blocking device. I can take you to see it later."

"The tomb passage we are walking in now is to protect the integrity of the tomb door, and to enter the tomb from another direction."

Six guests and staff arranged by the program team followed Xu Jingheng and listened to him explain the areas they passed by one by one.

When you reach the burial area, the width of the tomb passage becomes wider, and six or seven people can walk side by side.

"There are two burial chambers on each side of this tomb passage. After excavation, each burial chamber has an area of ​​at least 40 square meters, and contains nearly 100 kinds of things such as grains, medicinal materials, plants, lacquerware, pottery, etc."

Xu Jingheng took a look inside each burial chamber and chose an empty one. He asked the guests to stand outside the door and walked to a corner. "After research, I found that this tomb chamber is full of utensils from the Yunsheng Kingdom. There used to be several boxes here, which contained bamboo slips and books that recorded the history and culture of the Yunsheng Kingdom. They provide us with very valuable information for studying the Yunsheng Kingdom."

The guest stood on the inner side of the tomb, wanting to leave space for the three cameramen behind him to facilitate their filming.

However, there were too many people and the entrance was small, so only one photographer was allowed to take pictures.

What's more, there were many boxes on the floor of the burial room, stacked up one on top of the other, and you couldn't see what was inside. However, there were a lot of shelves similar to antique display cabinets against the wall, and many books and utensils were placed on them.

The cameraman carried the camera and started filming from the left side of the burial chamber, then moved to the right little by little to capture everything inside.

[No wonder this tomb took so long to excavate. This room alone is enough for the bigwigs in the archaeological world to study for a long time. 】

[Speaking of big guys, this tomb should have attracted many big guys to come out and study it. 】

[I am a history student, and I envy these archaeologists for being able to study these cultural relics so intuitively. 】

[A burial chamber is designed to be so large, the main tomb chamber must be nearly 100 square meters! 】

After scanning a circle, the camera followed Xu Jingheng who was standing inside.

Xu Jingheng walked to one of the boxes, which had nothing on top of it, and waved to the photographer standing at the door.

When the photographer walked in front of him carrying the camera, Xu Jingheng pointed at the box and motioned the camera to face the box. The box was not locked and Xu Jingheng opened it easily.

In the camera, many kinds of mushrooms are revealed in the box. These mushrooms are well preserved and are all air-dried.

"These are mushrooms from Yunsheng Country thousands of years ago. They are very well preserved. In two days, everything in this burial room will be moved out. If you want to see these things next time, remember to pay attention to the latest news from the museum."

Because it is inconvenient to flip through, the camera can only see the top layer.

Even so, netizens still recognized some of them.

[Those in the upper left corner are green onion, delicious but poisonous! 】

[It’s amazing that there are even enoki mushrooms. 】

[A thousand years ago, the Yunsheng Kingdom was in our Y Province! 】

There are three more tombs like this. To facilitate archaeological research, there is a sign at the door of each burial chamber, indicating which country's belongings are inside.

Xu Zhao looked at the Zhongjin Kingdom written opposite the Yunsheng Kingdom, and the Yue Kingdom next to it.

No wonder Uncle Zhou said before that there was a museum hidden in Shen Lingge’s tomb.

Such a rich collection of cultural relics, even classified into different categories, isn't it a museum?

Xu Jingheng took everyone to the tomb gate of the underground palace.

After entering the tomb from another place, the archaeologists opened the tomb door from inside without damaging the stone.

Xu Jingheng also explained to everyone how to use the self-flowing stone.

"The ancients were really smart. They even used the principle of leverage so early!"

"The ancients were only backward in civilization, but they were smart. Don't forget that many buildings in the past used mortise and tenon structures, which were very solid!"

Behind the tomb door of the underground palace is a very long tomb passage. At the end of the tomb passage is the front room. On both sides of the front room are the east and west ear chambers, which contain many ceramics and gold artifacts.

There are patterns painted on the walls of the attic, but after thousands of years, many of the colors have faded.

There are five or six archaeologists wearing the same protective clothing in each ear chamber. Some of them hold brushes in their hands, while others hold pens, and seem to be writing and drawing on paper.

Hearing the sound, someone looked up at the crowd. After seeing that the leader was Teacher Xu, he lowered his head and continued with the work in his hands.

After passing through the front room, we came to the main coffin room of the underground palace. It was very large, with a circular platform in the middle of the room, on which was placed a very exquisite coffin.

Gold objects were also placed around the coffin.

There are many eternal lamps placed on the floor of the main coffin chamber, and there is a circle of ditches along the corners of the walls. The walls are also painted, and they are much better preserved than the murals in the east and west side chambers.

"The wall painting in the main coffin room records several important events in Shen Lingge's life. You can interpret them yourself."

The light in the main coffin room was bright enough to clearly see what was painted on the wall.