Moreover, according to historical records, although the heights of the Twelve Golden Men of Qin varied greatly, the shortest one was three zhang tall, which is almost eight meters tall, and the tallest one was five zhang tall, which is nearly fourteen meters tall when converted into modern measurement units.
The twelve golden men in front of us are all of the same height, and are obviously not the Twelve Golden Men of Qin.
As for the postures, these twelve golden statues are similar to the legendary twelve golden figures of Qin Dynasty, some standing and some sitting. Seven of them are standing, and five are sitting.
This shape is consistent with historical records. According to historical records, after Wang Mang usurped power, he dreamed of five golden men standing up. Among the twelve golden men of Ming Qin, at least five of them were in a sitting position.
"Oh, what a pity! No matter the Nine Cauldrons or the twelve golden men, they were all imitations by Her Majesty the Queen. If they were real..." Yang Jing muttered to himself, and he was shocked by his own words.
Whether it is Dayu's Nine Cauldrons or the Twelve Golden Men, if they are real, then once they appear in modern times, they will be enough to cause a sensation.
There is no need to say more about Dayu's Nine Cauldrons. That thing is the earliest symbol of China, and its importance cannot be overstated. As for the Twelve Golden Men, although they are not as important as Dayu's Nine Cauldrons, when Qin Shihuang took over the army and cast these twelve golden men, he actually wanted to use them to suppress the national parade. At the same time, Qin Shihuang also made the Imperial Seal. Yes, the Imperial Seal combined with the Twelve Golden Men is definitely a powerful weapon to suppress the national parade.
It's a pity that Qin Shihuang was great all his life, but his son was worse than shit. As a result, the beautiful land was directly ruined by his son. Even with the imperial seal and the twelve golden men to suppress the national destiny, they could not withstand the disaster of Qin II...
Shaking his head, Yang Jing put away some messy thoughts and reached out to touch one of the seated golden men.
The answer given by the Holy Ring did not disappoint Yang Jing.
"Twelve Golden Figures of Wu Zhou, Wu Ze, 700 years."
"It turns out that it is the Twelve Golden Men of Qin imitated by Wu Zetian!" Yang Jing shook his head slightly.
These twelve golden men are about 1.8 meters tall, and are made of solid gold, unlike the twelve golden men of Qin which are hollow.
There is a very simple way to calculate the volume of the human body, that is, divide the body weight by one thousand. For a person who is one meter tall and weighs 85 kilograms, the volume of this golden statue is about 0.085 cubic meters, and the specific gravity of gold is 19.26, that is, the weight of this golden statue is about 1.6 tons. The twelve golden statues weigh less than 20 tons in total.
Twenty tons of gold, although the purity is not very high, is definitely a huge number.
Although Wu Zetian killed members of the Tang royal family and promoted "cruel politics" before and after her reign, she was "clear-sighted and good at making decisions", had many strategies, and was able to use people, so many talented people emerged. She also encouraged agriculture and sericulture, reformed the civil service, and attached importance to selecting talents. She can definitely be regarded as a wise ruler.
But people are only human after all. Even Wu Zetian became increasingly extravagant and arbitrary in her later years, and many bad policies emerged.
The fact that nearly twenty tons of gold were used to cast the twelve golden men is a very good proof.
In 700 AD, when Wu Zetian was 77 years old, she was in her later years. During this period, Wu Zetian used nearly 20 tons of gold to cast these 12 golden men, and prepared to bury them with herself, which was enough to show the extravagance of Wu Zetian in her later years.
In that era, even during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it would not be an easy task to take out nearly 20 tons of gold at once! But Wu Zetian did it.
But it's no wonder, Wu Zetian was an empress after all, and there had never been an empress in Chinese history before her. And Wu Zetian herself knew that her throne was not legitimate, so she would go to great lengths to cast the Nine Cauldrons and the Twelve Golden Rao.
She probably knew that once she died, everything she had in her life would cease to exist. Since everything she had in her life would cease to exist, she could continue to be an emperor in the underworld after her death. Then the nine tripods and twelve golden men would be the best burial objects, which could accompany her in the underworld and help her suppress the fate of the country...
This is probably the fundamental reason why Empress Wu Zetian wanted to imitate Dayu's Nine Cauldrons and Twelve Golden Rao.
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