Hunan Provincial Museum Travel Notes

The museum is divided into five floors. The lower three floors are where cultural relics are collected, and the upper two floors are the commercial area. Mrs. Xin Zhui's body and her coffin are stored on the first floor.

The body of Mrs. Xin Zhui was unearthed from the coffin in Tomb No. 1. When unearthed, she was 154 centimeters tall and weighed 34 kilograms. Although it has been sleeping underground for more than 2,100 years, 's appearance is completely preserved, its whole body is moist, its soft tissue under the skin is soft and elastic, its joints are still movable, its eyelashes and nose hairs are still there, its left eardrum is intact, and its fingers and toes have clear lines.

The autopsy revealed that The internal organs were well preserved, the collagen fibers were similar to those just after death, the vagus nerves in the lungs were as thin as hair, and the blood vessels were wrapped with coagulated blood clots, and the blood type was type A. According to pathological examination, Xin Zhui suffered from multiple diseases, such as coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, and multiple cholelithiasis. Whipworm eggs, pinworm eggs, and schistosoma eggs were found in her rectum and liver. There were 138 semi-sweet melon seeds in her esophagus and stomach, indicating that she died in the melon season. According to pathological inference, she may have died of coronary heart disease caused by biliary colic. She died at the age of 50.

The museum has a collection of more than 180,000 cultural relics excavated from all over Hunan. Excluding the much-anticipated Lady Xin Zhui, the well-deserved treasure of the museum belongs to the Siyang Fangzun.

Without the Siyang Fangzun, it was Shang Dahe Fangding's turn to take the top spot. (We are still accustomed to calling it the human face pattern tripod) It is currently the only bronze tripod in China decorated with human face patterns. It is an important material for studying ancient ideology, sacrificial customs, and aesthetic consciousness. However, the human face pattern tripod is very small, with a height of 38.5 centimeters, a mouth length of 29.8 centimeters, a width of 23.7 centimeters, and a weight of only 12.85 kilograms, which is far less "strong" than the Siyang Fangzun.

The above-mentioned collections are the most well-known. There are also many cultural relics in the museum that reflect the lives and customs of Hunan people at that time.

The discovery of the Mawangdui Han Tomb has provided important information for the study of the burial system, the development of handicrafts and technology in the early Han Dynasty, as well as the history, culture and social life of the Changsha Kingdom. Hunan is an indispensable part of the study of Qin and Han history.

Stone man unearthed from Mawangdui

Ahem, please pay attention to the report on Mawangdui~

The upper left corner is "Boju", which was a popular game during the Western Han Dynasty. It is somewhat similar to our board games, but the gameplay has been lost.