The purple room was demolished by the sun, and the plain wind blew the greasy powder. Strangely, Mulan once came as a girl. ——Tang Baijuyi, "Magnolia Flower"
The world praised Mulan for "who said that women are inferior to men", so Mulan became a model of "not letting the eyebrows be shaved". In the feudal dynasty, Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty is the most representative one, and she has mixed reviews and criticisms in history, and people's evaluation of her has been polarized. In the Liao period, there was also a woman like Wu Zetian, who was Empress Xiao of the Liao State.
Empress Xiao's real name is Xiao Qi, her nickname is Yan Yan, and the TV series "Yan Yuntai" is played by Tang Yan, which is roughly similar to the historical archetype. Xiao Wei was the daughter of Xiao Siwen, the prime minister at the time, who was intelligent from an early age and could have been rich for a lifetime, but after his father was assassinated, he grew up rapidly and became an empress, assisting her frail husband for 14 years, and later assisting her own son, regent for 27 years.
Empress Xiao was known as the "wisest ruler" of the Liao Dynasty for more than 200 years, leading the Liao to its heyday, and was known as the "Empress Dowager", and often personally sent troops to protect the country in times of crisis. The story of "Yang JiaJun" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in folklore, she is the sworn enemy of the Yang family general of the Song Dynasty, and the Yang family will be full of loyal martyrs and beheaded by her.
One day when her life always ended, Empress Xiao was buried in the LuShan Mountain, which was a treasure of feng shui favored by the emperors of previous dynasties, especially the Great Liao, and favored this place. They regarded the Yiwu Lu Mountain as a sacred mountain that could protect the royal family and protect the country's smooth wind and rain. The rise and fall of the dynasty is a historical necessity, and the Liao will eventually have a day of extinction, in 1125 AD, the Liao was destroyed by Jin, ending the 218-year reign of the Liao.
The Great Liao died, there are many people who covet the tombs of the Liao Dynasty, in the eyes of the tomb robbers, as long as they can steal a little thing from it, they will have endless money in the second half of their lives, not only ordinary people covet the gold and silver jewelry inside, the gold soldiers are also coveted, in the main history, there are 4 records of theft, and other petty thefts are more.
After so many times of theft experience, when the Liaoqian Tomb was unearthed in the 90s of the last century, there was a "golden filigree inlaid four phoenix pattern shouyi" that amazed the world, according to archaeological experts, this dress was worn on Empress Xiao's body, the valuation of this shou robe was 3.4 billion, and history did record that Empress Xiao loved to wear brocade dresses.
This is not just an ordinary shou robe, it is a shou coat made entirely of gold, every thread on it is gold wire, and it is also inlaid with gemstones, a total of 10703 grams, which is extremely rare in history, no one is exactly the same clothes, the most rare thing is that the gold thread on it has not broken, after more than 1,000 years, when you see this dress again, it is still shining. Since it is pure, why do tomb robbers turn a blind eye to this birthday dress?
In fact, there are rules for tomb robbery, Cao Cao once formed an army, specially used to rob tombs, the soldiers inside are also known as lieutenants who touch the gold, the main purpose of tomb robbery is to find the treasure in the tomb, and then use it to exchange money. However, even if the tomb is robbed for the sake of greed, the tomb robbers do not dare to steal the belongings of the deceased.
The most taboo thing about robbing a tomb is to disturb the deceased's sleep and steal the personal things, which is the greatest disrespect to the deceased, and it is also very unlucky, and the shou clothes are also one of the reasons why many people dare not steal. This is a superstition, but it is also the last respect for the deceased, even if greedy for money, will not joke about their future and luck, so they will only choose other gold and silver jewelry. And at that time, the market value of silk fabrics was not high compared to antique calligraphy and painting, so it was also common sense for this shou robe to be ignored.
It is precisely because of this that the "golden filigree inlaid with four phoenixes" has been preserved, and people can re-see this rare birthday coat. Song Zhiqing once said in "Driving Out of Chang'an": "Taiping has many subordinates, and cultural relics have brilliance." "Since ancient times, these cultural relics have been the object of everyone's collection and cherishing, and if they are ordinary people's homes, the precious things they get will be kept as heirlooms." And these excavated cultural relics are the "heirlooms" of our country.