Since its value was discovered by human beings, gold has become a hard currency of human society, always accompanied by the development of human civilization, and the princes and nobles also regard gold as a tool to show power. The unique metallic luster of gold is also deeply loved by the public, and this kind of cliché is not the same from the prince down to the limin.
We often use the term "golden splendor" to describe the beauty of a house, such as where ancient emperors lived. In ancient times, golden yellow was still exclusive to the royal family, not to mention that the people of Li, even the princes and nobles, were not eligible to use this color. Not only did the emperors like to make their dwellings glittering, but they even wore them in the pursuit of as much luxury as possible.
Ancient wars were frequent, and in order to cope with the problem of death and injury in the war, the amulet armor came into being, and the material of the armor was also limited by the identity of the wearer and the level of science and technology. Ancient armor can be roughly divided into metal and non-metallic, copper is the earliest human refining and application of metals, so copper armor is the first kind of metal armor in ancient times; later with the improvement of smelting technology, lighter iron armor appeared. Non-metallic armor is more representative of vine armor, stone armor, cotton armor and so on. So, what kind of armor should the emperor, as the supreme ruler, be equipped with?
Some people say that the emperor, as the head of state, will not personally go to the battlefield, at least not to kill the enemy on the front line, so the emperors do not need to wear armor.
It is wrong to say so, the emperor does not go to battle does not mean that there is no need for armor, because some major festivals or for the soldiers to practice, for the triumphant soldiers to receive the wind, etc., the emperor needs to stand for the soldiers and boost morale.
So, what does the emperor's armor look like? Some people say that the golden armor can be worthy of the emperor's value, which sounds reasonable, but this kind of precious golden armor has not been examined for a long time.
In junior high school history, we all learned about the golden jade robe, but the golden jade robe is not a armor, and even strictly speaking, it is not a Yang thing, because it is the burial dress worn by the royal nobles of the Han Dynasty after their deaths. The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had a set of "great parade armor", which, as the name suggests, was used by the Qianlong Emperor for military parades. The overall "Qianlong Parade Armor" is golden yellow, in addition to some dyeing, there are also a considerable part of the real gold, it is not too much to call it gold armor, however, its production materials use a lot of other materials, which makes people inevitably a little disappointed.
It wasn't until 1975 that archaeologists discovered a group of tombs on a hill near Dongyongping Township in LiXian County, Longnan District, Gansu Province. The number of tombs in this tomb group is large, and it is not an exaggeration to say "tomb after grave, grave by grave". Archaeologists immediately carried out rescue excavations of this tomb group, after research, the owner of the largest tomb is Qin Jinggong, and the owners of other tombs are all Nobles of the Qin State, so experts and scholars named the tomb group "Tomb of the King of Qin" after discussion.
However, the excavation is not so much excavation as protection, and experts did not carry out large-scale excavations of the tomb group, but only cleaned and repaired some of the more damaged tombs, and most of the tombs remained intact. This leaves an opportunity for tomb robbers.
In 1993, a case of smuggling of cultural relics was cracked at a border crossing, and after investigation, some of the cultural relics came from the tombs of the Qin kings, including 32 gold ornaments with intricate patterns. These gold ornaments were excavated from the Qinjing Cemetery, which was the armor worn by Qin Jinggong before his death, which is the real golden armor in history. However, unfortunately, although the Police of Our Country have gone all out to recover, they have only recovered 32 pieces, less than one-half of all of them, so far this gold armor is still a fragment, and the rest of the ornaments are not known.
So what was this golden armor of Qin Jinggong used for? Experts have always believed that this golden armor was used by Qin Jing to participate in major events, and its symbolic significance far exceeds practical value.