Every time you see those exquisite cultural relics, you must make people sigh at the unique ingenuity of the ancient Chinese. Take the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, since the formal scientific excavation in 1972, the unearthed corpses of Xin Chai women, T-shaped paintings, plain yarn Zen clothes, lacquered wood ware and even Mrs. Xin Chai's silk shoes and makeup boxes have amazed the world.
When it comes to the ancient relics of Mawangdui, the plain silk Zen clothes should be the most widely known "star". Clothes are worn by everyone, but lightly woven embroidered clothes such as pixel yarn Zen clothes weighing only 49 grams can only be seen in museums by modern people, and it is impossible to wear them on the street in daily life.
However, the susha Zen clothes can also appear in front of the public and let the public feel its beauty, but another heavyweight treasure of Mawangdui is always not suitable for coming out to "meet" with everyone, resulting in its popularity being much lower than that of the Susha Zen clothes. To some extent, the value of this cultural relic is more than the plain yarn Zen cloth, which is the lacquered silk (xǐ) yarn crown.
纚, which at first referred to the drapery used by the ancients to tie their hair, later became a synonym for the crown. According to the interpretation of the "Chinese Encyclopedia of Textiles", the crown of silk weaving is called "silk", and the crown coated with raw paint is called "lacquer crown", so this cultural relic is a silk hat from more than 2,000 years ago.
However, this hat is not a normal home-style hat, but a black gauze hat. The lacquered silk crown was not unearthed from the tomb of Lady Xin Chai, nor was it excavated from the tomb of her husband Li Cang, it came from the Han Tomb No. 3 of Mawangdui, and the owner of the tomb was Li Cang's son Li Xi, who died about the twelfth year (168 BC) of emperor Wen of Han and only lived for more than 30 years.
Moreover, his body was not as well preserved as Mrs. Xin Chai's, and when it was unearthed, only a messy skeleton was left. Li Xi was a military attaché before his death, and this lacquered yarn crown, according to the analysis of archaeologists, should be the exclusive black gauze hat worn by Li Xi before his death, which was installed in a rectangular lacquer with a painted top when it was excavated.
It is worth mentioning that this rectangular lacquer is a cultural relic that is forbidden to be exhibited abroad, which is very precious, and its use of "literacy painting" technology is rare in the world, and you can understand it as a dressing box of a Han Dynasty. Even the box is so big, not to mention the contents of the inside, the lacquered yarn crown looks really ordinary on the outside, but the process cannot be copied.
Since it is worn by military attaches, it is natural to consider some details: how to wear sweating is not hot, winter wind shielding and warmth, in line with the identity of military attaches, comfortable and wear-resistant, not easy to deform? Lacquered yarn crown perfectly meets the above requirements, it is originally a silk fabric that is not easy to shape, and to shape, it must be painted.
The role of brush paint is to prevent corrosion, insect moths, and add aesthetic effects, and this yarn crown uses the long-lost "paint" process in China, which is simply explained to paint the woven hat, or paint it first, and then weave it. It is generally simple to say, but there are many things to pay attention to in actual operation, which is a delicate work and cannot be completed by hand.
The finished product can not only be shaped, soft and shiny, but also worn in all seasons, and the fine square hole ensures breathability. As for why this treasure can not meet with everyone, is because it is buried in the ground for too long, and light, after excavation, the toughness can not be compared with those relatively hard utensils, even a little light may accelerate its oxidation and corrosion, so everyone can only look at the picture, think about how the craftsmen of the year carefully built it.