Reveal!The skin was elastic when the ancient corpse was unearthed 2100 years ago when the ancient corpse was unearthed.

Yangtze River Network (Reporter Lu Yingxue) On the afternoon of July 26, "Reading China along the Yangtze River -Hubei Qianli Yangtze River Bank" Yi Jingjing visiting group came to Jingzhou Museum, the treasure of the town hall -a Western Han Dynasty more than 2100 years ago The ancient corpse attracted the attention of the visiting group. After in -depth visits, members learned that this ancient corpse of the Western Han Dynasty was well -preserved, skin and elasticity, joints can also be moved, and there was no osteoporosis.

The visiting team entered the Jingzhou Museum. Photo by Li Ziyun, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily

Next to the ancient corpse of the Western Han Dynasty, Chen Dongdong, director of the Education Department of the Jingzhou Museum, introduced to the visiting group that when the Western Han male corpse was unearthed, he not only had intact skin, but his 32 teeth were complete and firm. Experts inferred from the degree of wear of his teeth to be about 60 years old when he died. It is currently the best wet corpse found in my country.

Mr. Sui, the male corpse of the Western Han Dynasty, was kept intact. Photo by Li Ziyun, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily

Chen Dongdong introduced that when the ancient corpse of the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed, a bamboo cricket was found from the funeral, which was the only text record in the unearthed cultural relics. This is a book, and it is also a letter of "Introduction to Wang Wang." "On May 13, 167 BC, the county in Jiangling County wrote an introduction letter to the county in the Yinjian. The city Yang had a five -husband named Sui. Reporting in the underworld finance. The point is that this sentence can make the officials engaged in ', hoping that the yin will indirectly accept him and give him the corresponding position. This bamboo cricket explains the time, nickname, the position of the life, and the burial of the burial of the male corpse. Items, etc., provide us with accurate and important information. "

The members of the visiting group are watching Mr. Sui, the male corpse of the Western Han Dynasty. Photo by Li Ziyun, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily

Why can the ancient corpse of the Western Han Dynasty be preserved for so many years? Chen Dongdong said that there are three reasons. One is because of deep burial, and the white part is Mr. Sui's coffin, which is 10 meters deep, in a state of constant temperature and humidity; Flower soil and green paste mud have a strong sealing to prevent air from entering; the third is the role of drugs, that is, 100,000 milliliters of red coffin. Its formation is because the groundwater of the Jianghan Plain is very rich. There are many herbal medicines, the main component is cinnabar, that is, mercury sulfide, which has quite strong bacteriostatic and bactericidal function. After mixing, they form a coffin, which is equivalent to our current Forma. The above factors are superimposed, and Mr. Sui can be preserved so well for more than 2100 years.

Zhou Yongyi, a sophomore student at the School of Foreign Languages ​​of Hubei University of Technology, said: "The museum has a rich collection and has a deep historical and cultural heritage. Especially this ancient corpse has a very important research value, and many coincidences have created this great miracle. It also shows us to understand To the wisdom of the ancients, I felt the rich Jingchu culture. "

[Edit: Ye Shengfan]

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