TheExhibitionofInscribedBambooTabletsofWuKingdomoftheThreeKingdomsatChangsha Ladiesandgentlemen,
WelcometoChangshamuseum.Wellbeheretovisit“TheExhibitionofInscribedBamboo TabletsofWuKingdomoftheThreeKingdomsatChangshaandTheYearsofUnearthed MostValuableCulturalRelics”.Ihopemyexplanationcansatisfyyou!
Now,weareinthefirstexhibitionhall.Here,itadoptspanoramictechnique,andrestoresthesiteofunearthingBambooTabletsofWuKingdom.In1996,duringJulytoNovember,inthesoutheastofWuYisquare,teamupwithPingHeTangDepartment.TheexhumationswerecarriedonbyChangsharelicsworkteams.Theyunearth61archaicwellsduringthe
WarringStatesperiodandtheMingandQingDynasty,andfoundout3000kindsofrelics,likecopper,ironbamboo,wood,ceramics,andsoon.Topeople’sastonishment,intheNo.22archaicwell,theyfoundlotsofbambootabletsandwooden
slips.Afterconfirming,theyaretherelicsofSunWuinThreekingdoms1700yearsago.Thesepatchesofrelicswouldreplenishthelackedhistoricalmaterialsofthreekingdomsexactly.Ourcountryoncehadfourdiscoveries:TheoracleboneinscriptionofYin,bambootabletsandwoodenslipsofTunxuinnorthwestChina,CulturalbooksofDunhuangstoneroom,FilesofQingcabinet.BambooTabletsofWuKingdomoftheThreeKingdomsatChangshacanbementionedinthesamebreathwiththefourdiscoveries,andbecomethesearchingsubjectofinternationalacademia.
Everybody!PleaselookatthecrosssectionreconstructionoftheNO.22archaicwell.Itsupperpartofopeningwasdamagedwhenitwasexcavating.Thisisanirregularcircularshapeverticalshaft;thebottomhasabagformlikely.Theopeningofthewellhasalength3.5mfromsouthtonorth,3.1mfromeasttowest,and5.6mindepth.Theopeningiscoveredwithpureredbrowncolorclay,1.5mdeeperofwhichisthebambootabletsandwoodenslipslayer.Thebambootabletsandwoodenslipslayeris50cmthickincenterand20cmthinonallsides,piledupwithslopeform.Theropestiedthebambootabletsandwoodenslipshavebecomerotten,butwecanseetheywereburiedbybundlesatthattime.Therearemorethan10,000piecesofbambootabletsandwoodenslipsbytheinitialstatistics.Thesecondlayeristhegraybrownclaylayerof3.1mthick,amongthemmixup
withlotsofbamboowoodscrapes,grassscrapes,leaves,fragmentarybricks,potteryandporcelainandsoon.Atthebottomofthewellisanothersmallwell,whichhassquarewoodenframe.Thefourcornersarenailedbyastickofspileinlayedwithtwowoodenboardsasthewellwall.Thecircleofthewellis93cmlong,58cmtall.Thefunctionofthissmallwellisprobablyforgatheringthegroundwaterfromallsidesofthewell,and thenputforwardtopouroutwithwaterpitcherandothertoolsinordertomaintainthewellspacedry.Thisisthelivingphototakenbythetimeofexcavating.
AnalyzingthestructureandrelicsofthewellNO.22,itisanancientwellforstoringfood.TheclimateofChangshaissohot,wetandrainythatthefoodiseasytoberot,butthecircumstanceunderthegroundof10mdepthisjustlikeasamodernrefrigerator.ThearchaeologicaldiscoveriesapprovedthatpeoplehadusedthisstoringmethodfromthetimeofShangdynasty.
Youmayaskthat,whywerethebambootabletsofWuKingdomburiedinthewell?Therearetwostatements.ThefirstoneconsideredthatintheperiodofThreeKingdoms,thereweresomanywars,thesuddenlyburst-outwarmadepeopleburythemhereinahurry.Theotherconsideredthattoburytheminthewellmaybeawayofdealingwiththerecordsinthepast.
Nowpleaselookatthephoto.ThisisthephotoofunearthingtheNo.22well.Wecanseethatthebambootabletsandwoodenslipsweresoakedinthemud.Whycantheybekeptintactforover1700years?OneoftheimportantreasonsisthatthegroundwaterlevelinChangshawasveryhigh,andthebambootabletsandwoodenslipsweresoakedinthewater.Besides,theywereburieddeeply;theycanbesealedupwall.Withthese,theycanbekeptintactforover1700years.