Archaeologists
in China found the tomb of the couple from the Ming Dynasty to the
detailed design ornate clothing that is still preserved.
500-year-old
tomb containing a wooden coffin for the husband and his wife,
both of which are side by side in the outer coffin covered with layers
of slurry (a mixture of lime and glutinous rice soup). As
reported by LiveScience, archaeologists only found some bones in a
coffin, but the clothes they are still in good condition. The wife
coffin have sash with the words that she was "Deceased Mother of the Wang family of the Ming Dynasty."
Coffin
containing clothes in the patch that shows detailed images of Kilin,
mythological creature with the head of a dragon and a scaly body. Kilin
it looks to be in the clouds, rocks, and ocean water.
Some
skirts are found in the wife coffin, including one decorated with
gold thread pattern along approximately 89 centimeters. "The
fabric is woven with a decorative flowers, insects and various patterns
of possessions," said the researchers from Taizhou Municipal Museum in
an article recently published in the journal of Chinese Cultural Relics.
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| Both of the coffins within a husband-and-wife's tomb found in China contained fine clothing. This gown, which was found in the husband’s coffin, is elaborately decorated. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/12X46yZ) |
The
researchers stated that the goods remain in good condition because it
is stored in a covered well. According to their high level of
preservation of the Ming Dynasty clothing associated with the pulp layer
that closes the coffin and form a seal..
The
tomb was found in the village Sensen Village, part of the city of
Taizhou, in the East China Sea coast, and dug in July 2008. Based on the
design and artifacts in the tomb, archaeologists believe the tomb was
built around the time of Jiajing Emperor, who ruled from 1521 until
1567.
Woman's
husband was also interred with nice clothes. He had a number of
dresses, including a dress with a very intricate pattern. "The fabric
weave drawing lotus flower, peony, plum and chrysanthemum, interspersed
with various patterns of possessions such as coins, beads fire, horns,
boxes, banana leaves, sticks Ruyi, silver rods and bell rock," the
researchers wrote.
The
man had two pieces of pillowcase, with the inscription stating
"beginning fly to Heaven" and "to be born in the next life in the
Western World." The researchers did not speculate about the couple's
beliefs but the phrase "western world" can refer to a Buddhist. In the
school of Mahayana Buddhism is said to be heaven, or Sukhavati, in the
far west. It can be entered by calling the name of Amitabha Buddha.
Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism are all executed in China during the
Ming Dynasty between 1368 to
In
addition to the 16th century and 17, there are a small number of
European Christian missionaries in China, which is a prosperous area
during the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming rulers to build the Forbidden
City and the Great Wall, as well as Admiral Zheng He sent an expedition
to the Indian Ocean, reaching the east coast of Africa. (See another photos.) *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LIVESCIENCE]
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