The Tomb of Fuhao is the only complete royal tomb of the Shang Dynasty in the Yin Ruins.
The tomb is more than five meters long, about four meters wide, and more than seven meters deep. There is a Xiangtang called "Muxin Zong" in the oracle bone inscriptions on the tomb.
It is said that Xiangtang was originally an ancestral temple building built by King Wuding of Shang Dynasty to worship his wife, and the temple name was "Xin".
Although the tomb of Fuhao's tomb is not large, it is well preserved and has an extremely rich number of funerary objects. A total of 1,928 cultural relics of different textures including bronzes, jade, gemstones, and ivory were unearthed.
*** 1,928 funerary objects of different materials were unearthed, including bronzes, jade, gemstones, ivory, bone, clams, etc. The bronzes and jade that best reflect the development level of Yinxu culture.
There are 468 pieces of bronze ware, mainly ritual vessels and weapons. There are a wide range of ritual vessels, including cooking utensils, food utensils, wine utensils, water utensils, etc.
Most of them are in pairs or groups, such as a pair of owl statues, a pair of small square tripods with inscriptions on Fuhao, and a group of 12 round tripods, 6 pieces in each group, and 8 bronze buckets, 4 pieces in each group.
Simu Xin's inscriptions include a large square tripod and a pair of four-legged gongs.
Other inscriptions include pairs of square pots, square pots, round pots, etc., and most of them are equipped with 10 goblets and 10 jue.
There are 190 bronze ritual vessels with inscriptions, of which 109 have the inscription "女好", accounting for more than half of the bronze vessels with inscriptions, and many of them are large, heavy and novel in shape.
For example, the owl statue and the ring-footed cup are beautiful in shape and have complicated patterns.
Sanlian Zhi and Oufang Yi can be said to have appeared for the first time.
The triple steamer is a stove-shaped device used in conjunction with a retort. It can steam the same or different foods in the three retorts at the same time. It can be moved and is easy to use. It is an innovation in cooking utensils.
The steam-column retort-shaped vessel is actually a steam pot. Steaming chicken in a steam pot is a delicacy in Kunming. The same cooking utensil appeared more than 3,000 years ago, which shows that the Yin people also deliberately sought refinement of their food.
The big copper ax is a cold fighting weapon used for chopping in ancient China.
It consists of an ax body and an ax handle.
The ax body is made of stone, copper or iron, and the ax handle is made of wood.
The shape of a yue is similar to that of an axe. The difference is that the shape of the yue is thin and the blade is wide and arc-shaped.
The yue is mainly used as a symbol of military power, so most yue are well-cast. The body of the yue is engraved with human or animal face patterns. The image is ferocious and gorgeous, giving people a deterrent effect.
There are three ivory cups, two of which are in pairs. One of them, the Kui cup, is shaped like a goblet. The entire body is engraved with double lines and intricate patterns of Taotie, Kui dragons, birds, etc. Its mouth, eyes, eyebrows, nose and body
The top is inlaid with turquoise, and the pattern is surrounded by fine "back" patterns as a foil.
One side of the cup is decorated with a handle with patterns of birds and dragons, and its eyes, beak, feathers, claws, eyebrows and body are also inlaid with turquoise.
Another ivory cup with a flowing tiger is 42cm high, 10.6~11.2cm in diameter, and 0.9cm thick. It is the tallest ivory cup in history. It is beautiful in shape and exquisitely carved, making it a national treasure.