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The Swan Song of Han Tombs, Feel the Splendor of the Tomb of the King of Zhongshan in Han Dynasty!

In the Mancheng Han Tombs, national treasures such as the Boshan Incense Burner inlaid with gold, the Jade Burial Suit sewn with gold thread, the Changxin Palace Lamp, the Bronze Kettle with Coiled Dragon Pattern, and the Vermilion Bird Cup have been unearthed, setting multiple national records. Four gold needles, five silver needles, a "medical basin," as well as small silver funnels, bronze medicine spoons, medicine measures, and bronze surgical knives constitute the best-preserved, earliest, and most complete medical instruments from the Western Han Dynasty unearthed to date. The bronze water clock timer is the earliest ancient astronomical instrument unearthed so far; a composite grinder made of stone mill and large bronze funnel is the largest and earliest composite grain processing tool made of bronze and stone seen in China so far; A glass plate and two glass ear cups are the earliest domestically produced glass containers discovered in archaeology so far... The belt hook, an object used to fasten belts, first appeared in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. The most common styles of belt hooks in the Han Dynasty include beast-face shapes, curved rod shapes, pipa shapes, and irregular hooks. The jade awl was a tool used to untie knots, which later gradually evolved into a waist ornament, first discovered at the Liangzhu cultural site. The jade pendants of the Han Dynasty have been simplified. Jade dancers first appeared in the Warring States period and were popular among noblewomen's ornaments in the Han Dynasty. The thumb ring, a tool worn on the thumb for drawing a bowstring, appeared as late as the late Shang Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it evolved into a decorative thumb ring pendant. Both men and women could wear it, commonly known as "chicken heart pendant" or "heart-shaped pendant." The incense burner appeared no later than the Warring States period and became popular in the Han Dynasty. The main incense used was mugwort, also known as xun grass or hui grass, and sometimes medicinal materials such as galangal and magnolia were mixed with mugwort for burning. Every August, the emperor would offer sacrifices at the Tai Temple, and the kings and marquises had to contribute gold according to the population of their fiefs to assist in the sacrifices, known as "zhoujin." The "zhoujin law" had strict regulations on the quantity and quality of the gold offered. The five-zhu coin was used for over 700 years from the Han to the Sui Dynasty, making it the longest-used currency in ancient China. According to the Han system, 24 zhu made one liang, with one zhu approximately equal to 0.65 grams. The five-zhu coin began circulating in the fifth year of Emperor Wu of Han's reign (118 BC). Initially, the coins were minted by various local prefectures and kingdoms. In 113 BC, the minting rights were centralized, and the three officials of Shanglin (the Bell Officer, the Copper Officer, and the Skill Officer under the Water Balance Commandery of the Western Han) were exclusively responsible for minting, known as "three-official coins."
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