CCTV News:Her identity is better than Yang Guifei, her talent is better than Wu Zetian, and her martial arts is better than Mulan. She can be good at fighting and proficient in divination; She has been through many battles all her life and never lost, but such a person has been buried in the dust of history for more than 3000 years. Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s words show us an oriental goddess of war — — The queen of Wu Ding has a good wife. She and Wu Ding performed a romantic love story, and at the same time described the prosperous times of Wu Ding. Because of too few written records, the legendary story of women and men has become a mystery for thousands of years.
In "National Treasures", actress Tamia Liu plays the role of Fu Hao and tells the story of this legendary woman.
Yin Qi is a descendant of phoenix, and Yin Shang is a man’s world.
As a diligent and enlightened monarch in the middle of Shang Dynasty, Wu Ding’s era was called "Wu Ding Zhongxing". As a queen and a female general, it is no exaggeration to say that Muhao has taken on the cause of home and country with wisdom and strength, laid down half of the country and won the respect of all.
In life, she gave birth to children for Wu Ding. As a wife and mother, she is as warm as jade. A double-faced beauty who loves both arms and red makeup is a model of perfect women. It is this identity of lover, bosom friend and comrade-in-arms that when Fu Hao died at the age of thirty-three, Wu Ding was so sad that he buried her near the palace where he worked, and built a memorial hall on the tomb, Mother Xinzong, for himself and future generations to remember and worship. The descendants and other clans also buried a lot of heavy objects for her, even with the currency at that time, more than 6,800 seashells. Such rich funerary objects have left us with extremely rich cultural heritage. By coincidence, the tomb of Fu Hao is outside the tomb area, and it has become the only royal tomb of Shang Dynasty that can be completely preserved in Yin Ruins.
Fuhao tomb site
The funerary objects in the Muhao Tomb are very rich, including 755 jade articles, 499 bone pieces, bronze mirrors, bone combs, exquisite ivory cups, bone carving knives, turquoise, malachite, agate beads and many small and lovely stone tools. We seem to see a woman who loves beauty and pays attention to the quality of life, elegant and graceful.
Numerous funerary objects in fuhao tomb
Among the many funerary jade articles unearthed from Fu Hao Tomb in Yin Ruins, Fu Hao Yu Feng is very representative. There are many legends and records of totems in Shang Dynasty, both in historical books and in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and most of their contents are related to the business of Xuanniao. Xuanniao is a mythical bird in ancient China myths and legends, from which the representative significance of Yufeng can be seen.
Fu Hao Yu Feng’s smooth lines, charming charm, sideways looking back and turning to her posture may be the favorite items of the queen Fu Hao of Shang King Wuding before her death. Many jade dragons have been unearthed from the tomb of Fu Hao in Yin Ruins, and Yufeng is the only one. Perhaps it was because Fu Hao was the most famous woman at that time.
Fu Hao Yu feng
"National Treasure Archives" has also broadcast the cultural relics unearthed in the tomb of Fu Hao.
As the favorite wife of Shang King, it’s probably not surprising to own these ornaments. Surprisingly, there are a number of funerary objects in the Muhao Tomb that the empresses of past dynasties didn’t have: hundreds of bronze weapons and a series of bronze ritual vessels. The most striking thing is this big cymbal, which symbolizes the military power of the country, with a good inscription. The queen is not a weak woman living in the harem. She is a woman who participates in state affairs, has a place in a patriarchal society and speaks with strength. Fu Hao was good at fighting before her death, often presided over various large-scale sacrifices, had her own fief, was economically independent, and also paid tribute to the Shang royal family.
Bronze weapons buried in the tomb of a good woman
Bronze sacrificial vessels buried in the tomb of a good woman
A symbol of the country’s military power, the inscription is good for women.
Even in the more than 10,000 pieces of Oracle bones unearthed from Yin Ruins in Anyang, she was mentioned more than 200 times, including her campaign, childbirth, illness, and even asking how she was after her death.
Speaking of women’s good Oracle bone tablets
More than 6,800 seashells were used as funerary objects for women.
Rich words and relics make us have the honor to know such a legendary woman more than 3,000 years ago. The good jade phoenix is just like her beautiful charm, fixed on the historical landscape and admired by future generations.
Tip: the origin of the dark bird business
According to Historical Records, Xia is a descendant of the dragon, and Yin Qi, who helped Dayu control the water, is a descendant of Feng. Judie, Yin Qi’s mother, ate the eggs of a mysterious bird (that is, a phoenix) while taking a bath outdoors, and got pregnant and gave birth to a contract, that is, the so-called "mysterious bird was born in heaven". When she grew up, she helped Dayu to control water, and later became the ancestor of Yin Shang, so the Yin people claimed to be the descendants of the phoenix. At the beginning of this article, "Yin Qi is the descendants of the phoenix" came from this. Yin Shang believed in mysterious birds, so there were many ever-changing phoenix patterns cast on the bronzes of Shang Dynasty.