What is the material of Dunhuang Han bamboo slips?

Dunhuang bamboo slips are made of wood. Dunhuang Han bamboo slips were discovered earlier, and six batches were discovered. Up to now, five batches have been published, including 6 batches of 2 190 pieces. Or complete or incomplete, including a small number of wooden slips and wooden slips. Discovered along the Great Wall in Han Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Yumen, Zhong and yi river in Dunhuang County. The date seen in the bamboo slips is the first year of Taishigong, the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and the contents are mostly frontier defense documents, including official documents, disaster chronicles, bookkeeping, material account books and so on.

The value of Dunhuang Han bamboo slips

Dunhuang Han bamboo slips are good at information, especially the excavation report of Maquan Bay in Dunhuang, which is a scientific excavation according to the requirements of modern field archaeology regulations.

According to the preliminary classification of excavation reports, there are more than ten kinds of imperial edicts, recitations, notes, books, decrees, letters, vouchers, seals, almanac, divination books, arithmetic books, word books, private letters, symbols and chips. This is of great significance to understand and study the northwest frontier defense, transportation and even the whole society in Han Dynasty.

At the same time with the bamboo slips, there are 343 artifacts unearthed in Ma Quan Bay, including production, life, military, culture, art, entertainment and other items, which are divided into eight categories, accompanied by photos and copies, and the analysis and identification of important artifacts, such as brocade, Luo, yarn, silk and other silk fabrics, that is, 100; Another example is the discovery and identification of five pieces of hemp paper. It is considered that papermaking began in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty at the latest.