Legends about the rich and their tombs

Fu Hao was one of more than 60 wives of Wu Ding, the Shang Dynasty, that is, Mu Xin, the mother of Zu Geng and Zujia. She lived in Wu Ding during the reorganization of Shang Dynasty in the first half of12nd century, and was the earliest female politician and strategist in China. According to Oracle Bone Inscriptions's records, Fu Hao presided over various types and names of sacrificial ceremonies and divination activities many times, and used theocracy to serve the rule of Shang Dynasty. In addition, Fu Cha was repeatedly sent by Wu Ding to fight with troops, looking for Turks in the north, attacking foreigners in the southeast, and defeating the Pakistani army in the southwest, which made great contributions to the expansion of the territory of Shang Dynasty. Wu Ding loved her very much, granted her an independent fief, and often prayed to ghosts and gods to bless her health and longevity. However, Fu Hao died before Wu Ding. Wu Ding was so sad that she was buried about 100 meters northwest of Xiaotun Village in Anyang, Henan. The tomb was excavated at 1976 in the northwest of Xiaotun Village, Anyang City, Henan Province, and it is well preserved. Among them, 755 pieces of jade were unearthed, which is the largest and most concentrated tomb in Shang Dynasty. There are also 63 stone tools and 47 gem vessels. There are many kinds of jade carvings in Fu Hao's tomb, which shows the high level of jade production at that time. The portraits in these jade carvings are the most important part, and they are valuable materials for understanding and studying the sculpture art, race, clothing system, class relationship and lifestyle of Shang Dynasty. These sculptures are used for wearing, inlay and decoration, not independent sculptures, but they reflect that the sculpture creation in Shang Dynasty accurately grasped the position and body proportion of the five senses of the head, and could intentionally enlarge the realistic ability of the head in a small scope. Paying attention to hairstyles, crowns and other costumes has shown that the ability to observe and express people's different social status is very valuable. Among them, the figures are expressionless and their eyes are prominent, which is the embodiment of the popular carving and decoration techniques at that time (which is more common in the animal face decoration of many bronzes) and has obvious characteristics of the times.

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