In addition to the underground palace and coffins, more than 3000 pieces
of precious treasure were unearthed, and are on display in the exhibition
halls today. They include gold plates, basins, cups, bowls and spoons
of various sizes for the emperor. Gold and silver ingots are marked
with thedate of making and it weight and some even bear the name of
the madders and the supervising officials.
Golden
crown and phoenix crowns
The most valuable of the tombs treasures are the golden
crown and four phoenix crowns for the emperor
and the empresses. The golden crown was the emperors imperial crown.
It was made of very fine gold filaments and decorated in the back
with tow dragons sporting with a pearl. The phoenix crowns were worn
by the Empresses at grand ceremonies. Each crown was inlaidwith 5000
pearls of diffenent sizes and more than a hundred precious stone,
which were bought from sri Lanka and India.
Apart from
the gold and silver articles, a large amount of porcelain, jade, cloth
and silk fabrics were found in the tomb. The emperors dragon robe was
embroidered with 12 dragons, each different from the other in design.
The one-hundred-boy gown was for the empresses. All these archaeological
finds represent the excellent and exquisite craftsmanship of the Ming
Dynasty.