The Han Dynasty's View Of Life And Death From The Wet Corpse

In the 1970s,an ancient corpse of the Western Han Dynasty was excavated at the Han Tomb No.1 in Mawangdui,Changsha,Hunan Province.The preservation of the ancient corpse was rare,and scholars called it wet corpse.Later,in the two Han Tombs in Jiangling,Hubei and Lianyungang,Jiangsu,two wet corpses with pretty well preservation were discovered.However,these three dead bodies have not been decomposed for more than 2,000 years since the Han Dynasty,which was based on preservation technology at the time and was also strongly related to the protection consciousness of the Han people when they treated the dead bodies.Based on the three excavated wet corpses,I aim to explore the Han corpse preservation techniques from the time background of the Han Dynasty and the cultural background of the"ground burial".From the perspective of medical anti-corruption,I will analyze the knowledge of dead bodies in the Han Dynasty and the motivation of the corpse protection.Through this analysis,we conclude that in the view of life and death of the Han Dynasty,the body is the bridge between the real world and the post-mortem world as well as the key for the soul to rest.