In the 1980s, Chengdu dug up the sacred beast, and the archaeological team failed to excavate and withdrew in a hurry: 6 floors were built to suppress it
In the winter of 1973, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, planned to build a telecommunications building in Tianfu Square. When the construction team was carrying out foundation piling, they unexpectedly found the "hard core" of the ground. The piling machine can no longer be driven. Workers speculated that they might have encountered a large rock underground. The pile driver said that although Chengdu belongs to the plain area, there are occasional boulders deep in the underground soil. They call these lone stones "lone stones."
People found the "lone stone" in the place where they dug down, and soon, it did dig out a huge stone, but after cleaning up the dirt above, it was found that the large stone was somewhat different, with artificial carvings on it, and it looked like an animal. The construction team did not dare to be sloppy and immediately reported the situation to the cultural relics department.
When the archaeological team heard the news, they immediately rushed to the scene to investigate. When the team arrived at the site, it had excavated a large pit more than 4 meters deep, and in the pit was a huge stone beast buried, 4 feet facing the sky, only 4 feet exposed, and no other parts could be seen. It's hard to tell what animal it is, but especially. The family deduced that the stone beast might be the "Zhenshui Divine Beast".
At that time, they coordinated with the construction party and hoped to dig out the stone beast as a whole, but the other side refused. Builders say the stone animals were buried too deep and weighed more than all cranes on the site. It is unrealistic to dig them out as a whole. After the excavation plan failed, the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics Department decided to bury the stone beasts on the spot after research and built a 6-story telecommunications building on top of them. Related books also record: "When building a telecommunications building, a stone beast was dug up, because it was very heavy, and it could not be moved out... It stays where it was. ”
What is this stone animal buried under the telecommunications building? Experts deduce that it is a water god beast, is this true? The answers to various puzzles were not solved until 40 years later, in 2013.
In 2010, the 38-year-old telecommunications tower could not keep up with the development of the times, and the municipal government decided to demolish it and build the Sichuan Grand Theater. In 2012, when the Grand Theater was building and excavating foundations, archaeological teams arrived at the site as early as possible, hoping to find these stone animals again forty years ago. Unexpectedly, when the local foundation was dug to more than 3 meters, the stone animals of that year came out again, and people were very excited at the scene. After careful planning, the megalithic beast was hoisted off the ground by the archaeological team in early 2013, and it was not later discovered that it was actually a majestic rhinoceros.
The rhino was measured to be 3.3 meters long, 1.7 meters high and weighing more than 8 tons. It has a beautiful shape, rounded hips, strong limbs, and exquisitely carved patterns, but it has been somewhat peeled off after thousands of years of wind and rain. What is the age of this rhinoceros? Why buried underground? Is it related to Zhang Xianzhong's Shen Yin?
To solve these problems, archaeologists have also made relevant explanations.