The Yellow River fished out 8 respect 70 tons of large iron cattle, open in the open is not protected? Expert: There is no better way
China has a long history of 5,000 years, and after more than a dozen dynastic changes, the treasures buried under its ground are innumerable. However, with the changes of history and the development of the times, people have a more comprehensive understanding of cultural relics protection and archaeological excavations, and some of them are either placed in museums for people to see, or secretly protected. But there is an exception to everything, such as this big iron bull during the Tang Dynasty, which was placed in the open on the bank of the river, without protection, for tourists to visit and play.
These Tang Dynasty iron cattle were salvaged from the Yellow River by archaeologists in the late 1980s, when these iron cattle were first displayed in front of the eyes of the world, the archaeological staff on the scene did not mention how excited, such a huge historical relic, in the archaeological community is really rare. These iron cattle were first created in the first year of the Tang Dynasty, more than a thousand years of history, it is because of its special identity, so that people affectionately call it ''Tang Dynasty Big Iron Bull'',' although the iron bull is larger, but its workmanship is very elaborate, it looks no different from the real cow, the appearance is very eye-catching.
In fact, in the 1940s, when people played by the river, they could still reach out and touch the horns, but with the passage of time, by the 1950s, the iron bull had obviously sunk down again, and the horns could no longer be seen and touched. In order to avoid the disappearance of the iron bull, the local department organized the relevant departments to salvage these iron cattle and put them on the riverbank. But with the end of the salvage work, another question also followed, that is, what should be done with the protection of the big iron bull? After all, this is a large iron cultural relic, and if it is not handled well, there will be a possibility of corrosion and rust.
Maybe everyone will be curious about these big iron cows: what is the use of making such a big iron cow in ancient times? Is it hard to look good? In fact, the real use of the iron bull, in fact, is used to suppress the bridge, due to the particularity of the Yellow River, so that it often has major floods, the ancients in order to be able to better live around the Yellow River, so under the order of Tang Xuanzong, cast these 8 large iron cattle, which on both sides of the river bank put dead gods, on the one hand to suppress the Yellow River water, on the other hand to the Yellow River on the Pujin Bridge to press the tail. Now that thousands of years have passed, the Yellow River has no longer flooded as it did in ancient times, and these Tang Dynasty iron cattle gradually sank under the river because of the erosion of the river, until the end of the 1980s, they were re-salvaged.
If this historical relic is so precious and old, why did it explode in the open air? Experts have their own grievances about this, not because they are reluctant to protect it, but because there is really no better way. These Tang Dynasty iron cattle are not only large in size, but also very heavy, want to find a place for them, it is not an easy task, in fact, experts have tried many methods, but the effect is not particularly good, some even aggravate the damage of cultural relics, so that it appears rusty, damaged, and finally experts really have no way, just temporarily put it in the open air for tourists to watch.
The Yellow River salvaged 70 tons of Tang Dynasty iron cattle, which were placed in the open air without protection, experts: too heavy, no way