Speaking of swords, I believe that people who have watched movies and TV series are not unfamiliar with it, in ancient times, the sword is a weapon, made of metal materials, and it also has a reputation of "the king of a hundred soldiers". The sword was only a dagger short sword in the early days, and it was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that the long sword began to be popular, and the history of the sword in China can be described as a source process. The long sword is easy to fight, the short sword is good for protection, and can also be used for assassination, Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin, and the late Eastern Han Dynasty warrior Wang Yue and Shi A are typical examples. Famous ones are Ganjiang, Moxian, Longquan, Tai'a, Chunjun, Zhanlu, Fish Intestine, etc. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there is still one hidden in the Forbidden City, which is still very sharp, which proves that China has a long history in the manufacture and use of swords.
In the 1970s, on the Caipo Hill in the north of the Shipo Brigade of Yushe Commune in Xiangyang County, Hubei Province, a villager accidentally found a large black hole while leveling the land, and the villagers felt that the matter was more important and reported it to the local cultural relics department. Soon, the local cultural relics bureau immediately sent archaeologists to the scene after receiving the news, and after the archaeological experts explored the site, it was found that this was likely to be a robbery hole left by the tomb robber, and the location of the robbery hole was very accurate and directly hit the main burial chamber. Therefore, the local cultural relics department reported to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and after receiving the approval of the excavation notice, the cultural relics department immediately carried out a rescue excavation of the ancient tomb by the archaeological team.
Soon, the archaeological team cleaned up and excavated along the line of the robbery cave, fortunately, the robbery cave was only 9 meters deep and did not open to the main burial chamber, which made the enthusiasm of the team members to excavate even higher. During this period, more than 100 teachers and students of the History Department of Wuhan University also participated in the excavation work. In the main burial chamber, the archaeologists found a lacquered wooden box, which, when opened, surprised the people present, and it contained a bronze sword. The first part of the sword body has been damaged, the length of the sword is 39 cm, the width is 3.5 cm, according to the inscription cast on the sword body " Attack Wu Wang Fu Cha as his own yuan", experts learned that the first owner of this sword is Wu Wang Fu Cha, but why it appeared in the territory of the Chu Kingdom, experts for a while Zhang'er monks confused.
The tomb found that this "Wu Wang Fu Cha Sword" is very similar to the unearthed Yue Wang Gou Jian sword, so some experts speculate that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Guo innovated bronze smelting technology, but after the Wu Kingdom was destroyed by the Yue Kingdom, this sword finally fell into the hands of a Chu state general after several circulations, because many bronze weapons were unearthed in the tomb. However, there is no clue as to who the owner of the tomb is, and there is no clue in the excavated cultural relics, which has become an unsolved mystery, but it can be speculated that it is a military general.
These discoveries reflect the complex situation in the Xiangyang region during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and they provide us with important information for us to study the historical geography of the small states between Han and Huai in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, to study the formation and development of Chu culture, and the interrelationship between Chu and the small states.