Talking about the Spring and Autumn Warring States period in ancient China, we mostly reflexively think of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, as well as many princely states of all sizes, in short, the Spring and Autumn Warring States period can be described as a time of continuous war and almost no peace. Obviously, the impression given to people on the surface during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is like this.
However, in addition to the war, there are many things brought to us during the Spring and Autumn And Warring States period, such as ideology and culture, it can be said that the traditional culture of our Chinese nation was formed in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, and although it has gone through more than two thousand years later, it is only the evolution and extension of the culture of the Spring and Autumn Warring States period.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, especially in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the entire Warring States Period, hegemony and war have been the main themes of this period, and the duration is also quite long, about three or four hundred years. Various princely states such as Qi, Jin, Chu and others sang our side and appeared on the stage, successively claiming the king's hegemony, and the limelight was no different for a while.
In the Warring States period, wars became more and more frequent and larger in scale, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States such as Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin were in constant strife. For a long time, the people cried bitterly. However, although there were frequent wars during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it also promoted the development and improvement of smelting technology to a large extent.
After all, war requires a large number of weapons, and the superiority or inferiority of weapons for the two armies to fight can also affect the war situation. At that time, the development of weapons has been very extensive, in addition to the swords that many people admired at that time, there are more than a dozen kinds of weapons such as bows and arrows, bows and crossbows, guns, knives, axes, etc., and they are all made of bronze. Among these weapons, the most well-known is the Yue King's sword.
At the end of 1965, the Tomb of Wangshan Chu and the Sword of The King of Yue were found in Jiangling, Hubei Province, and it was also coincidental that it was originally a drought in the Jiangling area for many years, and the local authorities wanted to build a water canal to help farmers irrigate crops, but they did not expect to find the Wangshan Chu Tomb when digging the canal. The Yue Wang Gou Jian sword, written in bird seal script, "Yue Wang Gou Jian, Self-Acting Sword", also reappeared in the tomb of Wangshan Chu.
The emergence of the Yue King's Gou Jian Sword has aroused the interest and research of many experts, and it is also of great significance for us to understand the smelting technology of the Spring and Autumn And Warring States periods. However, in the more than thirty years after its discovery, the state protected the Yue King's sword, and even many people did not know the existence of this sword. It was not until recent years, when the country opened up the exhibition of the Yue King's Gou Jian Sword, that people knew the magic of the Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword.
How magical is the Yue King's sword? In fact, the magic of the Yue Wang's sword is not how sharp it is, but that it has not rusted after 2,000 years. Countless people, including many experts, have wanted to unravel the mystery, but for a long time there has not been a truly convincing answer.
However, with the development of science and technology, later experts used modern technology to enlarge the sword body by 500 times, and finally discovered the mystery of the Yue King's sword. Its lead content is less than 0.1%, while the average sword lead content is 2% or even higher. Such a low ratio of lead content, coupled with the fact that the Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword is made of the finest copper and tin materials, as well as a small amount of aluminum, iron, nickel, sulfur and other elements.
The Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword and contemporary contemporary alloy technology are already very similar, and naturally do not rust. However, why such a developed technology has emerged, experts are also confused.
In any case, the Yue King's Gou Jian Sword represents the super high level of smelting weapons in China's ancient Spring and Autumn And Warring States period, and its thousand-year-old rust magic makes us marvel at the exquisite wisdom of the ancients.