Since movies such as "Ghost Blowing Lights", "Notes on Tomb Robbery", "Tomb of the Night Thief Zhenfei", "Nine-Story Demon Tower", "Dragon Hunting Recipe" and other movies have appeared on the screen, the theme of tomb robbery has become more and more sought after by Chinese audiences. Tomb robbery mainly appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the social "etiquette and bad music collapse" began to change, and the custom of thick burial began to rise here. People at that time believed that after death, their souls would go to live in another world, that is, people believed that death was like life.
So at that time, people's understanding of tombs was that people's houses in another world. Therefore, people at that time would accompany the burial of gold and silver utensils and other utensils and money to ensure the superior life of the deceased after going to another world. So there was also a tomb robbery, so in order not to be disturbed after their death, most people would choose feng shui when they were buried, lay traps and traps to guard the tomb.
In the long river of China's long history, countless dynasties have passed on their own civilization and culture, and countless treasures have been left behind. These treasures have become more and more precious in the passage of time. In Sichuan, there is "stone cow to stone drum, gold and silver." Some people recognize it and buy the nursery rhyme of Chengdu Fu passed down from generation to generation, this is the story of Zhang Xianzhong's "Shenyin Treasure". But this is only a legend in people's eyes, and no one has taken it seriously, until a villager found out in the river that the "golden tiger" was sold privately to cultural relics dealers and became rich, and the government began to pay attention to this legend.
First, the cause of the matter
Zhang Xianzhong was a peasant at the end of the Ming Dynasty and became a leader after the government's revolt. After Zhang Xianzhong's death, his wealth was sought many times, but it was never discovered. After that, there were legends that Zhang Xianzhong's gold and silver treasures exceeded the wealth of some emperors. At that time, there were legends that his gold and silver treasures were located at the bottom of the Minjiang River, so countless people came to look for them over the years but did not gain anything.
But people living near the Minjiang River sometimes pick up some unknown coins by the river, and even some people have picked up golden treasures, in fact, these people have no clue about the specific location of the treasures, but they can always pick up treasures at the door of their homes. So everyone began to expand the scope of search in order to make a fortune for themselves.
After exploring for a while, some careful farmers noticed that when they picked up gold and silver jewelry, they were mainly concentrated after the flood of the MinJiang River. Therefore, some people speculate that the treasure is in the Minjiang River. So the more intelligent people at that time organized people with good water characteristics to potentially search for these gold and silver jewels in the Minjiang River. These people obtained a lot of goods in the water, and then did not hand them over to the government but sold cultural relics dealers to get a lot of money.
As we all know, in China, there is a clear stipulation that the cultural relics buried underground belong to the state, and if the cultural relics are dug up by personal coincidence, they are usually handed over to the government. China's rules and regulations are designed to protect and manage cultural relics and avoid damage or loss of cultural relics due to human reasons. Now, after the government's publicity and education, handing over cultural relics has become people's common sense, and people's awareness of cultural relics protection is constantly improving.
Second, the course of events
Since the discovery of gold and silver jewelry by the river, there have been gangs of large-scale dives into the water, and after catching treasures and selling them to dealers who sell cultural relics privately, they have made a fortune. These people began to intensify after tasting the sweetness, thinking about how to find more treasures. So in the four years from 2011 to 2015, the gang repeatedly launched water to obtain cultural relics, including 8 first-class cultural relics, 38 second-class cultural relics, and 54 third-class cultural relics. Because of these cultural relics, they and cultural relics dealers traded an amount of 300 million yuan.
When this gang was trading cultural relics one after another, it was paid attention to by the relevant departments, and it was not until a "golden tiger" appeared on the market that the government agencies determined that the site of Zhang Xianzhong's Shenyin had appeared. Because at the bottom of the golden tiger is engraved the inscription "Yongchang Grand Marshal Golden Seal".
After the relevant departments arrested the gang, they learned about the situation in Minjiang. A team was formed, which included archaeologists, geologists, surveyors, and more. This also shows the importance the government attaches to the legendary treasure of Zhang Xianzhong. After many experts gathered in Minjiang, they conducted a comprehensive investigation and understanding of Minjiang.
When it was determined that the site of Zhang Xianzhong was at the bottom of the river, but because the Minjiang River was very wide, in the case of not being able to determine the specific location of the Shenyin site, how to excavate and protect the site at the same time became a difficult problem at that time. Some experts proposed to abandon the site first, and send divers to the water to check the cultural relics one by one for collection and protection. Some experts believe that the understanding and exploration of the site is more important than the cultural relics, so in the divergent opinions of everyone, one person asked whether we can drain the water of the MinJiang River.
This idea gave the experts a new idea, and after many studies and discussions, the experts decided to divert the Minjiang River. So began to ask professionals around the Min River to start building a dam, directly on both sides of the river to intercept the river water, the min river within the scope of the water can be drained, after the Min River has no water cultural relics experts began to excavate the site.
In order to be able to fully investigate the entire site, pumping water is to prevent the historical value of cultural relics from being accidentally damaged. In the ruins, including the cultural relics sold by cultural relics dealers are not counted in the quantity, more than 50,000 cultural relics have been excavated by cultural relics experts, of which the archaeological value is very large. The value of this site is beyond the measure of money. Fortunately, the golden lion engraved with the "Golden Seal of the Grand Marshal of Yongchang" was recovered by the government, and the cultural relics were relatively well preserved.
After the incident was reported one after another, the publicity for handing in cultural relics after picking up cultural relics reached a peak, and the government also said that individuals could not leave or sell them privately to avoid causing trouble for themselves. Just like this time, after selling this "golden tiger", the gang became rich after receiving 7.7 million yuan, but it was immediately arrested and taken into prison according to law.
3. Summary
Cultural relics are the legacy of past history, and these cultural relics bear witness to China's 5,000 years of historical civilization. These cultural relics show the living habits, economic conditions, handicrafts, scientific and technological development of different periods, etc., and cultural relics are the first-hand information for us to study history. Therefore, cultural relics have witnessed social progress and are of great value to our current historical research.
Our country has a very rich history, under the land of China buried countless cultural relics no one has found, perhaps by chance these cultural relics will be dug up by us, but in today's society cultural relics protection is the participation of the whole people. The people's joint participation in the protection of cultural relics is conducive to raising awareness of the importance of cultural relics protection and raising awareness of the protection of cultural relics. So we must really quickly realize that we cannot keep or resell cultural relics privately, which may cause cultural relics to be destroyed. He himself was convicted of this.
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