The Liao Dynasty was a dynasty established by the Khitans in Chinese history, with nine emperors and 218 years of the country. In 907, Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji became the Khitan Khan, in 916 the founding year number, the founding name "Khitan", the capital of Shangjing Linhuang Province, in 947, Liao Taizong Yelü Deguang led an army south to the Central Plains, captured Beijing and ascended the throne as emperor, changed the name of the country "Great Liao", changed the era name to "Datong". In 983, it was renamed "Great Khitan", in 1007 Liao Shengzong Yelü Longxu moved the capital to Zhongjing Dadingfu, and in 1066 Liao Daozong Yelü Hongji restored the name "Great Liao". It was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty in 1125.
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The Liao Dynasty, with a history of more than 200 years, once became the main power in the northern region, the Khitan were originally nomadic people, but the Liao state created a bicameral political system. The Khitan had its own script and culture, and at the same time absorbed the culture of the Northern Song Dynasty, Western Xia, and the Western Regions, and the Liao State had its own development in politics, economy, and culture. As the homeland of the Liao State, although the existence of the Liao State was short, it also left some precious cultural relics.
A man in Inner Mongolia found a gold medal while fishing
In the early 90s of last century, in Inner Mongolia, there was a man with the surname Gao who usually liked to fish, and once he took his fishing gear to the river to fish as usual, and the weather was very good and suitable for fishing that day. While fishing, Mr. Gao felt something dangling his eyes, so he put down the fishing rod in his hand to see what was reflecting the light.
Walking to the reflection of the river, Mr. Gao looked toward the river, did not see anything at first, and then got closer to find that it was a golden thing reflecting the sunlight. At that time, he picked up this golden brand, wiped the surface and found that the brand was still engraved with words he did not recognize, although he did not know what this brand was used for, but his intuition told the man with the surname Gao that the material of this brand should be gold.
The preliminary identification of experts is a cultural relic of the Liao Dynasty
The man with the high surname who picked up this gold medal was very curious about the gold medal he had picked up, and wanted to know what this gold medal was worth. So he found a professional person for identification, and after the expert got this gold medal and identified it, he was very sure that the text on it was Khitan and the preliminary judgment of this gold medal was a cultural relic of the Liao Dynasty.
Because the Liao State existed for a short time and the cultural relics left behind were limited, this gold medal has very important research value for historians. The man surnamed Gao was also very happy to learn that he had picked up the cultural relics of the Liao Kingdom, although experts repeatedly persuaded him to turn over the gold medal, or that the experts paid a high price for research, and the man surnamed Gao refused on the grounds that he wanted to use the gold medal as an heirloom.
Melting into a gold bracelet is heart-wrenching
At that time, the cultural relics protection law was not perfect, and experts had no way to take men with high surnames, which was a gold seal belonging to the leading general of the Liao Dynasty, which played a very important role in studying the military history of the Liao Dynasty, and among the existing cultural relics, the number of gold seals on the Liao Dynasty was very limited, so experts also repeatedly asked men with high surnames to keep the gold seals well.
However, although the man surnamed Gao verbally agreed to the expert's request, unfortunately, shortly after the expert left, the man surnamed Gao melted this gold medal and hit a pair of gold bracelets. After the experts came to the door again, they found that the gold medal of the cultural relics of the Liao Dynasty had become a pair of gold bracelets, which could be described as a sad mood at that time.
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At that time, it can be said that the cultural relics protection law was not perfect, people's awareness of the protection of cultural relics was not high, and many people thought that picking up cultural relics was their own, so that cultural relics such as gao surnamed men were destroyed.
The value of cultural relics is not only in the price, many cultural relics carry the historical value is much higher than its own price, the practice of the man with the surname Gao is undoubtedly to completely destroy a historical relic, his practice not only touches the bottom line of the law, but also makes the country completely lose a precious cultural relic.
【Reference】History of Liao
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