Xi'an, Shaanxi, the ancient city of Chang'an, there have been more than 10 dynasties built in Chang'an in history, is one of the world's four ancient capitals, many netizens commented that Xi'an is "a city on the ground, a city underground", Shaanxi underground is full of treasures, there is a Shaanxi old farmer to touch the fish to pick up a "golden silkworm", refuse 20,000 acquisitions, after handing over to the motherland into a national treasure.
In the summer of 1984, a farmer in Shiquan County, Shaanxi Province, Lao Tan, dug things in the river as usual, and people who have been in the countryside know that it is very fun to go down to the river in the summer, sometimes to dig out fish, sometimes to take out crabs, sometimes to dig out stones, this time Lao Tan took out a thing like a small stick in the mud and sand of the river, but the more this thing looks, the more beautiful it is.
Old Tan also used the river water to wash the silt on the "stick", under the sunlight, the "stick" was golden and brilliant, Old Tan carefully examined, and felt that the "stick" was like a "silkworm", there were nine abdominal knots, chest and feet, abdomen feet, tail feet are clearly visible, although Old Tan has read many books, but there are always archaeological excavations in Shaanxi, Lao Tan believes that this "silkworm" is the treasure left by the old ancestors, so he brought home.
After taking it home, the news that Lao Tan took out the golden treasure did not go away, and for a time the cultural relics dealers found one after another, one was more fierce than the other, and later the cultural relics dealers raised the price to 20,000, 20,000 yuan was particularly valuable at that time, not to mention the peasant family.
However, Lao Tan did not agree, he refused all those who wanted to buy cultural relics, and the villagers began to "chew on the root of their tongues", thinking that Lao Tan wanted a higher price and was insatiably greedy, but to everyone's surprise, Lao Tan took the "Golden Silkworm Baby" to Xi'an and donated it to the Shaanxi History Museum free of charge.
The museum quickly after the treasure was identified, experts found that this is the Han Dynasty gilded copper silkworm, is the first time found in China so far, for the national first-class cultural relics, according to the "Shiquan County Chronicle" record, the place where Lao Tan stayed, in ancient times, the sericulture industry was very prosperous, and the Han Dynasty silkworm reeling (sāo) silk industry reached its peak.
China's silk in ancient times is very famous, the Han Dynasty period has the Silk Road, silk fabrics not only sell well in China, but also exported to many places in China, that is an important symbol in history, so people with conditions will use gilded copper silkworms as funerary products, and now many post-90s have raised silkworm babies when they were young.
In addition, in the "Book of Yizhong", it is recorded that in the last year of Yongjia, people found "golden silkworm dozens of foils" in the Spring and Autumn Overlord Qi Huan Cemetery, but the archaeological community has not found golden silkworms for a long time, and it is not known what the golden silkworm looks like, until Lao Tan handed over the Han Dynasty gilded copper silkworm to the state, and now the Han Dynasty gilded copper silkworm has become the treasure of the town hall.