In China, there is such an idiom, called "stripping the cocoon", which means that the silk has to be smoked one by one, the cocoon has to be peeled layer by layer, describing the analysis of things to the extreme, today's story, it reflects the attitude of China's cultural relics experts to treat antiquities, stripping cocoons.
Time back to a certain day in 1992, Hunan Changsha No. 15 Middle School is under construction, to build a new teaching building, in order to complete the task as soon as possible, the workers are sweating day and night, suddenly, a worker exclaimed, everyone immediately stopped their work, ran to find out, only to see a large pit in front of them, there is something looming at the bottom of the pit, and there are exquisite patterns on the excavated stones.
The person in charge of the construction site looked at it, knew that this matter was not simple, immediately contacted the local cultural relics department, and soon, the archaeological team rushed to the scene for investigation, after confirmation, this is an ancient tomb, and it is very likely to be a Warring States tomb, which is of great significance, so it immediately launched a rescue excavation (due to infrastructure projects, the site had to be cleaned up, which is passive excavation).
Soon, an ancient tomb appeared in front of the eyes of the world, but a little disappointing thing is that the tomb is very small, there is no funerary goods, just when everyone is packing up their things and preparing to leave, a sharp-eyed archaeologist has a new discovery, he walked quickly to the corner of the tomb, and then pulled out a copper mirror from the dirt, although it is covered with dirt, it is still difficult to hide its style, and everyone is invigorated.
After careful cleaning, the true appearance of the copper mirror appeared in front of everyone's eyes, which was a copper mirror produced in the Warring States, with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and a weight of about 400 grams, a checkered button seat, engraved with a pinnate pattern, which was a more common copper mirror at that time. But what really attracts the attention of experts is the special pattern behind the copper mirror - only to see 5 shapes like the word "mountain", in the form of a left-handed, arranged in turn, the spacing is equal, forming a strong visual impact, if you take it far away, you will find that 5 "mountains" constitute the pattern of "five-pointed star", and it is very difficult to make such a beautiful and symmetrical pattern by hand.
The bronze mirror is called the "Warring States Five Mountains Mirror", in addition to which there are three mountains, four mountains and six mountains copper mirrors. The overall design of these bronze mirrors is basically the same as that of the "Five Mountains Mirror", but it is said that the "mountains" will increase or decrease in turn, and it is precisely because of the changes in the number of "mountains" that many domestic experts and scholars have discussed hotly.
First of all, "four mountains", experts believe that it is taken from the meaning of "four mountains"; then "three mountains" and "five mountains", which generally appear together, so it means "three mountains and five mountains"; and finally "six mountains", because on the basis of "five mountains" and then add a "mountain", "five-pointed star" also instantly becomes "six-pointed star", which may have a close relationship with astronomical astrology and mathematics of that year.
Expert Zhou Shirong pointed out that the "mountain" here probably does not refer to the "mountain character", but a deformation of the weave pattern, which must have some connection with the birds and beasts and feather-like ground patterns next to it.
With the hot discussion of domestic experts and scholars, foreign archaeologists have also joined the discussion, but their analytical views are a bit "pulled", such as European and American experts, actually said that this is called "T mirror", of course, this "mountain" looks a little like "T" from a distance, but the Warring States bronze mirror unearthed in China, how can it be related to the foreign letter "T"? But in any case, this is also a new point of view.
Although to this day, the discussion on the Warring States Mountain Character Bronze Mirror still has no conclusion, but from the unremitting analysis and discussion of experts, it can be seen that they love their own cause and their attitude towards the study of cultural relics, and it is precisely because of such a group of real experts that they will promote the development of our country little by little, and they are a group of people worthy of our respect.
So dear readers, what do you think is the mystery of these "mountain" words? Feel free to share your discussion in the comments section!