Foreword: There are many cultural relics found in the mainland, which are greatly related to the people's awareness of cultural relics protection. Because cultural relics have a high historical research value, they can also let people better understand history and culture. If cultural relics are artificially sold or traded, and are discovered by the relevant departments, they will also be punished by law. In the 1970s, Tang Dynasty cultural relics were found in a rural area in Shanxi, and after handing them over to the state, the handers also received corresponding rewards.
Weeding found boxes with gold
In the early 1970s, it was also the era when many cultural relics were excavated, and in some ancient capitals or historical cities, some cultural relics were often discovered and excavated. And many times the excavation of these cultural relics is unintentional, for example, in a remote village in Shanxi, a chest with 70 pounds of gold was found.
At that time, a farmer was weeding, and he would often do weeding work in order to have a better harvest. Inadvertently, he found a strangely styled chest, which looked strange and did not look like something modern. This aroused his curiosity, after which he picked up the box.
The people who weeded together also found that this box was extraordinary, so everyone worked together to open the box, and the picture after opening it made everyone very surprised. Because a lot of gold was found in the chest, it can be said that this chest is a treasure chest.
It was found to be a cultural relic
The farmer found the treasure and felt very lucky, and decided to take the box home, and the people who found it together also took some gold. Because the gold was well preserved, the farmer did not think that the gold would be a cultural relic, so they took the gold they found to the bank to sell.
The bankers found that the amount of gold was large, and felt that the gold might be cultural relics, so they reported it to the local cultural relics department. The personnel of the cultural relics organ quickly arrived, inspected the gold, and found that the gold was a cultural relic from the Tang Dynasty, which means that the gold cannot be sold, but should be handed over to the state for research.
Experts also popularized science among the peasants, and told them that because these golds were minted during the Tang Dynasty, they themselves have historical research value, and they cannot be appropriated because the peasants find them. The farmers also knew the research value of these cultural relics, so they offered to hand them over later, and also informed the experts that their former companions had also taken a few pieces of gold.
The survey found that Jin Zi was related to Zhang Tongru
The experts also returned to the village with the peasants, and found all the gold that had been sent, and studied the place where the gold was found, and found that the gold may be related to Zhang Tongru during the Tang Dynasty, who was a subordinate of An Lushan, who had buried some of the gold before the AnShi Rebellion.
There are many theories about the whereabouts of the gold, and experts believe that the gold in the box found by the farmer may have been part of Zhang Tongru's burial of gold. After weighing the gold, it was found that the gold weighed more than 70 pounds. If the outcome of the Anshi Rebellion had been different, it is likely that this batch of gold would not have been discovered.
To sum up: because the farmer knew that the gold was a cultural relic, he chose to hand it over voluntarily, and the state also commended him for his behavior, and later rewarded him with a tractor. At that time, it was also a very generous reward, and these cultural relics are now collected in the Shanxi Museum, which is also of great historical research value.