Chinese culture has a history of 5,000 years, and in various dynasties and generations, feudal emperors who hold heavy power will choose a solemn burial after their deaths.
Before their deaths, these emperors have already made a detailed account of their own affairs, they will bring valuable gold and silver jewelry to their tombs, these funerary items can have tens of thousands of types, strange, over time, these treasures are gradually presented in people's vision.
And today we want to tell you that this funerary treasure is a "turtle".
01 The old man accidentally salvaged the "Millennium Turtle", with a strange shape and four arrows inserted in his back
The traditional concept has been deeply rooted, modern people will still take the turtle as a symbol of longevity, as a common species, many people have also engaged in the turtle breeding industry, generally the most common is the grass turtle, the price is very cheap.
However, in Henan Province, there is a septuagenarian man, in the process of fishing, actually caught a turtle, maybe you will say: "What's the big deal, isn't it just a turtle?" "Don't underestimate this turtle, its back is inserted with a copper arrow of limbs, this turtle has a lot of money, and experts can be worth more than a billion."
On the day of the incident, this septuagenarian farmer and his friend were fishing by the river, unexpectedly, after a while, the old man caught a turtle made of bronze, and the old man hurriedly took the turtle home, washed it with clean water, removed the silt and wiped it clean, and the old man found that in addition to four arrows on the back of the turtle, there were 4 lines of 33-character inscriptions engraved on the back.
Because the old man's cultural level is limited, the specific meaning of these dozens of words is not known to the old man.
Since it is a turtle made of bronze, and there is also a special inscription engraved, the old man thinks that this must be an antique treasure, if the place is private, it may cause losses to the country, and the simple old man hears that the experts of the National Museum require people from all walks of life to donate the cultural relics in their hands, and the old man understands that he cannot be too selfish.
Under the call and appeal of experts, the old man took the initiative to donate this turtle, and with the appearance of the bronze turtle, the cultural relics industry also caused quite a stir.
02 The old man was forced to hand over the cultural relics, and this "thousand-year-old turtle" was actually related to the fierce beast, and also involved the King of Shang
Interestingly, many people saw four arrows inserted in the back of the turtle, so they named this bronze turtle "Turtle Heart Four Arrows", after detailed identification by relevant experts, experts found that this turtle belongs to the turtle turtle family, named shrew.
The shrew is not very common in modern times, but its body size is extremely large, generally weighing more than 100 kilograms, which belongs to China's first-class protected animals. In ancient times, the shrew was fierce, huge, and could be indistinguishable from a tiger.
These 33 words on the back of the shrew, after the translation of experts, it turned out that it recorded the archery of the King of Shang, after shooting the first arrow on the back of the turtle, and then shot three more, after all hits, the shrew was surrendered by the King of The Shang, and gave the shrew to the album, the inscription on the back of the turtle is very consistent with the entire bronze tortoise.
After relevant research, experts also know that the Shang King recorded on the back of the turtle is the Shang King we see in the film and television drama, but in everyone's impression, the Shang King should be addicted to wine and not do the right thing, in fact, is this really the case in history?
03 Experts restore the real historical image of the King of Shang, and the millennium turtle is collected by the museum as a national treasure
Relevant historians have also made a verification for this purpose, according to another cultural relic record excavated, completely unveiled the face of the King of Shang, more than three thousand years ago, the King of Shang Lu all shot the fierce shrew, it can be seen that the King of Shang Lu is extraordinary in martial arts, the ministers are admired, and have called on the craftsmen to create a bronze shrew as a memorial according to this shrew as a prototype.
If the King of Shang was addicted to wine and fainted and incompetent, he would not have been warmly welcomed by the ministers, let alone created this shrew as a memorial.
The image of the King of Shang, with the changes of history has been distorted by people, the king of Shang in history is also a brave and good warrior, able to write and martial people, the bronze turtle salvaged by the old man has also been named by experts as "Shang Zuo Album Like Bronze Shrew", collected in the National Museum of China, is a rare national treasure in the world.