A thousand-year-old granary was discovered in Luoyang, Henan, and the internal reserves of the granary were amazing, and the grain storage was uncorrupted for thousands of years
In the "Mercy Farmer", it is written: "On the day of hoeing, when the day of hoeing is noon, the sweat drops down to the soil." Who knows the plate of Chinese food, the grains are hard. "From ancient times to the present, the issue of food and clothing for the people has been an important livelihood issue that every dynasty has put first. After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne, he always pursued a policy of frugality, and hated the people who wasted grain the most, and when he once inspected the imperial city, he saw two eunuchs feeding chickens with white rice, and he was furious and loudly reprimanded them for wasting grain, and then ordered the two eunuchs who were violent and deceitful to beat them 20 boards, and then confined them for half a month as a punishment.
Grain is the most important living materials of the people, with the rapid economic development of the society now, people's living standards are gradually improving, the problem of food waste has gradually surfaced, in the face of more and more serious food waste problems, China also has a "disc action", starting from small things, vigorously advocate the people to save food, can not be wasted, has been improved to a certain extent, people will pack leftovers when they go out to eat, no longer wantonly discard leftovers waste.
In Luoyang, Henan Province, a granary built by ancient people spanning thousands of years was discovered, and this granary not only stored a huge amount, but also the grain inside could be kept uncorrupted for a thousand years. In ancient times, people's living conditions were very limited, and in addition to their own family life, they also had to pay a part of the grain to the imperial court as a tax, so the grain at that time was equivalent to another form of "currency". In ancient times, there was no current development of science and technology, planting technology has not yet been improved, many times rely on "heaven" to eat, if you encounter drought or insect plague, a year's grain will be wasted.
When we watch the costume TV series, the emperor "praying for rain" is also a way to hope that the wind and rain will be smooth, and in the case of a good year, the people will pay taxes to the state relatively smoothly, and the country's granaries will be arranged to be full. When the granaries and other materials are abundant, the country's military strength will be relatively strong, and it will be full of confidence in the face of the enemy's attack, and such a cycle of positive energy is also based on the conditions of smooth wind and rain.
In ancient times, grain collection was not only to replenish the national treasury and strengthen the army, but also to cope with the emergence of natural disasters. In the event of an insect or drought or flooding situation, the state will use the stored food to tide over the difficulties and help the refugees. To this end, the state also builds granaries to cope with unexpected situations. The technology of building granaries in ancient history was very different in each dynasty, and the most outstanding of them was the Sui Dynasty.
The Sui Dynasty was finally at peace after years of war, the people of the country did not have to suffer from the war, the grain production gradually increased, and the grain handed in by the people could be handed over on time and in full, so in order to be able to store this grain, the Sui Dynasty began to build more granaries. Henan found this Hanjia warehouse is a large-scale granary built during the Sui Dynasty Emperor, the ancients were limited by various conditions, the construction tools are not advanced, the construction of such a relatively large granary to consume a lot of manpower and material resources, enough to build more than ten years.
The construction of a granary at the site of Luoyang is also relatively convenient, which can become a transit point in Kanto and Guanzhong, taking care of the lives of the people of the two places in case of emergency. Later, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the various conditions of Hanjiacang were one of the better granaries to build, and the reserve grain of Hanjiacang during the Tang Xuanzong period reached 5.8 million stones, which shows its importance. There is also a record of this granary in the history of the Song Dynasty, which has not been mentioned since then as if forgotten.
In the 1960s, When Hanjiacang finally reappeared, archaeologists found that there were almost 400 warehouses in this granary, which could store about 500,000 kilograms of grain, which was enough to see how large the granary was. At the same time, the grain stored in the Hanjia warehouse was also discovered, and what was shocking was that the grain that had gone through hundreds of years of vicissitudes inside was not decayed, and could also sprout and grow, with tenacious vitality.
The construction technology of the ancients was already very developed at that time, and it was possible to use the principles of architecture to greatly reduce the proportion of air in the granary, which could be preserved for a long time and would not easily spoil the grain. The construction address of Han Jiacang is also the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, and experts have found that the location of Han Jiacang is far from the water source and high in the water source. During construction, the craftsmen also dried all the soil of the granary to ensure the dryness of the internal storage area of the grain. Because of this, grain can be guaranteed not to decay for hundreds of years, and Hanjiacang is also known as "the world's first warehouse".
Regardless of the dynasty, the importance of food was very high, because it was a matter of livelihood for the people. But no matter how much the living conditions have improved now, cherishing food is still something we must always remember, and when we are in a good year, we live in a peaceful and peaceful society, but we cannot forget the hard-won happiness of life at this moment.
Resources:
"Mercy Farmer"