China's long history is recognized by the world, because in ancient times, we have a very developed civilization, so we often leave very exquisite cultural relics, as long as we can survive the long history, these cultural relics will become world-class treasures. Once, a farmer picked up a 5-centimeter-long gold bar when panning for gold, donated it to the museum and became a treasure of the town museum, and even valued it after valuation.
In 1984, China's mechanization was actually not so common, so in some parts of Shaanxi there is still a technology of bare-handed gold panning, this piece of gold bar is actually the local farmer accidentally found when panning for gold, because it does not look like the sand gold produced in nature, so the farmer handed the gold bar to the museum.
It stands to reason that gold bars, as hard currency, are often difficult to preserve, and they are refurbished and reforged by people every once in a while, and this gold bar is not actually pure gold. After inspection, it is actually copper gilt, that is, the exterior of the bronze is coated with a layer of gold by gilding, which belongs to the ancient very common instrument making method.
And why is this gold bar so valuable? Mainly because it has a long history, is the Gilded copper silkworm of the Han Dynasty, not only has a long history, but also its production method is also very exquisite, the entire copper silkworm type is very exquisite, dynamic and vivid, after gilding is the whole brilliance, very beautiful. Even if it is not a cultural relic, it is a very good little ornament.
The excavation of this gilded copper silkworm is not just a simple addition of a treasure of the town hall to the museum, because the smelting techniques of various metals have great reference significance for the examination of ancient culture, and after seeing such exquisite bronzes, we can deduce how far the casting process of people at that time developed.
Even if we have many other utensils now, we can confirm the development of ancient Chinese metallurgical history, but after all, the more evidence, the better, and every ancient cultural relic is condensed with a long history, which is indispensable. Now this piece of Gilded Copper Silkworm of the Han Dynasty is still on display in the museum, and there are many imitations of this gilded copper silkworm on the market, and everyone remembers not to be blinded by money for a while.