In "Cicada", it is said: "Drink the dew from the weeping, and the sound of the tree flows out." To be loud and far away is not to take advantage of the autumn wind. The meaning of this poem is that above the sycamore, the cicadas are drinking dew with their heads down, the cicadas are crisp and loud, constantly reverberating in the woods, standing tall on the branches, proud of the flocks of birds, without the help of any autumn wind, they can raise the sound far away.
Since ancient times, cicadas have been a beautiful symbol in people's hearts, and they are also the meaning of rebirth. As the noble golden cicada among the cicadas, it is even more offered by many literati and inkers as the best, and in many ancient funerary products, the cicada usually appears in a variety of artistic shapes, which is a symbol of high purity and a beautiful meaning of rebirth after death.
China's 5,000-year history has created countless treasures, so far, we have excavated a lot of rare treasures, such as the tomb in Jiangsu, which unearthed a rare golden cicada in the world, with an expert valuation of 900 million. What kind of golden cicada can make experts call out to the baby?
First, excavate ancient tombs to surprise
In the spring of 1954, the army stationed in the Wufeng Mountains of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, decided to build a new tank training ground due to the increasing demand for military training sites. After the approval of the troops at all levels, it was finally decided to build the training site at the foot of Wufeng Mountain. When everything was ready, the troops called in a construction team and excavated at the original location, but the excavation lasted for several days and had to be interrupted.
The reason is very simple, the construction team dug up the ancient tomb at the site, the project had to be suspended, and the troops reported to the Cultural Relics Bureau overnight, hoping that the other side would send experts to check the situation. After all, the excavation of the cemetery is a matter for the Cultural Relics Bureau, a major event for the country, and the ultimate source of materials for the study of China's history and culture.
This matter could not be sloppy at all, and soon experts rushed to the scene to conduct an investigation. After identifying the existence of ancient tomb groups here, the archaeological team carried out a full range of excavations. Amazingly, the tomb group was intact and undamaged, which meant that no tomb robbers had ever visited.
However, this point of expert psychology began to drum, tomb robbers patronized although there is no good thing, but to a certain extent can represent the need for research on the tomb. Facing the current group of tombs means that the contents are not necessarily very valuable for research.
But in any case, the tomb group has been excavated and can only be explored. Sure enough, this tomb group can be described as poor, and there are no rare funerary items.
Although there are no funerary items, the epitaph in the tomb has been found by experts to identify the owner of the tomb. According to the study of epitaphs, this is the burial place of a jinshi named Zhang Anwan and his family during the reign of Ming Hongzhi.
Experts are also very interested in the ingenious design of tombs. This tomb is a joint tomb of one man and four women, and according to the polygamous concubine system at that time, Zhang Anwanjinshi should be buried next to his wife and three concubines.
However, an ornament on the head of the concubine attracted the attention of the expert, what made the expert call out nine hundred million?
Second, spy on the private life of the owner of the tomb in the tomb
After hundreds of years of wind and frost, the ancient tomb is still intact, although there is no real gold and silver funerary products, but the inscriptions inside and the construction of the tomb are still a great harvest for experts.
However, just when everyone was still holding some regrets, archaeologists suddenly found an extremely dazzling ornament in Tomb 14. This is the tomb of a concubine, and in the skull of the owner of the tomb, a golden cicada jade leaf was found.
After careful study, the experts finally concluded that this was the hair ornament of an aristocratic woman, and after weighing, it was enough to have eighty grams of gold alone, and according to the current price of gold, it was forty thousand yuan, which was only the price of gold.
As described in the Chronicle of The Chronicle of Lian Po Lin Xiangru: "When King Huiwen of Zhao was king, he obtained Chu and Shi Bi. When King Qin Zhao heard about it, he made people leave the Book of King Zhao, and originally asked Yi Bi for fifteen cities. "The golden cicada is worth thousands of dollars.
This is also the largest gold jewelry that experts have found so far, not only that, but the workmanship is even more sophisticated, whether it is the lines on the wings or the tentacles on the head of the cicada, the eyes are not exquisite everywhere they go, all of which make people sigh at the super skill of the craftsmen.
In addition to the original brilliance of the golden cicada, the lotus leaf nestled by the golden cicada is even more eye-catching, according to the investigation of experts, this lotus leaf is carved by the most famous Xinjiang Hetian jade mutton fat white jade. The structure is ingenious, the depiction is exquisite, and the jade is top-notch.
The leaves are exquisitely crafted, with eight petals, each with a difference, just as nature has never found a leaf that is exactly the same law of nature. The lotus leaf pattern carved from the white jade is vivid.
The combination of two exquisite objects is really shocking, even in the current development of science and technology, there are still few people who can make such exquisite jewelry, which is enough to show that the aesthetic level of the ancients is indeed high.
So why would such a precious ornament appear on the head of a concubine?
Third, the concubine's head was surprised by valuable ornaments
As we all know, cicadas symbolized beauty in ancient times, and they were the beloved of literati and inkers. We know from an early age the idiom of the golden cicada shedding its shell, in the hearts of the ancients, this represents the new birth, represents the transformation, and in the funerary products, it also means the beautiful hope given to the rebirth of the owner of the golden cicada. Maybe it is hoped that the concubine's next life can live like a golden cicada nestled on the leaf page, can be born in a rich family, and live a life of golden branches and jade leaves.
After the experts' research, it was found that Zhang Anwan's family status was not high, and he could only be regarded as a middle class at best in modern society, and he was also not a powerful family at that time. However, just by the placement of this funerary item in the tomb, we can know Zhang Anwan's love for this concubine.
Not only that, but being able to bury a concubine with oneself was a great gift in ancient times. Throughout the tomb, this item is the most valuable. He did not give it to his wife, but to the concubine, giving the best wishes to the other party, perhaps this concubine was really important in his heart.
Nowadays, all the stories go by with the wind, and we do not understand why the golden cicada appears on the head of the concubine, nor do we understand why the concubine should be buried with her husband like a wife. We don't understand the love-hate entanglement between them, and we don't want to investigate. As Teacher Ma Weidu told us, history has never been right or wrong, but only tells us a truth.
brief summary
I have to say that China's cultural treasures are really many, as archaeologists, the love and hatred between tomb owners is obviously not within our consideration, we only care about whether the cultural relics unearthed in the tomb can give us archaeological value, whether it can become a bridge connecting modern people to understand the history of Chinese civilization.
We want to understand the origin and rise of the Chinese nation, and we also want to understand how to pass on the essence of culture. The Chinese nation has lasted for five thousand years, no matter how much suffering we have experienced and how much glory we have enjoyed, we are still standing in the world, which is the embodiment of our strength. After the tempering of time, we believe that China can be like the golden cicada in the tomb, one day it will be able to enter people's vision again, be able to emit dazzling light again, and find our glory.
The meaning of the golden cicada is very beautiful, pinning the hope of the tomb owner at the same time, but also let future generations see the cultural skills of ancient craftsmen, they are excellent, such exquisite technology should not be buried, but should be passed down by the Chinese, let people see the spirit of craftsmen belonging to China.
The world often says that Germans are rigorous in their work and have the spirit of craftsmanship, for this I do not recognize so much, in the distant past China was the country of craftsmen, is the country with the most rigorous innovation of craftsmen. Today we are only in the trough, but it does not mean that we will always be like this, China is developing, the country built in the ruins, we must believe that he will eventually be like a golden cicada, representing beauty, representing change.
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