From the Church of TheOry, from the Sheep to the Ox, from the Ding ding and the weasel, from the Sheep and the Nai, from the Sheep and the Nai, from the Sheep and the Ding, from the Sheep and the Ding, from the Sheep and the Sheep, - "Zhou Song Silk Coat"
preface
As the earliest collection of poems, the contents of the Book of Poetry play a very important role in people's understanding of the social landscape of the Zhou Dynasty. In the Book of Poetry, the frequency of bronze ware is very high, from the national sacrifice to the life of the people, there will be a lot of bronze vessels, which shows that bronze ware was a very important living item at that time.
A farmer in Fujian picked up a "water scoop"
It is often heard that someone dug up cultural relics while doing farm work, and such things happened very often in the 80s of the last century, and a local villager in Zhouning County, Fujian Province, also dug up a "water scoop". At that time, he was working odd jobs at the Linxian construction site, the content of the work was to load and unload sand, and as usual, when loading sand, he dug up a relatively hard "stone lump".
At that time, the farmer did not know this thing, and because it had been buried in the ground for a long time, the "stone" was still a little green. Picked up and found that it was a thing with a diameter of about 15 centimeters and a handle, the shape was a bit like a water scoop, the farmer also asked a few people, all said that they did not know what it was, looking at it could be used as a water scoop, so he took this "water scoop" home.
I learned the truth after 9 years
After this "water scoop" was taken home and cleaned, it has been left at home as a water scoop, because of the lack of understanding in this regard, I did not know that this was a treasure. In addition to being a little heavy, the "water scoop" is very durable and has been used at home for many years. Until 9 years later, an archaeological team came here to do a census and publicity activities.
After listening to the lecture of an expert, the villager also wanted to know whether the "water scoop" he picked up was a cultural relic. So after explaining the situation to the experts, he invited the experts to his home to do the identification, and what was unexpected was that the water scoop that had been used at home for 9 years was actually a bronze iron at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The valuation of more than 100 million yuan chooses to hand it over free of charge
This "water scoop" has no lines on the surface, and from the appearance, it has a rounded "big belly", because it has long been used as a "water scoop", and some patina on the surface shows green. But through the appearance can be sure of the ancient iron, and then the expert through the villagers permission, but also to bring this iron back to study, after instrument testing, this iron is 1800 years ago the Eastern Han Dynasty iron, and its role is not to iron clothes, but a torture device.
The bronze itself has a high value, and this iron of torture equipment at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty is also a very precious cultural relic, and some experts believe that the valuation of this iron is over 100 million. When the villager picked up this bronze iron, he did not know its value, and now after learning about it, he chose to hand over this cultural relic to the state free of charge, so that this cultural relic can be better preserved and reflect its value.
summary
The experts were also very touched by the villager's approach, and after consultation, they awarded the villager an honorary certificate and 200 yuan as a reward. This bronze iron has a certain reference role for the study of the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and can play its value to a greater extent after handing it over to the state.
After learning that what he picked up was a cultural relic, the villager resolutely handed over the cultural relics to the state, and did not take the bronze iron bucket for himself because the valuation was over 100 million, and it was also very admirable to have such an ideological awareness.
【References】The Book of Poetry
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