As a major literary hero in the mainland, Guo Moruo is also an archeological maniac who is addicted to archaeological research. The biggest controversy about Guo Moruo is that he is keen to excavate imperial tombs, which has caused a huge tragedy in mainland archaeology. He also published a book on antiquities, which recorded an incident in which the gold leaf dug out of the tomb by experts was placed in the museum, but half a year later it was suddenly found to be missing
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Jin, this matter is unbelievable.
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In Hejia Village, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, when a construction worker was working in Hejia Village, he accidentally found two jars filled with gold and silver products on the construction site. After the research of experts, it was found that these gold and silver products were treasures of the Tang Dynasty. After the discovery of the Tang Dynasty relics was announced, it attracted countless experts to come and admire, all of whom wanted to witness the style of the Tang Dynasty.
According to statistics, the jar contains more than a thousand cultural relics, of which nearly three thousand gold and silver ware, the rest are some ordinary ornaments, these gold and silver products are the most precious. To the surprise of the experts, such a large number of treasures were stuffed into two jars.
In addition to gold and silver products, there is also an agate cup with gold beasts on it, which can be called the orphan treasure of the Tang Dynasty, symbolizing the pinnacle of Tang Dynasty jade carving, which is now treasured in the Xi'an Museum.
Experts also dug out eleven pounds of gold leaf from under the jar, such a heavy gold leaf is the first time unearthed in China, in order to prevent the gold leaf from decaying, experts will keep the gold leaf in the museum. No one ever asked about it during this period, and after a routine inspection half a year later, it was found that the gold leaf was missing
The first thing that experts think of is that someone stole the gold leaf, but the museum does not have any traces of theft, so it is only possible that the gold leaf itself has changed.
The relevant part intervened in the investigation, and after four months of investigation, there was no clue. Finally expert analysis
The ductility of gold is beyond imagination, and since gold is stacked on top of each piece, there will be some omissions in each piece of gold leaf, so it will hide a little water, which is not surprising. Now placed in the museum for eight years, the water in the gold leaf has evaporated, so the whole gold leaf has become lighter.