In 1969, Lao Huang, a farmer in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, was clearing the wilderness on the mountain, and when he waved his hoe, the sound of hard objects hitting came from the soil, and he thought that there was a stone underneath, so he bent down to pull the dirt apart, and was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground: there was a strange human face in the soil, looking at him muran!
Old Huang squatted on the ground for half a day before he came back to his senses, boldly using a hoe to cut the dirt apart, digging out a square thing, he wiped off the dirt on it, and found that it seemed to be a small copper Ding, this small Ding square, simple Zhou Zheng, the only strange thing is that the four sides of the Ding are carved with four human faces, looking very mysterious.
Obviously, this bronze ding is an ancient cultural relic, with very important archaeological value, but Lao Huang is a rough person who has not been to school, there is no culture, he does not know the preciousness of this bronze ding, but he thinks that this is an unexpected gain, especially he recognizes that this ding is made of bronze, and he can't help but be happier, because copper is worth more than iron, Lao Huang swept the weight of the bronze ding, estimated it, should be able to sell a few dozen dollars, and his heart is happy to blossom.
Next there is a problem in front of Lao Huang, the copper Ding is about 40 centimeters high, whether it is held or carried is very inconvenient, as mentioned earlier, Although Lao Huang is not cultured, but very experienced, he waved the hoe, three times twice, smashed the copper Ding into more than ten pieces of fragments, and then took off his clothes to wrap the fragments, carrying the hoe down the mountain happily.
In this way, a precious cultural relics of the late Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago ended up in pieces, however, this is not the most tragic, and its subsequent encounter is even more heart-wrenching.
Lao Huang held a pile of debris, ran to the waste collection station in Huangwu Town, sold dozens of dollars according to the price of scrap copper, made a small windfall, he took the money from selling scrap copper to buy three new hoes, cut two pounds of pork, went home to eat a beautiful meal, someone in the village asked him where the money came from, Lao Huang did not shy away from saying things again, he had no consciousness of cultural relics protection, and he could not imagine that he smashed a very cherished cultural relic, but this matter reached the ears of the relevant personnel of the cultural relics department, which was tantamount to a thunderclap on the ground.
At that time, a relative of an old expert in the Hunan Provincial Museum, and Lao Huang a village, this person went to the city to run errands, and when he had dinner with the expert, he mentioned this matter, and the expert felt unusual when he heard it, and he immediately reported the matter to the museum, and at the same time, with his assistant, hurried to Ningxiang County.
Experts find Lao Huang, ask him carefully about the shape and style of the bronze Ding, with the description of the old Huang bumping, the expert's face is also more and more solemn, when he listened to Lao Huang said that the bronze Ding smashed into pieces when sold to the waste station, the old expert sighed uncomfortably, he told Lao Huang, that bronze may be an extremely rare ancient cultural relic, has a very important value, Lao Huang listened to panic, do not know how to be good, the expert proposed, let the old Huang lead the way, they go to the waste collection station together, See if you can get those fragments back, but it's been several days since the incident, and no one dares to say that those fragments are still there, they can only try their luck.
Everyone came to the waste collection station, but pounced on an empty, the waste in the acquisition station has been centrally loaded into the car, sent to the Maojiaqiao waste copper warehouse in Changsha, the next step, they will be sorted and sent to the smelter to melt back to the furnace, once it is turned into copper water, this thousands of years of history of cultural relics will disappear forever in this world!
The old expert did not dare to delay, immediately rushed to Changsha, and at the same time urgently contacted the museum to send personnel to assist, along the way he was worried, afraid of arriving late, the bronze fragments have been sent to the smelter, that will be the regret of his life, however, when he rushed to the Maojiaqiao warehouse, his heart was cold: there was a truck parked at the entrance of the scrap copper warehouse, which was full of scrap copper, the car had been fired, and the driver was about to drive away.
Too late to think about it, he immediately went forward to stop the driver, informed his intentions, the driver heard that there may be a national treasure on the car, immediately reversed the car back to the warehouse, he told the experts, the recent scrap copper handed over from all over the place is here, if the bronze fragments exist, it must also be in this pile of scrap copper.
Scrap copper on the floor of the warehouse into a hill, the old experts will be the characteristics of the bronze to the people to introduce it, organize the people present to look for it together, everyone will check the waste one by one, carefully search, look for several hours in a row, until the sky darkens, the inspected scrap copper has been piled up into a mountain, but the bronze fragments have not yet appeared, but no one said to give up, the big guys are the same: we must find out the national treasure and hand it over to the experts!
Finally, the kung fu paid off, the crowd searched all of these scrap copper, a total of more than ten pieces of bronze fragments were found, the old experts took them to the provincial museum, after the initial splicing of the staff, found that only one leg and bottom were missing.
Since then, although the bronze ding is still not a complete body, it has finally ushered in a turning point in its destiny, and god pity sees that this late Shang bronze that lies quietly in the dirt and has lasted for more than 3,000 years has finally escaped the tragic fate of being melted into copper water.
The museum arranged bronze restoration expert Zhang Xinru to repair it, under the exquisite skills of Master Zhang, it finally restored its original appearance, the missing leg was first replaced by a wooden leg, fortunately, two years later, the missing bronze leg was also found, this bronze was finally fully presented in front of the world, it is the famous Dahe people's face pattern Fangding.
According to expert research, the Ding was produced in the late Shang Dynasty, has a history of more than 3,000 years, the height of 38.5 cm, the mouth length of 29.8 cm, the width of 23.7 cm, its color is turquoise, the body is slightly rectangular, the ears are upright, four column-like feet, the upper part of the foot has a beast face pattern, the Ding body has a semi-relief human face on all four sides, it is the only Ding on the mainland that is decorated with a human face pattern, extremely rare, and the inscription of the word "Dahe" is cast on the inner wall of the Ding abdomen, so it is called Dahe Fangding.
Generally speaking, the ancient Ding is dominated by animal patterns, and there has never been a phenomenon of using the human face as a pattern, so the face shape of Dahe Fangding is of great research value, and there is still no conclusion about its secrets, but no matter what, this ancient artifact with a history of more than 3,000 years can be safely presented in front of future generations, and it can finally remain intact after ups and downs, which can only be said to be a miracle, perhaps, there is a fixed number in the underworld.
