Every time we mention dragons, in fact, everyone will be full of all kinds of doubts, in the end, do we have dragons in China?
In the feudal dynasty, the emperors would claim to be the true dragon tianzi, and then wear the dragon robe, and even the yellow clothes must be worn by only the emperor, because this is the majesty that belongs to the emperor, and it also represents the reverence of the ancient emperor for the dragon.
In fact, there are countless scholars in history who have been discussing whether the dragon is real. It's just that there has been no good news, but after entering new China, with the continuous progress of archaeological work, it is true that some dragon-related news has been continuously excavated.
For example, in 1987, the archaeological team found the "first dragon of China" in the Yangshao cultural site of Xishuipo in Puyang County, and after the research of archaeologists, this "first dragon of China" can be called the earliest dragon pattern found at that time, dating back about 6600 years.
However, only a few years later, our archaeological team found traces of dragons in the Jiaodun site in Baihu Township, Huangmei County, Hubei Province, that is, the pebble pendulum plastic dragon, this pebble pendulum plastic dragon is also extremely shocking, the total length of 7 meters, the trunk length of 4.46 meters, the height of 2.26 meters, experts said that the pebble pendulum plastic dragon is about 5000 to 6000 years old, and finally named "the first dragon in the Yangtze River Basin".
Having said all this, we began to return to today's theme, in fact, it is a national treasure related to the dragon, and after this cultural relic was restored, it was really surprising in China, because experts found that this cultural relic could not even be successfully copied by modern technology, which really made everyone feel incredible, is this not a joke? And that's the way it is.
It is the national first-class cultural relics Zeng Hou Yijian drum base, and before specifically introducing the Zeng Hou Yijian drum base, we still have to talk about the excavation process of the Zeng Hou Yijian drum base.
Presumably people who love archaeology must have heard of the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, which is a sensational tomb of the Warring States, because a large number of bronzes have been excavated in this tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, and several pieces of bronze are called national treasures, especially the chimes of Marquis Yi of Zeng, which is even more famous in the world.
The incident occurred at the end of February 1978, when a unit of the Wuhan Air Force came to the area of Dongtuanpo of Dougudun to expand the factory building, during which explosives were used, but what was not expected was this explosion, but unexpectedly blew up a super water tomb from the Warring States period.
In the subsequent archaeological exploration, experts did find a super large tomb hidden underneath, but in the excavation process, many problems were encountered, but they were quickly solved by experts.
As for the cultural relics unearthed later, they are indeed exciting enough, such as Zeng Houyi chimes, sixteen sections of dragon and phoenix jade pendants, deer horns and cranes, joint forbidden copper pots, bronze ice books, Zeng Houyijian drum base, etc.
At that time, when finding the base of the Zenghou Yijian drum, it was indeed surprised, because the experts found that the Zenghou Yijian drum base was actually carved with 108 dragons, such a shape is unprecedented, each dragon is intertwined with each other, giving people an unpredictable and chaotic sense of vision, and from different angles to count, you will find that the number is not the same.
As for why our technology has not been able to replicate the Zeng Hou Yijian drum base so far?
Because the manufacturing technology of the bronze casting process was only at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, the main casting method is the lost wax casting method, in fact, we are also using it now, but the result of later replication is not at all up to one-tenth of the real thing, especially how the 108 dragons above are cast, so far it is still a mystery.