In the 1980s, when the mainland began to move towards a rapid development path, many people began to go to the city to do business, and the elderly were left in their hometowns in the village. And a great uncle surnamed Yang, who is also one of these old people, has been living with his wife.
Uncle Yang has lived in a small village in Lüliang County, Shanxi Province, where He grew up, married, and had children, and is very familiar with every plant and tree here. For decades, Uncle Yang's family has been cooking on a fire from firewood, which has not changed until the 80s.
On this day, Uncle Yang went up the mountain as usual, but today, he ghostly made god go to the southeast side of the mountain that is rarely visited, where the forest is dense, there are few people going, and more firewood can be hit. After going up the mountain, Uncle Yang began to cut firewood, and the more he cut it, the more he went into the forest.
As a result, he suddenly found that among the bushes and vines, there was a cave hidden that he had not noticed before. The opening of this cave is not very large, but it is as tall as a person inside, and it looks more like it was dug by human beings, but who would dig such a big hole in such a deep mountain?
Uncle Yang had lived for so many years, and had also seen many cows, ghosts and snake gods, and driven by curiosity, Uncle Yang entered the cave. After walking for a distance, Uncle Yang suddenly found that there seemed to be a glimmer of golden light inside, and when he looked closer, he found that it was a large wooden box, and the box was filled with golden things.
Uncle Yang wondered, could this be gold? So I took out a piece, wiped off the black dirt and the like on it, and took a bite according to the way I heard about the identification of gold, and found that there were neat tooth marks on it. This time Uncle Yang Coke blossomed, which is estimated to be gold!
Uncle Yang hurriedly moved the gold back home in batches, and after all of them were transported to his home, he found that the gold reached more than 120 catties! If they sell all this gold, their family can become a real rich family!
After appraisal, the experts determined that these gold were gold from the Qianyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, and "Qianyuan" was the era name of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, which was used in 758 and 759. At that time, during the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Suzong Li Heng was anxious to quell the rebellion, and these golds, which were the "official gold" used at that time, were lost in the cave, and the story behind them was difficult to study. However, it was during the war and chaos years, and the loss of more than 100 kilograms of "official gold" was actually a normal thing.
Therefore, behind these Datang gold is likely to have more stories and historical value, coupled with the time of more than 1,000 years of precipitation, so that these Datang gold is not only gold, but also a cultural relic. According to the mainland's cultural relics protection measures, similar to this kind of cultural relics lost in the mountains, should be owned by the state, fortunately, the bank staff reacted quickly and found experts early, otherwise once Uncle Yang sold the gold, it would violate the criminal law.
After hearing the expert say this, Uncle Yang was also a little afraid in his heart, and in the persuasion of the expert, Uncle Yang finally handed over all the gold to the state. In order to commend Uncle Yang for such selfless behavior, the cultural relics department also rewarded Uncle Yang with 200 yuan in cash, honorary certificates and pennants, and at that time, the reward of 200 yuan was still quite a lot.
And Uncle Yang is most happy that he has made his own contribution to the protection of national cultural relics. Although he had no culture, he had a strong patriotic heart, and after knowing that this gold was the precious heritage of the Chinese nation, he did not have to swallow it himself, but selflessly handed it over.
Today, these gold have entered the museum, just the story behind the gold, until now because of the lack of evidence and can not be solved, after all, more than 1,000 years have passed, if there is no more evidence, the history behind these lost Tang dynasty officials gold, it is likely to have become an unsolved mystery.