In 1978, three mischievous elementary school students, after school, did not want to go home immediately, and went to pick up bird eggs together, and found a millennium national treasure worth 5 billion.
Because of the unexpected appearance of the national treasure, the 3 children attracted a large group of experts, making the area famous in one fell swoop, and became a tourist attraction for many people to punch in.
In the end, 3 primary school students who discovered the national treasure got more than 50 pounds of food stamps because of the major discovery. So, how did these 3 elementary school students discover valuable national treasures? Next, let's look back at that historical past.
First, naughty primary school students, after school to dig birds to find treasure
This happened in the summer of 1978 in Suzhou, and the three children were all students of a primary school in the west of Suzhou.
The 3 of them have a good relationship, often get together and play around, always like to hang around after school, and rarely come home on time.
One day after school, the 3 children left the school as usual, talking and laughing along the way, looking very lively.
It was nice, warm, and full of chirping birds. One of the children suddenly said, "Let's just take the bird's egg."
They have done this kind of thing many times, and they often hear stories of picking up bird eggs. The other two children laughed and said as soon as they heard it, and went to see who paid more.
After saying this, the three children took their school bags and walked into the woods, and finally stopped under a large tree. Because there were a lot of birds in the trees, they thought there might be bird nests in the trees and wanted to climb up and dig up a few bird eggs to come down.
The 3 children were agile, dropped their school bags and climbed up, the result was underestimated the difficulty of climbing trees, but also overestimated their ability, climbed for half a day, only climbed two meters, from the real bird's nest, there is a long distance.
If you try to climb up, no one knows what danger will happen. Although the 3 children were a bit mischievous, they were not afraid of the sky, they were also afraid of falling down and getting hurt, so they gave up the bird's nest on the tree in frustration.
Just as they were about to leave, a small child who was relatively tall suddenly said with excitement, you see, there are several small birds on that tower, maybe there are bird nests on it, let's go up and have a look.
The other two children smelled the prestige and saw a dilapidated tower with many birds on it. They also thought that there was probably a bird's nest on the tower, so they agreed to come down excitedly and walked forward with a smile.
It didn't take long for the 3 children to come to where the tower was located. The tower looked vicissitudes, but no one came here to guard it, so a few children easily slipped in.
As they climbed the stairs, they looked around for traces of bird nests. Unconsciously, I walked to the 3rd floor of the pagoda.
In the process of walking the stairs, a child said with great excitement that he had heard his family mention the tower before, saying that it was very old and that there was probably a treasure in it.
The children all know that this may just be a story told by adults, but they are still a little excited, and they have the idea of a treasure hunting expedition, and they have directly forgotten about picking up birds.
A child was in the process of treasure hunting, because the light in the tower was dim, accidentally pressed the stone on the wall, and the stone was actually pushed in.
This unexpected discovery startled the child, but instead of fleeing in shock, he excitedly called out to the other two friends: You see, what I found.
Two other children hurried over to observe the situation, and 3 people surrounded the loose stone and chattered for half a day.
The last 3 people believed that this might be the mechanism for hiding the treasure, and looked down in the direction of the stone, and maybe they could find something golden.
Thinking of this, the 3 children got excited and joined hands to push the stone away, only to find that it was empty. The 3 children couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but instead of giving up, they worked together to remove the surrounding stones and open a small hole that could accommodate their bodies.
Immediately after, 3 children went in, and the space inside the hole was not very large, and it was still pitch black, and it was a bit of a feeling of not being able to see five fingers.
The 3 children were very frightened, shouted in some panic, and began to pull things casually, only to find a large wooden letter.
This discovery startled the 3 people, but instead of running away, they got excited, and they thought that there might be a treasure in the wooden letter, so they grabbed the wooden letter together and wanted to drag it out.
This wooden letter is about a meter high, it feels quite heavy, and 3 young children, dragging out with all their strength, soon tired and sweating.
In the process of dragging, Muhan made some clanging noises because of bumps. The 3 children did not take it seriously, continued to drag outside, to a relatively open place, and opened the wooden letter.
It turned out that there was actually a box inside, which looked quite beautiful and had many special patterns on it.
The 3 children just think this thing is a little unusual, but they don't particularly care because their core goal is the stuff in the box. They felt that the inside was the real treasure, and the box was just a tool for containing the treasure.
In this way, the three children opened the box in the wooden letter with a sense of anticipation, and found that it was actually a small tower-like thing.
This thing looks quite gorgeous, dotted with a lot of jewelry, and the 3 children have never seen such a beautiful thing before, and laughed excitedly.
They felt that this expedition was very valuable, and they were very happy not to come in vain, but they did not take the small tower in the box directly.
Because this thing was very heavy and inconvenient to take, they put the small tower into the box again, and also closed the wooden letter as it was.
Subsequently, the three children went into the hole to see if there were any other treasures besides Muhan.
This time, the children found some scriptures with a lot of beautiful writing on them. Although the 3 children are also considered to be readers, they don't know so many words at all, and they don't know what the value of these scriptures is.
They simply feel that these scriptures are ordinary books. Because the light inside was relatively dim, the children directly took a match and lit a book, and by the light of the burning book, they made a good tour of the hole.
I looked around a lot, and I didn't find any treasures like gold and silver. The 3 children were disappointed and gave up treasure hunting completely.
After coming out, the night had quietly fallen, and they knew that the family must have been waiting for a long time, and if they did not go back, they would definitely be packed up, so the 3 children could not take care of the small tower in the wooden letter, and directly returned home with their school bags.
Second, parents reported the news, and experts rushed to investigate
Sure enough, the 3 children were scolded as soon as they came home. The mother of a child, seeing that her son was dirty, scolded him and questioned him where he had gone to spread joy and how he had made such a mess.
The child did not dare to deceive his mother, and quickly began to explain that after school, he and two other people did not want to go home directly, and went outside to pick up bird eggs, and found a wooden box in the tower, and there was a small tower inside, and some books, nothing special.
That being said, the child's parents did not dare to be really negligent, they all knew that the tower to which the child went was a long-ago building.
What is found in it is likely to be antiques. As adults who have received ideological education, they all know that the cultural relics handed down from ancient times are treasures that must be protected and cannot be destroyed at will.
Therefore, the child's parents immediately decided that they must report the matter to the relevant departments to avoid the destruction of the contents.
On the second day, the child, led by the parents, went to the local police station to explain in detail the child's experience yesterday.
The cadres of the police station, who attached great importance to the suffering of the three children, immediately contacted the local cultural relics department and asked archaeologists to come and see the situation.
If an ancient treasure is really found, it is immediately protected. If you have not found the treasure, then take this opportunity to introduce you to some more knowledge about cultural relics and improve your awareness of cultural relics protection.
Experts in the cultural relics department have always attached special importance to antique cultural relics, and every time they find relevant clues, they will act quickly, and this time is no exception.
Archaeologists from the cultural relics department, after receiving the information provided by the police station, quickly rushed over with tools, and led by several children and parents, went to the tower where the treasure was found.
The place where a few children are searching for treasure is a place that no one has been to for many years, so a thick layer of dust has accumulated here.
When the experts arrived at the tower led by the children, there were only some traces left by the children on it, and no traces left by others. Therefore, experts judge that the treasure inside may still be there, and it has not been stolen by malicious people.
In order to avoid accidents, the expert immediately proposed to the police comrades of the police station that it is best to seal off this area so as not to have outsiders break in and affect their excavation and research.
The comrades of the police knew that this was a big deal, and immediately set up a cordon and blocked the ancient tower. At the same time, expert research on the pagoda also began.
Experts know that the light in the cave is very dark, so they brought a flashlight in advance, and with the light of the flashlight, the expert found two words "Tiangong" outside the cave.
Walking in, there is indeed a black wooden letter more than one meter high, and experts know that there may be some precious treasures inside the wooden letter.
To avoid vandalism, carefully move it out before starting to study it. On this wooden letter, a line was written: "The Jewel Relic Building in the Third Tower of Ruiguang Temple."
Ruiguang Temple is about the place where children found the treasure, according to the history books, Ruiguang Pagoda has a lot to do with Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms period.
Third, the pagoda has a long history and the national treasure is precious and extraordinary
According to the Zhishu, in 241 AD, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, used a large amount of manpower and material resources to build a temple in order to welcome a monk from the Western Regions. Later, Sun Quan built a thirteen-story stupa in the temple to repay his mother's favor, which was the predecessor of the Ruiguang Pagoda.
Since then, ruiguang pagoda has been repaired for thousands of years in the years of Ming Hongwu, Yongle, Tianshun, Jiajing, Chongzhen, as well as during the Qing Kangxi, Qianlong, and Daoguang years.
During the Xianfeng period, a war broke out in the local area, and the Ruiguang Temple, which had suffered many vicissitudes, was seriously damaged because of the impact of the war, the temple was basically destroyed, and the Ruiguang Pagoda was relatively fortunate to be preserved because it was relatively strong.
During the Tongzhi period, the imperial court specially took out a sum of money to repair the Ruiguang Pagoda and temple, and the results did not last.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's generation was inferior to the next, and he was unable to control the government at all, and after being invaded by western powers, the Qing government quickly collapsed, causing chaos in the whole country. The Ruiguang Temple, which had long been in ruins, was also severely damaged during this period.
Fortunately, the Ruiguang Pagoda was not destroyed, and the treasure inside was fortunately preserved by chance and was not stolen.
The experts of the cultural relics department knew the origin of Ruiguang Temple, so they were not particularly surprised when they saw the text of the wooden letter. After removing the box inside the wooden letter, the experts were startled.
Because this box is made of ginkgo biloba wood, the paintings on it are quite exquisite, and both the shape of the box and the paintings are excellent masterpieces.
In the mezzanine of this wooden letter, there is also some information on which the time and origin of the wooden letter are recorded.
Simply put, this wooden letter is something from the Northern Song Dynasty, born in 1013 AD. If this record is true, the treasure in the wooden letter is a genuine thousand-year-old national treasure.
Thinking of this, the experts could not help but be excited for a few minutes, in order to see the true appearance of the national treasure, the experts quickly took action.
They first took a special disinfectant cotton sheet, carefully wiped the dust off the box, and then carefully opened it.
In the process of wiping, the experts were pleasantly surprised to find that the paintings on the box were quite well preserved, even if they had passed more than 1,000 years, they still looked like new and should have been treated with special technology. What technology was used, experts did not guess, it is likely to have been lost.
When they saw the small tower in the box, the experts' hearts were half cut off, because this small tower had actually been damaged, which should have been accidentally broken by several children when they moved things yesterday.
But if there were no mischievous children, experts would not have discovered this place, let alone had the opportunity to see the treasure. This comes and goes, and I don't know who is right and who is wrong.
The experts are experienced archaeologists who know that it is inevitable that archaeological research will encounter broken things, so there is no excessive entanglement. A more detailed study of the small tower in the box was conducted.
To be precise, this small pagoda should be called the Pearl Relic. This thing is worth a lot, according to archaeologists, this thing is worth at least 5 billion.
Fourth, the precious and extraordinary treasure of the pearl relics has become the treasure of the town hall
What's going on? Why is it worth so much money? From the overall point of view, this pearl relics treasure building is golden and brilliant, the height is about 1.22 meters, and the main structure uses the best nan wood.
Even if you don't consider the other parts, just look at the part of the nanmu, this is a very valuable work of art.
In addition, the pearl relics are also decorated with 40,000 precious pearls of brilliant color, each of which is a valuable and good thing. The entire treasure building can be divided into 3 parts, namely the Meru Seat, the Buddha Palace and the Pagoda.
The throne is octagonal in shape, which, according to the Buddha, symbolizes the eight heavens. The Throne of Meru can be divided into three parts, the Base, the Sea of Meru, and Mount Meru.
Among them, the Sumire Sea is depicted in gold, there are eight golden wood carved auspicious clouds on all sides, and there are "four heavenly kings" on the clouds, who hold weapons, look imposing, and give people a very powerful feeling.
Standing next to them were the "Four Heavenly Women", their appearance, gentle and beautiful, Ana's many. On the rough sea waves, there is also a pillar of sea surge, above which is Mount Meru.
It is worth mentioning that on the sea pillar is also hovering a silver wire gilded beaded nine-headed dragon, according to the concept of the Buddha's Gate, it should be the legendary dragon king, in charge of the clouds and rain in the world, whether it is drought or flood, it is in charge.
On Mount Meru, there stood the eight protector gods, and their appearance and appearance were also vivid, giving people a feeling of quite powerful, and seemed to have a feeling of imminent coming out.
What the Guardian Gods are guarding is the main part of the treasure building, the Buddhist Palace. At its center is the Octagonal Sutra of the Beadi Golden Book, which is hollow and has two engravings of the Great Sutra sutra.
Inside was a small gourd vial, made of light blue jade, and the bottle contained nine relics.
The cultural relics experts have studied for a long time, and they have not figured out the origin of the relics, only that they should be treasures left by the high monks of the Tao.
The tower brake part, also known as the canopy, is made of eight hollow dragons woven of silver wire as ridges, making a swooping shape with its head held high. Experts said that this is the Eight Dragon Kings, which has the meaning of guarding the eight parties.
There is also a large crystal ball at the top of the pagoda, surrounded by a silver flame aura, which also has an allusion to represent "the light of the Buddha".
On the whole, the pearl relics are beautifully shaped, and precious materials are selected and exquisite craftsmanship is used.
The precious decorations used by the makers are not randomly selected, and the crystals, agates, amber, pearls, sandalwood, gold, silver and other materials on them are the "seven treasures" of the world that the Buddhists often say, which is in line with the cultural characteristics of the treasures.
The Heavenly King and Heavenly Daughter on the Jewel Relic Are portrayed as divine, which should have condensed a lot of painstaking efforts of the makers. In general, the Pearl Relic Is indeed a valuable good thing.
Its reappearance has allowed people to see the prosperity and exquisiteness of Suzhou arts and crafts in the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, and provided many valuable materials for the historical research of future generations.
Although the jewel relics treasure building has been damaged due to the mischievous mischief of several children, it does not affect the historical value and collection value.
Considering the particularity of the pearl relics treasure building, the Suzhou cultural relics department quickly took action and sent it to the Suzhou Museum as a treasure of the town museum.
In order to avoid unnecessary damage to the treasure, experts used modern technology to imitate an equally exquisite pearl relic for exhibition.
The imitations give people the feeling, although they are a little worse than the real thing, but they still look gorgeous, and after being exhibited in public, they are quickly welcomed by tourists.
The Suzhou Museum, which treasures the treasures of the pearl relics, has also gained a little more popularity, and even to a certain extent, has driven the local economic development.
The scriptures found by several children in the cave are also good things with great history. It is the famous "Myofa Lotus Sutra" in history, and the scriptures in it contain the wisdom of the ancients and are treasures of great research value.
In fact, even if you don't look at the words in the scriptures, just looking at the materials of the scriptures is enough to be amazing.
The "Lotus Sutra" inside is the "green paper engraving" of the Song Dynasty, which is very precious in the Song Dynasty, with the characteristics of waterproof and moisture-proof, even if it is placed in a place where the environment is quite harsh, it can be preserved, and it will not be too damaged because of changes in the environment.
Because of this, the scriptures on the tower can be preserved for thousands of years. When archaeologists took the scriptures to study, they found that the paper of the scriptures was smooth as jade to the touch, especially textured, and there was a rather pleasant crisp sound when flipping through.
Sadly, these sutras were originally a set, because of the ignorance of 3 children, they were burned in part, and only 6 volumes were relatively intact.
Even so, the remaining Lotus Sutra is still of high value. Experts even commented that the value of these scriptures is conservatively estimated to be more than 100 million. If it is a complete set, the value may be higher.
So, what happened to the 3 children who accidentally discovered the Jewel Relic? The leaders of the local government and the experts of the cultural relics department finally reached a conclusion after much deliberation.
Although the three young children, because of mischief, accidentally caused some damage to the jewel relic, but also caused some damage to the scriptures.
But they didn't mean it, after all, they were just ignorant children, and even if they wanted to punish them, there was no suitable way.
What's more, if the children had not inadvertently discovered the contents of the tower, perhaps the pearl relic would continue to be hidden in the dark hole, and it would be difficult to have a chance to see the sky again.
If the tomb robbers found out, this thing would definitely be stolen by them. It was too late to say anything.
From this point of view, 3 children can also be regarded as a meritorious achievement. In the end, in order to recognize the special contributions of the three children, the Suzhou Municipal Government awarded them awards and gave them more than 50 pounds of food stamps.
Parents of 3 children are very happy to see that their children have not been punished, but have received some rewards. They said that in the future, they will strictly guard their children and prevent them from tossing around.
The Ruiguang Pagoda, which has fallen into disrepair, has attracted special attention from the local government because of the unexpected appearance of the Jewel Relic.
In order to promote traditional culture and give full play to the value of ancient ruins, the local government specially took out a sum of money to carry out a large-scale renovation of the dilapidated Ruiguang Pagoda, making the place look new and becoming one of the famous local tourist attractions.
After many years, the pearl relics are still treasured in the museum, silently telling their own history. Ruiguang Pagoda is also crowded and looks quite lively.
The 3 children of that year have also grown up, and when they talk about the absurdity of their youth, they all feel very sad.