In modern society, the refrigerator is an essential appliance for every family, and the role of the refrigerator is very broad, which can preserve food, and can also make ice and refrigerate. Many people think that the refrigerator came to China from abroad, in fact, it is not, the mainland in the ancient period has the same role as the refrigerator tool, it can not only be cooled in the summer, but also in the winter can also be insulated. So how was this artifact discovered?
About 2000 meters northwest of Suizhou City, Hubei Province, there is a small hillside, called Dougu Dun, since ancient times, Dougu Dun is a treasure land with excellent feng shui, it is the construction point of the tombs of many imperial palace nobles after their deaths, and it is said that in the Warring States period, king Chu Zhuang personally commanded the battle in the Drum Dun to quell the war, because of the occurrence of this vicious war, so the reputation of the Drum Dun is still very loud. In the 1970s, drumming piers became famous for the discovery of ancient tombs.
What experts did not expect was that this ancient tomb was actually the mausoleum of Zeng Houyi, the monarch of the early Warring States. The State of Zeng was the main state of the Western Zhou Dynasty that was guarded by tianzi in the south. Under the efforts of experts, the structure of this ancient tomb has been fully revealed to people, which is a very large ancient tomb, with a total length of 16.5 meters, a width of 21 meters, a depth of 13 meters, and an area of 220 peaceful meters. The ancient tomb is in the shape of a "Bu" character, and the tomb pit is excavated in the red conglomerate rock, which is a polygonal rock pit vertical cave wooden tomb.
The number of cultural relics excavated in this huge ancient tomb of the national model is very amazing, and there are more than 15,000 cultural relics such as ceremonial instruments, musical instruments, lacquered wood utensils, gold and jade, weapons, carriages and horses, and bamboo Jane, and a total of 6239 bronzes excavated from the tomb alone. A total of 65 pieces of ZengHouyi chimes were found in the tomb, which is the most complete and largest set of bronze chimes found so far. Not only that, experts also found a "refrigerator" from the Warring States period in the tomb. The refrigerator, called the "Copper Jian Miao", is 61.5 cm high, 60 cm long on the sides and weighs 170 kg. The structure of this refrigerator is very complex, by jian and Zun Miao are decorated with a combination of deformed crab patterns, hook patterns and banana leaf patterns, etc., is a complex structure, strange shape, exquisite craftsmanship of large utensils, but also the earliest refrigerator unearthed in the history of the mainland.
After research and investigation, experts found that the effect of this refrigerator is very peculiar, if you put ice cubes in the refrigerator and it will not melt for a long time, if you put food, food will also slow down the time of decay, it can be said that it is very magical. Even experts have to sigh when they see this cultural relic: the ancients are really terrible. Nowadays, this cultural relic is treasured in the museum and has become a national treasure level cultural relics in China, and now even the more advanced science and technology cannot reproduce it.