Five years after the King of Sui, Dian Yi (Yang) Chen Min, Zai Li Shi Nian, Meng Dong Rong Qi, Qi Zang Ge Zi Xu. Chen Zhang's internal conquest of the (Yan) State. ——The inscription inside Chen Zhang's round pot
preface
Speaking of bronze, I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar, such as Simu Pengding, Siyang Fangzun, etc. are introduced in history textbooks, and bronzes also have an important position in the development of mainland history and culture. Bronzes with different shapes and patterns not only have high ornamental value, but more importantly, the inscriptions on the bronzes have become the basis for studying ancient history, so bronzes have very precious value.
Jiangsu Xuyi dug a canal to find a large amount of gold
In the spring of 1982, when Nanyaozhuang in Xuyi County wanted to dig a water canal while the farmers were idle, it was also to prepare for the spring ploughing later. In February, the weather in the south was still a little cold, almost the whole village was involved in the construction of the canal, when there was a villager surnamed Wan in the village, digging the canal was not very active, once it was almost noon when he was late, and the "engineering captain" in charge of the canal construction wanted to punish him.
In fact, it is said that punishment is to make a show, this villager surnamed Wan's two brothers are quite capable, and he himself has a bad reputation in the village, and the engineering captain does not want to offend him. This punishment is that after everyone finishes work, let him dig a little more by himself, and the villagers surnamed Wan are also smart people, so they cooperate with everyone to dig up after they finish work, and it is such an arrangement that makes him dig out a lot of gold in a few shots.
In addition to the gold there is also a copper jar
At that time, he was the only one left to dig the canal, although he was reluctant in his heart, but he still had to pretend to do a few shots, and the hoe in his hand swung a few times and hit something very hard when he landed again. At that time, he did not hesitate, relying on his hand to find the edge of the hard object, and flipped over to the outside of the soil, and a round and rolling thing with metallic luster was dug out by him.
At that time, he was also quite curious, so he pulled the dirt block on the outside of this hard thing down with his hand, only to quickly find that inside was a "little monster" made of gold. To say that the villagers surnamed Wan were still quite clever, he quickly ran to see where he had dug up this "golden monster", and then dug a few times and dug up a copper jar, which contained a lot of gold lumps inside the jar. This made him happy, threw down his hoe and wrapped these things in clothes and ran home.
Copper pots are worth more than gold
At that time, the villagers surnamed Wan took their things home and called the eldest brother and the second brother to look at them together, and at that time, the villagers had seen these things, and all of a sudden the whole family was stunned. Soon the news that the Wanjia family had dug up the treasure did not go away, many villagers gathered in the Wanjia family to see the treasure, and someone informed the director of the local police station, and soon the director brought people to the Wanjia, when the Wanjia had been surrounded by water, or under the maintenance of order by the brigade secretary and others, while giving the villagers the law, these cultural relics were quickly loaded into the truck and transported to a safe place.
The news spread quickly and even spread to Beijing, when the Nanjing Museum also arranged for experts to rush to Xuyi, after the archaeological experts counted a total of 9 and a half gold cakes in the copper pot, 15 pieces of horseshoe gold, Lin toe gold, and 11 pieces of gold version of the Chu state coin "Yin Ye", and the "little golden beast" should be a leopard, the ancient leopard has the purpose of avoiding evil and suppressing the victory is likely to be the "town treasury beast", the role is to protect these treasures. The gold alone adds up to more than 20 kilograms, but what delights experts even more is the copper jar containing gold coins, because it contains historical inscriptions, and the valuation is far more than these gold.
summary
According to experts, this copper pot is a wine container in the middle of the Warring States period, named the Warring States wrong gold and silver inlaid wire mesh sleeve copper pot, and the content of the copper pot is about the war between the State of Qi and the State of Yan in 315 BC, so it also has a name called Chen Zhang round pot. This copper pot represents the highest skill of bronze casting at that time, in which the copper wire mesh set is made of ninety-six curly dragons and five hundred and seventy-six plum nails interlaced, and the mesh cover is also covered with a wrong gold cloud pattern copper hoop, and the beast head ring and the upside-down relief beast are four each, each with a wrong gold and silver ornament.
Now that Chen Zhang's round pot is collected in the Nanjing Museum, the Wanjia brothers who found these cultural relics have also received a reward of 10,000 yuan, when the archaeological team continued to excavate around the copper pot, but unfortunately there was no other harvest except for the found of the pot bracket and the plum pattern scattered on the pot body. Who and why is this gold buried here, because the lack of documentation has not yet been solved. It is worth mentioning that in addition to this round pot, there is also a Chen Zhang square pot, which is now in the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the inscriptions of the two echo each other.
【References】Archaeological Collection of Nanjing Museum of Cultural Relics Museum, Warring States Policy, etc
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