Foreword: The discovery of many important cultural relics on the mainland is accidental, especially in the 60s and 70s of the last century, during which many valuable cultural relics have also been unearthed.
It was only at that time that the understanding of cultural relics was limited, and many "treasures" did not receive due courtesy after they appeared in the world. Although it is a treasure, it is regarded as a "rag", and the same is true of the Qin Jun Tiger Charm dug up by a farmer that year, which was once regarded as a copper piece that can be seen everywhere on the street.
The role of the tiger rune in ancient times
In some modern film and television drama works, the role of the tiger symbol will also be mentioned, but its true value is recorded in many ancient books. In ancient times, because communication was not very developed, a tiger charm was made, which could mobilize thousands of troops and horses, and half of the tiger rune was in the hands of the emperor and half in the hands of the general who led the troops.
The Tiger Charm is a kind of relic made by those in power in order to limit the military power of generals who lead soldiers to fight. In the earliest days, it was made of bamboo, and later with the change and development of dynasties, tiger charms made of bronze and gold also appeared. No matter what material it is made of, it has a very important role in ancient times, and it can command thousands of troops, and it is also a symbol of military power.
Villagers accidentally dig out tiger charms
The excavation of the tiger charm is not very many in the mainland, and today this kind of cultural relics belong to the national first-class cultural relics and have very important historical research value, so it is impossible to measure its significance in terms of money. In the 1970s, a farmer in Shaanxi accidentally dug up half a piece of tiger charm, but at that time, the tiger charm was not taken seriously, and was even once recognized as an ordinary copper piece.
At that time, land transformation was also being carried out, and every household had a labor force to transform some uneven places into fields. And Yang Mou cleaned up an uneven piece of land in front of his home. Because it was in front of his house, he was also very energetic, but suddenly he felt that he had broken something.
Because he heard the sound of breaking, he also raised his vigilance, and slowly dug out a broken clay pot from the soil, originally thought that there would be treasures in it, but after looking closely, there was nothing. He dug a few more times in the soil with his hand, only to have his finger cut by a hard object. At this time, he found a copper piece in the soil, and he felt that this copper piece had fallen out of the clay pot, and he also felt that it should be a treasure, so he took it back to his home.
The museum is unrecognizable
At that time, there was not much concept of cultural relics, Yang took the object home, simply cleaned up, found that there were some golden characters on it, although it looked inconspicuous, but it felt like it should be a treasure. So he also collected this copper piece, but 3 years later, because of some changes in the family, he also moved the idea of selling copper piece treasures.
He went to the local museum several times and wanted to sell the copper pieces, but the museum had less research on this type of cultural relics at that time, and felt that it should be a pair to have some value, while Yang found only one piece of copper, so he thought there was no value. It was not until Yang Mou went to the museum for the fourth time that a researcher surnamed Chen felt that the inscription on the copper sheet was a bit interesting, and he paid 20 pieces of copper out of his own pocket to collect the copper piece.
Later, the researcher surnamed Chen gave this cultural relic to an expert he admired, and the expert was very happy after seeing the cultural relics, exclaiming that this was a treasure, and it was the Qin Army Tiger Charm, which made this cultural relic have a deeper value. Yang Mou was also commended by the local museum for discovering this priceless cultural relic.
In summary: ancient cultural relics are indeed easy to be regarded as "broken copper and rotten iron" when no one knows that they are cultural relics, but it is precisely because of these cultural relics that people better understand the history, and the significance and charm of cultural relics are also here.
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