introduction
Jing Qing died in vain, and Jie Lie wrote a prehistory. I sighed, who talks about a current affair. So far, the water bridge is easy, and the cold wind is xiaoxiao. The easy water flowed out, and Jing Qing's name was not lost. - "Yi Shui Huaigu"
As early as 5,000 years ago, Chinese civilization took root and sprouted, and in the time since then it has developed into a brilliant civilization. At the same time as we developed, the West did not stop, and it also gave birth to a very brilliant civilization, but unlike us, the West has never been unified, so their civilization is divided into pieces. One of the more typical is the Roman civilization, so far in the museums of European countries, you can still see a lot of cultural relics left over from the Roman period, and Europe is the same as us, almost every once in a while, in some areas will unearth some historical relics.
1. Murals found in England
In 2017, a group of amateur archaeologists in the UK conducted archaeology in a village. This group of experts came to this village according to the records of ancient historical books. According to ancient records, more than a thousand years ago, this village was a splendid city, but due to the changes of the times, the city disappeared into the long river of history. So they think that something different can be found here. It turned out that they were right, and after a period of searching, the village unearthed many cultural relics, of which a mural from 1600 years ago is the most precious. But surprisingly, there are even 4 Chinese characters "Jim here" in the mural, and Chinese characters were found in British archaeological activities, which caused a lot of controversy at that time.
The discovery of the mural is undoubtedly of great significance, but there were also some accidents on the way. Because the mural is located on a private farmland and the mural is very large, the team finally chose a forced approach, and the fresco found this time was re-covered with soil for farmers to cultivate first. More than a year later, the team recruited many volunteers, raised a batch of funds, and then negotiated the conditions with the villagers, and the excavation of the mural began again. Later, the team spent ten days cleaning up the murals and preparing them for transport to the museum for exhibition.
2. Chinese characters that appear in murals
However, the accident recurs, and the local villagers believe that the mural was found on their land, so the mural should be left in the village. The archaeological team, of course, disagreed with this approach, and then began to argue, and finally after a long time, the final destination of the mural was determined, not sent to the museum, but placed in the village for exhibition. When the murals were exhibited, many experts came to study, and later experts believed that this archaeological discovery was the most exciting discovery in the United Kingdom in the past 50 years, and it had a great role in promoting the study of British history.
However, there is another small episode in this discovery, this mural even appears in 4 Chinese characters, and the use of simplified characters, which is difficult to understand. Over the past few thousand years, the font of the mainland has also changed, from the initial oracle bone, to the small seal, lishu, italic script, and then to today's simplified characters, each era has a different font. Many experienced experts, when looking at some of the excavated texts, do not have to look at what the content of the text is, just look at the font can roughly introduce the historical period of the cultural relics.
3. The origin of these Chinese characters
Therefore, the mural unearthed in The United Kingdom this time is very surprising, because after the research of experts, it is confirmed that this mural was left over from 1600 years ago, but the simplified characters of the mainland were only popularized after the founding of New China, and the difference between them was more than a thousand years. The most embarrassing thing this time is undoubtedly the British official, just imagine, the cultural relics dug out of their own land, but there are several foreign words on it. Regrettably, however, the United Kingdom has not yet explained these words, and it may be that it is indeed not easy to explain.
Mainland netizens have also discussed this, and everyone has also put forward several ideas, some people believe that these Chinese characters may have been transmitted to Britain through the Silk Road, and later when people made murals, they carved these cultures from the East. But this explanation does not make sense, the reason is also very simple, if these words are traditional characters, it still makes sense, but they are all simplified characters, so there are fewer netizens who hold this view. More netizens, supporting such a point of view, believe that the few Chinese characters found this time may be artificial pranks. And from the perspective of the calligraphy of these Chinese characters, it is not like Chinese made, but more like the British who have a low level of Chinese character calligraphy.
epilogue:
It is precisely because of the few Chinese characters on this mural that the archaeological discovery is not serious at all, but adds a bit of laughter. Finally, I also hope that British experts will seize the time to conduct research and make this archaeological excavation that makes everyone a little funny serious, after all, taking history seriously is what every country must do. Now this mural is on display in the UK, and if you are interested, you can also visit it.
Resources:
"Easy Water Nostalgia"
World Anecdotes