China's land is vast, the history of Chinese civilization has gone through a long time, and the culture and wealth left behind are countless, perhaps hidden under the feet of the world, waiting for human beings to discover and explore. In the 1980s, there was a pair
father and son
Building
house
When laying foundations
Dug
finish
One
ding
Bronze pig
，
What kind of treasure is this?
Zhu Guiwu, an ordinary farmer in Hunan, found that his family's house was dilapidated and decided to rebuild it. In the countryside to repair houses, most of them are self-made, and soon Zhu Guiwu's father and son began to demolish old houses and lay foundations. When Zhu Guiwu dug up the foundation of his house, he vaguely noticed a strange hard object, and it was not small. Zhu Guiwu's father and son worked together to dig out this unknown object, and because the surface of the object was covered with a layer of dirt, the original appearance could no longer be seen, and it looked like a lump of earth. Then they washed the surface of the object with water, and then its true appearance was clearly displayed in front of everyone's eyes. The object is shaped like a pig, and the material made is obviously bronze. The onlookers and Zhu Guiwu were shocked, and they all wondered if it was a cultural relic?
Some people present saw this pig with exquisite shapes and wanted to bid to buy it, and the neighbors nearby also knew about this copper pig and rushed to hear the news, but they were all rejected by Zhu Guiwu. He realized that this artifact must be very precious, and he could not dispose of it at will, so he handed the bronze to the relevant departments. After careful identification by experts, it was found that this is indeed a cultural relic with great research value. Experts then realized that the excavation of this artifact was probably near an ancient tomb, so they did so
The expert said to Zhu Guiwu: The house is demolished, continue to dig down!
Archaeologists then excavated Zhu Guiwu's house in depth, but the results were disappointing. Nothing of value was found near the house, and there were no ancient tombs. Perhaps this bronze pig is not a funerary object, but someone buried it here and forgot to take it away, and later the yin and yang mistakes were discovered by Zhu Guiwu.
Later experts also said that this bronze is from the end of the Shang Dynasty, which is a pig statue used in ancient sacrifices, which provides a very favorable value for the study of the cultural history of the Shang Dynasty. Due to the peculiar shape of this pig, it has also been borrowed by many museums for exhibition.