【CNMO News】20 Chinese Song Dynasty coins unearthed, may not cause any shock in China. But for South Korea, it should be a major discovery.
On January 29, the Korea Institute of Cultural Relics recently announced that 20 Chinese Northern Song coins and a "small gold-bronze multi-storey pagoda" had been unearthed at the site of a temple site during the Goryeo Dynasty (early or mid-11th century) on Jeju Island, according to the People's Daily overseas website. Among them, Northern Song coins are divided into three types: Xianping Yuanbao, Imperial Song Tongbao and Zhiping Yuanbao; The copper pagoda has been preserved intact for the relic, which may later help archaeologists restore buildings from the Goryeo dynasty. According to Korean media reports, these things may be regarded as cultural relics by South Korea.
Song Dynasty coins unearthed in Korea (screenshot from YTN TV)
In this regard, domestic netizens are deeply unhappy, worried that South Korea will apply for the World Heritage again. Some netizens said that their first reaction when they heard this was to steal something again; Some netizens are worried that the Song Dynasty may become Korean history. No way, in ancient times, China and Korea had a close relationship and frequent cultural exchanges, so the unearthing of Chinese cultural relics in Korea is nothing new.
A copper tower unearthed in Korea
In December last year, South Korea salvaged a batch of porcelain fired after the Song Dynasty in China at the bottom of the ancient Gunsan Islands in Jeollabuk-do; In November, a black-glazed chicken head pot, also a Chinese celadon artifact, was unearthed in the Seokchon-dong Ancient Tombs complex in Seoul, South Korea.