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«——[·Preface·] ——»
In 1978, three schoolchildren scoop bird eggs from a dilapidated ancient stupa. Unexpectedly, a secret that has been hidden for thousands of years was involved, and the rare treasures explored in it were even stunned by cultural relics experts! One hot summer in the late seventies, in a school in the south of Jintang County, Suzhou City, three students who did not listen carefully were exchanging ears during class, discussing feverishly after class to go to the grove outside the school after class and dig out the bird's nest that was just discovered yesterday.
In the end, the more he talked about it, the more excited he became, and he didn't listen to the knowledge of the teacher in class, but this seemingly ordinary day unexpectedly became an important moment in the history of archaeology.
After class, the three children took advantage of the teacher's lack of attention and sneaked out of the school and went to the woods outside. Their purpose is clear: to dig out the bird's eggs. In that era of material scarcity, the only way for children to entertain seemed to be to find fun in the embrace of nature. And the relevant legal provisions were not as perfect as they are today, and the removal of bird's eggs was not considered illegal as it is today.
Deep in the woods, they found the long-coveted bird's nest, and saw a thin child climbing up the tree with his hands and feet like a monkey, and the remaining two friends clearly prepared to drop the bird's eggs under the tree, with excited looks in their eyes. "How? How many bird eggs are in it? The two children guarding under the tree looked at their classmates who were climbing on the tree and close to the bird's nest, and asked impatiently. But I saw that the classmates on the tree did not move, and it took a long time before he said to the two people waiting for a response with a look of loss: "It's empty inside, there is nothing and nothing..."
The two who were still waiting under the tree to pick up the bird eggs were immediately unhappy, obviously you said that there were bird eggs in this nest, we risked being called by the teacher to skip class and come together, what is the matter now?
Just when several people complained to each other, suddenly there were several sparrows in the distance, and several people looked for the sound, and several sparrows stood on a dilapidated ancient stupa in the distance, and the eyes of the child who climbed the tree just lit up. "By the way, I used to pass by there when I came home from school! There seems to be a bird's nest on that tower too, how about we try it again? ”
«——[Ghouta Tour.] ——»
"Now I can't go back to school anyway, so we can only try again." One of them, who looks like the leader of this small team, said. The children made up their minds and headed towards the dilapidated pagoda in the distance that had stood there since their ancestors.
This dilapidated pagoda of an ancient temple that lasted for several dynasties was called Ruiguang Pagoda. Ruiguang Tower has a total of seven floors and has a long history of nearly 1,000 years. It was built during the Tiansheng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1030), and has undergone many repairs since then, witnessing the changes of the times. However, in the tenth year of the Qing Dynasty, this Buddhist temple was destroyed by soldiers, and only the lone Ruiguang Pagoda still stands here.
In this ancient stupa, the next discoveries of the children are about to uncover the face of a thousand-year-old treasure. Several people walked through the woods and into the interior of the Ruiguang Tower. By the time the three reached the third floor, they found that the light inside the tower had become dim. Because the vegetation outside the wall grows densely, blocking the sunlight.
At this time, they can only walk by touching the inner tower wall. Along the way, just as they were about to go up to the fourth floor, suddenly the thinner child whispered: "Wait, I seem to have touched something on the wall." ”
«——[Mysterious Darkroom.]——»
At first, the other two children didn't pay much attention. However, because the child kept talking persistently, eventually the other two children got in. Inside the dim stupa, relying on the faint light from outside, the three people found that it was a movable pagoda brick, and it was particularly strange to be sandwiched in a place where the surrounding pagoda walls were exceptionally strong.
This aroused the curiosity of the children, and they began to guess whether this was a mechanism or not, and maybe there was treasure in it!
"It must be an organ, maybe there is a treasure in it!" Among them, the child of this small team, Wang Du said.
This thought excited the children, and the child who had just spoken seemed to be afraid that others would question him, and then pulled out the tower brick. At the moment of extraction, a cold wind suddenly blew out of it, and it seemed that there was still a lot of space hidden in the tower wall.
After the other two discovered that there was really a hidden dark room, they all guessed what treasures would be inside, completely forgetting the feeling of fear just now. Eventually, they found some rudimentary tools and began to gouge along the hole they had just made.
Several children had completely forgotten the time by this time, digging from about 3 p.m. until the western mountain near the day.
In the end, a large hole was finally dug that was enough for several people to pass, and when they entered it, they found that there was a hole in the inner test of the tower wall.
Through the faint light, in the dark space, they vaguely saw some places on the wall painted with exquisite murals, and searched inside for a long time.
The children found a wooden box with a simple and beautiful pattern displayed in the corner, and several people were very excited. I couldn't wait to open the box, but the three people studied for half a day and did not find a way to open it.
"Let's just throw it away!"
One of the children said that the other two agreed at this time.
«——[Destruction of cultural relics.] ——»
However, they did not know that this was a valuable cultural relic that had been sealed in the dust for nearly a thousand years. When the box fell to the ground, there was a fragmentary crash sound inside, as if there was something else in the box. When they studied the box just now, they only felt that the box was heavy, and looking at the box that had now been broken through a hole, they looked inside and were surprised to find that there was a smaller box inside the box like a matryoshka doll.
Several people felt even more excited at this time, thinking that there must be very valuable treasures inside this two-layer box wrapped. Several people took out the smaller box inside, and when they opened it, they were surprised to find a simple and exquisite wooden stupa inside. Unfortunately, the delicate stupa had been damaged when they had just dropped the box, and it was still broken in half.
In the end, it is the child's heart, they just put this matter behind on a whim. Several people put the carved wooden stupa broken in half back into the box and began to explore in this dark room. However, they searched for a long time and found only some dusty scriptures.
The sky gradually darkened, and the dark room became even darker. One of the children pulled out matches stolen from his home and lit an ancient book full of scriptures to illuminate it. But what they didn't know was that the scriptures they burned at random were the ancient copies of the Miaoho Lotus Sutra written in the early Tang Dynasty, known as the "head of all scriptures" and "king of the scriptures" in Buddhism, and were priceless treasures.
After looking at the general situation inside the tower wall, the three children became more and more uninterested, and they were worried that they would be reprimanded by their parents if they returned home late. Therefore, several children decided to end today's adventure and agreed to continue their adventure tomorrow after school. The ancient stupa has become a secret base for several of their children.
«——[Parental Vigilance·] ——»
At that time, parents did not care for their children at all, the mainstream at that time still attached importance to labor and production, parents put more energy on work and livelihood, and the difference in ideas and concepts in each era is precisely the cultural charm brought about by the changes of the times.
When several children returned home, they were unexpectedly "tortured" by their families with chicken feather blankets. After a while, several people gave up all the secret bases they had just experienced through the treasure exploration and delineation, and the more several parents listened, the more they felt that something was wrong, how could there be any dark rooms, organs and ancient towers made of wood carvings?
Remembering the legend about this ancient tower that the older generation often chanted, I also vaguely realized something.
Early the next morning, the parents of several children went to the local authorities to explain the situation. When the local authorities heard about this, they also paid great attention to this matter and contacted the local cultural relics bureau.
When the Cultural Relics Bureau heard about this, it immediately went to the "Ruiguang Temple Pagoda", which was originally used as a secret base by these unlucky children.
Under the guidance of one of the older children, the archaeologists found in the dark room in the tower various ancient books that had been quietly placed here for thousands of years, and the wooden box that had been broken, and after expert identification, they learned that the paper of the Myoho-renge-kyo, which had been burned by several unlucky children, was the extremely precious "celadon paper" of the Song Dynasty at that time. The production process of this paper is very cumbersome, and it needs to go through multiple processes, and the production process is very time-consuming.
Although these papers are thousands of years old, their luster and texture can still be felt. At the same time, thankfully, the three children did not burn all of the Myoho-renge-kyo, and left six fragments of the Lotus Sutra, allowing these precious scriptures to be handed down.
After the research and discussion of several experts, they found that the broken box belonged to 1013 AD, that is, a relic of the Northern Song Dynasty.
This discovery aroused great interest among experts, because the pagoda inside this box is likely to be a treasure building from the Song Dynasty, that is, the treasure house of the Song Zhenzhu Relic.
Archaeological experts conducted in-depth research on this discovery and conducted many discussions, and finally determined the age and historical background of this pagoda, which is the Song Zhenzhu Relic Treasure House. This is of great significance for the study of Song Dynasty culture and history.
In the subsequent exploration of cultural relics, archaeological experts also found engraved mantras, ink scriptures, bronze Buddha statues, bronze gold-painted towers, painted clay Guanyin statues, turtle new amber and chastity seals, and now these precious cultural relics are all treasured in the Suzhou Museum.
«——[·Song Zhenzhu Relic Treasure House.]——»
According to the assessment of cultural relics experts, the current market value of the "True Pearl Relic Treasure Building" has already reached 5 billion yuan.
The real pearl relic treasure building and its inner and outer wooden letters, the precious texture and exquisite production, are really unprecedented, and it is full of emotion.
The craftsmanship and cultural value of this treasure house are extremely high. The main body of the treasure building is composed of Kusunoki and is divided into parts such as the base, Mount Meru, the hall, and the eight-prism-shaped prayer building.
The base is octagonal in shape and is divided into two parts: the base and Mount Meru. Basically, it is a wooden tire with vermilion lacquer and gold or female paint. Each side is made of ruyi head hollowing, built-in silver wire weaving deformation ruyi. There are eight legs below. The base is divided into three layers. On the second floor, there are eight steps, and on each side stands a silver lion with different looks and vivid shapes. It has a curved bevel and two lacquer carved figures on each side. Further up is in the shape of a girdle, hollowed around it for a wishful shape, and a silver wire weaving is built into the deformation of Ruyi, and the outer is carved with a beast.
On the waist is Mount Meru, which is divided into two parts: the sea and the treasure mountain. The sea is circular, surrounded by wooden gold-painted octagonal hooks, and eight wood-painted gold-painted clouds rise around the sea surface, on which stand wooden carvings of four heavenly kings and four heavenly figures.
The eight-prism-shaped warp tower is one of the core components in the middle of the Pearl Relic Treasure Building. In the middle of the hall, on a lotus seat, there is a royal blue eight-prism-like prayer tower, which is 19.4 cm high. The eight sides of the sutra are inscribed with the names of the seven golden Buddhas in the scriptures of truth, grass, subordination, and seal, and the Sanskrit word "Nan no Maha Prajnaparamita".
On the top of the building is a gold and silver carved stitched Buddha niche, with a wooden carved Buddhist tantric ancestor statue, wearing a hood and gold all over. The shrine is covered with an octagonal gold and silver beaded canopy, with eight ridges of the canopy, eight small dragons woven with silver filigree, and the dragon's head is raised outward. The canopy is made of white jade, crystal, gold and silver. At the top of the brake is a large bright crystal bead with eight silver chains hanging down, one connected to the octagonal of the canopy.
Unfortunately, because of the reckless behavior of these children before, it has now been broken in half. Although this discovery pleased archaeologists, they were also saddened because the destruction of cultural relics is irreparable regret. However, after the restoration of more than 30 experts and technicians, it was difficult to see the flaws, and then it was transferred to the museum for strict preservation.
Although the children's behavior in awakening this thousand-year-old national treasure is a little rude, and the act of lighting the scripture is a little reckless, it is precisely because of their mistakes that these thousand-year-old beauty can be restored. It is worth mentioning that these artifacts are not only a work of art, but also a witness of history.
In order to thank the children for their contribution to the cultural relics industry, in 1978, the Suzhou municipal authorities issued awards and presented more than 50 kilograms of food stamps to the children's parents.
The discovery of this treasure caused a nationwide sensation, attracting a large number of tourists to visit and becoming a local tourist attraction. For these children, they may not realize that their actions will have such an impact, but their actions make these treasures reappear in the world after thousands of years of storms, which is not a fate for those treasures?