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In 1968, a farmer in Inner Mongolia accidentally entered a cave and found a golden axe inside.
Just as the farmer was about to pick up the golden axe, he found a skeleton next to him.
The skeleton "watched" the peasant, and frightened, he picked up an axe and pulled his legs and ran.
Why is there a golden axe in this cave?
And where did the skeleton next to the axe come from?
Drill into a cave
The Bahrain Right Banner of Inner Mongolia is located in the southern part of the Greater Khing'an Mountain Range.
Zhang Laohan is a farmer in a village near the foot of the mountain.
The family has a bit of thin fields, and usually goes hunting in the mountains, and the life is quite fulfilling.
On this day, as usual, Old Man Zhang went hunting in the mountains.
It is strange to say that Zhang Laohan searched for a long time in the mountains, but did not encounter any prey.
The depressed old man Zhang could only sit under the tree and smoke a cigarette stick.
At this time, a hare appeared in Zhang Laohan's line of sight and quickly rushed over.
Old man Zhang's eyes were quick, and he immediately got up and chased the hare.
After a while, the hare reappeared in Zhang Laohan's line of sight.
Zhang Laohan took the tool in his hand and pounced several times, but all escaped by this hare.
A few times later, the hare sneaked into a thicket of grass and disappeared.
Seeing this, Old Man Zhang hurriedly followed again.
But this time, after pulling through the grass, a cave was found behind it.
The cave was the height of a child six or seven years old.
If he wants to go in, Zhang Laohan is estimated to climb in.
While he was tangled, Zhang Lao Han saw the hare turn around and "look" at him.
It was as if he was seducing Old Man Zhang into this cave.
Seeing that this hare "provoked" himself so much, Zhang Laohan climbed into the cave without saying a word.
After climbing into the cave for a while, Zhang Laohan found that the space of the cave gradually increased.
Zhang Lao Han was also able to stand up in the cave.
But the cave was pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers, let alone catch hares.
It just so happened that Old Man Zhang usually smoked cigarettes and also carried matches with him.
He lit the match and, by the faint light of the fire, quickly glanced around him.
There was still a lot of scattered firewood and some scattered strips of rags in this cave.
These things clearly tell Zhang Lao Han that there were traces of life here.
In the blink of an eye, the light of the match was swallowed up by darkness.
Old man Zhang felt the black and looked around for wooden sticks and broken strips, and made a simple torch.
Lighting the finished torch, Zhang Laohan thoroughly saw the surrounding scene.
Thrills and rewards
The fire filled the cave, which was even bigger than Zhang Lao Han had imagined.
In addition to the items that had just been discovered, there were some broken clay pots around.
Seeing this, Zhang Lao Han was also more convinced that this cave had ever been inhabited.
Looking at these items in front of him, it seemed that no one had used them for a long time, so Old Man Zhang boldly searched in the cave.
Zhang Laohan did not see the trace of the hare, but he found an object that was more "valuable" than the hare, a golden axe.
Only by the light of the torch, Zhang Laohan could not see what material this axe was.
So he got closer and prepared to take the axe in his hand and take a closer look.
The handle of the axe is very short, and the axe still has the shape of an animal, and Old Man Zhang only thinks that this axe must be a treasure.
At this time, Zhang Laohan's entire attention was attracted by this axe.
What he didn't expect was that there was a skeleton not far from this axe.
The skeleton, dressed in a long cloth shirt, with skirt armor and boots, was clearly not a modern person.
As a result, the moment Zhang Laohan got up after picking up the axe, he just met the skeleton with his eyes.
Seeing this skeleton "looking" at himself, Zhang Laohan was frightened and immediately knelt on the ground.
Old man Zhang's mouth kept shouting "spare your life".
But after a while, Zhang Laohan found that the skeleton did not react at all.
Only then did Old Man Zhang boldly step forward and take a closer look at the skeleton.
Immediately afterwards, Old Man Zhang carefully picked up the axe again and carried it in his arms to take it away.
At this time, Zhang Laohan suddenly saw that the skeleton seemed to "move".
The old man was completely frightened by this scene, and quickly turned around and ran in the direction of the cave entrance.
This escape speed can be said to be the fastest run in Zhang Laohan's life.
After a while, Old Man Zhang ran to the narrow section of the cave and climbed out quickly.
Seeing the sunlight outside the cave again, Old Man Zhang slowly regained his calm.
At this time, Old Man Zhang heard movement at the entrance of the cave again.
Could it be that the skeleton "came to life"?
In the next second, a gray figure appeared at the mouth of the cave.
It turned out to be the hare that Zhang Laohan was chasing earlier, and he ran out of the cave after Zhang Laohan.
Presumably, the skeleton just moved should have been done by this hare.
Before the hare could react, Zhang Laohan caught the hare with a tool.
Zhang Laohan can be said to have gained a lot today.
Picked up a treasure and caught a fat hare.
In a happy mood, Old Man Zhang went home with an axe.
The dream of getting rich is shattered
After returning home, Zhang Laohan first cut off the entire fur of the hare with a skin-cutting knife.
The fur of the hare can be sold for money, and the hare meat can be made for the whole family.
Old man Zhang stewed meat while looking at the treasure brought back from the cave.
Only then did he see clearly that the animal carved on the axe resembled a tiger.
At this time, Zhang Laohan's wife also returned home.
She saw Old Man Zhang playing with the axe in his hand, so she curiously asked where the axe came from.
So Zhang Laohan told all the experiences on the mountain today.
Taking the axe from Zhang Laohan's hand, Zhang Da Niang saw that the material and shape of this axe were rare.
Zhang Da Niang suggested that Zhang Lao Han go to the city in two days to find someone to take a look, and if it was valuable, he would simply sell it.
Two days later, Zhang Laohan went to the city to sell all the furs obtained during this hunting period.
By the way, I also brought the golden axe I got in the cave.
Zhang Lao Han went to the city and found a place to collect furs.
This is an agricultural and sideline products purchase station, and Zhang Laohan and this boss have also had a friendship for nearly ten years.
When the boss saw Zhang Laohan coming, he greeted him warmly.
Zhang Laohan put the fur on the counter first, and after the boss finished counting and settling the account, he quietly stepped forward again.
Seeing that there was no one around, Old Man Zhang secretly took out the axe from his arms.
"Big brother, the treasure I picked up on the mountain some time ago, you help me see if it is gold."
The boss took the axe in his hand and looked left and right, and then said to Zhang Laohan.
"Brother Zhang, I don't lie to you, this axe is copper, if you want to sell it, I will count you 10 yuan."
Zhang Lao Han was stunned: "Huh? Are you sure? Don't look at it anymore? ”
The boss said that Zhang Laohan has been with him for so many years, and he will never lie to him, and this axe is enough to give him 10 yuan.
Zhang Lao Han pondered for a while, then put the axe back in his arms, indicating that he would not sell it.
When Old Man Zhang returned home at night, Lady Zhang hurriedly stepped forward to ask if the axe was sold.
Zhang Laohan said depressedly: "What to sell, this axe is not made of gold at all, it is made of copper, at most only 10 yuan." ”
Zhang Da Niang was also disappointed after hearing this, originally thought that she could become rich overnight, but her dream was shattered.
So the old couple planned to keep this axe at home and pass it on to future generations as a family heirloom.
The origin of axes and skeletons
In 1973, the relevant units in Inner Mongolia called on villagers to take out the old objects in their homes for study.
On this day, the relevant units arrived in Zhang Laohan's village.
Many villagers handed over their old belongings at home, but basically they were some that had no research value.
Old man Zhang didn't want to hand over this axe.
But Zhang Laohan's son also rode back from the city specifically for this matter.
Because the son remembered that Zhang Laohan once told him about getting the axe, he went home to persuade his father to hand over the axe.
Zhang Lao Han refused to live or die at first, but he couldn't screw his son.
In desperation, he had to hand over the axe to the relevant departments.
After the relevant departments received the axe handed over by Zhang Laohan, they hurriedly conducted research.
After research by archaeological experts in the department, this axe is more than a thousand years old and is an object of the Liao Dynasty.
This axe is actually engraved with a lion, and the lion's mouth "spits" out of the axe, and there is a bat pattern on the axe.
This shape should not look like a weapon used by soldiers on the battlefield.
The axe that Zhang Laohan picked up was more like a ritual weapon used by the ancient people for sacrifice.
The experts looked at this strangely shaped axe and wondered in their hearts.
So the experts quickly found Zhang Lao Han and asked where he got the axe.
Zhang Laohan also truthfully told these experts that the axe was found in the cave.
A few days later, Zhang Laohan took the experts to the cave where the copper axe was found.
The entrance to the cave was too small, and experts organized manpower to expand the entrance before entering.
Entering the cave, the experts also saw the skeleton.
Under the investigation of experts, it was confirmed that this skeleton indeed belonged to the Liao Dynasty.
The skirt armor from the lower half of the skeleton was also tattered, and only some broken armor and pieces of cloth remained, which was really a pity.
After the research of experts, it was found that the style of the armor was "Liao State Heavy Eagle Army Steel Armor".
The army that can wear this kind of armor should belong to the elite of the Liao Kingdom.
This skeleton should be the soldier in this elite force.
So why did this soldier appear in this cave?
The experts conducted a careful search in the cave.
They found that behind the skeleton, there was also a rusty short blade.
Apart from this short blade, no other weapons were found.
Based on these circumstances, experts also speculated.
This soldier should have been an elite squad that escorted property during the Liao Dynasty.
Among these belongings was the ceremonial vessel in the shape of a copper axe.
But the squad met robbers in the mountains.
The bandits destroyed the squad by relying on the overwhelming number of people.
One of the soldiers in the squad should have taken advantage of the chaos and prepared to run for his life with a copper axe in hand.
As he ran, he removed the armor from his body, only to find a short blade inserted in his lower abdomen.
So the soldier quickly ran to this cave and hid.
But I didn't expect to die because of the serious injury, and eventually lost too much blood.
Of course, these are just some of the guesses made by experts after surveying the site.
As for the real situation, there is no historical record, and there is no way to verify it.
It's just that this statement is recognized by many experts.
The ceremonial vessel in the shape of an axe has not been found by experts in the materials that can be investigated in the Liao Dynasty.
The origin of the axe ritual is also unknown, perhaps there is a more secret story behind this axe.
However, historical information about the Liao Dynasty is still relatively scarce.
Experts can only rely on cultural relics unearthed from tombs in the Liao Dynasty to further analyze the various events that happened at that time.
Today, the axe is placed at the Bahrain Right Banner Museum for people to visit.
There is information about axes, which archaeologists have studied for many years and have not found.
However, it is believed that one day, archaeologists will be able to learn the story behind the axe and reveal its secrets to the public.
epilogue
Although this axe failed to bring Zhang Laohan the wealth he wanted, it brought unimaginable research value to archaeological experts. Such research value is not comparable to money, and Zhang Laohan can be regarded as contributing to the archaeological cause of the mainland.