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Located in the picturesque land of Jiaozhou, Shandong, the beautiful Xinzhuang Village of Jiaolai Town can always make people feel refreshed and happy, as if they are in a quiet and peaceful pastoral picture.
The villagers here have been planting onions, cabbage, potatoes and other cash crops for generations, living a simple and fulfilling, satisfying and happy life.
Back in the autumn of 2015, a villager named Han Xinzheng hired an excavator to improve the irrigation conditions of a small pond in the south of the village so that it could better serve the farmland.
On November 4, when the excavator master was working more than 10 meters underground, Han Xinzheng inadvertently picked up a uniquely shaped, black-brown stone with stripes from the river sand.
At first glance, there is nothing special about this stone. However, in the face of this shocking discovery, Han Xinzheng's heart was filled with joy, and at the same time, he also felt a great responsibility and mission on his shoulders.
He deeply understood that what he had picked up was not only a priceless treasure, but also a precious cultural heritage of the motherland, so this simple farmer embarked on a journey of discovery full of legends, allowing us to walk into this ups and downs and touching historical story together.
It is worth mentioning that when Han Xinzheng was faced with a purchase price of up to 20,000 yuan proposed by a timber merchant, he resolutely chose to refuse, but decided to donate the cultural relics in his hands to the state free of charge.
As an ordinary farmer, 20,000 yuan is undoubtedly a huge fortune, enough to change the fate of their whole family, however, Han Xinzheng unswervingly decided to leave this precious wood fossil to the country and the people.
It turned out that on November 9, 2015, only five days after Han Xinzheng obtained this "strange stone", a timber merchant from Dongying City, Shandong Province, learned of the incident, immediately visited the door, and offered to pay a high price of 20,000 yuan on the spot.
However, Han Xinzheng unexpectedly declined politely, believing that the value of this newly acquired wood fossil is immeasurable, and it may continue to increase in value in the future, so he is not in a hurry to sell.
Soon after, Mr. Wang Lei, the leader of the Jiaozhou Museum, came to Han Xinzheng's home in person and explained to him in detail the significance of this stone.
It turns out that this stone is not an ordinary rock, but a wood fossil with extremely high historical and artistic value! In the face of the sincere and ardent request of the museum director, Han Xinzheng resolutely chose to donate it to the motherland, hoping to create more benefits for future generations.
How do you uncover this amazing journey of discovery? Let's start with November 4, 2015, a memorable day.
On that day, Han Xin was on the renovation and widening of a small pond in the south of the village, and his original intention was to better provide irrigation water for farmland to meet the urgent needs of agricultural production.
However, when the excavator was working at a depth of more than 10 meters underground, Han Xinzheng accidentally found a strange-looking black-brown striped stone in the dug river sand.
At first glance, the appearance of this stone does look a little weird, but who would have expected that it would be a national treasure that could change Han Xinzheng's fate. With curiosity and prudence, Han Xinzheng carefully grasped this heavy stone, carefully observed and pondered for a while, and decided to keep it properly for the time being.
In the next few days, Han Xinzheng always had deep doubts about this stone, so on November 6, 2015, he specially contacted the expert team of Jiaozhou Museum through an old friend in the town, Master Zhang, and invited them to come to the scene to conduct a professional appraisal of this mysterious stone.
When the experts arrived at the site, they immediately immersed themselves in the meticulous observation and study of this extraordinary stone. After some rigorous examination and comparison, the experts finally came to an authoritative conclusion -- this strange stone is actually a well-preserved fossilized wood, and its existence has been for hundreds of millions of years! In the face of this shocking discovery, everyone present was dumbfounded and stunned.
Immediately afterwards, the experts further elaborated on the reasons and process of the formation of this fossil wood. According to them, over a long period of geological time, the trunks of the trees buried deep in the ground underwent a series of complex chemical reactions, in which the organic matter was gradually replaced by silica, and the cellular structure of the wood fibers was replaced by minerals such as quartz and chalcedony, and finally gave birth to the rock-tough "wood fossils" we see in front of us.
The team of experts dug deep into the clues and was surprised to find that as early as the 90s of the last century, villagers in the area had successfully unearthed a rare fossil of ancient dinosaur ribs in a nearby pond.
After in-depth analysis and rigorous argumentation, this dinosaur fossil is confirmed to be from the same historical period as the wood fossil obtained by Han Xinzheng by chance. It is precisely because they once coexisted in a similar geographical environment that these precious fossils have been well preserved to this day.
The expert team further revealed that the annual rings and cell textures of the tree can still be clearly identified from this wood fossil, like a living fossil through a time tunnel, vividly showing that this place was a treasure land with a beautiful environment and rich ecological resources in ancient times.
This discovery is a stronger proof that in that distant era, Jiaozhou must have grown extremely prosperous primeval forests.
Whenever we look back on this magical story that happened in an ordinary mountain village, we can't help but express our deep respect for Han Xinzheng's noble quality and firm faith. As a simple farmer, he had the opportunity to take this opportunity to make a fortune, but he did not hesitate to give up the high purchase of up to 20,000 yuan, and resolutely dedicated this unique wood fossil to the great motherland and dear people.
This kind of noble sentiment of unswervingly serving the country and the spiritual realm of treating money as dung is really awe-inspiring, and can be called a model for each of our Chinese sons and daughters, and is worthy of our eternal memory and praise.