"I can basically confirm it, and I have found some things in the cultural relics here, including a complete bronze tripod cast bronze stone fan, several broken fragments from different cast copper pottery fans, from the perspective of craftsmanship and cultural characteristics, it is likely to be in the same line.

I suspect that in the vicinity of the tomb group, there is a bronze casting workshop of an ancient civilization, and it has existed for a long time, so long that they have transitioned from the stone fan craft of bronze to the pottery fan craft! Director Hong, can you first ask those tomb robbers for verification?"

Zhao Tianming said in a solemn tone.

"Bronze Foundry Workshop? Xiao Zhao, you won't talk nonsense, will you?"

Hong Jianzhen was shocked and inexplicable, and was very skeptical of Zhao Tianming's words.

The discovery of bronze casting sites in various parts of the country is a major discovery in the archaeological community, and some even subvert the mainstream concept of history.

"This is just my preliminary speculation, and it still needs to be verified, so I am anxious to confirm the confession of the tomb robber. The cultural relics on our side will also be transported back to Yangcheng soon, and we will study them carefully when the time comes. ”

Zhao Tianming said that this was indeed just his guess.

He identified cast bronze stone fan and Tao fan, Shi Fan is in the Spring and Autumn Period, Tao Fan is in the Warring States Period, but this does not mean anything, Shi Fan and Tao Fan have coexisted for a long time in history, but it has developed to the point that Tao Fan has become the mainstream.

"Well, I'll wait for you to come back, I can't wait to see those relics, the tomb robbers, I'll go over and ask for a new confession. ”

Hong Jianzhen seemed more anxious than Zhao Tianming, and hung up the phone in a hurry.

Back in the warehouse, the cultural relics of the third truck were almost counted, knowing that this batch of cultural relics would be transported back to Yangcheng.

"Zhao Tianming, you see this porcelain jar is so beautiful, is it a mermaid on it?"

In the car, he held up a white porcelain jar about thirty centimeters high and said.

The pattern on it is a creature with a human body and a fishtail, and the lines are simple and smooth, which looks comfortable and very ornamental.

Liang Yin doesn't know much about antique cultural relics, but the aesthetic level is still not bad.

"Show it to me. ”

Zhao Tianming's heart was turbulent again, this batch of cultural relics really gave him too many surprises!

Hearing Zhao Tianming's somewhat eager tone, Liang Yin pouted faintly and handed him the porcelain jar in his hand.

Zhao Tianming looked at it as a whole, looked at Liang Yin again, and his tone was full of excitement: "You really found something amazing, this will definitely become a national treasure!"

"A jar, is it that exaggerated?"

Liang Yin said suspiciously, he hasn't answered his question yet!

"It's not an exaggeration, first of all, it's not a porcelain pot, it's a clay pot, but it's a very high level of craftsmanship and it's fired so well that it looks like porcelain. ”

Zhao Tianming touched the white surface of the jar porcelain and said, the start is smooth, there is no trace of roughness, it is really not easy to distinguish between ordinary people.

"So what?"

Liang Yin rolled her eyes, waiting for him to say why, this guy is finding fault with her, she is not a professional, where do you know so much?

Besides, I usually say that ceramics and ceramics are not so different!

"As far as I know, pottery is shared all over the world, and porcelain is a unique creation and invention in our country, and then it was exported overseas through the sea and land Silk Road, so that porcelain-making technology has been spread all over the world. Our Chinese English name means porcelain, why is this a clay pot, but it is even more precious?"

A policeman next to him asked with a puzzled expression.

"You are right, porcelain is indeed a great invention unique in our country, in the history of world civilization, it has its dazzling brilliance, and even has become synonymous with our ancient civilization of China.

That's not the point, though. And what you just said is not right, the pattern on this is not actually a mermaid, the mermaid is a Western legend, and the pattern on this clay pot is the legendary merman!"

Zhao Tianming looked at Liang Yin, he could no longer hide the excitement in his heart, for him personally, he liked this clay pot even more than the cast bronze stone fan!

"Sharks?"

Liang Yin looked confused, and then glared at Zhao Tianming, so, what is the point of what you are talking about?

"What I'm telling you is that this clay pot is at least 2,000 years old! Do you understand what that means?"

Ancient legends say that there are sharks in the South China Sea, you don't want to say that this is really there, right?"

Liang Yin finally reacted this time, the ancient legend of the merman, now the pattern is painted on this clay pot, doesn't that mean that more than 2,000 years ago, there was already a legend about the merman?

Moreover, where is this? This is the ancient South China Sea! Tracing back to the origin, does it mean that this is the origin of the merman myth? Even the ancients probably knew about the existence of such a thing, and it was only then that it was deified into various legends?

Thinking of this possibility, even if Liang Yin didn't know any antique cultural relics, he knew that it was of great significance, and he was inexplicably excited, no wonder Zhao Tianming attached so much importance to this clay pot!

"I don't know if it exists, but I do know that more than 2,000 years ago, there were people here who knew about the existence of the merman legend. The records of the legend of the merman in the ancient books originate from the "Hai Nei Nan Jing" and "Sou Shen Ji" of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Hai Nei Nan Jing" was written in the Warring States Period, and "Sou Shen Ji" was written in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Moreover, the "Hainei Nanjing" does not directly record the merman, but only the interpretation and supplement of the "carved country" by later generations. This annotated book appears in the "Book of Jin: The Biography of Guo Pu", which records that 'the face of Nirvana is pointed, and the painting body is scaled, that is, the mermaid is also'. In other words, the legend of the merman was only spread in the Central Plains during the Jin Dynasty. ”

"Of course, "Sou Shen Ji" itself is a collection of strange stories that record ancient folklore, the story of the legend of the merman, it is certain that there were legends before the book was written, but it is not sure when. ”

Zhao Tianming explained to them.

"You mean, this ancient clay pot has a merman pattern on it, and it is very likely that the legend of the merman came from the coast of the South China Sea?"

Liang Yin said.

"There is no other corroboration, and it is difficult to say, but it can only be said that this is the most reasonable guess. It also shows that in ancient times, the exchanges between Lingnan and the Central Plains were not strangers. Moreover, the scope of the 'carved country' recorded in ancient books is in today's sea and south regions, and the pattern of the merman appears here, which proves that this legend is actually widely spread on the coast of the South China Sea. Chances are, these places come and go more often than we think. ”

Zhao Tianming packed the merman clay pot separately and carried it personally, but fortunately the group of tomb robbers didn't break this thing, otherwise he would have died of distress when he saw a pile of fragments!