Chapter 621: Big Five Emperor Money
"Can it be sold for thousands of dollars? That's not cheap!"
"Haven't you heard? It's worth it when it's kept in good condition, and it's strange that these things are kept at home, hung on the door or on the wall, and are not taken care of. ”
"Then forget it! I won't sell it, I'll keep it for myself. ”
The woman thought about it and said, a few hundred yuan, just smell a few meals of meat, it is better to keep it for yourself, feng shui is difficult to say, it is better not to move, maybe her family will rely on this to produce a talent, leaping into the dragon gate, glory and wealth.
There are some things, believe it or not, that should be feared.
In traditional Chinese culture, ancient coins have always had the function of feng shui, and ancient folk have always used ancient coins to ward off evil spirits.
In Feng Shui, the Five Emperors' Money is considered to be a kind of mascot that can gather wealth and bring good luck from all directions, especially the emperor who has established great achievements, gathers the aura between heaven and earth, and is widely recognized by the people.
In addition to the small five emperor coins mentioned by Zhao Tianming before, the Tongbao issued by the five successive emperors of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing, these five kinds of Tongbao are all made of brass.
In addition, there is a kind of bronze big five emperor money, namely the Qin Dynasty's half two coins, the Han Dynasty's five baht coins, the Tang Dynasty's Kaiyuan Tongbao, the Song Dynasty's Song Yuan Tongbao and the Ming Dynasty's Yongle Tongbao.
The five emperors they correspond to, Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, are all emperors of the ages who have been regarded as majestic and great achievements in Chinese history!
In 221 B.C., Qin Shi Huang destroyed the six kingdoms to unify the world, deposed the various coins circulating in the vassal states, and established the half tael of the outer circle and the inner square of the Qin State during the Warring States Period as the form of coins in the unified circulation of the whole country, which is the earliest unified currency in China.
Circular square-hole copper coins circulated throughout the country as a custom and should be attributed to Qin Shi Huang's unification of the national power and the unification of the nation's monetary system.
It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty minted the five-baht coin that the half-tael coin was officially abolished, but the copper coin style of the round square hole has been handed down until the end of the Qing Dynasty, commonly known as "Brother Confucius".
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to carry out the fourth currency reform from the fifth year of Yuanzhen, that is, 118 B.C., and ordered each county to mint five baht coins, called the county five baht, also known as the five baht of Yuanjia, and changed to the central government in the second year of Yuan Ding.
The five-baht coin weighs five baht, and there is the word "five baht" on it, which is the currency that has been used for the longest time in the history of coins in our country, and there have been more than 10 dynastic regimes and more than 20 emperors who have minted five-baht coins.
From the Yuan hunt five baht to the abolition of the Sui five baht in the Tang Dynasty, the five baht coin went through 720 years of vicissitudes before withdrawing from the stage of numismatic history and recasting the Kaiyuan Tongbao, and the coin has since changed to the Tang and Song Dynasty years and the Baowen money system.
It was from this time that Tongbao appeared on the stage of history as a standard template and monetary unit!
Coins in the Tang Dynasty began to have "Tongbao", Kaiyuan Tongbao was the main currency in circulation during the reign of the Tang Dynasty for nearly 300 years, and the currencies of all dynasties after the Tang Dynasty took it as a paradigm.
"Kaiyuan" means to open up a new era, and "Tongbao" means to pass treasures. In the fourth year of Tang Gaozu Wude, he opened the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" to replace the five baht left in the society.
The original "Kaiyuan Tongbao" was inscribed by the calligrapher Ouyang Xun, and the face text "Kaiyuan Tongbao" stipulated that every ten texts weighed one tael, and the weight of each text was called one coin, and one thousand wen weighed six catties and four taels.
Since then, China's currency system has officially separated from the baht system in the name of weight, and developed into the Tongbao currency system, which has become the coinage standard of all dynasties after the Tang Dynasty, which has been followed for nearly 1300 years, and has an epoch-making position in the history of China's coins.
Song Yuan Tongbao for the Song Dynasty to open the country money, is the first kind of Song Dynasty coinage, cast in the Song Taizu Jianlong first year 960, Qian Wen imitation eight-point book, shape imitation Tang Kaiyuan, Qian Wen Shun read, is the national name plus Baowen of the national name money.
Song and Yuan Tongbao have two kinds of copper and iron, there are stars and moon patterns on the back, and the iron money is ten when the copper money is one, and the casting is fine, deep and simple.
I usually watch the consistent money mentioned on costume TV, which is the name that only began to appear in the Song Dynasty, and all TV series with this kind of name before the Song Dynasty with a historical background are not rigorous.
Traditionally, money has been 1,000 copper coins, equivalent to one tael of silver, and some historians have deduced the economic situation and living standards of the time through such conversions and some other factors.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the currency circulation system based on paper money was implemented, and the use of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, copper coins were forbidden to be banned, and they were very chaotic.
After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne, he implemented major reform measures in many aspects, and minted Yongle Tongbao money in the sixth year of Yongle.
Yongle Tong Bao Qian calligraphy is exquisite, the casting is exquisite, it is one of the exquisite currencies in the history of Chinese currency, mainly used for foreign trade, played an important role in opening up to the outside world in the early Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West to carry a large number of Yongle Tong Bao money.
Neighboring countries such as Japan and Vietnam have also used a large number of imitation casting Yongle Tongbao money, and now the Yongle Tongbao money is seen on the back of the words "governance" and "wood" are all cast by Japan.
The number of Yongle Tongbao coins unearthed in China is not much, and even many coins in the Ming and Qing dynasties are not found in the cellar, but in the shipwrecks of the South China Sea, there are a large number of discoveries, which shows what a heavy price was paid when it was opened to the four seas!
During the reign of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, he implemented the policy of enriching the people and strengthening the country, created the situation of "Yongle Prosperous Era", sent Zheng He to the West seven times, and created the "Maritime Silk Road".
In addition to official missions, private maritime trade is also endless, connecting the world and economic and cultural exchanges are unprecedentedly prosperous.
But behind the beautiful name of the Maritime Silk Road, there is countless blood and pain, and the prosperity of the world is never at your fingertips!
Because of overseas trade, many foreign countries and regions have also discovered Yongle Tongbao in large quantities.
The five great emperors are all existences that can be called the first emperor of the ages, and they have all pushed their dynasties to the peak, even if they are horizontally compared in the same time and space, they are also invincible existences!
The coins they minted, as one of their incarnations, also witnessed the heroic posture of several dynasties dominating the sky, and were naturally sought after by many people.
Coupled with folk customs, it is believed that copper coins have gone through the hands of 10,000 people, bringing together the yang energy of hundreds of schools, and can resist evil ghosts.
The square hole treasure money is strung in red thread, collected and placed in the office or at home, and is still hanging in the car, in order to hope that the five emperor coins can bring wealth and good luck to themselves.
In fact, this folk custom is also reflected in the portrait, many people will hang a portrait in the lobby of their home, and the construction site will also set up a portrait when it starts, so as to avoid all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and ensure safety and smoothness.
However, this is naturally not a collection, or coins are more collectibles.
Among them, the five emperor money is also respected by more people because of its better intentions.