Chapter 782: Terracotta Warriors
After entering the museum, my eyes were not on the unearthed bronzes and terracotta warriors, but on the passers-by, and I hoped to see the familiar figure of Yuelan in the crowd.
However, there is a lot of traffic, and the naked eye can't find it at all, and I'm afraid of passing by Yuelan, so every once in a while, I close my eyes and sense, because Yuelan is dark gray under the induction, and if I'm here again, I can find it at once.
The venue is very wide and magnificent, and it also presents two colors under the induction, orange in the crowded area, and light gray in the area where the terracotta warriors and horses are located.
I don't know why the terracotta warriors and horses are gray, maybe they have been buried under the underground palace for two thousand years, so they are contaminated with yin qi, and over time, yin qi will be on the body of the terracotta warriors.
However, the terracotta warriors and horses that are used as burial objects are also Ming weapons, and there is no difference between them and other burial goods in other tombs, so it is natural to think about it.
quickly took the beauty around the entire venue, but there was no Yuelan.
Although the venue is extremely wide, but under the induction, it also seems so easy, with a radius of 600 meters, select a dozen points, and almost cover the entire museum.
Twenty minutes later, when I confirmed that Yuelan was not in the museum, I noticed that there was a beautiful woman beside me, and she didn't say a word all the time, but looked at me intently, her face full of incredulity.
I guess he saw it when I closed my eyes and searched for it, so I was surprised.
I smiled slightly and said, "I have a telepathy with my wife, there were too many people just now, and the sensory was a little disturbed, but after checking it out, I found that she is not here." ”
"Oh. She snorted, then became a little embarrassed, and said, "So what now?"
I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Since the person is not here, then I won't look for it, I have bought this ticket, and I may not be able to come back in the future, so if you have time, take a good look around here and explain it to me." ”
"Okay. She nodded cheerfully.
It happened that there were two carriages parked next to her, so she said, "This is the bronze carriage No. 1 and No. 2 unearthed in the No. 1 pit of the Terracotta Warriors." ”
"This carriage is so familiar. "I thought about it and said.
"The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are one of the Eight Wonders of the World, and if it was broadcast live on the news before, maybe you have seen it, so you have an impression. She said with a smile.
I also squeezed out a smile in response, I guess I didn't read it in the news, but in the antique identification book that my grandfather gave me, it should be the one that identified bronzes.
Then there were a lot of bronze weapons on the side, and she introduced them one by one: "Bronze arrows, this is a crossbow, and this is Ge, Ge who is against each other, and this is a bronze beryllium, which looks very much like a sword, but it is called beryllium, which is different from a sword." ”
I nodded, I still have some understanding of bronzes, but after all, among the tombs dug up, there are relatively few bronzes unearthed, and they are all rich in book titles, but have little experience in actual tasting.
"If you look at these bronzes, when they were unearthed, they were the same as they are now, and they have undergone many more treatments, just like the new ones. "That's because scientists analyzed these bronzes and found that there is a thin layer of chromium on the surface of these bronzes, which is now commonly used in stainless steel, which plays a role in preventing rust and oxidation," she explained. ”
I was secretly surprised, and I said, "Is this naturally formed, or was it added when it was forged?"
"Of course, it was added at the time of forging, and what is even more surprising is that such a technology appeared after the Industrial Revolution, and in Europe in the nineteenth century, but we have already widely used this technology in bronze during the Qin Dynasty, which shocked the whole world. The beautiful woman explained.
"Such a cow?" I was secretly surprised, and then said: "But our ancient forging technology is indeed very powerful, and Ou Yezi has forged a lot of famous swords. ”
"yes. The beautiful woman pointed to the bronze sword over there and said, "Especially this bronze sword, it looks plain on the outside, but when it was discovered, it really shocked all the archaeology present." ”
"What?" I cheered up and looked at the beautiful woman.
She smiled playfully and said: "When this sword was discovered, the sword body was pressed by a fallen terracotta toilet, which was bent and became a bow, and then when the archaeologists helped the terracotta warriors and horses up, it collapsed, and the bronze sword that had been pressed for thousands of years was suddenly straightened again." ”
"What, self-healing?" I said, dumbfounded, looking at the sword.
"So to speak. The beautiful woman nodded.
I'm going to go, this is amazing, the sword that has been pressed for thousands of years, no matter what metal it is, even if it is my Junsheng sword, I am afraid that it will be bent, or even broken, but this bronze sword can be so elastic, it is really terrifying.
"Then the things on display in this museum are nothing more than two things, one is bronze, the other is the terracotta warriors, the terracotta warriors and horses are divided into inferior sergeant figurines, medium sergeant figurines, senior sergeant figurines, kneeling figurines, cavalry figurines, saddle horse figurines, saddle horse cavalry figurines, car figurines, imperial hand figurines, painted kneeling figurines, by the way, in fact, these terracotta warriors and horses were originally colored, and the appearance was colored, but when excavating, no way was found to remedy them, so the original colorful terracotta warriors, in just thirty seconds, the surface of the layer of paint oxidized and peeled off, revealing the billet inside, that is, the gray earth color we see now。 "The beauty is really very skilled in business.
I nodded, I actually know this better than her, because I have robbed several graves.
"The terracotta warriors and horses have a thousand faces, which means that the faces of these terracotta warriors and horses are all different, just like there are no two eggs in the world that are exactly the same, and there are no duplicate faces in these terracotta warriors. The beautiful woman explained again.
Now I was shocked again, I hadn't heard of it, I said: "These terracotta warriors and horses should be made of clay, so many scales, there should be a mold, otherwise one by one, how much manpower, material resources and time will it take?"
"But that's the case, these terracotta warriors and horses are not repeating the face, you look at the facial expressions of these terracotta warriors, lifelike, the level of clay sculptures two thousand years ago, comparable to the current level, from these points you see, how many of the world's top skills in our China are lost. The beautiful woman sighed and said.
I nodded, grandpa used to have a saying, inheritance, inheritance, inheritance, inheritance, but in the middle of China, up and down for five thousand years, the things that have been passed down are far less than those that have been lost, and the rate may be several times or even dozens of times, hundreds of times.
I suddenly remembered a rumor that I had said, "There was a man who stole a terracotta warrior from here and sold it, right?"
"Well, yes. The beautiful woman nodded and asked in a low voice, "How do you know?"
"I've heard that it sold for a million dollars. I laughed.
"I don't know exactly how much it is, but it looks like I was caught. The beauty said: "I don't know the specifics, I only know that the terracotta warriors and horses have also been recovered." ”
I laughed and said nothing, the tomb robber was not caught, but also killed by this terracotta warrior, because this thief pointed back, some of these terracotta warriors and horses were living figurines, and it happened that the one he stole was, and that one actually triggered the curse.