Chapter 124: Riverbed Fossils

As we all know, the dragon was the supreme symbol in ancient China, as a prince of Zhao, would he build a stone dragon array next to his mausoleum as a burial companion? Are these ten stone dragons like the Xi'an Terracotta Army, built for King Zhao "the thing of the tomb"?

The answer should be obvious......

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The other three people were also a little confused at this time, and they also needed to stop and take a look.

"Oh, I see. Dare to love that this big stone is really a big stone......" The master said with a sudden realization, as if he really understood.

"Oh......? There is an ancient tomb in this cave?!" Ye Qiu's eyes widened and he said, as if he had only understood this.

"Is this big stone artificially made......" Chen Fei said quite skeptically. That's right, Chen Fei's question at this time is the focus of what Wan San just said. In other words, the so-called dragon fossil in front of me is simply artificial.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, cough, cough, cough......" Wan San coughed dryly. It means don't rush to make up your mind, there are still farts to be released in the future......

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That's right, after preliminary research at that time, people did come up with the stone dragon array that was artificially built and was the treasure of the tomb built for King Zhao.

However, after further investigation, the experts unanimously rejected this preliminary conclusion.

There are two reasons: First, there is no conclusive artificial trace on any stone dragon.

2. There is no record of such a project in any historical book.

So, since experts have ruled out the possibility that these stone dragons are artificially made. So, the question is back to the beginning - how did the stone dragon come about......

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At that time, the number of stone dragons in Jiangyao Village was ten, all of which only had dragon bodies, and some only showed part of their backs. To the surprise of the experts, these stones are yellow on the outside and gray on the inside, much like bone marrow ......!

So someone thought of the fossils of large animals!

Over the years, there have been many theories about the origin of dragons. In recent years, through further research by historians, it has been proposed that the earliest "dragon" in China was actually a Chinese alligator.

After careful observation by experts, the dragon body of the stone dragon is indeed somewhat similar to that of the Chinese alligator. It is also based on this inference that some people ask, could these ancient stone dragons be the fossils of Chinese alligators or other large animals?!

Although no one at the time put forward strong evidence for the conflict, this argument was rejected by most people. Because I racked my brains, I couldn't imagine that there would be animals hundreds of meters long in this world......

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Therefore, this requires experts to treat these ten stone dragons with a more scientific and objective attitude.

Then, new ideas soon emerged.

The experts carefully inspected the area and found that the surface of Wollongong has a layer of sand-forming rock, with wave marks of coastal terraces. There are exposed sea erosion rocks on the roadside, and there are ditches and wind tunnels washed by water flow on the stones, which can be regarded as a kind of sand-forming rock formation. There are also some eggs on the hillside, which the locals call "dragon eggs", but experts believe they are turtle eggs.

Therefore, based on these evidences, some experts have made a bold judgment: the area around Jiangyao Village used to be the seaside of the sea, the location of the hill was the coastal terrace, and the stone dragon was located in the shallow sea of the ancient sea. He believes that the stone dragon is actually a giant spine shape that gradually formed under the natural dehydration, solidification, and contraction of ancient sea sand. In other words, after the disappearance of the sea in ancient times, the sediment that was originally deposited on the seabed slowly dried up and formed this unique form.

However, this statement is still opposed by many people, because there are still three issues that are not clear here.

1. Was Handan really a vast ocean at one time? Who can prove it?!

In fact, since the Quaternary period, that is, 2.48 million years, there is no record of marine facies near Handan. The formation time of the stone dragon is only about 100,000 years, so it cannot be formed by the sediment of the seabed. Moreover, no evidence of marine phase has been found in the local investigation.

2. No matter what the reason for the formation of these stone dragons, how could there be as many as ten at once, and they were arranged so regularly?

Hi......

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It's been talked about for a long time, and it's been debated for a long time.

And after a long time, the answer that was acceptable to most people was finally born.

As mentioned earlier, wave marks were discovered from Wollongong at that time. And this so-called wave mark terrain can appear not only by the sea, but also by lakes, rivers, and even deserts. As long as there is a fluid on the ground, such as wind or water, this wave mark terrain is possible.

After a thorough analysis, it was concluded that about 100,000 years ago, the area where the stone dragon appeared was the paleochannel, and then the river slowly dried up, and the sand in the paleochannel gradually dehydrated, solidified, and contracted. Moreover, there is some mud mixed with both sides of the river, and the shrinkage rate of the soil is higher than that of sand.

Therefore, in the process of shrinkage, it gradually becomes a cylindrical shape with a bulge in the middle and a concave on both sides!

The sand particles on the body of the stone dragon are uniform, and when they solidify and shrink and break, the force is uniform, and the bone joints of the stone dragon are broken at an equal distance.

As for the dragon claws and other side objects, the experts explained that these were actually small branches of the ancient river channel, and there was sand left in them. The sand changes together with the sand of the Gudao River, forming a shape similar to the dragon's claw.

In addition, the reason for the appearance of ten stone dragons is that the river channel is constantly changing its course, moving in parallel, and after the river is removed, the remaining channel is filled with sand, so that several relatively parallel stone dragons are eventually formed. And the glue we see on the big stone dragon is actually formed by some later sand seeping into the cracks before it solidifies.

Therefore, after some detailed investigation and demonstration, the experts finally speculated that these huge ancient stone dragons were actually naturally formed ancient river channel calcium fossils!

Nothing more......

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Wansan is a good way to dance with eyebrows, and the spittle stars are flying around.

"Oh...... I get it thoroughly, you mean...... This big stone is the fossil of this river?" the master suddenly realized. That's right, he got it this time. According to Wan San, this cylindrical boulder more than 200 meters long is the fossil of a riverbed!

"Hey, I only heard that animals or plants can generate fossils, but I didn't expect that this riverbed would also become this fossil......" Ye Qiu said in amazement......