Chapter 578: The Origin of the Golden Buddha (Part II)
Seeing the solemn looks of the two teachers, Fang Yi didn't dare to bother, and made a gesture to the fat man and the three guns who were about to eat, so that the two of them quieted down, as for Man Jun and Zhao Hongtao, they naturally didn't need Fang Yi to remind them, when Sun Lianda and Yu Xuan checked the Golden Buddha, the two of them even slowed down their breathing a little. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Sun Lianda and Yu Xuan's process of observing the Golden Buddha was very slow and meticulous, almost from beginning to end with a magnifying glass, and finally asked Man Jun and Fang Yi to join hands, put the Golden Buddha flat on the table, and carefully observed the bottom for a while.
After watching it for almost half an hour, the three guns couldn't wait, so they simply went to the kitchen with the food to eat, while the fat man was bored using his mobile phone to send text messages to his girlfriend, only Fang Yi and Zhao Hongtao were still thinking about the actions of the two teachers.
"Teacher, have you got a result?"
After Sun Lianda and Yu Xuan put down the magnifying glass in their hands, Fang Yi hurriedly handed over two hot towels, in this cold winter wax moon, Sun Lianda and Yu Xuan actually saw the sweat on their foreheads, which showed the intentions of the two.
"I guess it's that thing, but I'm not sure, let's let Teacher Sun tell you......" Yu Xuan took the towel and wiped his face, both of them looked a little tired, but those eyes were still staring at the golden Buddha on the table, as if they were looking at a peerless treasure.
"Lao Yu, nine times out of ten it's that thing!" Sun Lianda covered his eyes with a hot towel, and after taking the towel away, he said: "I didn't expect that record to be true, and this thing really exists!"
"Hey, I said two teachers, can we not play dumb riddles?"
The fat man who stopped texting couldn't hold back at first, "Two teachers, what is the origin of this golden Buddha? Now gold is two hundred yuan a gram, and we can sell it for millions just by selling gold, right?"
"Little fat man, look at your little bit of talent...... Yu Xuan glanced at the fat man fiercely with his eyes, and said: "This is a cultural relic, it represents history, don't measure it with money, and it can't be measured at all......"
"What history, I knew it was made of gold...... the fat man muttered quietly, but he didn't dare to let the two old men hear it.
"Teacher, tell us about it, it seems that this thing still has a big future?"
Seeing that the fat man was deflated, Zhao Hongtao asked carefully, he was also well-informed, and he followed the two of them to check it carefully, but he didn't see any clue about the origin of this golden Buddha.
"Of course it's a big deal......," Sun Lianda nodded, and said to Zhao Hongtao: "How much do you know about the history of Myanmar?"
"The history of Burma?"
Zhao Hongtao frowned when he heard this, and said: "Myanmar is also an ancient country, similar to the history of China, but the establishment of a dynasty was in 1044 AD, their first dynasty was the Bagan Dynasty, and later after being destroyed by the Mongols, it has experienced almost four or five dynasties, but it has always been our subject country......"
Zhao Hongtao followed Sun Lianda as a graduate student, and later took the doctoral examination in history, and was very familiar with the history of some countries at home and abroad.
"Well, you're right......" Sun Lianda nodded, he used to like to be so particular about students, and now he looked at Fang Yi again and said, "You can tell me?"
"Teacher, this ...... I still know a little bit about the history of this country, and if you ask me about it outside my country, then I will be blind......"
Fang Yi immediately smiled bitterly when he heard this, everything he learned was from a wild road, even those histories were also heard from the mouth of the old Taoist, and he had never studied systematically at all, and he didn't understand anything in China, where did he know about foreign things.
"Also, you don't know about this......"
Hearing Fang Yi's words, Sun Lianda laughed dumbly, and just when he wanted to continue, Zhao Hongtao suddenly exclaimed, "Teacher, you ...... You wouldn't say that this was the golden Buddha of the Gongbang Dynasty back then, would you?"
"Why not?" Sun Lianda looked at Zhao Hongtao with a smile, very satisfied, it seems that although Zhao Hongtao has been in the career all these years, he has not lost all the previous knowledge.
"This ...... Isn't that incredible?"
Zhao Hongtao almost put his eyes on the golden Buddha, carefully checked it again, and there was an indescribable expression on his face, "Looking at the weathering degree of these gold, it is really possible that it is the ...... of that era."
"It's not possible, it's nine times out of ten!"
Sun Lianda has always been known for his bold reasoning and careful verification, but once Sun Lianda made a conclusion, the authenticity of the object basically did not run, and so far I have not heard of Sun Lianda having an erroneous identification result, which is also the reason why Sun Lianda has such a big name in the industry.
"Since the teacher said yes, it should be it......" Zhao Hongtao nodded, this time his tone was very affirmative.
Sun Lianda pointed to the Golden Buddha and said, "Hong Tao, tell them a few things, although this thing is not our country, but it is also related to us, and it is an object that has appeared in history......"
"Hmm, has it ever appeared in history?" Hearing Sun Lianda's words, Fang Yi and Man Jun's eyes suddenly lit up, unlike the fat man who looked dazed and unlearned, Fang Yi and Man Jun knew the weight of this sentence.
In China's 5,000 years, in this long period of history, almost all the objects that can be left intact can be called antiquities, and a large part of them can reach the level of cultural relics, and the number is not very small as people think, but very much.
But cultural relics do not mean that they are very valuable or valuable, such as some ancient dynasties have issued a large number of copper coins, which can also be regarded as cultural relics, but whether in terms of research value or market value, they are not very precious, and some folk ceramics, even if they are up to the level of cultural relics, the value is not very high.
Valuable cultural relics are usually divided into two categories, one is the cultural relics that are well preserved, and through the study of them, we can understand the normal state of social life in ancient times, and this kind of cultural relics are of high research value and are the favorite of archaeologists and historians.
The other type of cultural relics is the exquisite ancient artworks, which have high artistic value and high market value, which is commonly referred to as antiques.
There are not a lot of antiques handed down in ancient times, but the value of antiques is not the same, the things collected by the official family are more valuable than the private collections, the ancient famous calligraphy and paintings are often more valuable than the anonymous paintings, and the antiques that celebrities have played with are worth more than the antiques without provenance.
In addition, there is a kind of cultural relics that have both historical research value and market value, that is, things that have appeared in the classic records, such as the fish intestine sword that specializes in stabbing the Wu king, and the Goujian sword used by the king of Yue, of course, the most famous is the unknown Heshi Bi jade seal.
There are so many cultural relics in the world, but there are very few that can leave a name, so this kind of cultural relics are extremely precious and rare, basically collected in major museums, and the people are basically invisible, so as soon as they heard Sun Lianda's words, Fang Yi and Man Jun knew that this golden Buddha was afraid that it was not small.
"This is the ...... of the Gongbang Dynasty in Burma" Zhao Hongtao's historical foundation is very solid, and after thinking about it for a while, he told Fang Yi and Manjun and others about a history hundreds of years ago.
It turned out that the Gongbang Dynasty was the last dynasty of Burma, and the founder of this dynasty was called Yongjiya, and was called the "Three Great Emperors of Burma" along with Anuruda and Mang Yinglong.
In 1752, after the Mongols occupied Ava, the capital of the Donghu Dynasty, they persuaded Yongzhiya to surrender, Yongzhiya refused to surrender, and took Gongbang as a base to defeat the attack of the Mongol army in one fell swoop.
After the capture of Awa in 1753, he was followed by successive captures of Beba, Dagon (present-day Yangon) and Baigu from 1756 to 1757, unifying Lower Burma, which was very powerful for the surrounding areas at that time, of course, not including the Qing Dynasty at that time.
Myanmar believes in Buddhism, and is a gold-rich country, non-ferrous metal resources are very rich, after the death of Yong Jiya, his descendants cast a golden Buddha with pure gold, in the palace to accept the offering.
The strength of the Gongbang Dynasty is based on submission to China, in a occasional opportunity, a Qing Dynasty general stationed at the border, saw this golden Buddha, so he was greedy in his heart, and when he accepted a banquet from the king of Burma, he secretly sent troops to rob the golden Buddha.
But what the general didn't expect was that Burma, the land of projectiles, did not retreat this time, but directly sent troops into the territory and snatched the golden Buddha back, and the general was also killed in battle, and the war developed more and more, which is called the Sino-Burmese War in history.
Finally, after the Qing Dynasty government found out the cause of the war, the war ended with the signing of a contract between the two sides, claiming that it was a war because of the control of border territory and resources, but in fact, the temptation of war was the golden Buddha in front of him.
Sun Lianda, Yu Xuan and others, who knew this history, looked at this golden Buddha as if they had witnessed the war with their own eyes, and in their minds, the historical research value of this golden Buddha was far from being measurable by the value of gold itself.
"Brother Zhao, that ...... And how much is this thing worth?"
Just when Fang Yi and Man Jun were immersed in that period of history, the fat man's voice sounded again, for the fat man, his values are all tied to money, history is something that cannot be seen or touched, and it has nothing to do with him.
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