Chapter 1584: The Myth of the Plum Vase
"It sounds quite complicated, does this so-called religious archaeology have any application in reality?" Zhang Tianyuan asked after thinking for a while.
"In the snow field 'Condor Ancient Kingdom' castle site, archaeologists have found more than 120 groups of ancient architectural remains, unearthed a large number of pottery, stone tools, iron tools, bone carvings, indicating that this was a prosperous and developed settlement, and a large number of burial tombs have been found here, which is very different from the funeral customs of the snow field advocating sky burial, and the bronze double-sided statue unearthed here is also completely different from the statue of modern Tibetan Buddhism...... All this shows that before the introduction of Buddhism in India, before the so-called official history of the snowy fields, there was already a glorious civilization on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and this civilization was the 'Divine Eagle Ancient Kingdom Civilization'. ”
"I'm going, how did you talk about the Ancient Kingdom of the Divine Eagle?" Zhang Tianyuan felt that this Wu Tong was really good at giving examples, maybe he was not familiar with others, but he was a little familiar with the Ancient Kingdom of the Divine Eagle.
"According to the exploration of archaeologists, the origin of the snowfield compatriots on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is very long and ancient, with a history of 13,000 to 17,000 years. Then everyone will invariably think about such a question: 'What is the origin of the ancient snowfield compatriot culture?'"
The answer is: Just before the introduction of Buddhism in India to the snowy plains, the Eagle Religion was widely spread in the snowy plateau and is the most important spiritual belief of the people in the snowy fields. Before the 7th century, all astronomers, educators, translators, physicians, diviners, fortune tellers, feng shui masters, and literate scholars in the Zhangzhung region of Tibet could be called 'Eagle Masters', and all the cultural and religious beliefs of the Tibetan Plateau at that time could be called 'Eagle Sects'. ”
In fact, this Eagle Cult is not just a simple religious belief, but also a cultural system, philosophical thoughts, civilized etiquette, folk customs, national spirit and social education of the fellow people in the Snow Plain. ”
"That's what religious archaeology is studying, but it's quite interesting, so I'll listen to it. Zhang Tianyuan thought about it, anyway, he was idle. It doesn't hurt to listen to it, this religious archaeology is really new to him, and it shouldn't hurt to listen to it.
After listening to this class, Zhang Tianyuan felt that he had really benefited a lot, although he had heard some places in his undergraduate, the depth and breadth were not a concept at all. This one goes a lot deeper.
"By the way, Tianyuan, I heard that you also went to the sea in the Maldives to get antiques?" When sending Zhang Tianyuan to drive, Wu Tong asked casually.
"Yes, I've never been to an undersea tomb before, and that time was so dangerous that I almost lost my life. Zhang Tianyuan smiled bitterly.
"I suggest that if you want to go to this kind of place in the future, it would be helpful to listen to underwater archaeology. Wu Tong said.
"I've heard of underwater archaeology, but I haven't studied it much. Our school also has this professional course?"
"Absolutely. In fact, the germ of underwater archaeology can be traced back to the 16th century, when Italians searched for shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea. By the early 20th century, underwater archaeological surveys were being carried out all over the world, most notably in search of sacrifices and sacrifices in the 'Sacred Pool' of the Mayan cultural site of Chichen Itza in Mexico, and in the sea in the port of Mahdiyeh in Tunisia, a Roman shipwreck laden with ancient Greek art. However, due to the limitations of diving conditions, it is not possible to do fine operations and records during the survey. ”
"It was not until 1943 that diving lungs were invented, and after the Second World War, various aspects of equipment and conditions were improved, which made true underwater archaeology possible. Beginning in the 60s, the French excavated shipwrecks on the seabed near Marseille, and then the American archaeological team excavated shipwrecks from the Greco-Roman and Late Bronze Ages on the seabed near Turkey. Not only did they acquire many of the antiquities contained in the ship, but they also provided important new information for the study of ancient shipbuilding, navigation, maritime traffic, and trade. ”
"Let me tell you, the object of underwater archaeology has expanded from sunken objects and shipwrecks to ruins of cities and port cities submerged in the bottom of lakes and seas. The means and methods of exploration, excavation and photographic documentation have also been greatly improved, so that underwater archaeology continues to produce results at a remarkable rate. It can be thought of that underwater archaeology is an extension of field archaeology in the waters. Field archaeology should have been talked about in detail when you were an undergraduate, and the tomb robbers written in the novel are generally played on land, after all, the tombs under the water are too complex to be excavated. ”
"That's true. I feel deeply, it seems that my basic knowledge is still far behind, and I will have to make up for it in the future. ”
Zhang Tianyuan did not break his promise, perhaps because of this conversation with Wu Tong, his original idea of going to school was abandoned.
Over the next few days. He rushed to the school library early during the day to read books, then went to class and took notes, just like when he was an undergraduate. At night, I went home to tease Ah Zhi and Baili them, and then I went back to accompany my wife, take care of my wife, and tell my wife Liu Mengxun about some interesting things that happened in school.
Although life is a bit busy, it is quite fulfilling, once this person has a goal, he really listens to everything he does.
This time came to Sunday in a flash, that is, the day when Zhang Tianyuan agreed to meet Liu Dabin with Tang Batian.
Nie Zhen originally said that he was going to go out with Zhang Tianyuan, but he couldn't go for the time being. There is no way, life is so helpless, although Nie Zhen wants to go out with Zhang Tianyuan to breathe, but he also has to take care of the company's affairs, as well as his wife and children.
Originally, Zhang Tianyuan planned to go by himself, but his family refused to let him live or die, saying that now rich people go out with bodyguards, not to mention that Zhang Tiantian has offended many people before.
There is no way, so I have to bother Zhanfei to accompany me on a trip, but fortunately, Zhanfei is now in the imperial capital, if it is in Xifeng, it will not be so easy.
Zhang Tianyuan and Tang Batian met at the highway intersection to Jincheng, although Tang Batian also drove the car himself, but because he was just one person, he put the car in the nearby parking lot and got into Zhang Tianyuan's car.
Of course, Zhang Tianyuan did not refuse his request, because Zhang Tianyuan really wanted to inquire about some things, if Tang Batian drove his own car, then this chat would be difficult.
Tang Batian has been very busy these days, on the one hand, for the sake of Liu Dabin's matter, he has investigated a lot of relevant information, just in case Zhang Tianyuan can answer it when he asks. Since he plans to make friends with Zhang Tianyuan and plan to befriend Zhang Tianyuan, he must do this thing beautifully.
He and his friends didn't alarm Liu Dabin, they just kept staring at Liu Dabin's every move, as long as this guy didn't leave Jincheng, he wouldn't be afraid.
His friend was also smart and did not refuse Liu Dabin's request for a loan, but he did not directly agree, just delayed the time and delayed until the meeting to solve these problems.
"Boss Zhang, your previous speculation is basically correct, but we actually underestimate this Liu Dabin, he is actually a master of antiquity for a long time, but he is low-key and doesn't do it often, so almost no one knows. In fact, his father Liu Laoyao is such a person, Liu Laoyao was working in Jing~De~ Town when he was young, and he did high-imitation work, and after he came back, he passed on all the skills to his son, but when his son Liu Dabin learned, the cowhide of the plum bottle had been broken, and the myth of the plum bottle at that time made Liu Laoyao very hurt, and he didn't come up in one breath, and he was actually angry to death. ”
"I know Liu Laoyao, I used to be young with my father, and we went to be soldiers together. Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but say.
"I should know, because I have also investigated, this Liu Dabin's hometown is your Fucheng, and this Liu Dabin is not much older than you. Tang Batian said.
"The plum bottle thing does make people feel a little emotional, I still quite Dong Lao said, our first domestic speculation was the Ming Dynasty blue and white wine plum bottle, not the Yuan plum bottle. At that time, Wuliangye Group also started a lawsuit for the ownership of a plum bottle in a Ming Dynasty wine cellar. The favorite in the collection industry is the 'story', with the help of this 'Wuliangye concept', a Yun Guiren went to Jing ~ Dezhen to order a batch of imitation plum bottles, and then transported to a place not far from the old cellar in Lu~Zhou, buried these 'antiques' into the soil, pretending that someone found a wine cellar in Wanli Nian, and led an antique dealer on the treasure island to Sichuan Prefecture for a 'field trip'. ”
"A 'story' succeeded, and immediately followed the crowd. After the Ming Dynasty plum vase was fried, it happened that a construction site in Gao'an County, next to Jing~ Dezhen, unearthed a cellar of Yuan blue and white plum vases, there were probably dozens, and there were epitaphs. How can a well-intentioned person be willing to give up this excellent opportunity? Immediately ask the major porcelain workshops to work overtime to make plum bottles, and in order to make them more like the case, they are also filled with local water-mixed wine and the sealing mud is also restored in the ancient way -- according to the method of unearthing the plum bottle, instead of the modern method of superglue and yellow mud, it is made of pig's blood and glutinous rice milk mixed with chaff. ”
"Those finished plum bottles are 'old', soaked in potassium permanganate solution to remove the 'thief light', that is, the dazzling light of the glaze of the new porcelain, and the light of the glaze of the old porcelain is called 'Baoguang', and then infiltrated into the 'Tuqin', that is, the traces of soil material seeping into the glaze of ancient porcelain cannot be washed, and the gods can not see it! For a time, the plum bottle was simply popular in the Asian collecting circle, and even some collectors were proud of drinking the ancient wine in the plum bottle, and some people went to the hospital because of this. ”
"There is such a thing, although I know about the broken dream of the plum bottle, but I don't know it so clearly. Tang Batian said in surprise.
Zhang Tianyuan told Tang Batian that the plum bottle was flooded, and finally the cowhide blew up, and the public security department of Jiangsu and Zhejiang alone confiscated thousands of fake antique plum bottles according to the report. (To be continued......)