Chapter 374: A Huge Bronze Statue

………… After putting away the national treasure among the national treasures, the Jingzhou Ding, one of the nine tripods of the country, and the Shuangfengzun engraved with a 189-character eulogy, Liu Dong looked at the bronze next to him.

First of all, two bronze lamps with a height of 180 cm are in front of you. Among them, the first one is three dragons as feet, lifting a hollow bronze base, and then on the base is a long cone-shaped, tree-like, bronze lamp with branches, the whole lamp is divided into six layers, a total of 18 lamp plates from small to large. Each light pan has a finger-thick bronze pole that connects to the main light pole in the middle.

Moreover, the lamp plate and lamp pole are carved with geometric ornaments, and there are some bronze figurines of maid costumes on the lamp plate.

The whole lantern is practical with a luxurious atmosphere, and belongs to the bronze products of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The other lantern is no less impressive, the overall style is the same as this one, but under the base becomes three bronze figurines held high by both hands, which hold up the hollow base of the bronze zuò, and there are three round carved phoenixes on the base. There are clear cloud and thunder patterns on the lamp plate and lamp pole, as well as some branches coiled around the lamp pole, and the branches are also inlaid with these birds and beasts.

There are inscriptions on the two gorgeous lamps, and Liu Dong took a look at them and found that these two lampholders were used for sacrifice. Of course, it was not the king of Chu Zhuang who was sacrificed, but the gods worshiped by the Chu state, the god of heaven, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the human god Zhurong.

Of course, according to the historical records, there are three main types of gods and spirits in the envelope of the Chu people, namely the gods of heaven (the god of the sun, the moon, clouds and thunder), the god of the earth (the god of mountains, rivers and land) and the god of man (the god of ancestors), the gods of heaven have the god Taiyi, the god of the sun, Dongjun, etc., and the gods of the earth have mountain ghosts, water gods, river gods, etc. The human gods are Zhurong, Gaoxin, Xuanyuan, etc.

However, the people of Chu advocate red. That is, the meaning of a raging fire. The totem is the flame beast phoenix, so the most revered gods are the sun and Zhurong.

Therefore, the two huge bronze statues that appear in front of Liu Dong's eyes now and lie in the center of the cave are the sun god Dongjun, that is, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the human god, who are also taught the god of fire Zhurong.

They are a bird-headed human body. Dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a long sword in his hand, he dressed as an emperor. The other is a beast-faced man, wearing armor, holding a spear, and wearing a flame crest, dressed as a warrior.

Obviously, this is what the gods and ancestors look like in the eyes of the Chu people, and of course both of them are mythologized in the hearts of the Chu people.

However, it is difficult for Liu Dong to imagine that more than 2,000 years ago. How did the craftsmen of the Chu State cast these two huge bronze statues, which reached a height of four meters?

However, it is clear that these two huge bronze statues were cast using the lost-wax method. It was already the pinnacle of bronze art at that time.

This time, Liu Dong did not try to weigh the weight of the two statues, because they were not physical but hollow, and after more than 2,000 years of burial underground, it was difficult to tell how strong they were.

Although it seems that Uncle Li and the others have transported these two idols here and they are still intact, they should be tough enough, Liu Dong still does not dare to take the risk because they are too precious.

In addition to these two huge statues, there is also a square plate with a diameter of two meters and supported by four bronze tigers, the diameter of the plate is two meters, and the center of the plate is densely engraved with inscriptions, Liu Dong didn't count many words, but the content is equivalent to an epitaph, which tells the main achievements of the life of King Chuzhuang, and is full of praises!

In addition to this bronze plate, there is also a large statue with a height of 160 centimeters and a diameter of nearly 60 centimeters, surrounded by cloud and thunder patterns, geometric patterns, banana leaf patterns, and gluttonous patterns, as well as a huge wine ban with a length of 250 centimeters and a width of 120 centimeters.

"Forbidden" ancient tea table, a kind of ancient bronze in China, called "forbidden" case-shaped vessel, is the Zhou Dynasty nobles in the sacrificial or banquet when the utensils to put the wine utensils.

At this moment, on the wine ban in front of Liu Dong, there are two elephant ear copper pots, three owl pots, a bronze Fang Yi, and a bronze Wei, judging from the inscription on it, this is the utensils of King Chuzhuang during his lifetime.

After putting away all these bronzes, Liu Dong once again used the relics to explore all the caves, and after finding that nothing was missing, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Then he moved a stone and sat down looking at the flowing underground river.

Comprehensively calculated, this time Uncle Li and they stole more than 20,000 bronzes from the tomb of King Chuzhuang, in addition to a small number of weapons and the vast majority of chariot and horse weapons, the remaining food vessels, wine vessels, water vessels and musical instruments are about more than 3,000 pieces, of which more than 90% are with inscriptions, and there are more than 800 large bronzes with a size of more than 50 centimeters, and nearly 500 pieces can be rated as national treasures.

In addition, among the more than 3,000 bronze artifacts, only one-third of them really belonged to the king of Chuzhuang, and most of the rest were his trophies.

In addition to the bronze ware, which occupies the vast majority, the largest number is jade. However, there are no large pieces of jade, except for a jade qin, the largest remaining jade is a twenty-four dragon and phoenix jade pendant with a total length of nearly 60 centimeters.

Only a small amount of the remaining jade is forty centimeters, and the remaining thirty centimeters are the majority. In addition, there are some jade figures, jade beasts, and some jade jewelry and other jade objects.

And all the jade artifacts together have more than 6,000 pieces.

Next is the gold, of course, the largest is the king of Chuzhuang's nine tripods and eight gold, although the rest of the gold ware has a lot of imitation bronze foodware, wine and water vessels, but the shape is not large, as for jewelry, hooks and other gold jewelry are small pieces, all the gold objects together there are about more than a hundred pieces.

But even so, among all the ancient tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period excavated in China, the unearthed gold artifacts are unique in terms of weight and quantity.

There are more than 1,000 pieces of lacquerware, woodware, pottery, and bone ware that remain.

There are more than 25,000 bronzes, gold, silver, jade, lacquerware, wood, pottery and bone ware. Of course, Liu Dong believes that these are not all in the tomb of King Chuzhuang.

With the personality of Uncle Li and the tomb robbers, the broken bronzes, most of the worthless pottery, and the lacquered wood and bone artifacts of low value were all destroyed or left in the tomb by them.

"It's a pity that there is no silk fabric!" Liu Dong felt a little regretful in his heart.

The Chu bamboo handicraft industry is also quite developed, and the level of weaving technology is quite high. Bamboo weaving not only has dozens of varieties, but also more than 1,000 pieces, and is equally widely used. There are sawing, cutting, weaving and other methods of bamboo making, among which the weaving patterns are diverse, and the beauty is like a brocade.

The silk weaving and embroidery craft of the Chu State is also one of the important symbols of the heyday of the Chu civilization.

However, organic materials such as silk and leather goods are the most difficult to preserve, and after being buried in the ground for more than two years, once the air circulates, they quickly oxidize and cannot be preserved. Moreover, with the personality of Uncle Li and the tomb robbers, they would never care about these silk fabrics.

However, Liu Dong also knew that he still had the opportunity to see the silk weaving and embroidery products of Chu State, which had the most developed silk weaving industry during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because the coffins of King Xiong Lu and his queen of Chuzhuang, who had been put into the mustard seed space by him, had not been opened by Uncle Li and them, and they were well sealed and had not been exposed to the air outside, so they had not oxidized.

Now, they are included in the mustard seed space, so it will naturally be slowly restored by Liu Dong's relics Yuanguang, and when the museum is opened in the future, it will definitely be able to perfectly reproduce the peerless elegance of the top silk weaving handicrafts of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period 2,500 years ago.

"However, in the future, how to make these bronze, gold and silver artifacts reasonable and legal, and to be able to display them publicly, is still a headache!"

Liu Dong knew very well in his heart that it was impossible for a private person to own so many bronzes, unless it was a tomb robbery. In addition, with the status of King Chuzhuang in Chinese history, although it is still not as good as the first emperor who ruled the world, as one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period, his funeral goods were born, and Liu Dong can fully imagine how much of a sensation it will cause in the future.

Moreover, Liu Dong still has the coffin of King Chuzhuang in his hand, once it is opened, it will be big news that can shake the whole world.

If Liu Dong can't come up with a convincing reason, then this big news will be a big trouble for him.

"What a headache, what a headache!" Liu Dong knocked his head and frowned tightly, now the joy of harvesting the great treasure has completely receded.

Of course, the best way to get out of this trouble is to put these things back in. Obviously, this is impossible, Liu Dong ran all the way to this poor ravine for them, and naturally he couldn't give up.

"Forget it, there must be a way before the car reaches the mountain! Don't think about it!" After shaking his head, he really didn't have any good ideas in his heart, Liu Dong temporarily put down his thoughts.

"It's broken!" Liu Dong said secretly in his heart.

Just now, he was only concerned about checking the treasure of King Zhuang, and he completely forgot about the time, and now it has been six hours since he entered the Cave of Hades. The people outside didn't know how anxious they were, if someone came in to look for him and died, it would not be what Liu Dong wanted.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong had to give up the idea of continuing to track down Uncle Li and their route to steal King Zhuang's tomb, and quickly ran along the way they came.

With the relics of Yuanguang, Liu Dong doesn't have to worry about not being able to see the road clearly, and the rope left by Uncle Li and them at the beginning also allows Liu Dong not to worry about getting lost. So when he came in, Liu Dong walked for nearly an hour in the rugged Shandong, and with his full speed galloping, it only took less than fifteen minutes to faintly see the exit of the Hades Cave.

Fortunately, it was still noon when he first came in, and now the time is seven o'clock in the evening, and the direct point of the sun in September is still in the northern hemisphere, and the daytime is the longest, so when Liu Dong came out, the sky outside was still very bright.

At this time, Liu Dong also heard the sound of quarrels coming from outside.

………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued......)