Chapter 1017 Sheet of Metal
PS: The second change is up, asking for monthly pass support.
Starting from the Qin Dynasty, after cultural unification, in the following Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, each dynasty has its own significant cultural characteristics, which can be called typical representatives. For example, Han Fu, Tang poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, Ming and Qing novels.
Of course, there is nothing else to get hold of in every era, except for these cultures. It is mainly summarized and divided according to the general category, and it is naturally easier to draw such a conclusion. Just like the Song Dynasty, there are people who chant poems and write poems, but relative to the words, there are relatively few poems, and it is difficult to surpass their predecessors at all, so they will naturally not become representatives.
Some people summarize the law, the culture of each era is customary, that is also a last resort, the predecessors have brought a certain culture to the extreme, and today's people have to start anew, as long as they dig carefully, they can always achieve something.
However, in modern times, this situation has changed a lot. Due to the blending and collision of Eastern and Western cultures, the cultures have become more and more diverse. At this moment, everyone is at a loss, even after decades of exploration, but so far has not been able to find a suitable path of development.
After all, he is not a full-time scholar of culture, but he knows that if the current situation is not changed, the slogan of building a cultural power is definitely just a joke.
When Wang Guan was pondering, Yu Feibai was not idle, and directly took out the box of parchment and handed it to Qian Lao for research. And Qian Lao looked like he was relishing, as if he could understand it.
Seeing this situation, Wang Guan was also quite curious: "Old Qian, do you know Hebrew?" ”
"I don't understand." Qian Lao shook his head and smiled: "It's just that I'm checking these parchments, don't think that the words written on the parchment must be antiquities." You must know that not only China has counterfeit cultural relics, but also in the West, such things are not uncommon. ”
"That's right."
For a moment, Yu Feibai thought it was true: "Don't say that the parchment paper is fake, even the papyrus paper is also old." ”
What is Pu Papyrus, of course Wang Guan knows.
As early as the third millennium BC. Egypt has begun to use papyrus paper to record writing, which involves tearing apart the reeds and placing one layer on top of the other. The natural gum of the reeds will bind the two layers together, and the paper will be joined together to form a roll.
It is said that the writing habits of Westerners were formed at this time. Because there are natural horizontal lines on the papyrus paper, it is definitely easier to write along the horizontal plane when writing. After years of development, this writing habit has been preserved.
As for China, because it is customary to use bamboo slips to engrave characters, then even if paper was invented. The ancients were still accustomed to writing vertically. So the origin of Eastern and Western cultures is different, and it depends largely on the local plants?
In Egypt, too, due to the dry weather, it is possible that the grass rolls have survived. But in other damp places, this kind of paper is not preserved for a long time, so it is used as a carrier such as leather.
In any case, the ancients attached far more importance to culture than people can imagine today. They try their best to pass on cultural knowledge. Therefore, today, we can see that all regions and nations in the world have their own set of cultural expressions. Some have been passed down in their entirety, while others have unfortunately been faulted. Some of them have merged and become new cultures.
It is because of the difficulty in preserving ancient writing, so some cultural research institutions, or experts and scholars. I was willing to pay a lot of money for ancient scrolls. Seeing that it was profitable, some people naturally moved their minds and began to forge all kinds of pampas rolls, parchment, and linen rolls. And scribble some gibberish text on the volume.
Not to mention, such a deceptive thing is often deceived by many people. So much so that with the continuous development of scientific identification technology, in the world's major museums, from time to time there are such and such manuscripts, manuscripts, etc., which are identified as forged fakes at that time, and naturally become a joke.
Of course, not only abroad, but also at home. Legend has it that someone took a piece of pancake, and then cracked the cake surface, and then printed it directly on the paper, forming a seemingly very mysterious line pattern, and then pretending to be the ancient Jin Dingwen, there are actually some people who believe it, and buy it ignorantly to study. Even if someone later debunked it, the researchers were obsessed and did not admit their mistakes.
All kinds of deeds show that Qian Lao's worries are not superfluous, and it is indeed necessary to study these parchment rolls.
"It doesn't look like it's old."
At this time, Yu Feibai scratched his head and said, "There is no special smell, and it is very natural." And this crack, it's a crack of natural aging......"
"That's right."
Qian Lao also nodded in agreement: "Just look at the traces of sewing, the real ancient parchment is not a whole piece of leather as everyone imagines, but is made of refined sheepskin, carefully cut and stitched piece by piece." Especially when writing, it is necessary to fill in the horizontal lines and straight lines very hard to ensure that each line is written neatly. ”
"That's right."
At the right time, Yu Feibai signaled: "You see, several pieces of sheepskin are glued and sewn, and then cut into pieces of pages. The process is also more cumbersome, and people nowadays should not have the patience to falsify like this. ”
"It's hard to say."
Wang Guan said with a smile: "Counterfeiting is also divided into stalls and high-end products, and the stalls must be shoddy, but the high-end products that make a lot of money must have to pay some effort." If you don't even have this patience, how can you make money? ”
"Hey, what you mean by that, it's like I wish the things I bought were fakes." Yu Feibai was surprised: "Or, do you think these are fakes?" ”
"What, I can't be cautious." Wang Guan shrugged his shoulders and ignored the parchment anymore, but looked back at the small box containing the parchment. I saw that the box was very old, and the wood had already shown some signs of decay, if it wasn't for the iron sheet wrapped in the corners, maybe the box would have fallen apart a long time ago.
Of course, this is not the point, the point is that in Wang Guan's eyes, this box is a little unusual. At this time, he reached out and picked up the box, weighed it slightly, and even knocked on the wall of the box.
At this moment, Yu Fei's white eyes lit up, and he immediately snatched the box away with lightning speed, and then wondered: "Is there a mezzanine?" ”
As he spoke, Yu Feibai also began to beat, but he didn't hear any echo. In other words, every inch of the siding is a solid sound, and there is no mezzanine at all.
"It should be that the siding is too thick." Yu Feibai definitely wouldn't give up easily, and directly took tools to dismantle the box, and even in the process of dismantling, the wooden planks couldn't withstand the violence and directly shattered into pieces.
After a few moments, the chest was reduced to a pile of wood chips, along with some iron sheets embedded in the boards. At a glance, it is clear that there is no mezzanine at all.
"You're cheating me again." Yu Feibai glared angrily, looking very angry.
"When did I say the box has a mezzanine?"
At the right time, Wang Guan laughed and laughed: "I just want to check what kind of wood the box is, who knew that you were in such a hurry, and opened it without saying a word." ”
"Then why don't you stop it?" Yu Feibai said confidently: "When I demolish it, you can completely dissuade it." Seeing that you have no objection, I will definitely tear it down. ”
"I guess you won't listen to what I say, so I won't say it at all." Wang Guan is stating a fact.
In this regard, Yu Feibai will definitely not admit it, and snorted to express his dissatisfaction. Immediately, the adults didn't care about the villain, and generously forgave Wang Guan and no longer cared about this little thing......
Wang Guan is accustomed to Yu Feibai's hard-mouthed performance of a dead duck, even if he is old Qian, he just smiled lightly and didn't bother to pay attention to it. In addition, Yu Feibai also knew that he had done wrong, so he hurriedly wanted to make up for it and took the initiative to clean the wood chips on the table.
"Wait......"
At this moment, Wang Guan pulled out a thin piece of iron sheet from the wood chips, which was a pillar embedded in the bottom of the box to keep the box from cracking. After Yu Feibai pulled out the iron sheet, the bottom of the box was directly shattered.
At first glance, it can be seen that the iron sheet is relatively thin, about one to two millimeters thick. However, it may be due to the passage of time, a layer of rust film has accumulated on the iron sheet, which is full of vicissitudes and clumsiness.
At this time, Wang Guan found a rag and carefully wiped the rust dust off the iron sheet, and vaguely you could see that there were some inscriptions on the iron sheet.
"Huh."
Yu Feibai noticed it next to him, immediately dropped the cleaning work at hand, and hurriedly came closer to watch: "What is this?" ”
"I guess it's words."
Wang Guan looked at it, then shook his head and said: "It's almost the same as the text on parchment, but I can't read it anyway." ”
"Is it to explain the origin of these parchments?" Yu Feibai squinted his eyes and watched, but he didn't gain anything. However, he also felt that perhaps the text on the tin sheet was more precious than the parchment.
"Take a look."
At the same time, Qian Lao was also a little more curious, took the iron sheet handed by Wang Guan, weighed it with his hand, studied it carefully for a while, and immediately said: "This is not an iron sheet, but some kind of metal sheet." If it was iron, so thin, it would have been oxidized and rotted long ago. And purely in terms of weight, it is much heavier than iron sheets. ”
Of course, the material is secondary, but the content is the key.
As he spoke, Qian Lao paid close attention to the contents of the metal sheet, and saw that these letters were very clearly engraved on the plate, and the arrangement and line spacing were very accurate, neat and orderly, and full of special rhythm. However, it is a pity that due to cultural differences, even Qian Lao can't figure out what these words mean.
"Feibai, help me make a call......"
If you don't understand, just ask, Qian Lao didn't support it, and immediately signaled Yu Feibai to open the address book and contact experts and scholars in this area.
When Yu Feibai was on the phone, Qian Lao also continued to study metal flakes, groping repeatedly, but he couldn't grasp the material of the thing, and it felt like some kind of alloy.
"It's so thin, but it's not crispy, but it's a little tough, and the process is not simple."
Qian Lao approved, you must know that in the ancient West, especially before the Middle Ages, the smelting technology was very backward, and it was naturally not easy to make the metal so thin and tough...... (To be continued......)