Ying Chengyuan arranged for Tian Wanqing to take the weeping thorn and us to the Qiuguo Museum, he didn't go with us because of his identity to avoid suspicion, he asked us to go first, Ying Chengyuan said that he had another thing to do, and agreed to meet at Hanchunxuan of Ying's house in Sanmenxia. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tian Wanqing once participated in the excavation and research of the ancient tombs of the Kingdom of Qiu, even though she has been away from the archaeological world for a long time, her words still carry a lot of weight.

The current owner of the museum was originally Tian Wanqing's former colleague and friend, and as we expected, such a precious and historically significant cultural relic completely made it impossible for the museum to refuse Tian Wanqing's request to see Cheng Ruizun in Kowloon again.

Tian Wanqing, in order to give us the opportunity to contact Jiulong Cheng Ruizun alone, dragged on all the way to catch up with the hall owner at the end, Ye Zhiqiu was not born when the ancient tomb of the Kingdom of Yu was discovered, and it is self-evident how excited she and Xue Xinrou were when they came here.

Ye Zhiqiu explained to us that the cemetery of Qiuguo is the only large-scale, well-arranged, well-preserved large-scale ancient tomb group of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, with more than 800 sites of various types and nearly 30,000 pieces of cultural relics unearthed in more than 200 tombs that have been excavated.

The Qiu Guo Museum is a site museum established on the basis of the cemetery of the Qiu Kingdom, the pictures, texts and murals in the museum and the sand table, show us the origin of the Yu Kingdom, which is a Western Zhou Dynasty in the early years of the Ji surname Fengguo, its founding monarch is the brother of King Wen of Zhou, the uncle of King Wu, the Duke of Yu is more in the Zhou Dynasty as a secretary, assisting the King of Zhou in the expedition, participating in major decisions, and has a significant impact on the rise, development and decline of the Zhou Dynasty.

This history once had a prominent vassal state, in the Western Zhou Dynasty from the original area of Shaanxi to the east moved to the Sanmenxia area, set the capital in Shangyang, the most glorious time, the chariot and horse galloped up and down the river, Mobei grassland and the Central Plains land, the chariot and horse to the wind and clouds changed color mountains and rivers shocked, decay, arrogant and extravagant superstitious ghosts and gods.

In the end, only to leave the descendants with a lesson of the death of the country, the years of dust sealed the story of the country, so that it was silent for more than 2,800 years, because the history of the existence of the country is not long, and the later Qin Emperor burned the book to lead to the extreme lack of information about the country, the records in the literature are too brief, most of them are a few words, and the later generations of commentators hold their own words, so the real situation about the country of Yu is like a flower in the fog, and it is always clear.

With the discovery and excavation of the cemetery of the Kingdom of Yuguo in Sanmenxia, it has provided an opportunity to solve the mystery of the Kingdom of Qiu, so that this history that has been sealed by the years can be truly presented in the eyes of the world.

Listening to Ye Zhiqiu's explanation all the way, I followed the staff to the underground warehouse, there were armed police officers standing at the door, and the thick iron gate We have walked through five roads, each of which is heavily guarded, which shows how important the cultural relics stored here are.

When the last iron gate was opened and the staff turned on the lighting, we all stood in shock, and the warehouse reinforced with heavy steel plates displayed a dazzling array of cultural relics, each of which was a priceless treasure.

According to the texture, there are more than ten categories such as copper, jade, gold, iron, pottery, bone, stone, bamboo and wood, leather, hemp, etc., with bronze and jade as the main volume.

The combination of food utensils is complete, many of them are cast with inscriptions, the shape of wine vessels is tall, there are many types, the number of weapons is numerous, the types are complete, and the casting of chariots and horses is fine, beautiful and practical.

But the most displayed is the jade, under the illumination of the light, the jade here is crystal soft and soft, exudes a thick and mysterious atmosphere, each piece is exquisite, the grand view of the jade of the Western Zhou Dynasty, its quantity, the complete kind, the essence of the technical process, are rare in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In terms of texture, most of them are nephrite, which are divided into green jade, green and white jade, jasper, etc., and can be divided into seven categories according to their use, such as ceremonial utensils, ornaments, burial uses, coffin ornaments, utensils, ornaments and others.

From the carving technique, there are flat carving, relief carving, openwork carving and round carving, the carving is delicate, the art is exquisite, especially more than 800 pieces of bionic animal jade carving, the posture is diverse, the shape is beautiful, the lines are smooth, vivid and expressive.

We were somewhat shocked, especially Xue Xinrou and Ye Zhiqiu, it is estimated that the two of them have excavated so many ancient tombs, I am afraid that none of them can be compared with the unearthed cultural relics here.

In the innermost part of the warehouse, the curator and staff need to insert the key at the same time, unscrew the back of a simple but solemn bronze, slowly rising from the reinforced dark grid, under the illumination of the light, the bronze exudes a mysterious green light, and the jade on it lingers with brilliance.

This is the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun we are looking for, as described by Feng Cheng, a three-legged ring-shaped bronze vessel, cast from a bronze feather dragon connected from end to end, and above the utensils, there are eight jade pig dragons, each of which is facing the pearl in the middle.

Just look at the preservation so tightly, you can imagine how precious this artifact is, if it weren't for the penitent Yuan Ken to send the weeping thorn as a stepping stone, I think as Tian Wanqing said, we have no chance to see Jiulong Cheng Ruizun.

"This treasure was discovered by your own hands, and it has been more than 30 years in a flash, and now standing here is full of emotion." The curator smiled at Tian Wanqing.

"Yes, it's been more than thirty years, and when I cleaned up the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun, I didn't realize that I had discovered such an important national treasure." Tian Wanqing touched the protective glass outside, and her voice was a little more melancholy and nostalgic.

"This is all your credit, back then, because of the discovery of the ancient tomb of the Kingdom of Qiu, you were a rising star in the archaeological world, who knew that when you were in the middle of the day, you chose to resign, otherwise you are now one of the best people." The curator should have a good relationship with Tian Wanqing. "But it seems that you are really destined for the ancient tomb of the Kingdom of Qiu, and you can actually find the weeping thorn stone, which is a rare priceless treasure, so donating it doesn't hurt to be heartbroken?"

"The weeping thorn is closely related to the kingdom of Qiu, and this may be the place where this jade should exist, even if I do my best for the museum." Tian Wan smiled lightly. "By the way, I've been away from here for decades, and there has been progress in the research on Cheng Ruizun of the Nine Dragons."

"No, it has been stopped, judging from the records on the bamboo slips, this artifact seems to hide some kind of incredible secrets and abilities, we speculate that it should be a way to prolong life, but so far we have not cracked the mystery hidden in Jiulong Cheng Ruizun." The curator replied with a sigh. "You also know, since this artifact was unearthed, there was a lack of a jade pig dragon, since it is Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun, it should be a complete nine, presumably the key is on the missing jade pig dragon, but unfortunately it is impossible to ......find it now."

The last jade pig dragon was handed over to the descendants by the ancestors of the Peng family, which means that the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun has been missing a jade pig dragon from beginning to end, although the thing is on me, but I found that the hall owner seems to be extremely regretful and disappointed when he mentions this matter, and he seems to be very sure that this jade pig dragon will never be lost and recovered.

"Why is it impossible to find it again?" I asked curiously.

"You don't know the process of discovering the ancient tomb of the Kingdom of Qiu?" The owner asked rhetorically, probably looking at me with a blank face, and said to Tian Wanqing. "There is no one who knows the ancient tombs of the Kingdom of Qiu better than you, so I won't let you get the axe."

Tian Wanqing looked around at the cultural relics, her expression was a little melancholy, as if her thoughts had also returned to a long time ago with these cultural relics, and she slowly told us that the time was back in the winter of 1956.

Two thousand six hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Yu took this place as an ideal place to expand its territory, staged the glory and silence of an era, and more than 2,600 years later, in the fiery era, the first five-year plan, a world-renowned great project to control Huang was selected here.

The state passed a resolution to eradicate and develop the Yellow River, and decided to build the first dam of the Yellow River in the Sanmenxia Gorge of the Yellow River, which was later the world-famous Sanmenxia Water Conservancy Project.

In order to cooperate with the construction of the first dam of the Yellow River and rescue the underground cultural relics and monuments that are about to be submerged, the Institute of Archaeology gathered experts from all over the country to set up the Yellow River Reservoir Archaeological Task Force to conduct large-scale archaeological investigation and excavation of the Sanmenxia reservoir area of the Yellow River.

In the winter of 1956, the archaeological team braved the bitter cold to excavate a noble tomb at the construction site of the Shangcunling Lakeside Railway Station leading to the Sanmenxia Dam, which was then numbered M1052.

Tian Wanqing and other colleagues participated in the excavation of this ancient tomb, the whole process was very smooth, a coffin of heavy coffin burial tools was found in the tomb, the remains in the coffin have decayed into slag, with the orderly distribution of burial utensils, the outer coffin cover put Shi Ge, the inner and outer coffin, the northeast corner of the copper utensils and bells, the northwest corner of the carriage and horses, the east and west sides of the weapons placed, in the corresponding position of the human body, the ears have jade, the neck has a group of bloodstone charms, the chest has a stone wall, etc.

"Two pieces of bronze Ge were unearthed in the outer coffin room, and the inscription of Yuan Tuge, the eldest son of Yu, was cast, and the archaeological team analyzed the shape of the tomb, the funeral ritual and the inscription, and the owner of the tomb was the prince of the kingdom." Tian Wanqing said.

"It's a pity that I wasn't born at that time, so I didn't have the opportunity to participate in such a major archaeological discovery, but later I read the relevant materials and learned the whole process of the excavation of the ancient tomb of the Kingdom of Qiu." Ye Zhiqiu said excitedly.

Xue Xinrou nodded, because her grandfather Xue Shuqiao and her father were both engaged in the study of ancient Chinese history, and she was also concerned about this matter: "The tomb of the prince of the Kingdom of Qiu is just the tip of the iceberg, how was the tomb group of the Kingdom of Qiu discovered later?" ”

"When the prince's tomb was unearthed, the archaeological team did not realize that the later discovery was still the credit of Wanqing, if she didn't have her discernment, I am afraid that most of the cultural relics in this warehouse will never have a chance to see the light of day." The curator said in a sincere voice.

"Mom, how the hell did you find out?"

"You've lifted me up again, and that's just a coincidence."

Tian Wanqing smiled humbly and told us that after the prince's tomb was unearthed, she observed the nearby terrain and found that the urban area of Sanmenxia at that time was on a high platform that was narrow from east to west, and Shangcun Ridge was located on the northern edge of this platform, and the terrain was slightly higher.

Lingbei faces the Yellow River, which is eroded by the river and forms a deep ravine cliff nearly 100 meters high. To the south is a slightly flat slope, on which the cemetery is located, and the boundaries of the cemetery have been found in the east, south, and west directions of the cemetery, and the north side has not been drilled at that time, and the edge has not been determined.

Therefore, the archaeological team thought that there were no other mausoleums nearby, but Tian Wanqing carried out large-scale excavations and explorations along the north, and found traces of the tomb group, and then the archaeological team immediately excavated deeply.

And Jiulong Cheng Ruizun was found in one of the ancient tombs, along with the bamboo slips that were discovered, once unearthed, all the archaeological experts on the spot were shocked.