I looked at this bronze tree, I was so surprised that I forgot to ask Lao Itch what it had to do with the "great benefits", but I just surrounded it, and sighed while watching it in a circle.

The bronze tree is a relatively rare cultural relic, in addition to the Sanxingdui unearthed in my memory, there seems to be no other place, I also learned a little from the documentary, the archaeological community has no conclusion about the cause, there are many sayings, but from the point of view of the casting process, this bronze tree in addition to the large, there is nothing to be desired, obviously such a huge project, can be made is already good, beauty does not matter.

If you look closely, you can find that the surface of the bronze tree is not smooth, and it is engraved with cloud and thunder patterns, symbolizing the god of bronze. I told him that the ornaments on the bronzes were constantly developed according to the idea of serving the ritual vessels, and to be honest, they were used to scare the lower classes of the common people and add some mysterious colors, which had no practical effect.

Thinking of this, I casually asked Master Liang: "By the way, you are well-informed, do you know what this thing is used for, I know that the general bronze ware is a food vessel, a wine vessel and a water vessel, and some are musical instruments and weapons, this thing, and these categories do not match?" ”

Master Liang thought for a while and said to me: "Little Angkor, what you said is a small piece, such a big guy, it is estimated that it is a sacrificial vessel, something around Shang and Zhou, what exactly was done during the sacrifice, it is too old, beyond my knowledge." ”

Shang Zhou or so, Shang is more than 600 years, Friday 122 years, adding up to more than 1,100 years, left and right, plus more than 400 years in the summer. It accounts for almost half of the recorded history of the whole of China, and this judgment is tantamount to not saying. I asked him if he could be sure of what part of the Shang and Zhou periods?

Master Liang spread his hands and said that there was no way: "This thing can't be seen with the naked eye, so I can only guess it for you." You see the thunder pattern is below, and the moire pattern is above. That is on behalf of the opposite of heaven and earth, and then look at the rust sè black gray. It may be one of tin bronze, lead tin bronze and lead bronze, and the Western Zhou Dynasty may be the largest, probably 5 percent. I can't say the other 5 percent, you also know the rules of our industry, I know that these are good. If you go deeper, you can only break it blindly. ”

There is a dividing line in the dynasty to do antiques, a large number of antiques are produced after the Song Dynasty, there are few things before the Tang Dynasty, and there are almost no things in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and there is not much understanding of this kind of thing in the industry.

I heard him say so much, but I still didn't have any idea, and continued to ask him: "Then follow the Western Zhou." Can you judge the level of bronze craftsmanship in Xitong, theoretically can this kind of thing be cast? ”

Master Liang said: "I can't answer this question, I only know that at that time, the bronze had to be made pottery fan (pottery mold) first, theoretically as long as the pottery fan can be made, it is possible to cast the finished product, but this thing, too big, I am afraid that it cannot be made with traditional technology." ”

The old itch asked him: "Master, do you think this thing will be the remains of some prehistoric civilization, I saw it in the newspaper, some coal mines hundreds of millions of years ago still dug iron nails, this thing is so big, people at that time probably couldn't make it, right?" ”

Master Liang shook his head: "Two little masters, I really don't think it's necessarily, from 1000 BC to the first year of AD, the history is called the Age of Miracles, many impossible things were built at that time, like the Great Wall, pyramids, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the Tower of Babel, if you want to say that this bronze tree is impossible to cast, it is difficult to say, after all, at that time, our ancestors already knew how to cast bronze at that time, the emperor gave an order, and the people below covered their heads and worked hard, and it was not impossible to use it for decades. ”

What Master Liang said makes some sense, but how can this thing be in this mountain, shouldn't the sacrificial vessel be erected on the altar?

I thought about it, but I didn't come up with a reason, but I remembered another thing, and asked Lao Itchy: "I said Lao Itchy, I don't say that you really don't mention it, what about your big benefits?" We went all the way down, and we didn't see anything good, and it's the end of here, don't you say that the benefit is this copper tree? We are not reapers of rags, although this tree is enough for a thousand shrivels for a lifetime..."

Old itch said: "I knew you would mention it, do you think I lied to you?" Who says there is no way? There's still a long way to go. As he spoke, he took out a couple of rubber labor gloves from his pocket, handed them to us, and said, "Take this!" ”

I wondered what he was doing with my gloves and what hygiene he was talking about.

Old Itch said: "What hygiene, didn't I tell you?" This copper tree can't be touched casually, take this with you, and be safe when you climb it. ”

When I heard it, I was anxious: "What... What the? Still have to climb up? ”

The old itch said: "It's all here, what's the big deal about climbing a few steps, there are so many sticks on it, it's like climbing stairs, you don't need to make a lot of effort, if you want to see good things, just go up with me, make sure you're satisfied." ”

I don't mind climbing up a section, but Master Liang has just roasted the fire, and his physical strength is exhausted, and if he is allowed to go up the tree, I am afraid that his little life will be explained, if he is paralyzed in a place where he can't go up or down, we still have to take care of him, and I really don't have the spare energy.

I turned my head and wanted to tell him if I wanted to wait for us below, and the two of us just went up, but I saw that Master Liang had already brought up his gloves, rubbed his face vigorously, and then patted me: "It's okay, finally, why don't you go and see!" ”

I saw that his eyes were resolute, and I knew that I could not persuade him not to make useless attempts, so I tied my backpack tightly, raised the torch and said to the old itch: "Then I will fucking accompany you again, you have thought about it, if you get me, I will stay for a while and kick you down." ”

The old itch glanced at me, and he didn't refute it, and at that moment he was the first to step on the branches of the copper tree and began to climb, and Master Liang and I followed behind, following the order in which he landed all the way up.

The branches on it are not tight and dense, and it is quite easy to climb up, and the old itch reminds us not to let our skin touch the copper tree, and to treat this tree as a large piece of metal with high-voltage electricity, and always pay attention to the next move. Unfortunately, this has increased our psychological pressure, and the more we do it, the more unnatural our movements become, and our hands and feet become stiff unconsciously.

Leaning against the bronze tree wall, I can see it more clearly. The outstretched branches were cast at the same time as the torso, and the joints were flawless. There is not a trace of forging marks. However, to my surprise, the gap between the cloud and thunder patterns on the top is very deep, and it seems that it has been carved all the way to the depths of the torso, and I can't see anything in the carved groove.

By the time we reached seventeen or eighteen and a half height, we were already sweating and panting because we cared too much about our movements. I looked down and saw that I could not see the pit at the bottom, only the faint light of another torch by the door, which looked like a bottomless abyss at such a height. At this time, the old itch stopped and gestured for us to rest.

If Master Liang was amnesty, he squatted down all of a sudden, he was tired enough, and his sweat was light. My feet trembled and I could barely stand on my feet, and I sat on the branches, my feet swinging in the air and not collapsing, and I couldn't rest well.

Lao Itch saw that we were too nervous, threw the dry food to us, let us chew in our mouths, and said to us: "You can't look like this, there are still hundreds of meters on it, with this physical strength, maybe we have to spend the night on the tree, or, Lao Wu, you tell us a meat joke to relax?" ”

I didn't want to talk when I was tired, so I scolded: "Go, you're not tired?" You see your calves trembling, if you want to say meat jokes yourself, Lao Tzu doesn't have the strength. ”

Lao Itch took a bite of the tortilla and said, "I'll talk about it, but you have to answer me a question first, Lao Wu, you said that we found this thing, if you notify it, can you name it after us?" ”

I really don't know anything about this, I turned my head to look at Master Liang, Master Liang gasped and waved his hand: "This itchy master, have you ever heard of something called Cheng Wang Er Mazi Fang Ding, Zhao Tugen Three-legged Yao?" Historically, the discoverers of national treasures have been farmers and construction workers, if you want to let them name them, then it will be interesting, we do not mean to discriminate against working people, but the names of Chinese people are not like foreigners, directly used for use, don't you feel cold panic? ”

Old Itch thought for a while, felt that it made some sense, and asked: "Then at least give me the right to name it, right, who discovered an island can't all be named by the first discoverer?" ”

Master Liang said: "It seems that there is such a rule, but I really haven't studied it. ”

I asked the old itch: "Why are you asking this, you haven't made any money, and you still want to gain fame and fortune, and you don't want to think about a person who can't find this kind of place, it's not clear what you do." ”

Lao Itch said: "I think this thing is quite interesting, you said that such a big copper pillar, what should you give it a good name?" You also think about it, and in the future, we can brag about it so that we can unify our voice. ”

I didn't want to move these boring thoughts anymore, and said to him: "You are the first to find out, you should take it, I am not as in the mood as you." ”

Lao Itch looked at it and said, "When I look at this thing, I have one word in my head, how about you look at this pillar, it's called 'I love a piece of firewood'?" ”

I didn't have a good sè and said, "Have you watched too many unnutritious films?" Do you love a piece of firewood, give this name, believe it or not, there can be thunder and thunder for you? ”

The old itch smiled at the moment, and Master Liang shook his head happily, and in this smile, the person finally relaxed.

After we finished eating, the strength recovered a lot, and the old itch urged me to continue walking, I raised my foot and just wanted to walk, and suddenly found that there seemed to be something wrong underneath, take a closer look, huh? How did the other torch by the door go out.

Old Itch frowned: "Could it be that the wind here is blown out?" ”

I shook my head and said no, this torch is so big, I don't know how many times more than the major I do, it is impossible for him to blow the wind out, there must be something going on below.

Just thinking about it, suddenly the whole copper tree shook slightly, as if it had been hit by something, Master Liang took a breath of cool air and hurriedly asked what was going on?

The old itch made a silent gesture to us, and then made his hand into a trumpet shape and stuck it on the copper wall, and when he heard it, his face changed greatly, and he whispered to us: "Damn, it seems that something is coming up!" ”