I have to say that although the climate here in Spring City is pleasant, and the four seasons are like spring, the sunshine in the plateau area is really poisonous.

The four of them walked around, all tanned in more than one shade.

At that time, Wang Qiang, who swore that sunscreen and parasols, were all things used by girls, now had to succumb to the "obscenity" of ultraviolet rays, rubbing Bai Lu's parasol, and did not forget to continue the live broadcast.

After swimming in Dianchi Lake, two groups of soldiers divided into two routes.

Wang Qiang and Bai Lu took Wukong and continued to start a journey of finding food under the advice of netizens in the live broadcast room.

Lin Yi and Qian Sheng went directly to the Yunnan Provincial Museum.

If you want to learn about the history of a place, a museum is the perfect place to be.

At the beginning, it was because of visiting the site of the "Mancheng Han Tomb" that Lin Yi was greatly inspired, and finally found the "Shuangzhou Tomb" hidden in the mountains.

Although the Southern Yunnan Museum is not as famous as the famous ancient city museums in the Central Plains, the ancient Dian Kingdom was born here, which is enough for their cultural relics workers here to study for a lifetime.

The two came to the museum, followed the other tour groups, and listened to the explanation for a while, but did not hear the topics they were interested in.

So, just do your own shopping.

The cultural relics in the collections of these museums, Qian Sheng is very familiar.

Let him talk about it, it is really a river of mouths, and it is endless.

In order not to steal people's jobs, the two still chose not to be so public, and communicated with each other in a whisper.

"In fact, this ancient Dian Kingdom, as a country that ruled the southern Yunnan region for a long time in ancient times, their historical relics were almost blank before.

In the "Historical Records", the record of the ancient Dian Kingdom is only a few hundred words, and there is no way to study it.

It was not until the fifties and sixties of the last century that a group of professional archaeological experts settled here and began the first large-scale archaeological excavation work in Shizhai Mountain.

Once the archaeological operation was launched, it was out of control.

More than 500 tombs have been dug out from the site of Shizhai Mountain, which can be called a huge burial community.

And hundreds of bronzes have been unearthed.

The reason why I am so familiar with it is because when I was a student, the teacher who taught us bronze appreciation, his father participated in the archaeology and excavation of the Shizhai Mountain site in the ancient Dian Kingdom.

One of the most famous, and also the treasures of the South Yunnan Museum, are two shell storage vessels.

Well, that's all we have in front of us. ”

As he spoke, Qian Sheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the two bronzes in front of them.

Lin Yi still knows this type of bronze.

The shellfish storage device was equivalent to the change jar or piggy bank at that time, because the shellfish currency was still used in the remote areas at that time, so this kind of utensils also came into being.

It's just that the shape of these two shell storage devices is quite complicated.

On the lid of one of the conical vessels is the decoration of seven cows.

This may be the original owner of this artifact, in order to show off his wealth, specially built such a piggy bank.

After all, there can be seven cows in the family, not to mention in ancient times, that proper local tyrant, even now, at least it is a well-off family.

The other one is more interesting and more complex.

It is also a round vessel, but on the lid is a ritual act.

From the posture of the figure, it can be seen that there is a person tied to a pillar for sacrifice, and next to him there are two small figures kneeling who are also tied up, which should belong to another batch of sacrifices.

Next to these little figures, there is also a huge sacrificial pillar.

It is carved with a giant python wrapped around the pillar, and those who are busy are performing the ritual process.

This thing is the first time Lin Yi has seen it.

He stood still, carefully observing the details carved on the lid through the glass cover.

"The ancient Dian Kingdom actually regarded the giant python as its totem?"

"That's right, do you remember the previous Essence Kingdom? That's right, the ancient Dian Kingdom is actually a descendant of the Chiyou Jiuli tribe in ancient times. ”

After Qian Sheng's reminder, Lin Yi suddenly remembered.

At that time, most of the descendants of the Chiyou clan fled to the southwest, from Jingchu to Yunnan and Guizhou, and even Southeast Asia.

However, the real name of the Chiyou tribe is totem, which is a two-horned cow.

It is because of the unique "Teng Snake" in Kunlun Mountain that the Exquisite Country regards it as its own totem.

What is the reason for the ancient Dian Kingdom?

Could it be that it is under the influence of the Peerless Country? The two places are thousands of miles apart, and there is basically no possibility of communication.

Qian Sheng saw Lin Yi's thoughts, so he comforted him:

"Big brother, don't worry about this, this southwest region is already full of poisons, and it is the habitat of snakes, and the python is a species that is second only to the dragon in the hearts of people in ancient times, isn't it normal to be a totem?

Don't forget that we are not here to inspect the ancient Dian Kingdom this time. ”

Hearing this, Lin Yi's thoughts finally got back on track.

Indeed, as Qian Sheng said, in the eyes of ancient humans, the species of snakes almost held the power of life and death.

It has no feet but can move quickly, there is almost no temperature on the body, it only appears three seasons a year, and it disappears in winter, and in spring it seems to come back from the dead, molting, and can quickly put people to death.

Putting all these factors together, it was a very normal behavior to worship this animal because of fear and the unknown, and pray that they would not cause harm to themselves, based on the worldview of human beings at that time.

The "Teng Snake Worship" with the Elite Country may just be a coincidence.

Another treasure of the town hall - a pure gold made of pure gold given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the king of the ancient Dian Kingdom, the snake button "Seal of the King of Dian", attracted Lin Yi's attention.

Seeing that he stopped in front of the glass display case and watched intently, Qian Sheng helped him explain it on the side.

"The academic community has not been definitive about the origin of this gold seal, because judging from its shape, it is a snake button. The seal of the Han seal is extremely strict on the seal button, the seal of the emperor and the queen should be the tiger button, the princes and kings are the camel button, and the liehou is the turtle button, and the snake button is not a common shape.

Since it is to submit to the Han Dynasty, why not issue a seal letter in accordance with the etiquette system of the Han Dynasty, but to engrave the totem of the Dian State on it, which is a bit unreasonable. ”

"However, the format and font of this gold seal are all characteristics of a typical Chinese seal, right?"

Qian Sheng stretched out his little finger with long nails and brushed the back of his head.

"That's right, that's a very obvious feature. No, big brother, if you have something to say, just say it, we're just doing this, and we can't look away, right? What do you say, I'm still a little unconfident? ”

"Do you think that the engraving and knife marks on this seal, as well as this seal, have we seen it anywhere?"

"Where have you seen it? I've dealt with a few Han seals, but we don't seem to have seen many of them together."

Speaking of this, Qian Sheng's eyes widened suddenly.

"The Imperial Treasure of the Great West King! You're talking about the Imperial Treasure of King Onishi? ”

(End of chapter)