In 2023, Zhou Jianbin who lives in Guanyang County, Guilin, Guangxi, was going to dry red dates in the open space at the door, and saw that the road surface was a little uneven, so he borrowed a flat-headed iron lift from his neighbor Wang Xiaolong, ready to shovel the site.
Just when Zhou Jianbin inserted the iron into the ground, there was a muffled sound of "bang", and his palms were numb suddenly, Zhou Jianbin thought it was shoveling on the underground stones, and he felt that something was wrong after being stunned for a while.
It is impossible for a stone to make a "clang" sound!He hurriedly called Wang Xiaolong and asked him to bring a pickaxe over, and the two of them began to dig to see what it was, digging and digging, and his cousin Zhou Wei and his brother-in-law also came over to help.
Soon, a body covered with a raised Xiaolong bag, something similar to a bucket came into view, and there were many back lines and cloud patterns engraved on the body, Zhou Jianbin went back to the house to find a rope, and several people pulled it up.
Several people didn't know what it was, Zhou Jianbin looked like a temple bell, Wang Xiaolong struck it, and suddenly made a strong and powerful sound, echoing in the air as if there was a strong force.
The villagers who heard the sound came to watch, some said that it was the abandoned broken bell of the temple, and some people said that it was the ancient bronze bell, all of them were envious, saying that Zhou Jianbin was going to make a fortune and should be able to sell it for a lot of money.
The villagers suggested that Zhou Jianjun take it to the scrap station and sell it, Wang Xiaolong and Zhou Wei also had this idea, but Zhou Jianbin felt that it was a temple thing, and it was unlucky to sell it, so Wang Xiaolong had to go to the scrap yard.
Zhou Jianbin couldn't help it, so several people found a tricycle and pulled the bell to the scrap yard, and the boss took a look at it and was almost scared to death.
Wide-eyed asked, "This thing is from **?"Zhou Jianjun was unabashed, and bluntly said that it was dug up in the ground, and the boss asked Zhou Jianjun to take it away quickly, and he didn't accept what he dug up here!
Zhou Jianbin: "This is copper, are you sure you won't accept it?"The boss waved his hand and hurried away!Let's go!As soon as several people were combined, there was really no other place to collect this thing except for the scrap station, so Zhou Jianbin had to take it home first.
The next day at noon. Zhou Jianbin was watching a movie at home, when suddenly a group of children in the village ran to the door and shouted: "Old Zhou, Old Zhou, someone is looking for you!".Zhou Jianbin thought that the child was teasing him, and ignored it, at this time, the man had come to the door, Zhou Jianbin looked at the man's dress, and he saw that he was a rich man.
The man glanced around with sharp eyes and said, "I heard that you dug up a bell, can I take a look?"Zhou Jianbin pointed to the bell covered with a snakeskin bag at the bottom of the steps and said, "It's there, you can see for yourself!."”
The man walked up, put on his glasses, took out a miniature flashlight, and studied it carefully, wiping it for a while, blowing it for a while, Zhou Jianbin was a little puzzled, what are you doing?
The man stood up and said, "Are you going to sell this thing?"Zhou Jianbin nodded and said, "* Suitable, of course sell!."The man asked Zhou Jianbin how much he wanted to sell
Zhou Jianbin glanced at the clock, and suddenly became difficult, he didn't even know what this clock was, what it was used for, and he didn't know how much it was sold.
The man seemed to see Zhou Jianbin 's doubts, and immediately bid 100,000 yuan to buy it, which scared Zhou Jianbin a lot, but he didn't expect that a rag that even the owner of the scrap station didn't want was worth 100,000 yuan.
Zhou Jianbin was unbelievable, he was worried that he would have ideas if he sold it like this, and he was afraid that the man was a **, so he kept an eye on it and said that the bell was dug up by four people together, and if he wanted to sell it, he had to discuss it with the other three.
Man: "This kind of thing has to be decided immediately, and there will be no such shop in this village after this village!."But Zhou Jianbin insisted on waiting until several other people came, all of them were from the same village, and they didn't look up to see each other, otherwise they would have to argue.
So Zhou Jianbin immediately informed Wang Xiaolong and the other two, but Wang Xiaolong just went out, and he couldn't come until the next day.
In the evening, after discussing with his cousin, if Wang Xiaolong didn't come tomorrow, he would call ** to sell it to the man, and early the next morning, Zhou Jianbin found that Wang Xiaolong still didn't come.
So, called Zhou Wei and Mo Jiabang, ready to notify the man to come, even if Wang Xiaolong didn't believe it, there were two of them to testify, at this moment, the village party secretary led two strange men to the door, the man took out his work card, Zhou Jianbin looked at the work card, it turned out to be an expert from the Cultural Relics Bureau.
He subconsciously turned his head to look at the clock, thinking to himself, could this clock be a cultural relic?The expert walked to the bell placed under the steps, carefully studied it, and after the identification of two experts, the bell dug out by Zhou Jianbin turned out to be the bronze Yong bell of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, more than 2,300 years ago.
The bronze bell belongs to the bronze percussion musical instrument, the structure of the tile, the plane of the bronze bell has a "Ningbo pillar", that is, Zhou Jianbin believes that the concave small long bag.
The bronze bell is used for the ritual vessel of sacrifice or feast, the copper bell is divided into the Ningbo bell and the new bell, the oblique hanging is the Ningbo bell, and the straight hanging is the new bell.
After the expert appraisal, it was said that the bronze bell was a bronze and belonged to cultural relics, and the state had clear regulations, but all the bronzes must be handed over, and I hope that Zhou Jianbin can be a conscious person and hand it over to the National Museum, so that experts can study the history of the past.
When Zhou Jianbin learned that the bronze bell was a cultural relic two thousand years ago, he immediately expressed his willingness to hand it in, but Zhou Wei was not happy, and had to wait until Wang Xiaolong came to make a decision.
Expert: "It's useless for anyone to come!."Cultural relics are cultural relics, and the state has regulations that cultural relics must be handed over!It is illegal to collect and sell without permission!”
Zhou Wei: "This bronze bell was discovered by the four of us, and he can't just hand it over!."Expert: "Since the four of you dug it up together, let's wait!."”
When it was almost noon, Wang Xiaolong rushed back in a hurry and said, "Didn't someone give 100,000?"How did it become a handover country?Zhou Jianbin: "This is a cultural relic, it can't be sold!."”
The expert stared at Zhou Jianbin in surprise and asked, "What, are you going to sell it?"Zhou Jianbin hurriedly explained: "It's not sold, isn't this here!."Yesterday, someone came to the door and bought it for 100,000 yuan, and I think it looks like a cultural relic is not sold!”
Expert: "It's a good thing you didn't sell it, otherwise you would have broken the law!."This is a bronze, except for cultural relics dealers, no one dares to accept it, these cultural relics dealers are the bronzes banned by the state to sell to Hong Kong first, and then sell them to the country several times!”
Zhou Jianbin and Wang Xiaolong are well aware of the stakes, after several people discussed, unanimously agreed to donate the bronze bell to the local museum, the villagers also applauded the noble character of several people, the Cultural Relics Bureau in order to reward Zhou Jianbin several people, awarded him a certificate of honor and a pennant.