Villagers dig up a national treasure A villager digs up medicine and accidentally discovers a national treasure, which is an unexpected discovery
Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in Chinese history, and there are many unsolved mysteries about her, and many secrets are deliberately hidden in the history books. Scholars have also commented on the ideas and significance of her wordless monument.
However, as a legendary woman, there are more mysteries waiting to be discovered than the eternal mystery of the wordless monument. Today, the Henan Provincial Museum has a national treasure-level cultural relic, which is the only existing Wu Zetian relic, so it has extremely high value.
The discovery of this artifact also opened the study of Wu Zetian's life in his later years and many of his thoughts. The descriptions and inscriptions on the artifacts reproduce the image of a generation of empresses obsessed with immortality.
Henan farmers discover a national treasure.
In May 1982, Qu Xihuai, a farmer from Wanghe Village, Tangzhuang Town, Dengfeng City, Henan Province, led a large team of people to Songshan Taigu Mountain to plant trees. Since there were a lot of big rocks on the mountain, they moved the stones elsewhere and then planted the trees.
But just as they were about to move the stone, the stone cracked, and the crack was bigger than his fingers. Qu Xihuai looked down and saw that there was a pale yellow paper in the crack, and he thought it was the paper in the fruit box at that time, so he reached out and took it out.
After taking it out, he wiped it with a towel"paper"It becomes shiny. with"paper"The difference is that Qu Xihuai is holding a small weight in his hand. Other officers said it was a gold ingot with illegible words written on it.
Qu Xihuai was illiterate and didn't know what was written on it. He found sixty-three words. Qu Xihuai knew that this was a good thing, so he carefully wrapped it in a towel and took it home.
Later, the news that Qu Xihuai had picked up the treasure at the top of the mountain spread and attracted the attention of many antique dealers. They knocked on his door to buy the one he had"Baby", a sky-high price of more than 100,000 yuan.
More than 100,000 yuan was not a small amount at that time, equivalent to more than 20 million yuan now. This is not a small ** for an illiterate farmer, because this money could completely change his life.
I'm not interested in the money. "Although Qu Xihuai hasn't read much, he understands the truth of being a man. In his opinion, anyone who wants to get so much money knows this"Baby"It must be very valuable, probably a precious artifact.
Therefore, Qu Xihuai did not hesitate to put this piece'Baby'Donated to the country, his behavior is admirable, and it is precisely because of this act of his that this piece'Baby'to reach a value that is enough to see the light of day. "'Tang Wu Zetian was'Tang Wu Zetian Jinsai'That is'"。Tang Wu Zetian Jinsai
Kinsey's interpretation.
Tang Wu Zetian Jinsai"The discovery provides some evidence for experts and scholars to study Wu Zetian's beliefs and life in his later years. Since Wu Zetian's tomb has never been excavated, this is the only relic related to Wu Zetian's life so far.
Currently,"Tang Wu Zetian was simply sentenced"It is preserved in the seventh exhibition hall of the Henan Provincial Museum. This gold box is rectangular in shape and 36 years long5 cm, 8 cm wide, about 01 cm. The whole piece weighs more than 200 grams and has a gold content of 96%.
This ** was used by Wu Zetian at the end of the Songshan activity, and the place of use can be determined by analyzing the inscription on the **.
The following inscriptions are engraved on the gold:'The above text: Wu Cao, the lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is good and righteous, and lives forever. If you want to go to the Songgao Mountain Gate of Zhongyue, throw gold and short passages, beg for three officials and nine mansions, except for Wu Jiufei. "
This is the main content of "Jin Short Biography", and it is also Wu Zetian"Nine seek three officials"of"Business cards", what he asked"Removal of sin"。
The final inscription is:"Tai Sui Gengzi seven in, the little envoy Hu Chao came again, and he was willing to play it again"。This indicates the time when the golden pants were sent, and the Taoist priest who helped Wu Zetian open the altar was named"Hu Chao"。
In this short sentence, there are many rare words. For example,"圀"with"Tso"In fact, it was created by Wu Zetian himself. 圀"Yes"countries"meaning,"Tso"It is Wu Zetian's name, which means"The sun and the moon shine in the sky", so read as"Photo"。
From the inscription on the gold coin"Wu Zetian, Zhou Tianzi", we can be sure that Wu Zetian is the owner of the gold coin. As we all know, after Wu Zetian became the queen, he changed the name of the country to"Big Week", the year name is Wu Cao.
However, when we checked various historical materials, we did not find any record of this matter, and there were no clues in the folk historical materials.
So, what is the mystery behind this golden summary?Why did Wu Zetian hide his trip to Songshan?
The secret behind it.
To ** the story of Wu Zetian and Jin Jian, we need to start from the two places of Songshan and Jin Jian. Located in the western part of today's Henan Province, Songshan is composed of a total of 72 peaks such as Taigu Mountain and Shaogu Mountain, and is the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism and the holy land of Taoism.
As a result, many Buddhist or Taoist emperors in Chinese history had a close relationship with Songshan. Since King Wu of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou people have compared Songshan to the center of the world and worshiped it as a sacred mountain.
Wu Zetian has always considered himself a descendant of King Wen of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Songshan is also very important in his heart. During his reign, he supported Buddhism, but he did so for the sake of social stability and political implementation, when in fact he had more respect for Taoism in his heart.
Wu Zetian climbed Songshan eight times in his life and participated in various meditation activities. In the year she ascended the throne, she was the first empress to ascend Songshan and organized the largest ceremony of canonization.
Wu Zetian believed in Taoism, but was more interested in the art of immortality. At that time, a Taoist priest named Hu Chao often made alchemy for the empress, and the history books recorded that Wu Zetian also took pills. Especially in her later years, she took Dan due to illness in order to relax and live forever.
In April 700 AD, Wu Zetian came to Songshan again, and this trip had two purposes: one was to escape the heat, and the other was to take health pills. After the meal, he untied the knot in his heart for many years.
This knot is whether he wants to return the country to the Li family or pass it on to the Wu family. Since his accession to the throne, the issue has been debated, and the Li and Wu families have been secretly arguing.
Wu Zetian also tried to stabilize the situation. After the banquet, he decided to return the country to Li Tang. According to historical records and the dates on later gold leaf inscriptions, it can be concluded that Wu Zetian never left Lishan from April to July.
In July, he organized another sacrificial event, but this time it was not open to the public, so there is no record of it in the historical records. This time, Hu Chao presided over the sacrificial event and passed"Three Princes and Nine Secretaries"The "Golden Room Essentials" was announced.
Jin Kui Yao"."禊"The word is quite controversial. Some people say that Wu Zetian feels himself"The sins are great", hoping that God will forgive his sins, and some people say that it means to purify diseases.
We can also understand that Wu Zetian's health was deteriorating at that time, and he wanted to throw away Jin Jian"Eliminate diseases and disasters"。This kind of saying"Sin"It is unlikely, because Wu Zetian, as a nobleman of Li Tang Jiangshan, decided to recover Jiangshan at that time, and it should not be anything"Sin"。
Therefore, from the analysis point of view, this golden coupon is actually a token of Wu Zetian's illness in his later years, not to atone for her sins. However, there should be three of these golden coupons, and now there is only this one, which should be helpful for us to study Wu Zetian's path.