It's amazing, the world is full of coincidences. For example, the old man in 1986, just because he didn't have hand paper, picked up a few leaves to solve the problem, but accidentally found a special piece of paper.
This seemingly ordinary piece of paper has brought two unprecedented achievements to China, which have attracted national attention. So, what amazing secrets are hidden in the rotten pieces of paper that this old man picked up?
How did you achieve these two firsts? Let's explore this amazing story together!
Uncle Wang, a forest caretaker from Tianshui City, Gansu Province, has a challenging job, patrolling the forest area he is responsible for every day, fearing that there will be criminals who will cause damage.
On this day, Uncle Wang was humming his beloved little song and enjoying the cool breeze patrolling the forest area, and suddenly, he felt his stomach tumble for a while, and he was secretly glad that he hadn't drunk too much cold milk in the morning.
Uncle Wang, who was patrolling outside the office area, couldn't hold it back, so he found a remote tree for convenience. However, after solving the problem, Uncle Wang found that he forgot to bring tissues.
However, surrounded by dense woods, the puzzle was quickly solved, and he leaned over to pick up a few leaves to solve his problem.
Uncle Wang was walking when he accidentally found a yellowed piece of torn paper. He hadn't paid much attention to the piece of paper, but when he looked at it closely, he found that there were some words and symbols on it that he didn't recognize.
Uncle Wang is not highly educated, and he is not sure if these words are unknown to him or have other meanings. This aroused Uncle Wang's great curiosity, and he immediately picked up some leaves to cover and quickly walked to the office area.
On the way, he has also been studying the meaning of the words and symbols on this piece of paper.
Uncle Wang walked around the office area, and he asked two colleagues in succession, asking them if they thought the contents of the paper were a little unusual. The two colleagues nodded in unison, also concerned about whether the paper was a mark left by a hunter or a similar question to other previous incidents of artifacts found in other forest areas.
However, none of them knew exactly what was written on the paper or could not decipher its meaning.
Uncle Wang held the paper in his hand and walked to the stationmaster's office in a hurry, he was full of doubts and decided to report this question to the stationmaster. When the stationmaster saw Uncle Wang's anxious figure, he thought something was happening in the forest area, and hurriedly asked: "What happened, why are you in such a hurry?" ”
Uncle Wang handed over the paper and briefly described the place where he found it.
The stationmaster, who works in the wooded area, has heard many rumors about tomb robbers for many years, and when he sees the intricate graphics and symbols on this paper, he immediately thinks of the previous discovery of tombs and artifacts.
He knew very well that this piece of paper was by no means an ordinary thing, and it was very likely to be a precious cultural relic, so he immediately reported it to his superiors. The higher-level unit also said that it would send special personnel to the field as soon as possible to understand the situation.
Uncle Wang didn't know the story of the tomb and cultural relics found in the forest area before, because he had just come to the forest area. The past is like smoke, Uncle Wang used to be a capable and grinning young man, tall and handsome, and when he was young, he also received overtures from women from nearby villages.
However, he firmly believed that men should take responsibility after marriage, and he could not give his other half a sense of security because he went out early and returned late every day, so he did not respond to these overtures.
When Uncle Wang met a beautiful and gentle girl in the market, his heart beat like a deer. He began to look for any information about the girl, such as her first name and place of residence, in order to learn more about her.
Eventually, the two hearts attracted each other, and they entered the palace of marriage hand in hand. After marriage, Uncle Wang still worked as usual, while his wife paid silently in housework.
Their lives seem ordinary and warm, but there are already some rumors behind them.
The most important thing in life is to start a family, Uncle Wang has successfully married, but unfortunately, there are no children, this problem has also become a topic often mentioned by the elders in the family, some people say that Uncle Wang's wife is not in good health, and there has been no movement for so long.
However, in fact, the problem lies with Uncle Wang, once he encountered heavy rain on the way to work, fell because his feet slipped and did not stand firmly, and rolled down the mountain, resulting in physical injuries, he saw a lot of doctors and took a lot of medicine, but the effect was not obvious.
People in the village were discussing why Uncle Wang and his wife couldn't have children of their own, and this pressure made Uncle Wang's wife feel unbearable. She became more and more disillusioned with this life of talk and accusations, and finally chose to leave the village full of pain.
After leaving, Uncle Wang became silent and lived a chaotic life. This worries his parents so much that they can't help but start worrying about their future.
Uncle Wang's cousin brought heartwarming news that the forest area near the village was recruiting forest rangers, a job that was easy and stable. When Uncle Wang's parents heard the news, they were very emotional, they no longer cared about Uncle Wang's marriage and children, and only hoped that he could find a stable job and spend the rest of his life in peace.
It's much better than the muddy life it has now.
Under the guidance of his cousin, Uncle Wang successfully applied for a job as a forest ranger, and he patrolled every day, cleaned up garbage, checked for fire hazards, and worked leisurely and was satisfied. However, Uncle Wang didn't expect that he was not only taking care of an ordinary forest area, but a forest area where cultural relics had been found before.
A few days later, the truth was revealed, and this seemingly ordinary "waste paper" turned out to be a precious antique. According to experts, this yellowed paper originated more than 2,000 years ago, it is made of a special plant paper, although the process is rough, but the texture is tough and durable, even after thousands of years of wind and sun, only part of it is broken.
Uncle Wang went to the toilet because of a stomachache and found that he forgot to bring paper, but accidentally discovered a world-shocking Mumatan tomb site. When someone from the Antiquities Bureau asked him how he discovered the site, he blushed and told the story of the accident, causing everyone to laugh.
In the end, the archaeologists surveyed the site and confirmed that this was the site of the ancient tomb of Mumatan, which was once a place for residents to put their horses in the Qin and Han dynasties.
Archaeologists immediately organized personnel to continue digging deeper, and were convinced that there must be precious artifacts buried in the tomb. After a few days of hard work, the outline of the historical site has begun to emerge.
However, when the entire tomb is fully revealed, the result is very different from what everyone expected - the artifacts in the tomb have been looted by cunning tomb robbers.
It is speculated that the tomb robbers think that the paper cultural relics are not of high value, and the broken paper that Uncle Wang accidentally picked up may also be omitted when the tomb robbers transfer the cultural relics, which is why Uncle Wang inadvertently found the surprise adventure of the paper.
Although the monetary value of paper artifacts is not very high, it is extremely important in terms of research value. The experts studied other papers found from the tombs, which were yellow with some light gray interspersed, the paper was soft and non-perishable, and its quality was surprisingly good.
This research gives us clues to learn more about ancient history and culture.
This piece of paper was identified by experts as being from the Western Han Dynasty, which means that if this identification is true, then China had already mastered papermaking during the Western Han Dynasty, and Cai Lun only improved it during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This discovery surprised and excited the experts, it is a major historical discovery, if true, the invention of human papermaking technology can be more than 300 years earlier, which will be an extremely important thing, enough to shake the whole world.
This astonishing discovery shocked all involved.
The archaeological team conducted a detailed search in the place where Uncle Wang found the paper, and was pleasantly surprised to find some other papers that were very similar to the paper. What's even more exciting is that the patterns on these papers are very well preserved.
The experts pieced together the pieces of paper and, based on the lines of the icons on the paper, deduced that it might be a map, and the patterns drawn with the lines represented the topographical landmarks such as mountains and rivers in the military terrain.
After in-depth research by experts, it was found that this map uses a soft and hard pen to draw different terrains. After consulting relevant books and materials, experts found that all the paper maps found so far are later than this map, which confirms that maps have appeared in the Western Han Dynasty.
This discovery pushed the time of the appearance of maps forward by more than 500 years. This discovery allowed China to add another world civilization that China is proud of, the first paper map.
These two unexpected discoveries are like a special signal to people about cultural relics, giving us the opportunity to learn more about those great historical inventions. We are fortunate to see that Uncle Wang found this piece of paper, and he did not throw it away at will, but reported it to the relevant departments in time, so that China is fortunate to have these two great world firsts.
In this regard, the relevant departments also gave a high degree of recognition to Uncle Wang, awarded a pennant and rewarded a bonus. Today, Uncle Wang has long been famous in their village.
As an ancient civilization with a long history, China's historical and cultural heritage is a treasure of human material civilization, which cannot be replicated or replaced. These historical and cultural heritages not only have high historical value, but also contain great economic value.
Our Chinese culture has a long history, and countless sleeping cultural relics are waiting for us to discover and excavate. Let's take a deeper look at the fact that a country's personality is shaped by its unique history and culture.
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