Things can be traced back to the 1950s, when rural production cooperatives were established one after another and collective production began. 1One day in April, 956, Zhangjiadu Agricultural Cooperative, located in Kucang Town, west of Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, sent a member named Lin out to find suitable stones because he wanted to build a pigsty. Lin came near Wangzhuang Mountain and chose one of the stones, but when he opened one of the stones, a piece of gold with jade was exposed under it.
Pure gold longevity five-beam crown in Ming dynasty
Lin happily removed the stone and continued to dig. The search found more than 20 gold hairpins, rings and belts. There are such good things in the world. Lin guessed that there must be a treasure underground, so he was so excited that he hid the gold in his body and planned to go home and ask his family to dig it together. Unfortunately, however, in a hurry, he was exposed in the middle, and a piece of gold suddenly fell and was just seen by other members. Under the pressure of everyone, Lin had to come clean.
Golden phoenix and Golden Butterfly Unearthed from the Tomb
At that time, the place where the gold was dug was immediately crowded with people in the village, and everyone was "acting" in too many cooks. Just where the forest dug up the gold, everyone dug up an ancient tomb. There are two pairs of decaying coffins in the tomb, which are obviously buried together by husband and wife. Next to the coffin, I saw a large number of precious items such as gold and agate scattered. Although they are covered in mud, the golden light is still charming. On this day, no one counted how many treasures the villagers found here. In a word, the news that Wangzhuangshan dug up gold soon spread.
Three days later, the cultural relics management team in the district also arrived as scheduled. As soon as they arrived, they popularized the legal knowledge about cultural relics protection to the villagers. According to the regulations of the state, citizens have the obligation to hand in this obviously not ancestral cultural relic after discovery. The cultural relics staff also expressed regret that they took the initiative to hand in cultural relics and received corresponding compensation. After some ideological work, the villagers of Zhangjiadu Farmers' Association finally took out their harvested treasures.
Gold boat map unearthed in the tomb (one gold and one silver)
In this collection, there are 107 cultural relics, including 1 golden fur cover; 1 Tang dynasty seahorse grape bronze mirror; Gold ornaments include 33 pieces of rings and earrings (weight 6.25 yuan and 2 cents); 20 gold belt boards; 29 pieces of mixed gold ornaments of precious stones, jade and silver (weight 10 29 yuan 6 jiao); 1 piece blue and white small square porcelain box (several jade ornaments are stored in it); 20 pieces of silver ornaments (weight 14 Liang 6 yuan); Honeysuckle 1 tablet; 1 agate. If estimated according to today's market price, the value of these cultural relics will not be less than 1 100 million.
Golden pomegranate unearthed in the tomb
Whose burial objects are these? What's the big story of the tomb owner? Through verification, the results are also surprising. By comparing with historical materials, historians determined that the owner's name was Wang Shiqi, a famous upright official in Ming Dynasty.
According to the Records of Linhai County, Kangxi, Wang Shiqi was born in the 30th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (155 1), and passed the examination as a juror in the 4th year of Wanli. Later, he worked in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, and later served as a political commissar in Shandong. During this period, he cooperated with the company commanders to fight against the enemy through criminal mediation. In the battle of Lilin, he was the only one who defeated the intelligence department of Pingyi. Although Wang Shiqi's military achievements are outstanding, he is very clean as an official. The county annals said that he was "the day he died, with no income, and he was desolate." What do you mean? It means that it is difficult to buy a coffin in poverty after his death. When he died penniless, he was buried with a straw mat, which was very shabby.
Gold inlaid jade, the Eight Immortals' birthday star, unearthed in the tomb.
Obviously, the facts are completely contrary to the records. It can be said that later generations directly took out a "golden mountain" from his mausoleum. So what is the truth? Looking further down, the historian finally figured out the truth. It turned out that a few years after Wang Shiqi was buried, the emperor remembered his hard work and ordered the renovation of the mausoleum, and built a stone pavilion in front of the tomb, engraved with the four characters "God bless the earth", and ordered a large number of Jin Zhuyu to be buried with him.
Gold inlaid jade and eight immortals unearthed in the tomb
Therefore, it turns out that these treasures are all gifts from the emperor. Wang Shiqi did not live a rich life before his death, but he was highly respected after his death. The cultural relics unearthed in his tomb are ingeniously conceived and exquisitely made, of which 22 are recognized as national first-class cultural relics. These cultural relics lying in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum quietly tell this story to future generations.