Bronze fortune-telling turtle

As we all know, many precious cultural relics in China come from folk or archaeological excavations. China has a cultural history of 5,000 years. After the replacement and development of dynasties, countless cultural treasures have been left behind. These cultural treasures not only refer to cultural knowledge, but also include various cultural relics. At present, the cultural relics collected by the museum are just the tip of the iceberg. More cultural relics are scattered on the land of China, and some may be collected by the people, while others are buried in the soil.

If you are lucky enough to find cultural relics, you can not only witness their elegance and sense of history, but also contribute to the treasure house of cultural relics in China, and its research value is immeasurable. Many people who have no appraisal ability will put some cultural relics on hold as useless things and waste their value. And some ordinary people will report to the Cultural Relics Bureau and hand in the cultural relics they have found to contribute to the protection of cultural relics. Once upon a time, an old man found a "turtle" with four bronze arrows on his back by the river. After expert appreciation, he claimed that the old man found 65.438+08 billion.

It can be worth 654.38+08 billion. What is the origin of this "turtle"? It turned out that the "turtle" with an arrow on its back that the old man accidentally found by the river was not an ordinary toy, but a bronze ware of the Shang Dynasty. To us, turtles are just animals that live in water. Although the tortoise is very common, its moral has always been a beautiful existence in the hearts of China people.

China people have respect and affection for turtles. In the Book of Rites, it is recorded that "What are the four spirits? Phoenix, tortoise and dragon are collectively called "Four Spirits". Turtles belong to one of the Four Spirits, and they are sacred and auspicious representatives. In the myths and legends circulated in feudal times, the tortoise named Xuanwu is one of the four great beasts (dragon, white tiger, Xuanwu and Suzaku), representing longevity. In the long run, the meaning represented by turtles has been handed down, and people also have the custom of releasing turtles. In order to commemorate the meaning represented by the tortoise, the ancients also wanted to remember it in some way. So in the Bronze Age, many people cast turtles. After thousands of years of changes, these treasures left in the world have finally been rediscovered.

After the old man picked up this "turtle", he carefully cleaned it and found it was a bronze ware with words engraved on the surface that the old man didn't know. After some thinking, the old man thought that it was an object of great significance to the study of national cultural relics and should be reported, so he quickly invited experts. After careful study and identification of this bronze turtle, experts judged that it should belong to the product of ancient Shang Dynasty in China. Because the heyday of bronze ware was in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, plus the four arrows inserted in the back of the bronze turtle and the words engraved on it, experts concluded that it was a bronze product of Shang Dynasty.

In fact, there are few cultural relics about Shang Dynasty in China, because they are too old to be preserved. Even if it is well preserved, there is a risk of being oxidized and scattered everywhere. However, this bronze turtle is well preserved, and the characters on the tortoise shell and its appearance have made great contributions to the study of cultural relics. When the old man turned over the cultural relics, he probably didn't expect it to be such a precious Shang bronze, and it was also a bronze turtle with excellent meaning. Its research value is not only significant, but also its market valuation is priceless. No wonder cultural relics experts say that this bronze ware is worth 65.438+08 billion.

If everyone has the awareness of the elderly, the cultural relics collected in National Cultural Heritage Administration will be greatly doubled, and the research on Chinese history and culture will be further improved. Protecting cultural relics is also everyone's responsibility. The spread of Chinese culture depends on these cultural relics with a long history and a long history of knowledge and culture.