Northern Zhou coins-five elements dabu

Five baht was used in the early Northern Wei and Western Wei Dynasties. In the first year of Baoding, Liang Wudi (AD 56 1 year), "Buquan" was cast, with five baht for one and five baht for the other, and the calligraphy was jade chopsticks, which were read in sequence. Buquan casting workers are exquisite, and the inner and outer pots are neat; The word "incomplete" is used, and the jade rib runs through both sides of the horizontal book, which is simple and dignified. The word "Spring" is vertical and continuous, and the first line runs through the bottom, which is another remarkable difference from Xin Mang's "Buquan" except the seal cutting method. Money is 25mm in diameter and weighs 4.3g: the meat is solid and copper is good, which is one of the three beautiful springs in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, because the value was reduced and no one used it, it was abandoned.

In the third year of Jiande (A.D. 574), the "Five Elements Cloth" was cast, with one as ten, which was tied with Buquan and Wuzhu. The facial painting "Five Elements of Big Cloth" is one of the famous "Three Products of Northern Zhou Dynasty", which is made with its exquisite Qian Wen. The "Five Elements and Big Cloth" money in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was directly related to the cultural, economic and political struggles at that time. At that time, as many as 3 million monks were controlled by Buddhist forces, which threatened the land and hukou of the country and could not guarantee tax revenue. Coupled with the war, locust plague, drought and other factors at that time, Buddhism and Taoism were finally stopped, but they were not hostile to Taoism and cast a "five elements of cloth" money. The preface of "Five Elements of Dabu" is read, and Qian Wenyu writes seal script, with a good face and a good back. Money varies in size, with a diameter of 26 mm and a weight of 4.2 grams. The diameter of money is 2 1mm, weighing 2g, and some are as big as 28.5mm ..

Yu Wenchang, the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, began casting "Yongtong Wan Guo" in the first year of Xiang (AD 579), with five elements of cloth and ten elements of cloth in parallel. The casting is exquisite, and Qian Wenyu's seal cutting is smooth. The inscription "Yongwantong Kingdom" means "Yongtong" and "All Nations" means all countries in the world. Qian Wen and the foundry workers are in a wonderful place, which is the first of the "Three Products of Northern Zhou Dynasty". At that time, one piece was exchanged for 50 thousand pieces, which was the first of virtual money, so the people were unwilling to use it, and the circulation time was very short, parallel to the five elements of cloth. Generally, the diameter of money is 29 ~ 3 1mm, and the weight is 4.4 ~ 6.4g Private casters are smaller. Those have a wide margin and fold back, as well as lead money. It was later destroyed and there were not many survivors.

The above three kinds of coins in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were cherished by later generations because of their exquisite calligraphy, fine casting and small quantity, and were called "Three Springs in Six Dynasties". In addition to the above-mentioned coins, there are coins cast in Qiuci area during Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which are called "Guihan two-body money" and "Guihan two-body five baht", with the word "five baht" above and below and the word "five baht" around. Up to now, the word "O" has not been completely translated, and it is still the word "five baht" written in Qiuci. "Guihan Erbiqian" has a diameter of 13 ~ 18mm and a weight of 0.9 ~1.8g. It is made of red copper, with narrow side width and thin body, and poor filing in foundry. Xinjiang is its main land.

When the currency of China developed to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the currency of Qian Wen increased every year, and some of them recorded the year and value on the same coin. The appearance of "Northern Three Springs" is of great historical significance. From the Han Dynasty, the significance of remembering five baht was gradually abandoned, and Qian Wen began to express the significance of circulation.

During this period, taking the "Six Dynasties and Three Springs" as an example, the virtual currency had a large face value, serious weightlessness, chaotic currency circulation and frequent inflation. So in addition to copper coins, there are lead-tin coins, iron coins, gold and silver coins and grain silk in parallel.