It has to be said that although the climate here in Spring City is pleasant and spring-like all year round, the sunshine in the plateau area is really poisonous.
The four of them walked around for a while, and all of them were tanned by more than one shade.
At that time, Wang Qiang, who swore that sunscreen and parasols were only used by women, now had to succumb to the "power" of ultraviolet rays, rubbing Bai Lu's parasol, and did not forget to continue live streaming.
After swimming in Dianchi Lake, the two groups of soldiers split into two groups.
Wang Qiang and Bai Lu took Wukong with them and continued their journey of finding food under the advice of netizens in the live broadcast room.
Lin Yi and Qian Sheng went directly to the Southern Yunnan Provincial Museum.
If you want to understand the historical heritage of a place, a museum is the perfect place.
In the beginning, it was his visit to the ruins of the "Mancheng Han Tombs" that gave Lin Yi great inspiration, and he finally found the "Shuangzhou Tombs" hidden in the mountains.
Although the Southern Yunnan Museum is not comparable to the famous ancient city museums in the Central Plains, the ancient Dian Kingdom was born here, which is enough for their cultural relics workers to study for a lifetime.
The two came to the museum, followed other tour groups, and listened to the explanation for a while, but they didn't hear anything about the topic that interested them.
So, just go shopping by yourself.
Qian Sheng is very familiar with the cultural relics in these museums.
Let him talk about it, he is really eloquent and eloquent.
In order not to steal other people's jobs, the two of them chose not to be so public and communicate with each other in low voices.
“Actually, the ancient Dian Kingdom was a country that ruled the southern Yunnan region for a long time in ancient times. Their historical relics were almost blank in the past.
In "Historical Records", there are only a few hundred words of records about the ancient Dian Kingdom, and there is no way to study it.
It was not until the 1950s and 1960s that a group of professional archaeological experts stationed here and began the first large-scale archaeological excavation in Shizhai Mountain.
Once this archaeological operation was launched, it was out of control.
More than 500 tombs have been excavated from the Shizhaishan site, which can be called a huge tomb community.
And hundreds of bronze vessels were unearthed.
The reason why I am so familiar with it is because when I was a student, the father of the teacher who taught us the appreciation of bronzes was involved in the archeology and excavation of the Shizhaishan site in the ancient Dian Kingdom.
The most famous among them, and also the treasure of the Southern Yunnan Museum, are two shell storage vessels.
Well, this is what we have in front of us. "
As he spoke, Qian Sheng pointed at the two bronze vessels in front of them.
Lin Yi was familiar with this type of bronze vessel.
The shell storage device was equivalent to the change jar or piggy bank at that time. Because shell coins were still used in remote areas at that time, this kind of utensil came into being.
It's just that the shapes of these two shell storage containers are quite complicated.
The lid of one of the conical vessels is decorated with seven cows.
This may be the original owner of this artifact, who specially built such a piggy bank to show off his wealth.
After all, a family with seven cows, let alone a wealthy family in ancient times, could at least be considered a well-off family even now.
The other one is more interesting and complex.
It is also a round vessel, but the lid depicts a sacrificial activity.
From the postures and shapes of the characters, we can see that there is a person tied to a pillar for sacrifice, and two small figures kneeling next to him are also tied, and they should belong to another batch of sacrifices.
Next to these little people, there is a huge sacrificial pillar.
It is carved with a giant python wrapped around a pillar, and those busy people are performing the sacrificial process.
This was the first time Lin Yi had seen this thing.
He stood there, carefully observing the various details carved on the cover through the glass cover.
"The ancient Dian Kingdom actually regarded the giant python as its totem?"
"That's right. Do you remember the Jingjue Kingdom before? That's right. The ancient Dian Kingdom is actually the descendant of Chiyou's Jiuli tribe in ancient times."
After Qian Sheng's reminder, Lin Yicai suddenly remembered.
Most of the descendants of Chi You's clan fled to the southwest, from Jingchu to Yunnan and Guizhou, and even in Southeast Asia.
However, the real totem of the Chiyou tribe is the two-horned ox.
The Jingjue Kingdom regards the "Soaring Snake" unique to the Kunlun Mountains as its totem.
What was the reason for the ancient Dian Kingdom?
Could it be that he was influenced by Jing Jue Country? The two places are thousands of miles apart, so communication is basically impossible.
Qian Sheng saw Lin Yi's thoughts, so he comforted him:
"Brother, don't worry about this. This southwest region is full of poisons and is the habitat of snakes. Moreover, the python species was second only to the dragon in people's hearts in ancient times. As a totem, this is not normal. ?
Don’t forget that we are not here to inspect the ancient Dian Kingdom this time. "
Hearing this, Lin Yi's thoughts finally got back on track.
Indeed, as Qian Sheng said, in the eyes of ancient humans, snakes almost held the power of life and death.
It has no legs but can move quickly. It has almost no body temperature. It only appears three seasons a year and disappears in winter. In spring, it seems to come back from the dead, shed its skin, and can kill people quickly.
Putting all these factors together, according to the human world view at that time, it was a very normal behavior to worship such animals out of fear and unknown, and to pray that they would not cause harm to themselves.
Maybe it's just a coincidence with Jing Jue's "Soaring Snake Worship".
Another treasure of the museum - a pure gold snake button "Seal of the King of Dian" given to the king of the ancient Dian Kingdom by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, caught Lin Yi's attention.
Seeing him stopping in front of the glass display cabinet and looking attentively, Qian Sheng helped him explain.
"There has been no clear conclusion in the academic world about the origin of this gold seal, because judging from its shape, it looks like a snake button. Han seals have extremely strict requirements for the seal button format. The seals of the emperor and empress should have Chihu buttons. , the princes and kings use camel buttons, while the princes use turtle buttons. Snake buttons are not a common shape.
Since the Dian Kingdom was required to surrender to the Han Dynasty, why not issue the seal according to the Han's etiquette, but instead carve the Dian Kingdom's totem on it? This is a bit unreasonable. "
"However, the format and font of this gold seal are all characteristics of typical Han seals, right?"
Qian Sheng stretched out his little finger with long nails and rubbed the back of his head.
"That's right, this is the most obvious characteristic. No, brother, just say it if you have something to say. This is what we do, and we can't look away, right? What did you say? I'm a little unsure now. Woolen cloth?"
"Do you think that the engraving and knife marks on this seal, as well as the body of this seal, have we seen somewhere before?"
"Where have you seen it? I have dealt with many Han seals, but we brothers don't seem to have seen many together."
Speaking of this, Qian Sheng's eyes suddenly widened.
"The Royal Treasure of the King of the West! Are you talking about the Royal Treasure of the King of the West?"
(End of chapter)
