A thrilling story about 10 priceless Chinese treasures

Rubbish in your eyes is another valuable treasure in the eyes of others. In China, there have been countless antiques, even national treasures that have been lost in folklore, are considered rubbish, are wastes.

Rubbish in your eyes is another precious treasure in the eyes of others. This saying is suitable for use in archeology and conservation of cultural relics. In China, there have been countless antiques, even national treasures that have been lost in folklore, are considered rubbish and scrap. But for some lucky coincidence, they have been discovered, stored and preserved.

The following national treasures are an example of an arduous process from 'waste products' back to museums.

Ngoc Tru Long belongs to Hong Son culture

In August 1971, Zhang Fengxiang, a resident of Sanxing Tala village in the Inner Mongolia Wengniute area, suddenly discovered a cave filled with rocks in the forest.

Out of curiosity, he decided to explore the cave. At the bottom of the cave, Fengxiang found something like an iron hook, but at the time he didn't care about the item. After returning home, Fengxiang thought carefully, even if it was scrap metal, he could sell it for money. So he went back to the cave and took the "scrap iron".

However, Zhang Fengxiang did not sell it to the waste collection station but took it to the Wengniute Cultural Center.

At that time, Hong Son culture was not discovered. The staff of the Cultural Center did not know what the iron piece was either and Zhang Fengxiang did not know how much it cost. An employee there deliberately paid Fengxiang 30 yuan to buy the item again. Later, people realized that this is a valuable antiques belonging to the Neolithic period.

Minh Thanh was a noble of the Northern Song Dynasty

As a picture painted during the Northern Song Dynasty, "Minh Thanh Thuong Ha Map" has a history of nearly a thousand years, and also underwent a constant process of wandering from the palace to the people, then from humanity. space into the palace. In 1911, the upper emperor Minh Thanh, which was stored in the Qing palace, was then stolen by Pho Nghi and brought to the Northeastern part of Manchuria. In 1945, when Japan failed, Manchuria was abolished and Pu Yi fled. A large number of treasures were destroyed. It is thought that the upper emperor Minh Thanh was burned during the war.

But surprisingly, in 1951, when the cultural scholar Duong Nhan Khai cleaned up the Northeastern cultural museum, he found this high-class Minh Thanh painting in a bunch of waste products.

Vuong Han's 'greeting card'

Han design cards are considered to be the holy calligraphy works of the famous calligraphy house of the Dong Tan Dynasty - Vuong Hi. The simple pen that the warning is extremely sublime. The calligraphy that was taken out of the palace by Pho Nghi around the turn of the century, then disappeared for decades.

In the 1960s, many folk paintings were gathered at the garbage collection station, and most of them were thrown into a mixing furnace and turned into pulp. As an appraiser in the field of cultural relics, Luu Quang Khoi's mission is to rescue precious cultural artifacts from clusters of waste products, as hard as finding a needle in a haystack.

A coincidence happened, when Luu Quang Khoi was in a waste collection station on Taihu Road, Ha Tay, Tianjin, and discovered a special-looking paper roll. When he opened it, Mr. Liu was extremely surprised to learn that these were two famous calligraphy letters from Vuong Hi. One picture was 'Han thiet ke' and the other one was 'Intervene intervention' , both of which were Hi-calligraphy treasures that Wang Hi had lost.

Tu Duong Phuong wine bottles in respect of the Thuong Dynasty

This is an extremely valuable antiquity of the Shang Dynasty. This pitcher is a typical representative of the jars of the Shang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, wide mouth, high neck, round or square, carved with 12 zodiac animals such as goats, tigers, elephants, horses, phoenix . After the autumn of the war, this type of jar is less visible.

This ancient vase was discovered by some farmers in Hunan in 1938. It was later sold to an antique dealer for 248 ocean coins at the time. When these merchants went bankrupt, the old vase was found and collected by the national government.

During World War II later, Spratly was bombed by the Japanese army, the ancient vase also lost track. It was not until 1952 that the vase was found in the corner of a bank warehouse when it was searched by the culture department and antiquities, and it was broken into dozens of pieces. After nearly a year of repair, the vase has reverted to its original state and became a national treasure.

Ha Ton wine jugs of the Western Zhou Dynasty

This artifact is evidence, the earliest recorded mention of the word 'China'. The vase has 12 lines engraved with 122 words, including the mention of 4 words 'Trach from China', which records the successor of the Imperial Citadel to build Vo Chu (now Lac Duong).

In 1963, the vase was found by a farmer on a dirty cliff behind the house. The farmer did not know what this vase was and immediately put it inside the house to make a food jar. Later, this person sold the vessel in the form of scrap metal for 30 yuan! After that, the lucky soldier was discovered by a specialist in the museum in the waste storage and purchasing.

Western Zhou concurrent containers

This is a bronze artifact from the West Zhou period being kept in the Beijing museum. This artifact has more than 3000 years of history, inside is engraved with 198 words, recording the removal of Mao Bach Ban, was rewarded by King Zhou. This artifact was excavated as early as the Northern Song period, and has since been included in the collection of antique items in the court. However, in 1900, when allies from 8 countries entered China, it disappeared during the war.

It was not until more than 70 years later that this artifact was found by employees working at a cultural monument in Beijing in a pile of scrap iron that was about to be sent to the kiln, which gives this national treasure a second life!

The vase engraved with the Shang Dynasty

This Shangquan inscription is currently stored in the Hunan Museum. It was discovered in 1962. At that time, the expert of cultural relics was walking through the scrap collection centers to search for national treasures when he discovered this vase.

Copper scrap from the recycling station was recovered from various places and at that time, experts noticed a rather special piece of copper. They felt it was different from the other pieces of copper so they were motivated to find and explore more.

They later found more than 200 copper fragments in the scrap metal, which were stored in 27 bags. And after a period of assembly and repair, this treasure has reverted to the status quo we see today.

Brass wine jug of war

In 1967, at a scrap collection station in Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province, a cultural relic worker saw a prepared item in the kiln with an 'abnormal' appearance.

After being assessed, it is known that this is a fine bronze vase during the Warring States period, a national first-class cultural treasure. This bird vase has a priceless cultural and artistic value.

Falcon peaks belong to the Neolithic period

One day in 1957, Yen Tu Nghia, a farmer in Thai Binh village, while plowing the land in the east of the village, suddenly saw the civet hit a hard object. He thought it was a stone. But as he continued to dig, he found a bird-shaped porcelain item, which he did not know was the most famous antiquity - the apex dig (apex of porcelain, eagle image). He did not know that he had unearthed a national treasure at that time, but could only take it home as a bowl for chicken.

In the fall of 1958, an archeological team of archeology teachers and students of Peking University History Department discovered the Ruins of Shaoxing in Quan Ho village. They conducted a survey of the surrounding area simultaneously with the excavation of the monument site.

Thai Binh village is located in the west of Tuyen ho village. When Yen Tu Nghia saw the archaeological team working hard, he took the initiative to retell the story of his digging an porcelain item with his staff and bringing it to them. Thanks to that, this priceless treasure is known all over the world and is currently stored in the national museum.

A noble man through the Spring and Autumn period

The Cao Cao is the weapon of the spring and autumn period, is a first-class cultural treasure, currently stored in the State History Museum in Shandong, China. The artifact was first discovered in 1970, when a rural boy considered scrap metal and sold it for 5.97 yuan. After that, it was kept for a while and discovered and revoked by the cultural and historical bureau. Until 16 years later, the rural boy who discovered that Cao Zi had matured. Once he went to the museum and realized that the piece of scrap iron he sold every year had become a national treasure, exhibited nationwide. He told the museum staff the story of his childhood when he found Cao Zi.