Introduction: Known as the most expensive "pan" in history, it was once used by the people to spread pancakes, lost for hundreds of years, but now it has become a national treasure-level cultural relic, worth more than 200 million...
Due to the strong tradition of thick burial in ancient China, many powerful and rich people have to be buried in the scenery after death.
And they will always put a large number of treasures into the burial, so that many rare treasures are buried in the ground for a long time, and later although these treasures are excavated, there are also people who do not know the goods, and treat the rare treasures as household utensils.
For example, in our country, there is a national treasure-level cultural relic called Xijia Pan, which originally fell into the home of a common person, and because the people did not know its value, they used xijia plate to burn pancakes.
Later, the value of the xijia plate was recognized and bought by the connoisseurs, and after experiencing the changes of the years, the xijia plate finally sold for more than 200 million yuan in the auction house, so what is the reason for its value?
Xijia Pan was most concerned in the Song Dynasty, when the Southern Song Dynasty was placed in the Inner Mansion of Shaoxing, due to the chaos in the late Southern Song Dynasty, enemy soldiers entered, xijia Pan accidentally disappeared from the Inner House in the war, and then there was no news.
In the Yuan Dynasty, a calligrapher rediscovered the Xijia plate in the home of a commoner, but unfortunately, the family did not understand the goods and broke its foot.
Since the owner of the plate at that time was an ordinary person who sold burnt cakes, they did not find the value of the pan, but felt that it was like a household frying pan, so they used it as a plate for baked cakes.
Later, the calligrapher saw at a glance the expensive value of it, and he bought two silver plates from the couple of burnt cakes.
During the Qing Dynasty, the Xijia Pan was somehow confiscated by the official soldiers and sent to the public warehouse in Baoding for collection, which was hidden for hundreds of years without wind or waves.
Until the late Qing Dynasty, the situation was turbulent, xiheyuan and other places of goods were robbed by the eight-nation alliance, even the bricks were dug up a lot, so the chinese began to care about the theft of cultural relics and looted, and then they secretly searched for treasures and protected them.
In the process, an antique collector named Chen Jieqi found this armor plate that looked like a "pan", so he especially cherished it and collected it, and then the world was even more chaotic, and the armor plate once again disappeared in the war.
After that, the Xijia disk was lost for hundreds of years and has been passed down to the present, but it has been transferred to western countries across the ocean.
In 2010, chinese people in a foreign country discovered the national treasure at an American auction, when the plate was being auctioned by the Americans for a high price.
It is said that at that time, the whole auction was in a fierce state, and the words in the Xijia plate had been priced at the number of them, and one inscription shouted to the price of more than 1.6 million, and the total price of all the words was as high as 200 million.
As a national treasure-level cultural relic, what is so special about the Xijia Plate?
The plate is round, the overall diameter is about 46cm, the height is nearly 12 cm, the edge of the plate is carved with various patterns, the wide mouth is under the bottom, there are many inscriptions engraved on the plate, rough calculation of 133 words, these words can be used to witness the precious information of history, so it is extremely precious.
Some people say that the content of the Xijia Pan is related to the wars between the Zhou army and foreign tribes such as the Southern Huaiyi and The Otters in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Its earliest holder may have been a general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who made great contributions to the country and the emperor, so rong ma spent his life in exchange for the xijia plate that the emperor rewarded him.
It may be that he wants to highlight the brilliant deeds of the general, and the Western Zhou Jinwen in the plate is rare and very precious, so the reference value is unusually high.
Regarding the explicit meaning of the Xijia plate, after examining the ancient script experts, the general meaning was obtained, saying that the inscription in the Xijia plate was about the fifth year of the reign of King Xuan of Zhou of Western Zhou, it was In March of that year, the foreign enemy Hun Invaded the Great Zhou, King Xuan of Zhou personally led the troops out on the expedition, and there was a military general under his command, named Xi Jia, who fought fiercely and deeply studied the art of war, under his desperation and leadership, the Zhou army broke the Badger and repeatedly won great victories, and the Xi Jia also built a great battle achievement, so the Xi Jia was deeply appreciated by the King of Zhou Xuan. He was given many gold and silver jewels, horse grain, and this rare treasure, Xi Jia Plate, and was sent by King Xuan of Zhou to be responsible for collecting the world's grain tax.
The Xijia plate was circulated until the Song Dynasty, and there were some relevant records.
For example, the collection of instruments written by the Song Dynasty Zhang Shu, "Commentary on ancient artifacts of Shaoxing Inner Province", and the "Sleepy Learning Zhai Zalu" recorded by the Yuan Dynasty collector Mr. Yuan Xian, both have descriptions of xijia plates.
During the Qing Dynasty, a book compiled by Wu Dayi appeared in the "Ancient Records of the Collection of The Collection of Sorrows".
After the reform and opening up, the scholar Mr. Luo Zhenyu also recorded the Xijia plate in his "Jin Wencun".
Therefore, in the old literature before and after, there are more than thirty-five books that have written records on the Xijia Plate, which shows that the Xijia Plate has attracted the attention of the people of the Central Plains for generations, so it is no accident that its inscription is so important.
It is said that since the archaeology of our country, there have been many bronzes of different sizes, and the xijia plate is a national heavy instrument with a long age and precious historical evidence, so it has been judged by many archaeologists as a national treasure.
However, the career inherited from the Xijia Pan is extremely mysterious and legendary, it appeared in the chaotic world and disappeared in the Taiping Period, since the Song Dynasty, it has been impermanent, and it has been quite rare to be able to survive to this day without being destroyed.
The Western Zhou Dynasty King Xuan of Zhou ordered the forging of the Xijia plate around 823 BC, which was quite old, and the inscriptions on the plate recorded the location, time, events, and important protagonists at that time.
Through the events in the text, in addition to Xi Jia, it also involves some high-ranking officials and nobles, such as the Zhou Dynasty's powerful minister Yi Jifu and some of his political achievements.
It also records the Western Zhou army's confrontation with the barbarians in the north and the Huaiyi tribes in the south, as well as the economic systems such as market management strategies and tax regulations for western Zhou affairs, which is undoubtedly a precious "treasure" for historians.
Later, after mr. Wang Guowei, a scholar, saw the charm of the Xijia plate, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, saying that this heavy instrument, the wings have experienced the vicissitudes of history, and its value is enough to be above Mao Gongding.
From this point of view, the value of the xijia plate is immeasurable, 200 million RMB is not much, netizens have said "this is the most expensive pan in history." ”
In fact, cultural relics represent the national cultural heritage, and today's people more and more like to understand cultural relics, understand the history, if not to understand the Xijia plate, or have relevant knowledge, I believe that the Xijia plate is still in an inconspicuous place, but also used by the people to spread pancakes.