When studying ancient cultural relics, in addition to finding them from a macroscopic point of view, sometimes we need to try to analyze them from a microscopic point of view, that is, with the help of a magnifying glass, or even a microscope, so that we can see more information about cultural relics and discover more secrets about cultural relics.
Today, Xiaobian will tell you a cultural relic that may be familiar to everyone, the treasure of the town courtyard of the Henan Museum - Wu Zetian Jinjian! It was with the help of the microscope that the experts finally discovered a secret hidden on the Golden Jane, that is, its magical carving technique. What exactly is the technique? After reading the following reveal, you will understand...
In 1982, a local villager surnamed Qu was planting trees in Songshan, Henan, when he was drinking water with his head held high, he suddenly found that on the slopes of the mountains in the distance, a yellow spot of light was reflected in the light and darkness, and he walked step by step out of curiosity.
Unexpectedly, this villager surnamed Qu found the "strange light source" in the stone crack, which turned out to be a crumpled "brass skin", which was more than 30 centimeters long and 8 centimeters wide, shining yellow in the sun, and there was a faint engraving of text on it, but unfortunately, he did not know a few large characters, and could not figure out the content of the text, but he felt that this thing was a bit like gold, so he quietly took it home in his pocket.
Qu surname villagers in Songshan to pick up the "treasure", in the end or not shy away, soon spread throughout the ten miles and eight townships, and even many foreigners came to him, and paid a high price to buy this "treasure", but Qu surname villagers are very conscious, he not only did not see the money eye open, but also handed this "treasure" to the local cultural relics bureau, let the experts carry out protection and research
At the beginning, the experts could not say what kind of "treasure" this was, fortunately, the ancient script experts came out, which cracked the above inscription, look at the cracked inscription, the experts were stunned, the real identity of this "treasure" is - Wu Zetian Jinjian, the above text is written:
The lord of the Great Zhou Kingdom, Wu Cao, was a good and happy true dao, an immortal immortal, who was careful to learn from the Yue Song Mountain Gate, to throw jin Jian Yi Tong, and begged the three officials and nine houses to remove Wu Cao's crime. Taiyi Gengzi July Jia Shen Shuo Seven Days Jia Yin, the young envoy Hu Chao Ji shou again to pray to the song. Among them, "Great Zhou" is the regime of Wu Zetian; "曌" is a character created by Wu Zetian for himself, which means that the sun and the moon are empty, and all things are eternal.
This Jin Jian , whose full name is TouLong Jin Jian , is that Wu Zetian threw Jin Jian on Mount Song in order to beg the heavens to spare her sins, with the aim of making herself immortal and stable. Later, in order to study Jin Jian in depth, experts put it under the microscope to observe, and the results really made more amazing discoveries!
First of all, Jin Jian is made of a whole piece of gold pounding and extension, which is the so-called hammering process, which requires that while ensuring the uniform thickness of the finished product, there can be no cracking, which has extremely high requirements for the strength of the craftsman. Through observation and research, experts found that this piece of gold jane has achieved the ultimate perfection in both thickness and text carving. In particular, the engraving of the text has amazed the experts, because every stroke of the text can be seen with a "v" shaped structure, and this is the most magical engraving!
Engraving, as the name suggests, is carved with a hammer knife (a special square carving knife), and the types of hammer knives are ever-changing, and it is also a carving technique that requires a high degree of craftsmanship. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the thickness of this piece of gold jane is only 1 mm, which can be engraved on such a material, which is tantamount to doing micro-carving on the hair, which shows how superb the craftsman technique responsible for carving was.
Whether it is from the historical value of Jinjian or from the perspective of its manufacturing process, it is a rare and precious cultural relic in the world, so it can become a treasure of the town courtyard, not only worthy of the name, but also deserved. In addition, there are many mysteries of this golden Jane, and its value is far more than what xiaobian mentioned today, if readers are interested, they may wish to study it more deeply, and maybe find other secrets that are not known...