In 1985, the peasant women cut the grass and picked up the "first-class cultural relics", and the origin of the "golden crab" was a mystery

01. Golden crab

In the middle of the night, many people have fallen asleep and are sleeping soundly.

But the first family in the village is still brightly lit, and the couple who are more than half a hundred years old do not have any sleepiness...

"You say, is it worth it?" The woman asked, her eyes still staring at the thing in her hand in a daze.

The man who did not reply snatched the thing in her hand and carefully examined it.

In the middle of the night, even if two people don't sleep, they have to stare at something enough, what is it?

This is it, a golden "little crab"!

This is a "baby" that is only 5 centimeters long, 2.3 centimeters wide, and weighs about 36 grams, with a realistic shape like a crab, the crab body is carved from a pink gemstone, the crab legs are made of pure gold, and even the two bulging crab eyes are two white jade beads!

No wonder the couple couldn't sleep at night, this thing was so exquisite and gorgeous, it was a person who had to drop their jaws...

How could such a valuable and luxurious thing appear in a small farm yard? It's not compatible at all!

It turns out that things have to start from the day of this day...

02, the adventure of the peasant woman

On this morning in October 1985, Sister Zhou, who lives at the foot of Phoenix Mountain in Tongling City, Anhui Province, went into the forest behind the house to cut grass as usual.

Because of the good weather, Sister Zhou was in a good mood and went to the depths of the forest.

This place is usually inaccessible to lush trees, and Sister Zhou has harvested a lot along the way, and she did not notice anything unusual around her.

The forest was very quiet, even the birds were much less singing, and at this time, Sister Zhou realized that something was wrong...

Suddenly, in a tuft of grass not far in front of her, there was a faint sound of "creaking and creaking", and this terrible Elder Sister Zhou was startled! She screamed no, and she seemed to have gone into the depths of the forest.

The lush vegetation of Phoenix Mountain in Tongling is very good, so there are many wild animals living here! Sister Zhou looked at the movement coming from the front and broke out in a cold sweat...

Isn't there a snake? Or what kind of biting wild animals?

Thinking of this, Sister Zhou reacted quickly, turned around and ran back!

She trotted all the way, and from time to time she looked back, afraid that the snake in the grass would come after her. Suddenly, my feet slammed and I was almost wrestled by something!

Sister Zhou subconsciously looked at her feet, but suddenly a sharp brake stopped!

I saw a pink thing under my feet, and it happened that the sun was shining with gold!

To say, people's curiosity is really very strong! Panicked Sister Zhou, at this time, she was calm, this thing under her feet is too "dazzling", she must pick it up and see it clearly...

Sure enough, after this thing was held in the palm of Sister Zhou's hand, she could no longer remove her eyes (it is estimated that there was a tiger chasing after her this time, and she forgot... ）

Oh my God, that's so pretty! This thing is the gem-encrusted gold crab mentioned at the beginning of the article!

03. Hand in the reward

In the face of the "baby" that fell from the sky, Sister Zhou was also confused, and she trotted home with the golden crab all the way.

When she finished telling her husband the ins and outs of the matter, the two looked at the golden crab in their hands and were silent...

Even people who have no knowledge can judge that this "jewel-encrusted gold crab" is absolutely valuable!

It seems that only the ladies and ladies of large families in ancient times could have it!

However, in the forest behind him, why did such a thing appear that should not appear? This honest peasant couple couldn't understand it even if they wanted to break their heads.

At the moment, how to deal with this thing is the real big problem!

In the 1980s, people were unashamed and simple, this thing they picked up was not their own, and it was selfish to take it for themselves!

After thinking about it, the couple still decided to turn it in!

This is the treasure in the collection of today's Tongling City Museum, which is named "Tourmaline Stone Golden Crab"!

Yes, cultural relics experts have identified that this crab should be a gold ornament of the Qing Dynasty, its body is carved from a piece of precious tourmaline stone, the crab legs are made of pure gold, and two white jade eyeballs are inlaid.

In the belly of the crab, three seal characters of "Cheng Jinxiang" were also found, which is speculated to be the name of the business name that created this ornament.

Sister Zhou and his wife have made meritorious contributions to the treasure, and they have also been rewarded by the relevant units with a few thousand yuan as compensation, which can also be regarded as a great joy for everyone!

04. Traceability of origin

In addition to the "adventure" of Sister Zhou picking up the golden crab, in fact, everyone also wants to know the origin of the "golden crab", who is its real owner?

However, the results may be somewhat regrettable, the experts follow the direction of Sister Zhou's guidance to check, but found nothing!

There were no signs of ancient tombs, and no other suspicious traces of cultural relics were found.

In the face of this "golden crab" that appeared for no reason, no one can say why it appeared here!

Experts also explain that the ancients liked to use animals as decorations, especially the women's gold and nobile jewelry.

Not only ordinary people's families, but even the nobles of the imperial palace! According to the relevant records of the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", when Princess Gulun married in the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong, there was a pair of "golden lotus crab hairpins" in her dowry.

It can be seen that crabs are indeed allegorical auspicious things, and they are deeply loved by people!

It is said that because the crab has "crab nails", which means "born extraordinary, born in the middle of the nails", it is particularly auspicious for those who study and take the meritorious name.

The ancients also often called a crab "lú" as a yuan, two crabs called "erjia chuanzhi" as a list eye, and three crabs called "three crabs" as a tanhua!

Nowadays, the tourmaline gold crab of Tongling Museum is a proper collection of Internet celebrities, of course, it is also a national first-class cultural relic, and the legendary discovery experience behind it is even more enjoyable...