Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

The man wears a gold flowing cloud crown, with two dragons playing with a pearl in the middle, the dragon has three claws, its head is raised and its tail is raised. There is a phoenix behind the two dragons, and the Liuyun grave is filled between the dragon and the phoenix. The grass leaf pattern is used as the base, and the edge of the crown is embossed with small raised wishful-shaped clouds.

The phoenix crown is engraved with a flaming orb in the center, flanked by two phoenixes with spread wings and singing. The two sides of the crown are decorated with folded chrysanthemums, and a gilt golden-winged bird is decorated in the center of the crown.

Ingenious conception, beautiful shape, exquisite workmanship...

This is only the second step, the key is craftsmanship: the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty existed side by side, the handicraft industry was developed enough, and the court's tailoring bureau specializing in gold and silverware, Wensi Yuan, also had enough skilled craftsmen, but similar gold-embellished gold crowns have not been handed down. A few.

The reason is simple: the structure is too complex, time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly.

It is even more difficult for the Liao Dynasty, and only one gold crown that clearly belongs to the Liao Dynasty and has a similar structure to these two has been unearthed: a first-class cultural relic collected in the Gansu Museum, a gold crown with an empty phoenix pattern.

According to research, it was the phoenix crown of Xiao Duolilan (the seventh grandson of Hu Meili), the last queen of the Liao Dynasty.

Therefore, Zuo Peng couldn't close his mouth: Regardless of whether Hu Meili is the emperor or not, just ask whether this is a pure gold crown that can only be worn by emperors and empresses. Is it the second and third crown that has been released so far?

There may be more: Li Ding'an is very sure that there are three similar tombs next to them, and they may also have similar golden crowns.

Coupled with the dense jade, gold, and silver objects beside the wooden figurines... there are so many in this tomb alone, how many are the other three together?

Suddenly, Zuo Peng felt grateful from the bottom of his heart: If it weren't for Li Ding'an, based on the investigation level of their bureau, they probably wouldn't be able to find this place even if they searched for a hundred years.

The price was only to provide the project team with room and board for more than a month, and to bring in a group of subordinates who had nothing to do in winter and were idle and panicked to help.

But honestly, how little is that?

Make a fortune...

Zuo Peng was very excited, but the others were shocked: They are the same people, why are they so different?

Ma Xianming really didn't understand things like Feng Shui and Kanyu. Neither did the three team leaders, Yao Chuan, Wei Zili and Che Douming. Cheng Yongquan and the researchers in the project team also didn't understand.

Of course, Li Ding'an didn't understand either.

So when Zuo Peng received them on the first day and took out the compass and Zhugu coins, everyone was very curious and they all followed them to appraise them.

Wu Xiang and Lu Benzhi sent the information, and they also took it with them to understand it.

They have also seen the video of Li Ding'an's conversation with Yao Yuzhong when he came back from Shenyang, the handwritten "Qing Nang Book", and the Feng Shui knowledge that Li Ding'an collected from random places.

Taking a break from their busy schedule, Yao Chuan, Wei Zili and Cheng Yongquan also studied it.

However, it feels like reading a book from heaven.

The main reason is that learning this thing is too difficult: in addition to astrology and metaphysics knowledge that can wrap people up, you also have to memorize formulas, terminology, formulas, and algorithms, and you also have to learn Mongolian, Pasiba, and Liaowen. .

Especially the latter two have long become dead texts, and there is very little information that can be found. In comparison, foreign languages ​​​​such as English, German, and Russian are all younger brothers.

So everyone gave up, and only Li Ding'an persisted.

That's okay, the problem is that Li Ding'an doesn't have much more time than them, and is even busier than them. The time to study these things was completely squeezed out of his eating and sleeping time.

But now, when other people are still confused when it comes to Bagua and Five Elements, Li Ding'an can take a compass and run into the mountains to find a tomb?

When you look for it, you can see big tombs, and there are four of them?

Ma Xianming couldn't figure it out, and the three team leaders and researchers couldn't figure it out either: everyone was on the same starting line and received the same resources, but in less than two months, the gap between them and Li Ding'an was so big?

After thinking about it, I can only explain it as "genius". Fortunately, Li Ding'an didn't go astray, otherwise he would definitely be the second Yao Yuzhong...

Li Ding'an moved the location and asked Xing Feng to drill the other three locations using Doukui Four Stars as a reference.

Not surprisingly, these three places are all large tombs: Tianji is the eldest son of Hu Mali, and he is the eldest son of Hu Buli, and he is the political minister Huluzhi.

These two died early before Taizong of the Liao Dynasty merged Hu Meili's branch into Guojiu's account, so they still used the Khitan name.

The stone coffin was also used, but it was only the size of a normal coffin. The wooden figurines in the coffin were also life-size, so Li Ding'an suspected that there were no bones in the figurines and they should be fake tombs.

The most surprising thing is the Tianshu position: the third son of Hu Meili, the father of the King of Wei, the King of Chu, the consort of the eldest princess of Yan, the Empress Dowager Chengtian, Xiao Chuo, and the tomb of Xiao Siwen, the minister.

Therefore, the tomb is very large, and so is the coffin. Inside the stone coffin, which is nine feet long and seven feet wide, lie two bottles of wooden figurines over two meters high.

Although there are no stone figures or horses in the tomb, the bottom of the coffin is covered with gold and jade articles. Gilt, chiseled gold, and filigree gold and silver articles are surrounded by three or four layers under the corpse bed. Visual inspection shows that there are not 200 pieces, but maybe 150. Sixty pieces.

Porcelain and bronze wares such as cockscomb pots, long-stem bottles, pure bottles, animal carvings, etc. are filled in the front and back tombs, and there are dozens of three-color wares.

Liao Sancai is rare, much less than Tang Sancai, and has the characteristics of "a combination of Han porcelain and ethnic minorities", which has more prominent significance and greater artistic and research value.

But cultural relics are only secondary. What is more important is the historical and political significance represented by Xiao Siwen himself:

Without Xiao Siwen, the eldest princess of the Yan Kingdom, the Hu Meili family would still be a distant branch of the Xiao family. Without Xiao Siwen to help Liao Jingzong succeed to the throne, Xiao Chuo would not be able to be the queen, let alone the regent for twenty-seven years. The Empress Dowager Chengtian who pushed Daliao to its peak.

No matter how you say it, he is a key figure in the historical process of the Liao Dynasty and is indispensable...

Zuo Peng was so excited that his saliva was almost drooling. The others had been shocked and numb: four large tombs, seven or eight small tombs... This is the first time such a large tomb group has been discovered except for the imperial tombs of various dynasties.

Moreover, it is a group of Liao Dynasty tombs that is relatively blank in archaeological history and is a proper ancient site of the Liao Dynasty.

Secondly, there are too many cultural relics: piles of gold and jade, countless porcelain and bronzes, as well as golden crowns and three colors of Liao Dynasty... So whether it is excavated or not, it is easy to evaluate a national key cultural relic protection unit.

But Li Ding'an was very indifferent. After exploring the Tianshu position, he asked Xing Feng to withdraw his team.

"Teacher Li, it's only two o'clock?" Zuo Peng looked at his watch, "It's quite early?"

He was talking about the small tombs next to the four large tombs, and there were quite a few. Seven of them had been identified, and there might be more.

"Let it go and report it first!"

Li Ding'an smiled and said, "Zuo Bureau, I would like to say something embarrassing: I advise you not to be happy too early!"

Zuo Peng was stunned: What do you mean?

Li Ding'an thought for a while: "Can you excavate such a large tomb group and so many cultural relics?"

As if he had a toothache, Zuo Peng subconsciously grinned: How many people do the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau and the archaeological team have, and how many machines do they have?

Of course we can’t discover it…

wrong.

This is not a problem of insufficient manpower or insufficient machinery at all, but of technology.

Just look at the murals on the tomb walls, the silks in the coffins, and the colorful clothes on the wooden figurines to see how well-preserved these tombs are.

At the same time, it also means how difficult it is to excavate: no matter what else, if the oxygen-proof seal is not done well, the murals will be broken into slag, and the silks, satins, colorful clothes, and even wooden figurines will be turned into fly ash.

Don’t have too many relevant examples…

Let alone the city level, it is estimated that even the archaeological units at the district level do not have this technology and capability.

Taking a step back, even if the district cultural relics unit has the ability and technology, but they come, does this project still have anything to do with the municipal unit?

After much deliberation, I could only ask for assistance from a higher-level archaeological unit, such as the National Museum.

There are enough projects and topics for people to research, and the level is high enough, at least they won't compete with local units.

It would be even better if Li Ding'an leads the team...

Zuo Peng hesitated for a long time: "Teacher Li, can you help me..."

You should refuse, right? To be honest, Li Ding'an has helped enough...

"can!"

"what?"

Why is it different from what you imagined?

He raised his eyebrows, and Li Ding'an nodded again: "As long as He Guan agrees!"

Zuo Peng was stunned, and it took him a long time to react: "Okay...I'll call He Guan now!"

"can!"

He happily went to the side to make a phone call, but Ma Xianming sighed: This is not at all a matter of He Anbang and Li Ding'an's help, but that such a large group of tombs must be reported to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

But the result is obvious: nine times out of ten it will not be approved.

"I guess the superiors won't let you dig, right?"

"Of course!"

Who would dig someone else's grave except a grave robber?

It is said that the cultural relics bureau and archaeological units only wear an official coat and are no different from tomb robbers, but this is biased.

Including the period when most tombs were excavated: except for Dingling, which was actively excavated by Dean Guo, the rest were all passive and rescue excavations: because the robber cave was discovered, if it was not excavated, the tomb robbers would rob it.

After the 1980s, relevant departments became even more cautious: even when they discovered stolen holes, they focused on protection. It was also from that time that most archaeological projects focused on excavation of ancient ruins, ancient buildings, and research on ancient science, technology, and civilization, rather than tombs.

Li Ding'an estimates that this time will be no exception...

Sure enough, within five minutes, Zuo Peng came back dejectedly: "He Guan said that we will talk about the help later, so we should report it first... But he estimated that it would be very difficult to get the project approved!"

guessed.

"Do not be discouraged!"

Li Ding'an patted him on the shoulder, "Even if excavation is not allowed, there is still no problem in appraising a national key cultural relics protection zone. The scenery of Qinglong Mountain is also good. If we promote it well, there is still a lot to be done..."

Zuo Peng sighed again and comforted himself: at least it was much better than when he didn't find anything before.

What's more, it all depends on man...

……

Along the way, Zuo Peng's phone calls never stopped, reporting to this person, reporting to that person... almost all the leaders in charge were reported to.

Then after a short while, Li Ding'an's phone rang:

"Hello, Secretary Mi... Yes, I just finished checking: twelve tombs, large and small, which can be determined to be the Xiao family tomb group in the Liao Dynasty... Yes, there are golden crowns and three-color Liao colors, which are all national first-class cultural relics... …

How many others are there? Based on the more than 3,000 cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of Princess Chen and her consort Xiao Shaoju, there are at least more than 10,000... You're welcome... Really, you are too polite..."

"Hello, Mayor Qin... Oh, Secretary Mi just called and said that you and he are having a meeting in the capital... Ah, let the deputy secretary and deputy mayor come over? There is really no need... and there is a celebration banquet? You are too You’re welcome…um, okay…”

After hanging up the phone after a few words, Li Ding'an sighed: "The leader is so enthusiastic!"

Zuo Peng didn't say anything, and silently muttered in his heart: It should be.

To Li Ding'an, it was just a casual thing, which seemed insignificant, but to the local government, it was of great significance:

Stimulating domestic demand and developing the tourism economy is not only a general trend, but also a policy.

If you don’t believe me, go and listen to how this year’s Two Sessions will be held.

But this is not something that can be developed just by pulling it together, nor can Zibo be copied by anyone who wants to.

To put it bluntly: there must be something to promote, there must be places to visit, there must be natural scenic spots, and there must be places of interest.

The former is located in Tongliao and is well-known throughout the country: Kormi Prairie, Yinshatan Beach, and Daqinggou.

But the latter is pitiful. There is only the Naiman Palace with only buildings and no cultural relics. It is found in every banner in Inner Mongolia. It has no characteristics at all and is not attractive at all.

It's like walking on one leg.

Now someone suddenly repaired the remaining leg. How could the local people not pay attention to it?

Therefore, after receiving the notice, the city leaders who were originally planning to hold the "Two Sessions Preparatory Work" did not even hold a meeting, and nearly half of them flocked to Qinglong Villa.

The fifty-second-degree Mongol king pulled ten boxes...

……

pain!

Headache, waist pain, joint pain... I feel pain everywhere.

My head was dizzy, I felt like I didn't know why, and I didn't even have the desire to think.

Fortunately, there was no fragmentation.

I tried hard to recall: the banquet ended at nine o'clock, Ma Xianming and Zuo Peng sent me back to the room, and the three of them chatted for a while.

After that, I don’t know anything anymore…

After taking a breath and getting ready to get out of bed and wash up, the phone rang again: Su Xiu?

Strange?

He answered easily:

"Teacher Li, are you inspecting the Mongolian porcelain ruins in Tongliao? Is there anyone you know from the local publicity or cultural relics department?"

More than just acquaintance?

We were sitting and drinking together last night.

"Meet one or two!"

"Can you please help introduce... It's like this. I heard that a large tomb group of the Liao Dynasty was discovered in Tongliao. We are going to go there and investigate. If ideal, we will probably produce a program."

Good guy, CCTV has such a sharp nose?

If Zuo Peng knew about it, he would probably be so happy.

"Okay, let me ask for you!"

"Thank you, Teacher Li..."

After saying thanks, Su Xiu hung up the phone, and Li Ding'an threw down the phone and entered the bathroom.

After turning on the water faucet, he realized: Su Xiu is coming. As an assistant and student, is Yu Huiyin also coming?

The answer is yes.

One is in Guangdong, the other is in Beijing... Oh no, maybe we will arrive in Inner Mongolia in a few days, so we shouldn’t be able to touch one, right?

But I don’t know why, I always feel a little uneasy... (End of chapter)