Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

Chapter 388 Six Ritual Jade Weapons of the Tang Dynasty
People are like weaving, and cars are like dragons.

Bustling and jostling.

A huge windproof fence rises from the ground, surrounding the ancient city.

The archaeological cabin was built outside the east gate of the ancient city. It was not very big because of the rush of time, but it was basically sufficient.

There were a lot of people inside, including people from the inspection team and the CCTV team, as well as local departments, many related and unrelated.

A group of people looked around, very excited:
"With nearly 10,000 square meters, this city is not that small. How could it be buried under the sand?"

"This is a desert area, and the wind here is so strong. It's normal to be buried... Have you heard of Loulan Ancient City and Gaochang Ancient City?"

"That's XJ, it's different!"

"It's not much different, and there are quite a few ancient cities like this in our province: the Black City of Ejina, the Bay City of Bayan... there are more in Alxa, and there is always an ancient Xixia city..."

"What about this one? Why didn't the Alliance Cultural Relics Bureau find it during previous inspections?"

"There is no way to criticize this. Our bureau's archaeological technology level is indeed limited and our experience is insufficient..."

This person raised his chin towards Li Ding'an, "Don't think that because he is young and just turned around a few times, he thinks this matter is simple? He is a serious and authoritative expert..."

It means there must be several brushes.

But more than just a few?

Thinking of the meeting held last week, the district announced that a new type of ruins had been discovered in Tongliao, and that the excavation project had been officially approved, and a large-scale scenic spot was planned to be built. Ximeng was filled with envy: When can we do this?
As a result, within a few days, the inspection team came.

When I heard it again, I was even more excited when I heard that the person leading the team was the one who discovered the Tongliao ruins.

The result lived up to expectations and found the ruins of a royal city.

It cannot compare with the large-scale Feng Shui array, and it is located in a desert area. The geological and environmental resources are even more incomparable with Qinglong Mountain.

Don’t even think about scenic spots, but it’s better than nothing.

"There should be cultural relics underneath, right?"

"There must be, it just depends on the quantity and the research value."

"That's true..."

A group of people were talking about it, but the expert group was silent.

At the front, Li Ding'an took a pen and drew a line on the left and a line on the right. In a short time, he sketched out the layout of the main buildings inside and outside the royal city.

Of course, it was just based on his guess. If it is the same, you will know after digging it out.

""Zhou Li Kao Gong Ji": The Imperial City (Imperial City) has nine longitudes and nine latitudes, nine longitudes and nine latitudes, the ancestors are on the left and the community is on the right, the front is toward the back market... But look at this far bigger place, the nine longitudes and nine latitudes are Don't think about it, the city definitely doesn't have it either.

But there are still three halls of heaven, earth and man, as well as the meridian inside the city... There must also be the altar of sacrifice and the Taimiao outside the city, and there are probably moats and outer walls as well... Let’s dig according to these places first..."

"it is good!"

Lu Benzhi nodded and handed the picture to Director Xiao and Director Cheng. Not long after, the roar of machines came from outside the fence.

Technicians led workers into various areas of the ancient city one after another, divided the areas to explore and arranged personnel.

It's quite troublesome: For fear of damaging the building, the city will definitely not dare to use machinery, nor will it be allowed in. Most of it will have to rely on manpower. Large machinery and the like can only be used as assistance.

Fortunately, there are enough workers arranged, and the division of labor among each group is clear and orderly.

The crowd became lively again, discussing how many temples and cultural relics could be excavated.

Li Ding'an held his chin and frowned.

Thinking that he was worried that not enough things were dug out, Deputy Director Yan patiently enlightened: "Even if it is an empty city, it is also an empty city from the Tang Dynasty. It must have research value. Teacher Li does not need to worry..."

Li Ding'an shook his head: Why would he worry about this?
Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. No matter how small or simple the city is, it still has three halls and two temples.

Nine times out of ten, they are made of rammed earth and covered with bricks, but they should be well preserved and can be studied locally for a period of time. You can also dig out some small cultural relics, and build a museum easily.

What he was worried about was the magic circle.

"Don't be discouraged!" Lu Benzhi patted him on the shoulder, "Since it's not here, then it's somewhere else. You'll find it sooner or later!"

Any other place... is absolutely impossible.

In the land of flat ocean, water is a real dragon... The Xilin River leads directly to here, and "gathers water to form a lake" here, which shows that the place where dragon veins form holes is here.

Looking at Yanshan Mountain and Yinshan Mountain again, the southern dragon is entwined with its branches and feet, and the northern dragon is looking back at Gu Zu. This place absolutely belongs to the place where the "two dragons intersect with the sand and embrace the cave" in Feng Shui.

And this small ancient city also confirms this point: all the Tang people with unknown origins knew that this was the dragon's cave, and they built the royal city here. It made no sense for the Yuan people who had no reason to drive away Feng Shui and draw the dragon's veins, couldn't they see that?
So Li Ding'an is 90% sure that the magic circle is here.

But he was afraid that the people setting up the formation would actually use this small town to set up the formation according to local conditions.

All kings and capitals are formed into formations, which respond to the way of heaven above, carry the fate of the earth below, and neutralize the hearts of the people.

What if any of the conditions are not met, for example, the geography does not match the celestial phenomena?
Easy to handle, artificially created.

For example, the Forbidden City: according to Feng Shui geography, the former site of Yuan Dadu is most suitable for the celestial phenomena, but it is not suitable for the Ming Dynasty. So, Zhu Di demolished the Imperial Palace in Dadu, chopped off the remaining veins of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and forcibly replaced the land with nothing, and built a Forbidden City that matched the celestial phenomena and geography:

The backing mountain (Jingshan) is made of earth, the dragon pond (three lakes outside the palace) is dug out, the Feng Shui pattern of double dragons surrounded by jade belts around the waist (moat and river in the city) is all man-made...

To put it bluntly: the royal city is originally designed to attract the energy of gathering dragons, and it will definitely apply the knowledge of astronomy, geography, and feng shui to the fullest. The layout is absolutely reasonable. Each palace, each building, the inner city, the outer wall, etc. absolutely fit the astronomy and geography.

If you use this to drive away the dragon and draw in the energy, you don't need to set up a new formation at all, you just need to make some key arrangements.

For example, let the Qi Vein turn around, let the Dragon Vein turn around... You don't need to bury any magic weapons, even if you have them, you can only hold one or two to the end.

But there is no way... No matter how useful the ruins are?
Do you really think that I love to promote my style and make contributions?
Li Ding'an touched his newly scabbed face, and his mood was like the north wind outside the cabin, with endless desolation.

Simply?

……

Human creativity is endless.

Question: How long will it take to dig 8,000 square meters of sand to a depth of five meters?
The answer is two days.

When a basketball-thick pipe is inserted into the sand, the sand is sucked in, and then pumped through the pipe into a square truck outside the windproof wall.

Those that couldn't be sucked had to be dug by people. The dozens of meters long conveyor belt roared, and baskets of gravel and soil were transported out.

The width of the royal city gradually became clearer.

Li Ding'an wants to cry but has no tears: The nine gates in the inner city represent the ninety-five nobles, the fifteen gates in the outer gate correspond to the fifteen stars of Ziwei, and the twenty-eighth floor corresponds to the twenty-eight constellations... Look at the city again: The son is straight at noon, and the sky is dry. Kun Di, Li Ri Kan Yue, former father and step mother, left civil and right military... nothing is missing.

Moreover, this city is built more upright than the Forbidden City (the meridian of the Forbidden City is tilted two and ten degrees).

The key thing is that the thief is intact. Not to mention the collapse of the main body, even the Spinosaurus in the three main halls is intact. So, what other magic weapon is needed?
Others were delighted.

Experts are gearing up: They don’t like to study the Forbidden City anymore, but the “Forbidden City” of the Tang Dynasty has really never been studied.

The leaders were elated: It was so well preserved that if we could further verify its origins, it would be more than enough to build a "Tang Dynasty Royal Capital Ruins Park".

The inspection team was also impressed: Li Ding'an was only looking for ancient tombs before, but now he has started looking for "ancient cities"?

After a while, will he be able to find some "ancient capital" or something?

It's no exaggeration. With his ability, he is definitely a "Grandmaster" level figure in the world of tomb robbers...

Three families are happy and one is sad, so Li Ding'an can only force a smile.

"Li Ding'an, look..."

Yu Huiyin jumped over and ran over with her cell phone in hand, "What is this?"

He took a look: It was a photo. In the photo was... a bouquet of silk flowers?
The white ones are like narcissus, the yellow ones are like lilies, the red ones are like roses, and the yellow-brown ones are as long as a stick and look like water candles.

There are branches and leaves, lifelike, and at first glance, they are no different from real flowers.

Li Ding'an pretended to be curious: "Where did it come from?"

"you guess?"

Seeing that he didn't recognize it, Yu Huiyin was particularly happy, "It was dug out from the apse. We were shocked at the time and thought there were thieves. Later, Teacher Zhu (an expert on the Forbidden City) explained that we knew, It turns out that during the Sui Dynasty, silk cloth had been used to arrange flowers... and more..."

Yu Huiyin flipped through it and found a photo of a colorful stem bowl, "This was dug out from the Imperial Ancestral Temple outside the city. Teacher Zhu said that this was a stem bowl used to hold ice cream in the Tang Dynasty, and it was made of cream ice cream." ... Tang Dynasty?"

"Ah, was there cream ice cream in the Tang Dynasty?" Li Dingyi pretended to be surprised, "It's indeed amazing!"

"I feel so too……"

Yu Huiyin became even happier and jumped away, "I'll take some more pictures for you!"

When she walked away, Shu Jing looked at Li Ding'an with disdain, a look of disgust on her face.

Could he not know that there were silk flowers and cream ice cream in the Tang Dynasty?
Do not make jokes……

He just makes Miss Yu happy.

"Not polite?"

Li Ding'an glared at her: "This is a Tang Sancai stem bowl, a serious sacrificial vessel for the Eight Classics. I want to ask, have you found anything similar?"

"I've asked about it before. Together with the tall bowl, we also unearthed the remains of a three-color plate and a 府 (sacrificial water vessel)!"

"Hey, copperware?"

"bronze!"

"Is there any more Tang Sancai?"

"Yes, there are nearly hundreds of fragments unearthed, but this is the only one that is intact!"

"There are hundreds of Tang Sancai porcelain pieces. After putting them together, there are only about ten pieces... The identity of the city lord is not simple, isn't it?"

Even in the Tang Dynasty, three-color porcelain was a treasure and could not be used by anyone but the nobles...

"Then why don't you go and take a look?"

Li Ding'an thought for a moment: "I won't go."

Tang Sancai is indeed rare, and Tang Dynasty bronze ritual vessels are even rarer. But when he thought that there might be no Feng Shui instruments here, and he didn't know where the next Feng Shui formation would be, he lost all interest.

Shaking his head, Li Ding'an pointed to the location of the middle hall: "Xiao Fang, go find Director Xiao. If you have enough manpower, clear this area as soon as possible!"

"it is good!"

Zuo Peng walked away quickly, and Wang Yongqian took a look through the glass: "Is there any mystery?"

"If the Feng Shui array is built using the royal city, some changes in the layout will need to be made. It will probably be near the middle hall, but not much."

Li Ding'an sighed, "Just erect a few pillars."

"Bronze pillar?"

What good things are you thinking about?

Not even iron pillars are used, and there is no need to even use iron sheets to cover stone cores.

"It's nothing more than a stone!"

Wang Yongqian nodded: "It really doesn't mean much!"

See, even Director Wang looks down on him?
Just as he was sighing secretly, Fang Zhijie hurriedly entered the cabin again: "Teacher Li, Director Xiao said that something was dug out from the Ancestral Temple again..."

"What did you dig up?"

"More than a hundred Tang porcelain remnants, including celadon bowls, Xing kiln plates, and seven bottles of three-color ladies... Among them is a three-color water vase with printed figures, sixty centimeters high, thirty diameters at the base, and forty diameters at the belly five……"

"So big?" Li Ding'an was shocked, "It's not broken?"

Even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such large porcelain was already a large-scale vessel, let alone a Tang Sancai ritual vessel?
If it goes to auction, it can easily reach 30 to 50 million.

"It's broken, broken into five or six pieces!"

Li Ding'an just took a step forward and then took it back: What's the point of that?
"Keep digging!"

"Also, Director Cheng cleared out several pieces of jade from the Sheji altar. Preliminary inference is that they should be Bi, Cong, Gui, Zhang, Hu, Huang... and they are all intact..."

Good guy, a jade instrument as a gift to heaven...and a complete set?

Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, there are very few such ritual vessels handed down from the Ming Dynasty. The only ones that can be assembled into a complete set are the jade vessels from the Qing Dynasty.

And thanks to Li Ding'an: if he hadn't found Hu and Huang from XJ, the Qing Dynasty wouldn't have been able to collect them all...

Li Ding'an finally gained some energy: "Go and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)