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Chapter 255 Yu Minguo and Suihou Zhu

But the Silk Road had actually already begun.

Since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road on land has begun to open up.

Everyone has learned about Zhang Qian’s mission to the Western Regions in history textbooks.

There is also the Maritime Silk Road, which started from the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Therefore, it is not surprising that things from the ancient Persian Empire appear in Zhao Wei's tomb.

"Except for this silver box from the ancient Persian Empire.

The rest of the items are all high-quality products from foreign countries.

There is also ivory from Africa.

Ivory has always been a precious treasure, both then and now.

However, only five ivory tusks were unearthed from Zhao Mei's tomb. "

This place has to remind people of the ruins of Sanxingdui.

There are so many ivory tusks in the Sanxingdui ruins that it’s almost as if they are free of charge.

There was no Maritime Silk Road in the ancient Shu Kingdom of Sanxingdui back then.

And the ancient Shu Kingdom was inland.

The South Vietnam Kingdom at that time was in Panyu, which is now Yangcheng.

There are many trading ports here, and Yangcheng has always been the place for foreign trade.

So you can have a chance to get something overseas.

So where did the ivory from the ancient Shu Kingdom come from?

Could it be that it is really an elephant kept in captivity by the ancient Shu Kingdom?
Or is there a secret passage inside that we don't know about.

“In addition to these tusks, there are also rhino horns.

Handicrafts carved from rhino horn are also quite precious.

There are also some golden flower bubbles here.

These golden flower bubbles have complex and exquisite craftsmanship, and the craftsmanship is not from my country.

It is of Mediterranean style.

Frankincense from Africa was also found in some bronze incense burners.

Among the things inside, this dragonfly eye is the most precious.

Because there are only two in the entire tomb.

A total of six of them were found in all the ancient tombs in Yangcheng.

Dragonfly eyes are a specialty of ancient Egypt.

The full name is dragonfly eye glass beads, which first appeared in ancient Egypt in the 16th century BC.

It originated from the Egyptians' awe of the one-eyed Horus and the resulting awareness of the evil eye.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the evil eye had the power to ward off evil.

Therefore, eye patterns are often embedded on utensils and worn as amulets.

Which tomb has the most unearthed materials, it is the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng.

173 dragonfly eyes were unearthed inside.

Do you think the dragonfly eyes look ordinary and there is nothing precious about them?
What if I tell you that these dragonfly eyes are Suihou beads? "

Sui Houzhu?
This is a treasure from Sui State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, also known as "Suizhu".

Together with "He's Bi", it is also known as "Two Treasures of the Spring and Autumn Period" and "Suizhu and Bi".

What is He's Bi? It is a treasure that will become the national jade seal in the future.

This Suihou Pearl is comparable to the Heshi Bi. You can imagine how precious it is.

Legend has it that Suihou, the monarch of the Sui Kingdom, saw an injured big snake lying on the roadside in great pain during a trip. He felt compassion for the snake and ordered the snake to be bandaged with medicine and released into the grass.

After the big snake recovered, it came to Suihou's residence with a luminous pearl in its hand and said: "I am the son of the Dragon King. I am grateful for your life-saving grace and I come here to repay you." This is Suihou's pearl, which is known as the "Pearl of the Spiritual Snake". .

The audience now knows how precious these dragonfly eyes are.

"So this dragonfly eye is the legendary Suihou Pearl?"

"It's a treasure as famous as the Shibi, but why does it look so humble?"

"I think I have this thing at home."

But many archaeological experts laughed.

Because this Suihou Pearl could indeed be called a treasure in ancient times.

But to modern people, this Suihou Pearl is worthless.

why?

Ye Zhen smiled, "Actually, what is the essence of this Suihou Pearl?

It’s just what the ancients called colored glaze. What is colored glaze?
It’s just what we call glass now.

Therefore, the legendary Suihou beads are actually just glass products. "

Some viewers were disappointed to hear this.

So precious Suihou beads are actually just glass?

But this is related to the productivity at that time.

Different eras have different productivity, and things are always more valuable when they are scarce.

From the beginning of the Stone Age, bronze was very valuable.

Until later dynasties, bronze was a very precious thing.

Furthermore, there is colored glaze, which is glass.

The technology at that time was simply difficult to produce glass, so glass was a rare item and seemed precious.

Furthermore, in a certain period in the West, aluminum was more valuable than gold.

Because it was very difficult to extract and separate aluminum metal back then.

Therefore, aluminum is much more expensive than gold.

The cups used by Western kings were made of aluminum because aluminum was rare at the time.

But then methods for industrial production of aluminum were invented, and aluminum became very cheap.

This is the process of the development of our productivity and technology.

Things that were originally very rare will become ordinary.

“As you can see, back then, Yangcheng had already begun to trade with overseas countries.

It has transactions with many overseas countries, as far away as ancient Egypt.

One can imagine how advanced our navigation technology was back then.

“Here I have to mention the boat-patterned bucket in this mausoleum.

This boat-patterned bucket was unearthed from the East Ear Chamber. It has compound ears, short round feet, and four sets of patterns on the body.There is a set of geometric patterns near the mouth rim, two sets of geometric patterns near the feet, and a boat pattern in the middle of the belly.

The ship pattern is divided into two groups, with a total of four ships. Each ship has roughly the same shape. On the ship are five feathered figures wearing feather crests and feather skirts and a naked prisoner.

The bow and stern of the ship are raised high, there is a golden rooster on the bow pointing the way, and there are several sails raised on the ship.

There is a large bow-shaped scull in the middle and rear part, and the ship is divided into cabins, each with 5 or 6 cabins.

The cabins were full of loot, and one cabin was full of bronze drums.

There are also sea fish, turtles and water birds around the boat.

The people on the ship above are the Yuren recorded in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". "

The feathered man in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?
Ye Zhen continued: "There are several places in the "Book of Mountains and Seas" that record the Republic of China.

It is recorded in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas": There are mountains and sweet water.In the country of Ji Yu, Zhuan Xu's son ate millet.In a country with feathered people, all its people are hairy.In a country with egg people, all its people lay eggs.

It is translated.

There is a mountain named Chengshan, which is the end of Ganshui.

There was a country called Jiyu. The residents in the country were all descendants of Emperor Zhuanxu. They lived on millet.

There is a country called Yumin, where the people are covered with feathers.

There is also a country called the Republic of China, where people can lay eggs.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Hai Nei Xi Jing" records: Yangshui and Blackwater come out of the northwest corner, go to the east, go eastward, then northeast, and enter the sea in the south, and Yu Minnan.

Ocean water and black water flow out from the northwest corner of the Kunlun Mountains, flow eastward, then turn to the northeast, then turn south and flow into the sea, all the way to the south of the Republic of Yu.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hai Nei Nan Jing" records: There are twenty-eight gods and men with one arm, who are emperors and ministers in the wilderness at night.In Yu Mindong, he was a man with small cheeks and red shoulders, and there were only 16 people.

There are sixteen gods and men, linked by arms, keeping vigil for the Yellow Emperor in the wild.These gods live in the east of Yu Minguo. They have small cheeks and red shoulders. There are sixteen people in total.

"The Book of Mountains and Seas" records: The Republic of Yu is located in the southeast of it, and its people have long heads and feathers on their bodies.One said that in the southeast of Biyiniao, it is a human with long cheeks.

The Yumin Kingdom is located to the southeast of where the Biwing Birds live. The people in this country have long heads and their bodies are covered with feathers.It is said that this country is located southeast of the bird's habitat, and the people in the country all have long cheeks. "

As Ye Zhen spoke, he wrote the original text of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" on the small whiteboard behind him.

Some of the feathered people here say they have wings on their bodies.

Some say they have feathers on their heads and are covered with feathers.

The audience watched Ye Zhen record.

"Ah? Do birdmen really exist?"

"I remember that people from Wanqu Kingdom also wore feathers, right? I remember correctly."

"How come the King of Nanyue is related to this Yuren?"

"I understand! Transformation into immortality, by the way, this is transformation into immortality!"

Everyone was obviously getting excited.

Could it be said that some feathered people were sailing the Maritime Silk Road back then?
That's why there are so many foreign burial objects in the tomb of the King of Nanyue.

However, some archaeologists saw the costume of this feathered man.

What came to their mind was something else.

"Why does this look like an Indian from across the ocean?"

"Their headdresses are like this too, with feathers on their heads."

"Could it be that this feathered man is an Indian?"

"But how is this possible! This is such a long distance."

"But what if these feathered beings really can fly?"

Everyone was silent.

In fact, some people in this South American continent have always suspected that the Indians there might be Yin traders back then.

Because many Central Plains-style cultural relics have indeed been unearthed on the American continent.

Therefore, some people have always said that Columbus was not the first to discover the American continent.

But Chinese people.

At that time, a branch of the Chinese people traveled as far as the Pacific Ocean and directly went to the American continent.

Everyone is looking forward to Ye Zhen's explanation.

Ye Zhen only smiled and said, "Looking at this Yuman, do many people think of Indians?
The traditional headdress of the indigenous peoples of the American continent is exactly the same as this feather man.

But why are the Native Americans on the other side of the Pacific so similar to the Yumen recorded here?

The Maritime Silk Road was already so developed back then.

It can allow South Vietnam to obtain some precious treasures overseas.

But how was this route opened?
After all, it was an ocean away. What a long distance it was from China to ancient Egypt.

Here is a hypothesis.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is most likely not a description of our country in ancient times, but a map of the world in ancient times! "

Ye Zhen's words shocked everyone.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas", one of my country's three ancient wonders, is actually an ancient world map?
Is this possible?

Some geographers couldn't stand it when they saw this.

"It's nonsense. Whether this "Shan Hai Jing" is true or false is still under debate."

"You actually said that this is an ancient world map. You are simply crazy."

"This "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is just a nonsense essay!"

"What a bullshit show!"

However, some other archaeologists support Ye Zhen.

"The Indians in North America have never discovered their source, as if they fell from the sky."

"But now they have all been massacred by the Americans."

"Some people have always said that these Indians are actually a branch of the Chinese people."

"But there's not too much conclusive evidence."

The boat-patterned bucket on the tomb of the Nanyue King made them feel something was wrong.

Obviously many people cannot imagine this fact.

But if there is no map, how did the ancients sail to such a distant map?

This is the way to go and come back.

How can we explain that the appearance of the Indians on the other side of the ocean is so similar to the feathered people recorded in our country?

And why is that jade garment like this?

Is the Feather Man related to becoming an immortal?
Unexpectedly, a tomb of the Nanyue King would lead to so many mysteries.

(End of this chapter)